TOPEKA—A nominating commission charged with appointing a district magistrate judge in Morris County has issued a request for assistance from the public.
The nine-member commission is responsible for selecting a district magistrate judge to fill the vacancies which has been created by the May 2013 retirement of District Magistrate Judge Thomas H. Ball, Council Grove.
The nominating commission is especially interested in receiving recommendations from the general public.
A district magistrate judge is required to be a graduate of a high school or secondary school or the equivalent; to be a resident of the relevant county at the time of taking the oath of office and to maintain residency in the relevant county while holding such office; and to either be a lawyer admitted to practice law in Kansas or pass an examination given by the Supreme Court and become certified within 18 months.
Suggested appointees are requested to complete questionnaires for the position. The completed forms should be returned to Victor A. Davis, Jr., PO Box 187, Junction city, KS 66441, no later than 5:00 p.m., August 2, 2013. The forms are available in the office of clerk of the district court in Dickinson, Geary, Marion, and Morris counties.
The nominating commission will convene at 9 a.m., August 15, 2013, in the Morris County Courthouse to interview the suggested appointees. The meeting will be open to the public; however, the commission has the authority to adjourn to executive session to discuss personal traits of the suggested appointees.
Notices of the vacancies are being mailed to every attorney in the 8th Judicial District by the chairman of the commission.
The nominating commission includes Justice Luckert, as the nonvoting chair, and Darrel W. Bryant, Council Grove; Victor A. Davis, Jr., Junction City; Douglas G. Thompson, Chapman; Edwin M. Wheeler, Jr., Marion; Kevin R. Fruechting, Marion; Carolyn L. Gaston, Milford; Kevin O. Harris, Abilene; and Darrell L. Miller, Dwight.