PUBLIC NOTICE FOR APPOINTMENT OF NEW MAGISTRATE JUDGE The Judicial Conference of the United States has authorized the appointment of a full-time United States magistrate judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania at Erie, Pennsylvania to fill the anticipated vacancy that will be created when the Senate confirms President Obama's nomination of Magistrate Judge Susan Paradise Baxter to serve as a United States District Court Judge on this court. The essential function of courts is to dispense justice. An important component of this function is the creation and maintenance of diversity in the court system. A community's belief that a court dispenses justice is heightened when the court reflects the community's racial, ethnic, and gender diversity. The duties of the position are demanding and wide-ranging: (1) conduct of most preliminary proceedings in criminal cases; (2) trial and disposition of misdemeanor cases; (3) conduct of various pretrial matters and evidentiary proceedings on delegation from a district judge; and (4) trial and disposition of civil cases upon consent of the litigants. The basic authority of a United States magistrate judge is specified in 28 U.S.C. § 636. The current annual salary of the position is $185,012. The term of office is eight years. Application forms and more information on the magistrate judge position in this court may be obtained from the clerk of the district court, Robert V. Barth, Jr., 3110 U.S. Courthouse, 700 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. The form is also available on the court's Internet website at www.pawd.uscourts.gov under "News & Announcements." Applications must be submitted only by applicants personally and must be received by 4:00 p.m. on January 4, 2016 in any courthouse in the Western District of Pennsylvania by mail or in person and should be marked "MJ Applicant-Confidential." All applications will be kept confidential, unless the applicant consents to disclosure, and all applications will be examined only by members of the merit selection panel and the judges of the district court. The panel's deliberations will remain confidential.
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