In Re Chambering Four New District Judgeships

[¶ 1] The 64th Legislative Assembly-passed House Bill 1002, which has been signed by the Governor, and will become effective July 1, 2015. This legislation provides for four additional district court judges with the chambers to be assigned by the Supreme Court.

[¶ 2] N.D. Sup. Ct. Admin. R. 7.1 provides the procedure for establishing judgeship chambers within the judicial districts of North Dakota. Notice the Court was contemplating the chambering of the new judgeships in the Northwest, South Central or the Southwest Judicial Districts, and providing an opportunity for written comment was…