How to Use circuit judge in a Sentence

circuit judge

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  • Marcus Long, a retired chief circuit judge from Virginia.
    — Luke Fountain, Charlotte Observer, 22 June 2024
  • But Thomas disagreed, saying the constitutionality of the law will be determined by the appeals court, not the circuit judge.
    — Dara Kam, sun-sentinel.com, 16 July 2019
  • The new circuit judge will head business court and is expected to start in the fall, after Lauten retires June 28 and is replaced by Myers.
    — Monivette Cordeiro, orlandosentinel.com, 14 June 2019
  • But the appeals court Tuesday overturned Gievers’ decision to lift the stay and directly contradicted the circuit judge.
    — Dara Kam, OrlandoSentinel.com, 3 July 2018
  • Those include circuit judges, school board members, county commissioners, county community council members and more.
    — Gabriela Henriquez Stoikow, Miami Herald, 17 June 2024
  • The circuit judge has also spent more than three times as much as Webb in the early stages of the race.
    — John Moritz, Arkansas Online, 16 Dec. 2019
  • Then in April of that year, a circuit judge resentenced Smith to death.
    — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 18 May 2021
  • That’s why the circuit judge from the beginning has taken on this case.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 8 June 2020
  • In the opinion, the circuit judge wrote that the burden of proof would become a part of discovery.
    — Sheila Callaham, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2021
  • The circuit judge, Peter Holden, signed the documents and approved of the name change.
    — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 29 Oct. 2019
  • The circuit judges heard arguments from the legal teams for both the Alliance and Fearless.
    — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 31 Jan. 2024
  • If circuit judges reject the waivers, the minors can go to appeals courts, under state law.
    — Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024
  • But Judge Inge Johnson – then a circuit judge – ignored the jury.
    — John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 17 Nov. 2022
  • He was born in Baraboo and later became a U.S. circuit judge.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Cooper has been a Leon County circuit judge since he was first elected in 2002.
    — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Jaynes is still trying to get his job back and recently lost his appeal to a circuit judge.
    — Kala Kachmar, The Courier-Journal, 27 June 2022
  • Officials in the municipal court for Southaven, in the Memphis suburbs, want their circuit judges to agree to the same thing.
    — Caleb Bedillion, ProPublica, 5 July 2023
  • Justice Neil Gorsuch, who used to be a 10th circuit judge, sat out the Supreme Court's consideration of the case.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 15 Dec. 2020
  • In 1980, he was named a circuit judge in Miami and then, a few years later, a justice on the Florida Supreme Court.
    — Curt Anderson, Star Tribune, 5 Mar. 2021
  • But Jay and Nordby concluded that sending the case back to the circuit judge was not warranted.
    — Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Pocan has been a circuit judge since 2006, and prior to that worked as a private civil attorney.
    — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2021
  • But Jay and Nordby concluded sending the case back to the circuit judge was not warranted.
    — Jim Saunders, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Deiz was also the first Black woman to be elected a county circuit judge and serve as a district court judge in Oregon.
    — oregonlive, 15 Dec. 2020
  • The circuit judge ruled in favor of the university and pointed out that the UAH student was never denied the right to a permit.
    — Rebecca Griesbach | Rgriesbach@al.com, al, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Two of the circuit judges would be in the 9th Judicial Circuit, which is made up of Orange and Osceola counties.
    — orlandosentinel.com, 27 Nov. 2019
  • Troupis, a former Dane County circuit judge, was hired by Trump's campaign to oversee the 2020 recounts.
    — Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Schroeder was appointed a circuit judge in 1983 by then-Gov.
    — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2021
  • If the circuit judge approves the petition, the town board could send the application to incorporate to the DOA by April 28.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Indictments must be reported to a circuit judge in open court.
    — Andrew Wolfson, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2020
  • Its charter, which a circuit judge signed off on in 1977, requires that another nonprofit run the fair if the board were to dissolve.
    — Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Dec. 2021

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