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U.S. Chief District Judge David C. Nye, right chats with newly sworn-in U.S. Magistrate Judge Raymond Patricco Jr. in the District of Idaho federal courthouse in Boise on Friday June 11. Patricco succeeds Chief Magistrate Judge Ronald Bush, who is retiring. With roughly 1.8 million residents, Idaho has the fewest federal judges of any state, including those with much smaller populations. | Courtesy KIVI
BOISE (AP) — Idaho’s newest federal magistrate judge, Raymond Patricco Jr., was sworn in during a brief ceremony Friday morning at the federal courthouse in Boise.
A more formal swearing-in ceremony with “pomp and circumstance” will be held at a later date, Chief District Judge David Nye said, but Friday’s event allowed Patricco to get right to work presiding over his first hearing that afternoon.