In the Matter of the Petition to Change the Resident Chambers
for District Judgeship No. 4, Southeast Judicial District,
from New Rockford to Carrington, North Dakota
and
Supreme Court No. 20100174
In the Matter of the Petition to Change the Resident Chambers
for District Judgeship No. 4, Southeast Judicial District,
from New Rockford to Lisbon, North Dakota
On June 11, 2010, pursuant to North Dakota Supreme Court Administrative Rule 7.1 Rodney Olson, Trial Court Administrator for Unit 2, which includes the Southeast Judicial District, filed a Petition to change the designation of the Chambers of Judgeship No. 4 from New Rockford, North Dakota, to Carrington, North Dakota. An Amended Petition was filed June 15, 2010. Notice of the Petition was provided under the rule.
Also filed June 11, 2010, was a Resolution of the Ransom County Commissioners requesting that Judgeship No. 4 be chambered in Lisbon, which is in Ransom County. The Resolution discusses the criteria identified in North Dakota Supreme Court Administrative Rule 7.1. The Supreme Court treated this Resolution as a Petition under the rule, and directed that the notice of this Petition be published in a newspaper in every county in the Southeast Judicial District.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, that a hearing on the Petitions be held Wednesday, July 14, 2010, at 2 p.m., in the Ralph J. Erickstad Courtroom of the Supreme Court at the State Capitol in Bismarck, North Dakota. The hearing will be limited to the issue of transfer of the chambers. Time for personal appearances will be limited to 90 minutes, and time will be equally split among proponents and opponents of the transfer.
Any person wishing to appear at the hearing must notify Penny Miller, Clerk of the Supreme Court, at least three days prior to the scheduled hearing.