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POLSON - Judge C. B. McNeil, judge for the 20th Judicial District, which includes Lake and Sanders counties, retires on Sept. 5.
The Montana Judicial Nomination Commission had already received applications for McNeil's position. Applying were Steven Norman Eschenbacher, JoAnn Jayne (Joey), James A. Manley, James William Raymond, Mark Alan Russell and John Conn Schulte.
The public has until Sept. 9 to view the applications online through a link available at http://www.courts.mt.gov and submit their comments by email, print or telephone. Comments will become part of the applicant's file and will be posted on the commission's web page.
Comments may be submitted to any commissioner or to:
Judicial Nomination Commission
c/o Sarah Garcia
Office of Court Administrator
P. O. Box 203005
Helena, MT 59620-3005
SGarcia@mt.gov.
The JNC will select three to five nominees and send them to Governor Steve Bullock by Oct. 3. Governor Bullock's deadline for appointing Judge McNeil's replacement is Oct. 30, and the appointee will serve until January 2015.
