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circuit judge

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as in chief justice

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Recent Examples of circuit judge On June 5 — after a hearing on the issue was continued multiple times — a Platte County associate circuit judge sustained the one-year revocation and ordered it to begin immediately. — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2026 The article quoted the circuit judge Frank Conley. — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 31 May 2026 The field will be winnowed to two finalists, with a vote of the circuit judges determining the winner. — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026 According to the decision, William Pryor, the chief circuit judge of the 11th Circuit, in September, was made aware of a complaint against the unnamed judge based on a memorandum received by the chief judge in the district. — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 26 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for circuit judge

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She’s hired a former Georgia Supreme Court chief justice as a special prosecutor to get the state’s appellate courts to weigh in.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026
The current system was adopted by voters in 1958 following a notorious political scandal that saw a sitting governor conspire with the chief justice and his lieutenant governor to be appointed to the court after losing re-election.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026

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Or that the nation's first female justice of the peace, Esther Hobart Morris, served a term here when her predecessor resigned in protest over the passage of that very bill.

— Téa Obreht, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026
But a justice of the peace ruled that while the current indictment is pending, King cannot be present on any county properties, King’s attorney Bill Mason said on Friday.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026

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