The six finalists have been announced for the First Judicial Magistrate Judge position being vacated by Magistrate Judge Barry Watson in December.  The finalists are:

James Combo, Attorney, Law Offices of Charles F. Bean, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

James Craig, Assistant Chief Counsel, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Orlando, Florida

Barbara Ann Duggan, Ada County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Boise, Idaho

Paul Szott, Kootenai County Deputy Public Defender, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

Brian Thie, Attorney, Magyar Rauch & Thie Law Firm, Moscow, Idaho

Timothy Van Valin, Rathdrum City Prosecutor, Rathdrum, Idaho

According to the press release just received from First Judicial Trial Court Administrator Karlene Behringer:

The applicants will be interviewed on Thursday, October 30, 2014, beginning at 9:00 a.m.  in Room 1A and 1B of the Kootenai County Administration Building, 451 Government Way, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, 83814. The interviews will be open to the public. However, the deliberations will not be open to the public.

Here is some information about the First Judicial District Magistrate’s commissioners who will be conducting the interviews.  TCA Behringer stated:  “Please note that Judge Mitchell will be filling in for Judge Haynes.”