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Mendocino County was one of the original counties established when California gained statehood in 1850. For revenue and judicial purposes, Mendocino County was attached to Sonoma County and gained its independence in 1859; [2] that year the county seat was established at Ukiah. The only other competitor for the county seat was Calpella. The ...
Since 2015, the Maricopa County Superior Court has included a specialized business court docket, known as the Commercial Court. The "Commercial Court is a specialty calendar within the Civil Department to resolve controversies that arise in commercial settings expeditiously and cost effectively."
Each judge or courtroom in the United States has a law and motion calendar, setting aside the times when only motions and special legal arguments are heard.These items consist of pretrial motions (such as a motion to compel relating to discovery requests) or other legal requests that are not connected to a trial, and do not include trials themselves.
Division Two is based in Tucson, consists of six judges, and has jurisdiction over the Southern regions of the state, including the Tucson area. The Arizona Superior Court is the court of general jurisdiction. [6] The Superior Court also acts as an appellate court for justice and municipal courts. [6]
The United States District Court for the District of Arizona is the sole federal judicial district in Arizona. [3] Court for the District is held at Phoenix , Tucson , Yuma and Flagstaff . Magistrate courts, established to hear violations on federal lands, are additionally located in Grand Canyon National Park , Kingman , and Page .
The public defender system is not the only form of indigent defense program offered in the United States. Besides the public defender system, there are two other main alternatives: assigned-counsel system and contract-service system. [3] Assigned-counsel is where the court appoints a private lawyer to defend someone who cannot afford to pay. [3]
Superior Court proceedings were held in the Pima County Superior Court building, located at 110 West Congress Street. As this building was projected to be vacant by 2017, as the various departments and court functions relocate to newer facilities, Pima County was, in 2015, planning to convert the historic Courthouse to museum space. [4]
First Native American (female) elected to the Arizona Superior Court: Gloria J. Kindig in 1996 [16] First Asian American female (Arizona Superior Court): Rosa Mroz in 2004 [17] [18] First Latino American female (Arizona Court of Appeals): Patricia A. Orozco (1989) in 2004 [19] [20] First openly lesbian female: Tracey Nadzieja in 2018 [21]