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Justice courts ask board to create new West Valley precinct as several courts exceed statutory case limits
Summary
Presiding Judge Anna Huberman told the board several West Valley justice courts exceed the statutory 1,200 judicial‑productivity‑credit limit; she proposed creating a new West Valley justice court precinct that would bring additional clerks and staff and asked the board to approve a short redistribution and three‑FTE reassignment.
Anna Huberman, presiding judge of Maricopa County Justice Courts, told the Board of Supervisors that several West Valley justice courts have caseloads over the statutory limit and that the courts are short clerical staff.
Huberman said Arizona law measures justice‑court caseloads in judicial productivity credits (JPCs) and that no court may exceed 1,200 JPCs. She said the White Tank court currently sits at about 1,400 JPCs and…
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