Magistrate Judge Duty and Courtroom Rotation

This page outlines the general plan for duty and courtroom rotation.  Please consult the daily calendars for each judge posted in the building and on this web site to verify the proper courtroom.   
Current calendars:  Wells   Warner   Furse    Pead   SLC CVB Calendar               
Criminal Calendar Rotation Policy


Criminal Calendar Rotation and Courtroom Assignments

 
2013
2014
2015
January
Pead
Furse Warner
February
Furse
Pead Wells
March
Wells
Warner Furse
April
Warner
Wells Pead
May
Furse
Furse Warner
June
Pead
Warner Wells
July
Wells
Pead Furse
August
Warner
Wells Pead
September
Pead
Furse Warner
October
Furse
Warner Wells
November
Wells
Pead Furse
December
Warner
Wells Pead

 


Additional Duty Rotation and Specific Courtroom Assignments

2013

Judge Braithwaite CVB Calendars in Monticello  
Judge Furse CVB Calendars in Vernal
(August Calendar to be covered by Judge Braithwaite)
 
Judge Wells Specialized Mental Health Docket:
Mondays,10am -12 noon, Room 436
Specialized Drug Docket:
Tuesdays, 10:30am to 2:00 pm, Room 103

Civil Scheduling    
(Initial Pretrial Scheduling Conferences)
CVB Military Calendar
(Dugway, Tooele, VA Hospital)
CVB Military Calendar
(HAFB)
CVB Resource Calendar
(NPS, USDI, BLM, BIA, FPS)
CVB St George CVB Glen Canyon
Furse Warner Pead Braithwaite Braithwaite Braithwaite
 
Dugway/Tooele- 1:30 PM
VA Med Center- 2:00 PM
9:00 AM Optional & Mandatory Appearances will be held at 9:00 AM
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
Frank E Moss Courthouse
Salt Lake City, UT

Room 477
(Unless noted otherwise)
Frank E Moss Courthouse
Salt Lake City, UT

Room 103
(Unless noted otherwise)
Frank E Moss Courthouse
Salt Lake City, UT

Room 103
(Unless noted otherwise)
Frank E Moss Courthouse
Salt Lake City, UT

Room 103
(Unless noted otherwise)
206 West Tabernacle
St. George, Utah

Room 2B
Big Water Town Hall
115 Aaron Burr
Big Water, Utah
Suite C
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
January 9 January 30   January 31 January 14 / 28  
February 14     February 28 February 11 / 25  
March 21 March 6 / 27   March 28

March 4 / 25

 
April 11 April 24   April 25 April 9 / 22 April 16
May 9 May 29 May 29 May 23 May 6 / 21 May 8
June 13 June 26 June 26 June 27 June 3 / 24 June 25
July 11     July 25 July 9 / 22 July 16
August 8 August 7 / 28 August 7 / 28 August 22 August 5 / 19 August 20
September 12 September 25 September 25 September 26 September 9 / 30 September 17
October 10 October 30 October 30 October 31 October 15 / 28 October 22
November 14 November 20 November 20 November 21 November 4 / 18 November 12
December 12 December 18 December 18 December 19 December 9 / 16  

 


Criminal Calendar Rotation Policy

The following policy was established by Chief Magistrate Judge Samuel Alba in October 2004 and has been updated:

1. All new criminal matters, including new complaints, initial appearances, arraignments on indictments, grand jury proceedings, trap and trace, search warrants, seizure warrants, Rule 5 proceedings, initial appearances on supervised release and probation violations, etc., will be handled by magistrate judges on a rotation basis. This will include any evening hour/weekend needs as well.  The duty magistrate judge should be notified of any weekend or holiday arrest on misdemeanor cases.

2. Starting in 2011, rotation is on a monthly basis. The rotation schedule will start at 12:01 a.m. the first day of the month and end at 12:00 midnight on the last day of the month.

3. If a new criminal matter is to be brought, it should be presented to the magistrate judge on duty during the applicable period. For Judge Wells, call Michelle Peart at 801-524-6422; for Judge Warner, call Kirsten Mumford at 801-524-6620; for Judge Furse call Lyndsey Pagel at 801-524-6180; for Judge Pead call Melissa Saddler at 801-524-6155.

4. The on-duty magistrate judge will begin hearings in the morning and continue throughout the day as needed.

5. Review of detention and/or appointment or withdrawal of counsel matters and violations of pre-trial release will be handled by the magistrate judge who handled the initial appointment of counsel or detention hearing.  Review of detention orders imposed by Magistrate Judges Alba or Nuffer will pass to the duty magistrate judge. Copies of those filings should be transmitted directly to that magistrate judge.  These documents are not automatically routed to the magistrate judge in CM/ECF.  

6. Initial appointment of counsel for indigent defendants, including initial appointment of counsel for defendants who initially retained counsel,  is handled by the duty magistrate judge.

7.  All other matters on referred criminal cases will go to the referenced magistrate judge.

8.  The magistrate judges are sharing courtrooms for some purposes.  Please consult the daily calendars posted in the building and on the court's web site to verify the proper courtroom.

Rev. 05/24/2013