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Saturday, September 10, 2005

Ind. Courts - "Who needs DST to confuse us?!?!"

"Who needs DST (daylight savings time) to confuse us?!?!" writes a reader who sends along these quotes:

"Elkhart Superior Court 1 Judge L. Benjamin Pfaff has been suspended with pay effective at noon Monday, according to an order entered Friday by the Indiana Supreme Court." Goshen News

"The Indiana Supreme Court issued a suspension order this morning, effective Monday." Elkhart Truth

"Elkhart Superior Court 1 Judge L. Benjamin Pfaff has been suspended with pay by the Indiana Supreme Court, effective midnight Sunday." South Bend Tribune

"Friday may have been Judge L. Benjamin Pfaff's last day on the bench. The Indiana Supreme Court suspended Pfaff Friday in an order that will take effect Monday morning." Elkhart Truth

As the Supreme Court does not appear to have posted its order online, there may be no way to narrow this down. It is not posted under "Judicial Orders".

Today's South Bend Tribune story also reports:

The incident, in which only Pfaff was armed and no one was hurt, occurred in December 2003. * * *

Pfaff has continued his work on the bench since the initial incident. His judicial salary of $110,500 annually will continue during his suspension.

Also Friday, the Supreme Court ordered the temporary transfer of five Elkhart County judges and magistrates to Pfaff's court to cover his absence. Those judges will retain the authority to hear and decide cases in their own courts during the transfer period.

The court also expanded the amount of time that two senior judges can serve in Superior Court 1 from 30 days to an unlimited number.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 10, 2005 06:41 PM
Posted to Indiana Courts