Judicial Resources Commission to hold September 10 Public Hearing

Judicial Resources Commission to hold September 10 Public Hearing

The Judicial Resources Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, September 10, 2019, beginning at 1:00 p.m. at the State Capitol Building, Room 1510, Lincoln, Nebraska. The purpose of the hearing is to determine, pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 24-1204 and 1206, whether a judicial vacancy exists in the following location:

Office of the Separate Juvenile Court of Douglas county, due to the retirement of Judge Douglas F. Johnson effective August 31, 2019, and if so to make a recommendation to the Supreme Court as to the primary place of office of said vacancy.

The public hearing will include videoconferencing from the following sites: (1) Omaha Downtown Vocational Rehabilitation Office, 1313 Farnam on the Mall, 3rd Floor SE Corner, Omaha, Nebraska; (2) North Platte Vocational Rehabilitation Office, 200 S. Silber, Building 2, North Platte, Nebraska; (3) Mid-Plains Community College, Walsh Brady Building, 1205 East 5th, room 211, McCook, Nebraska; and (4) Central Community College, Adams Building, 3500 South Military Drive, room 115, Hastings, Nebraska. Please note the videoconferencing sites will not be used to receive public testimony.

Any member of the public wishing to present oral testimony before the Judicial Resources Commission may do so by attending the public hearing in Room 1510 of the State Capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska. Any member of the public wishing to present written testimony or other pertinent information to the commission may do so by mailing it to the commission Chair no later than September 3, 2019, at the following address: State Capitol Building, Room 2219, Lincoln, NE 68509, or e-mailing it to: Dawn.Mussmann@nebraska.gov

Commission members are:

Honorable Stephanie F. Stacy, Chair   
Stephen Bader, Bellevue Robert J. Parker, Hastings
Charles E. Conrad, Hastings Brian Phares, North Platte
William Dittrick, Omaha Honorable John E. Samson, Blair
Timothy R. Engler, Lincoln

Lori Scherer, Beemer

Michael J. McCarthy, North Platte  Robert Slovek, Omaha
Christopher Nielsen, Omaha

Darlene Starman, Lincoln

Honorable Robert B. O’Neal, Papillion Jacqueline Tessendorf, Columbus
Honorable Anne M. Paine, McCook  

For special accommodations relating to the Americans with Disabilities Act, please call (402) 471-3730. For persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, please call the Nebraska Relay System at 711.