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Unlike the Supreme Court, where one justice is specifically nominated to be chief, the office of chief judge rotates among the district court judges. To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge.
The Judiciary Act of 1801 was repealed on March 8, 1802 and New Jersey was re-established as a single district court. [ 1 ] The United States Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court.
The acting U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey is the chief federal law enforcement officer in New Jersey. On January 9, 2025, Vikas Khanna assumed the role as acting U.S. attorney. The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has jurisdiction over all cases prosecuted by the U.S. attorney.
Jury duty or jury service is a service as a juror in a legal proceeding.Different countries have different approaches to juries: [1] variations include the kinds of cases tried before a jury, how many jurors hear a trial, and whether the lay person is involved in a single trial or holds a paid job similar to a judge, but without legal training.
Between 1801 and 1802, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey was divided into the United States district courts for the districts of East Jersey and West Jersey. When California was admitted as a state in 1850, it was initially divided into two districts, the Northern and the Southern. [28]
A New Jersey prosecutor issued an advisory on a new phone scam scheme roaming around. In the past two weeks, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office received two reports of victims saying they ...
The Jury Act scrapped the "key man" system of "blue ribbon juries", in which jury commissioners typically solicited the names of "men of recognized intelligence and probity" from notables or "key men" of the community. A 1967 survey of federal courts showed that 60 percent still relied primarily on this so-called key man system for the names of ...
Following is a list of current and former courthouses of the United States federal court system located in New Jersey.Each entry indicates the name of the building along with an image, if available, its location and the jurisdiction it covers, [1] the dates during which it was used for each such jurisdiction, and, if applicable the person for whom it was named, and the date of renaming.