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Gull elected to serve as Allen Superior Court chief judge
A longtime judge will head up the Allen Superior Court for the next two years, as the court has announced its leadership team for the 2024-2025 term.
Baseline for senior judge days raised to 20 for 2024
To encourage the continued use of senior judges in the state’s courts, the Indiana Supreme Court announced it is increasing the baseline number of senior judge days each court may use in 2024 to 20.
Indiana courts CAO Forkner to co-chair AI ‘rapid response team’
The Conference of Chief Justices and Conference of State Court Administrators have created a rapid response team of chief justices and state court administrators to examine immediate issues related to artificial intelligence and generative AI in courts.
5 magistrates, 1 attorney named finalists for Marion Co. vacancies
The Marion County Judicial Selection Committee on Monday announced one attorney and five magistrate judges as finalists to fill two judicial vacancies.
IN Northern District Magistrate Judge Gotsch announces retirement in August 2024
U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael G. Gotsch has notified Indiana Northern District Chief Judge Holly Brady of his intent to retire in August 2024.
Marion Co. interview schedule revised after 3 candidates withdraw
The Marion County Judicial Selection Committee has updated its interview schedule for two vacancies on the Marion Superior Court following the withdrawal of three applicants.
Northern District nominees Brisco, Lund make 1st appearance in front of Senate Judiciary Committee
A pair of northern Indiana trial court judges made their first appearances before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, as they look to fill judicial vacancies on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
Judges pro tem appointed in Marion, Montgomery, Warrick counties
Three new judges pro tempore have been appointed to fill vacancies across the state.
Fees increasing at federal courts
Fee increases took effect today in both the Indiana Northern and Southern District courts.
23 candidates to interview next month for Welch, Flowers vacancies on Marion Superior Court
The Marion County Judicial Selection Committee will conduct two days of interviews next month for two vacancies on the Marion Superior Court, including the vacancy created by the death of Judge Shatrese Flowers.
Marion Co. courts to close Tuesday for Flowers services
The Marion Circuit, Superior and Small Claims Courts will be closed tomorrow in observance of the services for the late Judge Shatrese Flowers.
Applications open for Marion Superior Court vacancy following Flowers’ death; governor also accepting applications for Daviess Co. court
The Marion County Judicial Selection Committee has opened applications for the vacancy created by the death of Judge Shatrese Flowers. Gov. Eric Holcomb is also accepting applications for an upcoming vacancy on the Daviess Superior Court.
Biden administration warns of major disruption at border if judges halt asylum rule
The Biden administration on Tuesday urged an appeals court to allow sweeping new asylum restrictions to stay in place, warning that halting them would be “highly disruptive” at the border.
Pretrial release, 7 years in: State data still coming, but counties showing improvement
It’s been seven years since the Indiana Supreme Court issued its order adopting Criminal Rule 26, a mandate that set out to improve pretrial release practices across the state.
Waiting game: As immigration backlog grows, attorneys say some clients wait years for resolution
That federal courts, including the one in Chicago that handles all Indiana immigration cases, have a case backlog is something that immigration attorneys have gotten used to over the years. But that backlog has now reached record levels.
Hoosiers gave ‘Zoom court’ high marks
For thousands of Hoosiers undergoing civil proceedings during the COVID-19 pandemic, remote hearings or “Zoom court” allowed them to attend safely and conveniently.
South Carolina prosecutors want legislators who are lawyers off a judicial screening committee
Nine of South Carolina’s 16 elected prosecutors are asking to remove all legislators who are lawyers from a committee that decides which judicial candidates are put before the General Assembly for election.
City, town court judges to appear on November ballot
Voters in 25 Indiana counties will select their local city and/or town court judges when they head to the polls on Nov. 7.
Marion Superior Judge Welch to retire in February; applications open to fill vacancy
The Marion County Judicial Selection Committee is accepting applications for an upcoming court vacancy, which will open when Judge Heather A. Welch retires in February.