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Circuit judge describes local administrative plan assigning protective orders, warrants and first appearances to district court
Summary
Circuit Judge Blake Batson told the joint Judiciary Committee that his Ninth East Judicial District uses Administrative Orders 14 and 18 to refer orders of protection, certain domestic matters, unlawful-detainer cases and probable-cause reviews to district court judges, a practice he said improves availability and speeds dockets.
Judge Blake Batson, circuit judge in the Ninth East Judicial District, told the joint House and Senate Judiciary Committee that his district uses an administrative plan under Administrative Order 14 (circuit courts) and Administrative Order 18 (district courts) to assign certain matters to district judges by consent. "Our plan works for us very well," Batson said.
Batson said the district refers orders of protection and related domestic-violence…
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