IN THE
SUPREME COURT OF INDIANA
IN THE MATTER OF )
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THE APPOINTMENT OF )
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JAMES JORDAN AS ) Case No. 34S00-0406-MS-289
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SENIOR JUDGE IN THE )
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HOWARD SUPERIOR COURT 2 )
ORDER APPOINTING SENIOR JUDGE
The Judge of the Howard Superior Court 2 requested the appointment of Senior Judge James Jordan for service in that court for 2004, pursuant to Ind.Code §33-4-8-1.
This Court adopted revisions to Administrative Rule 5 on December 3, 2003, which made certain changes to the senior judge program in recognition of the importance of senior judges to the administration of justice in Indiana trial courts. Accordingly, we find that the Howard Superior Court 2 has demonstrated the need for additional judicial resources based on this court’s 2003 weighted caseload statistics. We find further that Senior Judge James Jordan has been certified as a senior judge by the Judicial Nominating Commission for the calendar year 2004 pursuant to Ind. Code §33-2.1-4-17, and will be eligible to serve as a senior judge during 2004.
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that Senior Judge James Jordan is appointed to serve in the requesting trial court at the discretion of the requesting judge, effective July 1, 2004. This appointment shall remain in effect until December 31, 2004. Pursuant to Ind. Code §33-4-8-5, the senior judge appointed by this Court in this Order may not be compensated as senior judge for more than one hundred (100) days in the aggregate during the 2004 calendar year.
The Clerk of this Court is directed to forward a certified copy of this order to the Honorable Stephen M. Jessup, Judge of the Howard Superior Court 2; to the Honorable James Jordan; to the clerk of the Howard Superior Court 2 for entry in the Record of Judgments and Orders; to the Indiana Judicial Center; and to the Division of State Court Administration, Payroll Section.
DONE at Indianapolis, Indiana this 29th day of June 2004.
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Randall T. Shepard
Chief Justice of Indiana