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<DIV>Keep in mind that everything done by a court commissioner is subject to a
motion for revision, so it gets before a judge (retired or elected)
anyway.</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=rich@pnwle.com
href="mailto:rich@pnwle.com">Richard Holland</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 12, 2016 10:48 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com
href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">WSBA Real Property Listserv</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [WSBARP] Informal Judicial
Preference?</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>I have had a similar experience before Court Commissioners in
Island County. It is particularly frustrating because you are not
necessarily choosing to go before a Commissioner. That just happens to be
who is there that day. In Island – in my limited experience - you actually
need to get the calendar of the judges and make sure that the judge on your case
is going to be in court that day – or you can easily find that your matter got
bumped to the Commissioner. At the same time, a retired judge on another
case I was involved with had no issue ruling on something. I didn’t have
the same result you did, but it was the better part of a wasted day and client
funds to have the Commissioner say essentially “I won’t rule on
this”.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B>From:</B> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com
[mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Paul
Neumiller<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 12, 2016 10:28 AM<BR><B>To:</B> 'WSBA
Real Property Listserv' <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[WSBARP] Informal Judicial Preference?<o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Island County.
Situation: Plaintiffs brought a condemnation action for private right of
way. After two years of nothing, I brought a CR 41(b)(1) motion to dismiss for
want of prosecution. All Plaintiff had to do was file and serve a notice
of trial setting <U>prior to the hearing</U>. Hearing was held by a court
commissioner who, at Plaintiff’s request, continued the hearing to the following
week stating the assigned judge (who was out of town) should hear the
matter. Yep, you guessed it. Plaintiff filed and served the notice for
trial setting after the first hearing with the court commissioner but before the
hearing with the assigned judge. Judge ruled that the matter in front of
him was “the hearing” (and not a continuance of the hearing) and that Plaintiffs
complied with CR 41. So, my client, who was entitled to full dismissal at
the first hearing, was extremely prejudiced by the continuance to allow the
“assigned judge” to hear the case because the extra week gave the Plaintiffs
time to comply with CR 41. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Feel free to answer off line if
you prefer with any advice. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</A>
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<B>On Behalf Of </B>G. Geoffrey Gibbs<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 12, 2016
9:57 AM<BR><B>To:</B> WSBA Real Property Listserv <<A
href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</A>><BR><B>Subject:</B>
Re: [WSBARP] Informal Judicial Preference?<o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d">Paul: What county ?
GGG<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma",sans-serif'> </SPAN><A
href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma",sans-serif'>wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</SPAN></A><SPAN
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href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma",sans-serif'>mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</SPAN></A><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma",sans-serif'>] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Paul Neumiller<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 12, 2016 9:43 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
</SPAN><A href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma",sans-serif'>wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</SPAN></A><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma",sans-serif'><BR><B>Subject:</B>
[WSBARP] Informal Judicial Preference?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>I have heard a local judge say that “dispositive civil
motions should be heard by the assigned judge” yet I cannot find anything in the
superior court rules or our local court rules. Is this idea written down
somewhere? Thanks Thanks Thanks.<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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