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Oregon Supreme Court justice vacancy (December 2021)
| Oregon Supreme Court |
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| Nakamoto vacancy |
| Date: December 31, 2021 |
| Status: Seat filled |
| Nomination |
| Nominee: Roger J. DeHoog |
| Date: January 19, 2022 |
Governor Kate Brown (D) appointed Roger J. DeHoog to the Oregon Supreme Court on January 19, 2022.[1] DeHoog succeeded Justice Lynn Nakamoto, who retired from the court on December 31, 2021.[2] DeHoog was Gov. Brown's sixth nominee to the seven-member supreme court.
At the time of the appointment, midterm vacancies on the court were filled by gubernatorial appointment.
Ballotpedia has compiled the following resources on the process to fill the Oregon Supreme Court vacancy:
- An overview of the appointee.
- An overview of the selection process.
- An overview of the court following the vacancy.
- An overview of the justice who left office.
- A list of other state supreme court appointments in 2021.
The appointee
- See also: Roger J. DeHoog
Before his appointment to the state supreme court, DeHoog was a judge on the Oregon Court of Appeals, Position 8. He was appointed to this court on December 7, 2015, by Gov. Kate Brown (D).[3]
Previously, DeHoog was a judge in the Oregon 11th Judicial District.[4] That court has jurisdiction over Deschutes County.
DeHoog earned an economics degree from Dartmouth College in 1987 and a J.D. from the University of Oregon School of Law in 1992.[5][6]
The selection process
- See also: Judicial selection in Oregon
At the time of the appointment, midterm vacancies on the Oregon Supreme Court were filled via gubernatorial appointment. Appointed judges served until the next general election more than 60 days after they were appointed, at which point they had to run for election in order to remain in office.[7][8]
Article VII, Section 1a of the Oregon Constitution requires that judges retire by the end of the calendar year in which they turn 75.
Makeup of the court
- See also: Oregon Supreme Court
Justices
Following Nakamoto's retirement, the Oregon Supreme Court included the following members:
| ■ Rebecca Duncan | Appointed by Gov. Kate Brown (D) in 2017 | |
| ■ Adrienne Nelson | Appointed by Gov. Kate Brown (D) in 2018 | |
| ■ Martha Walters | Appointed by Gov. Ted Kulongoski (D) in 2006 | |
| ■ Chris Garrett | Appointed by Gov. Kate Brown (D) in 2018 | |
| ■ Thomas Balmer | Appointed by Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) in 2001 | |
| ■ Meagan A. Flynn | Appointed by Gov. Kate Brown (D) in 2017 |
About the court
Founded in 1859, the Oregon Supreme Court is the state's court of last resort and has seven judgeships. The current chief of the court is Meagan A. Flynn.
As of September 2023, all seven judges on the court were appointed by a Democratic governor.
The Oregon Supreme Court meets in the Supreme Court Building in Salem, Oregon.[9]
About Justice Nakamoto
- See also: Lynn Nakamoto
Justice Lynn Nakamoto joined the Oregon Supreme Court in 2015. She was appointed to the court by Governor Kate Brown (D). Upon her appointment to the Oregon Supreme Court, Nakamoto became the first Asian Pacific American on the supreme court.[3]
Before serving on the state supreme court, Nakamoto served as a judge on the Oregon Court of Appeals. She was appointed to that court by Governor Ted Kulongoski (D) in December 2010. Upon her appointment to the court, Nakamoto became the first Asian Pacific American from Oregon to serve on any state or federal appellate court.[3] Prior to her service as a judge, she was a shareholder with Markowitz, Herbold, Glade & Mehlhaf, P.C. from 1989 to 2010, and a staff attorney and acting executive director from 1987 to 1989.[10]
Nakamoto earned an undergraduate degree from Wellesley College in 1982 and a J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1985.[10]
Other state supreme court appointments in 2021
- See also: State supreme court vacancies, 2021
The following table lists vacancies on state supreme courts that opened in 2021. Click the link under the Court column for a particular vacancy for more information on that vacancy.
Click here for vacancies that opened in 2020.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ State of Oregon Newsroom, "Governor Kate Brown Announces Appointments to the Oregon Supreme Court and Oregon Court of Appeals," January 19, 2022
- ↑ State of Oregon Newsroom, "Governor Kate Brown Announces Oregon Supreme Court Vacancy," August 9, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Paris Achen, Portland Tribune, "Brown appoints first Asian American to Oregon Supreme Court," December 7, 2015 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "appt" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Deschutes County Circuit Court: Oregon Judicial Department, "Welcome to Oregon's 11th Judicial District," accessed January 28, 2022
- ↑ Press Release, "Governor Kitzhaber appoints Roger J. DeHoog to Deschutes County Circuit Court," January 20, 2012
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State Candidate Information for Roger J. DeHoog
- ↑ American Judicature Society , "Methods of Judicial Selection: Oregon," accessed July 1, 2021
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Oregon Supreme Court," accessed July 1, 2021
- ↑ Oregon Judicial Branch, "Oregon Supreme Court," accessed September 1, 2021
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Oregon Judicial Department, "Biography - Justice Lynn Nakamoto," accessed July 1, 2021
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Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Oregon • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Oregon
State courts:
Oregon Supreme Court • Oregon Court of Appeals • Oregon Circuit Courts • Oregon Tax Court • Oregon County Courts • Oregon Justice Courts • Oregon Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Oregon • Oregon judicial elections • Judicial selection in Oregon
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