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Charnelle Marie Bjelkengren (born 1975) [1] is an American lawyer who has served as a judge of the Spokane County Superior Court since 2019. She is a former nominee to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.
A Superior Court may consider all civil and criminal matters occurring within a county's boundary. The Superior Court also has exclusive jurisdiction over civil matters in which the amount in controversy is more than $75,000, felony cases, estate and probate matters, family law cases (including divorces and child custody hearings), and juvenile ...
Aug. 17—Spokane County Superior Court Commissioner Jeremy T. Schmidt was appointed Wednesday to fill a vacant judgeship by Gov. Jay Inslee. Schmidt will replace Judge John Cooney, who was ...
Rural communities in Spokane County advocated for a more rural location, and even threatened to secede and form a new county if a satisfactory site was not chosen. At the time, the north bank of the Spokane River was largely undeveloped, which appeased the rural communities, but also well-connected to the business district just across the river ...
Preston McCollam, Spokane County deputy prosecutor, said at the time the 15-year-old was in juvenile court but could be moved to Spokane County Superior Court. McCollam could not be reached by ...
Ivan Lopez-Gutierrez pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm before Spokane County Superior Court Judge Tony Hazel passed down the 114-month ...
While each county has a Superior Court, some of the less populated counties are grouped into a single district, sharing a single judge and administration. The judge for these multi-county districts rotates between the counties as needed, with each County Superior Court having its own courtroom and staff.
Oct. 2—A state appeals court judge who stung Spokane County prosecutors and police with accusations of racist enforcement of the law has rejected calls that he recuse himself from ruling on ...