8th Judicial Circuit accepting applicants for County Court Judge following the retirement of Judge Walter Green

Staff report

ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – The 8th Judicial Circuit Nominating Commission has announced a County Court vacancy due to the retirement of Judge Walter Green.

Applications are being accepted for the vacancy, with a deadline of noon on January 15.

Application details

APPLICANTS MUST MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR A COUNTY COURT JUDGE AS SET FORTH IN THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION AND FLORIDA STATUTES. ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN APPLYING MUST SUBMIT TWO COPIES OF A COMPLETE APPLICATION IN .pdf FORMAT VIA EMAIL TO norm@normdfugatepa.com. ONE OF THE .pdf COPIES SHOULD BE SUBMITTED IN REDACTED FORMAT* AND ONE IN NON-REDACTED FORMAT.

*Redacted format means that the document is submitted with redactions of all information which is confidential and/or exempt from the public right of access under Article I, Section 24(a) of the Florida Constitution, (for more information, refer to the 2023 Sunshine Manual: https://legacy.myfloridalegal.com/webfiles.nsf/wf/mnos- b9qq79/$file/sunshinemanual.pdf).

The deadline for submitting the applications is January 15, 2024 by 12:00 noon. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Applications may be downloaded from The Florida Governor’s JNC Information webpage: https://www.flgov.com/judicial-and-judicial- nominating-commission-information/

The inclusion of a photograph is encouraged.

A list of the members of the Eighth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission is available via The Florida Bar’s JNC webpage.

Direct contact with a Commissioner, initiated by an applicant regarding his or her application, is discouraged. Candidate questions regarding the JNC process should be submitted in writing to the JNC Chair.

  • Bye bye wokey Walt. Dont let door hit you on the way out. Finally a breath of fresh air.

  • Second only to SA Kramer in encouraging criminal violence (especially using guns as weapons).

    • The Governor does, based on the nominations forwarded by the JNC. Just like the GRUA.

  • We better build a bigger jail. Green seemed to delight in letting repeat, violent offenders back out on the streets where they’d commit more crimes while awaiting trial.

    Case in point: https://alachuachronicle.com/woman-on-pre-trial-release-connected-with-car-sought-in-fatal-hit-and-run/

    Had he kept this violent woman in jail, she wouldn’t have killed an innocent victim in a hit and run while fleeing Walmart after she and her companion shoplifted.

    It’s too bad that judges don’t have to answer for their misjudgments.

  • I’d rather see tax dollars being spent to build a new jail instead of keeping, marketplace open, it was served the community better

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