In Re the Judicial Vacancy in District Judgeship No. 4

[¶ 1] On May 6, 2010, Governor John Hoeven notified Chief Justice Gerald W. VandeWalle under § 27-05-02.1 that a vacancy existed in the position of district judge for the Southeast Judicial District after the Honorable James M. Bekken, District Judge for the Southeast Judicial District, passed away on May 3, 2010.

[¶ 2] On June 11, 2010, a Petition for Transfer and Filling of Judgeship No. 4, from New Rockford, North Dakota, to Carrington, North Dakota, was filed by Rodney Olson, Trial Court Administrator for Administrative Unit 2. An Amended Petition was filed June 15, 2010, by Mr. Olson.…