Buckalew v. Holloway

OPINION

Before RABINOWITZ, C. J., BOOCHEVER, BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ., and DIMOND, Senior Justice. MATTHEWS, Justice.

On August 22, 1977, James Holloway was terminated from his position as Dillingham magistrate, by order of Judge Buckalew, then acting as presiding superior court judge of the third judicial district. The termination order was subsequently approved by the presiding superior court judge, Judge Moody, pursuant to AS 22.15.-170(c), which provides in pertinent part: “Each magistrate serves at the pleasure of the presiding judge of the superior court in the judicial district for which…