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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowWhitley Superior Judge Douglas M. Fahl soon will be far from his courtroom in Columbia City. A major in the Indiana National Guard Judge Advocate General Corps, Fahl has been called to active duty and will be heading for a judicial post at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Fahl referred requests for comments to Indiana National Guard spokesman Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Lowry, who said Fahl would serve as a staff judge advocate during a nine-month activation. Lowry said Fahl would hear cases involving U.S. forces stationed at Guantanamo.
The Indiana Supreme Court in an order Friday appointed a judge pro tem to fill in for Fahl during his absence. Beginning July 9, Kosciusko County deputy prosecutor J. Bradley Voelz will serve as a temporary judge, according to the order.
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