Man pleads guilty to threatening federal judge
A man who authorities said threatened a federal judge pleaded guilty to a charge of mailing threatening communications and was sentenced to more than nine years in prison.
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Marion County Bar Association to host judges for morning talk
The Marion County Bar Association will host Indiana Court of Appeals Judge Carr Darden and retired Marion Superior Judge Webster Brewer at an event on June 7.
Next round of COA interviews June 4
The five semifinalists for the Indiana Court of Appeals will have their second round of interviews the afternoon of June 4.
Legislature announces summer study committees
The Legislative Council of the Indiana General Assembly has assigned the study topics various committees will examine this summer and fall. Some of the areas include creating a centralized department of administrative law judges and review of various Department of Child Services practices.
Commission names 5 COA semifinalists
After a day of interviews, the Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission has picked the five people who remain in the running to become a Court of Appeals judge.
Fund supports diversity in profession
A celebration of former Indiana Chief Justice Randall Shepard on Thursday set the stage for the launch of a fund in his name that will continue his legacy of promoting diversity.
Vacancies on federal bench will be topic of White House meetings Monday
Reba Boyd Wooden, executive director of the Center for Inquiry-Indiana, will travel to Washington Monday to meet with White House officials about the vacancy crisis in America’s federal courts.
Chief justice to be selected May 15
The Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission will meet May 15 to vote on who will be Indiana’s chief justice. Justice Brent Dickson has been acting chief justice since Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard retired in March.
Massa investiture May 7
The formal swearing-in ceremony for new Indiana Justice Mark Massa will be May 7 in the Indiana Supreme Court Courtroom.
Dickson encourages attorneys to consider being an appellate judge
If you’re an attorney in Indiana, chances are you received an email from acting Chief Justice Brent Dickson Wednesday. Dickson sent the email to the legal community encouraging lawyers to apply for the upcoming vacancy on the Supreme Court.
IndyBar releases results of judicial candidate peer evaluation
The Indianapolis Bar Association’s Judicial Excellence Political Action Committee released the results of its 2012 judicial candidate evaluation. The Democratic and Republican Party ballots will feature twelve candidates vying for 10 spots on Marion Superior Court. The candidates received varied approval rates, from just 18 percent to nearly 97 percent.
Northern District seeks magistrate in Hammond
The Judicial Conference of the United States has authorized the appointment of a full-time magistrate judge for the Northern District of Indiana in Hammond. Applications are being accepted for the position.
Indiana justices deny 8 cases, plus associational standing appeal
The Indiana Supreme Court declined to take eight cases last week, and the court also reversed a prior decision to hear an electric utility’s appeal based on an associational standing question.
Governor: Mark Massa ‘superb choice’ for Supreme Court
On Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard’s final day as a member of the Indiana Supreme Court, Gov. Mitch Daniels named Mark S. Massa, a former state and federal prosecutor, as the state’s newest justice.
Mark Massa named Indiana Supreme Court justice
Gov. Mitch Daniels has chosen Indiana Criminal Justice Institute Director Mark S. Massa as the state’s newest Supreme Court justice.
Judges and prosecutors to receive 2.2 percent salary hike
Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard has approved a 2.2 percent pay increase for judges and prosecutors that will take effect July 1, following the governor’s similar action for executive employees at the start of the year.
Retired Putnam County judge dies
Retired Putnam Superior Judge Sally Hallof Gray passed away Tuesday. She was 78.
Shepard to be focus of 2 public radio broadcasts
Indiana Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard will be on WFYI Public Radio’s “No Limits” program the week of March 5 as the show takes a look at his legacy.
Governor has met with Supreme Court finalists
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels wants to move quickly on appointing the state’s next Indiana Supreme Court justice. He has already met with the three finalists who are vying for that position.
Chief justice extends retirement date to March 23
As chair of the Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission, Chief Justice Randall Shepard oversaw on Thursday the narrowing of the list of candidates vying to replace him on the Supreme Court.