Well, the court is soliciting applicants for the two open spots. A bulk email went out this morning:
The Judicial Conference of the United States has
authorized the appointment of two full-time United States Magistrate Judges for
the Southern District of Florida at Miami, Florida. These appointments will succeed incumbents
who were confirmed as United States District Judges. The term of office is eight years.
A full public notice is posted on the Court's website at: https://www.flsd.uscourts.gov/.
Interested persons may contact the Clerk of the District Court for additional information and application form. The application form is also available on the Court's website https://www.flsd.uscourts.gov/. Applications must be submitted only by applicants personally to; FLSD_magistratejudgerecruitment@flsd.uscourts.gov no later than 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, March 31, 2024.
For many years, the culture in this District was that magistrate judges had little chance at becoming a district judge. But that has changed. Two of last three judges came from the magistrate bench. It will be interesting to see if that continues.
Why not Jonathan Goodman? Is he district judge material?
ReplyDeleteJudge Goodman is too old for elevation. Politicians want their lifetime appointments to last and maybe to have enough years left to have a chance at further elevation beyond the district bench.
ReplyDeleteat least the puppet is gone
ReplyDeleteBe careful what you wish for, cause some a of these new DCJs are batcrap crazy.
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