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New Judge in Town

I have been slipping! One must always pay attention to the SCOIDBlog! They always have good stuff! Peterson Named New Kootenai Magistrate

Via SCOIDBlog:

Defense attorney Clark Peterson has been selected to be the new Kootenai County Magistrate Judge.

Clark is a partner at Amendola & Doty in Coeur d’Alene and was previously a Chief Deputy District Attorney [...]

Idaho Supreme Court Committee - Conflict?

Dear Mr. Henderson, 

In my efforts to understand the Idaho Judicial System, I have asked for documents regarding the Idaho Supreme Court committees and their formation and you have responded and I appreciate your time and effort to retrieve that information. I also realize that asking you for more information will not necessarily get me anywhere, so [...]

Idaho Judicial Copyright?

Your Tax Dollars at Work

Okay, what is this? I thought the people funded these sorts of things. It is my understanding that this (judiciary site) is part of the public domain, unless an individual allows use of their work such as the pictures posted on the Idaho Fish and Game Website. How does [...]

Language Law – Idaho Redo

According to the Idaho Reporter  Brad Iverson-Long tells us, “Democratic Sen. Les Bock introduced a plan Monday afternoon in a Senate committee to get rid of outdated words related mostly to mental disabilities. “Right now we use mentally retarded, we use mentally deficient,” Bock said. Three separate statutes use the word retarded. “There’s also one [...]

Don’t let the ox go ungored

Attorney General Lawrence Wasden holds a stack of lawsuits filed against the state of Idaho

Lawrence Wasden does not want to take a pay cut. It is kind of like  the theory of supply and demand, but in this case Idaho is getting sued a lot, so the AG’s office needs the money to fight [...]

Judicial Council and Judge Appointments

In a recent article written by Brad Iverson-Long from the Idaho Reporter, he brings to us some interesting statements and information concerning our judicial system. Questions arise about judicial complaints and selections

One reappointment this last week was confirmed - that of J. Philip Reberger who is a non-attorney. The “appointment” of Steven A. Tuft is to be confirmed this week.  [...]

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Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

Excerpt from Mary Souza’s Newsletter

“In an interesting twist, the city has asked the judge to throw out Jim’s case.  And County Clerk Dan English signed on to the city’s request too. They think Jim’s case is “frivolous”.  Really?  It’s frivolous to expect that people voting in [...]

Altering Court Files

It happens. Yep, folks may try to ‘cover’/change things up so the result goes their way? For instance, Ada County, is getting sued for removing affidavits from a court file. Things can get ’sticky’ when folks are related. Full post from SCOIDBlog here.

The alteration of the court file allegation may be related to another lawsuit filed [...]

The CIA made him do it?

SCOIDblog tells us about this interesting case, we taxpayers will have to pay for again, unless he (Defendant) is evaluated as incompetent to stand trial, because the court did not order a psychiatric evaluation before he chose to represent himself. (Does not really matter, we still pay.) The guy robbed a bank. The defendant was smart enough to represent himself pro se [...]

What is Malconduct?

     So, I was reading the complaint, answer, and motion to dismiss regarding Case CV09-10010 – To Set Aside, Void, Annul, All or Part of the City Elections in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho this last November 3, 2009. What you think might be really dry is actually quite entertaining. Hey, I am no lawyer, so if [...]