Judge named for Arizona shooting case
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January 14, 2011
Arizona: On Wednesday, January 12, Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced the appointment of Larry Burns to preside over the federal trial of Jared Loughner, the chief suspect in the shootings that took place in Arizona. Judge Burns is a federal judge from the Southern District of California, and was chosen because federal judges from Arizona were disqualified from presiding over the case as a result of District Judge John Roll, who was Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, being a victim of the shooting. In appointing Burns, Kozinski said that these kinds of high-profile cases call for "a fairly strong judge who will keep control of the proceedings". Kozinski described the ideal candidate as "a combination of a general and a traffic cop."[1]
Footnotes
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Arizona • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Arizona
State courts:
Arizona Supreme Court • Arizona Court of Appeals • Arizona Superior Court • Arizona Justice Courts • Arizona Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Arizona • Arizona judicial elections • Judicial selection in Arizona
