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9 verbatim requirements from admin. order AO 2.23 - Procedure For Election Of Chief Judge (12/1/08) [Judicial].
20th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://www.ca.cjis20.org/pdf/ao/ao_2_23.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • Candidates for Chief Judge shall be nominated or otherwise announce theit candidacy for the office of Chief Judge by the filing ofa formal notice with the Courtf: • Administrator no later than Januaiy 5tl• in every odd-numbered year. '" • Ul candidate for Chief Judge and shall cause that ballot to be distributed to each circuit and county judge within the Twentieth Judicial Circuit within five days thereafter. • Chief Judge shall schedule and thereafter hold a meeting of all circuit and county judges as soon Cl • Administrator, and each candidate for Chief Judge shall be given equal time at the discretion of the current Chief Judge to address his or her fellow judges. • The vote for Chief Judge shall be by secret ballot and shall be processed and counted by a committee of three judges in attendance at the meetit1g who are appointed by the Chief Judge. • The committee shall be comprised of two circuit judges -- 1 of 2 -- - --· ·- - -- and one county judge, and none of the committee members shall be candidates for the position of • Any such ballots tendered in advance of the election shall be retained by the Court Administrator and presented to the committee at the time of the election. • Admin. 2.215(c), the Chief Judge shall submit the matter to the Chief Ju s tice for selection of th e successor Chief Judge. 10 .
Candidates for Chief Judge shall be nominated or otherwise announce theit candidacy for the office of Chief Judge by the filing ofa formal notice with the Courtf:
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 8e0e47e59b079dcd53698b8f32fbaa52f21c29301cf271c9a8c9fe50bc8113eb. Extracted from the order's own text layer.
Judge Bell caps motions and responses at 5 pages for UMC hearings and 12 pages for special-set hearings.
Judge Alijewicz requires every motion for attorney's fees and/or costs to attach a document detailing time records — no records, no fee award.
Judge Corlew bars informal contact: every communication with the Court must be in writing, filed with the Clerk, with copies furnished to all parties — and no calls to the JA to schedule or cancel UMC.