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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Ind. Courts - "U.S. District Court for Southern Indiana names new chief justice"

That is the headline today to this brief story by Lydia X. McCoy of the Evansville Courier & Press, that uses "Chief Justice" rather than "Cief Judge" throughout:

Judge Richard Young has been named the chief justice of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Young assumed the position upon the appointment of Judge David F. Hamilton to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

The court's chief justice, who serves for a term of seven years and handles administrative matters related to the operation of the clerk's office and the courthouse that do not require the attention of all judges, is assigned based on length of service.

Young, who was nominated to the court by President Bill Clinton, manages the full civil and criminal caseload for the Evansville division of the court and carries proportionate caseloads in the Indianapolis, Terre Haute and New Albany divisions.

The Southern District's main page points to a press release dated 11/25/2009 making the announcement, but the link currently does not work.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 10, 2009 09:50 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts