In re Change the Resident Chambers for District Judgeship No. 7, Northwest Judicial District

[¶ 1] On September 7, 2005, a Petition for Transfer and Filling of Judgeship No. 7, from Stanley, North Dakota, to Minot, North Dakota, effective January 1, 2007, was filed by Dixie K. Knoebel, Trial Court Administrator for Administrative Unit 4. Proof of notice of the filing of the petition under N.D. Sup. Ct. Admin. R. 7.1 was filed October 14, 2005. Under N.D.C.C. § 27-05-08, this Court has the authority to determine the location of the chambers of the state’s district judges.

[¶ 2] On October 17, 2005, the Honorable Robert W. Holte, Judge of the District Court, officially notified the…