3 magistrates selected as finalists for Superior Court bench
Jim Chapman | The Journal Gazette
Gov. Eric Holcomb will choose from among three Allen County magistrates all of them women to be the county s next Superior Court judge.
A Judicial Nominating Commission named three finalists today for the job Circuit Court Magistrate Ashley Hand and Superior Court magistrates Lori Morgan and Sherry Hartzler.
The nominating commission named the three finalists after interviewing them and attorney Matthew Skeens, who also applied for the job but was not chosen as a finalist.
Holcomb will choose Hand, Morgan or Hartzler to replace Superior Court Judge Charles Pratt in the court s Family Relations Division. Pratt announced last month he ll retire in May.
Three Allen County magistrates and an attorney have been identified as candidates for the job as Allen Superior Court judge.
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2,100 want magistrate promoted
Petition governor to put Black judge on Superior Court
JIM CHAPMAN | The Journal Gazette
More than 2,100 people have signed a petition urging the governor to appoint a local magistrate as the next Allen Superior Court judge.
ChangeMakers Fort Wayne, a local social activist group, is asking Gov. Eric Holcomb to appoint a qualified Black judge and believes that person is Superior Court Magistrate Lori Morgan.
“Lori Morgan is highly qualified for this vacancy,” said Daylana Saunders, co-founder of ChangeMakers Fort Wayne. “If not now, then when.”
The governor will appoint a successor to replace Superior Court Judge Charles Pratt in the court s Family Relations Division. Pratt announced last month he ll retire in May.
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