[blindlaw] Federal Magistrate Judge in Vancouver, WEashignton

[Noel Nightingale]

Public notice: The court will select a part-time United States
magistrate judge for the Western District of Washington at Vancouver.
The person selected
will replace the incumbent, who will retire March 23, 2007 after 28
years of distinguished service. The new magistrate judge will enter on
duty March 24,
2007, or as soon thereafter as possible. Applications are now being
accepted for the position. Position Description - Part-time United
States Magistrate
Judge - Vancouver, Washington. The United States District Court, Western
District of Washington announces the vacancy of the position of
part-time magistrate
judge for the Western District of Washington at Vancouver. The person
selected will replace the incumbent, who will retire March 23, 2007. The
new Magistrate
Judge will assume duties on duty March 24, 2007, or as soon thereafter
as possible. Applications are now being accepted for the position. The
duties of
the part-time magistrate judge position may include the following: (1)
to conduct initial appearances, pretrial matters, trial and disposition
of petty
and misdemeanor cases charged as violations of regulations promulgated
by the U.S. Forest Service, General Services Administration, Veterans
Administration,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife, and the Corps of Engineers; (2) to conduct
initial appearances and related matters in criminal cases; (3) to
consider under oath,
applications for search warrants, applications for arrest warrants, and
complaints in criminal matters; (4) such other responsibilities as may
be assigned.
The jurisdiction of the part-time magistrate judge is specified in 28
U.S.C. 636(a). To be qualified for appointment an applicant must: (1)
Be, and have
been a member in good standing for at least five years of the bar of the
highest court of a state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto
Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands of the United States, and have been
engaged in the active practice of law for a period of at least five
years (with some
substitutes authorized); (2) be competent to perform all the duties of a
United States magistrate judge, be of good moral character, be
emotionally stable
and mature, be committed to equal justice under law, be in good health,
be patient and courteous, and be capable of deliberation and
decisiveness; (3)
be less than seventy years old; (4) not be related to an active judge of
the district court; (5) possess such other qualifications for the
position as
may be established by the district court. The person serving in this
position may practice law, and may appear as counsel in any case in
state court and
in any civil case in this court. He or she may not, however, appear as
counsel in a criminal case in this court. A merit selection panel will
review all
applications and recommend to the judges of the district court in
confidence a list of the persons it considers best qualified. The court
will make the
appointment, following an FBI full-field investigation and IRS tax check
of the appointee. An affirmative effort will be made to give due
consideration
to all qualified candidates, including women and members of minority
groups. The current annual salary of the position is $25,512.00. The
term of office
is four years. Application forms and further information on the
magistrate judge position may be obtained from the clerk of the district
court (or via
the court's website at
www.wawd.uscourts.gov).
Bruce Rifkin, District Court Executive U.S. District Court 700 Stewart
St., Lobby Level Seattle, WA 98101; 206-370-8400. Applications must be
submitted
only by potential nominees personally and must be received no later than
September 1, 2006. All applications will be kept confidential, unless
the applicant
consents to disclosure, and all applications will be examined only by
members of the merit selection panel and the judges of the district
court. The panel's
deliberations will remain confidential.