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Roger Metcalf
Roger Metcalf was a 2018 candidate for judge of the Tarrant County Justice of the Peace Court in Texas. Metcalf filed to run in the race but was declared ineligible.
Biography
Roger Metcalf was born and lives in Tarrant County, Texas. He graduated from Castleberry High School. He earned a B.S. in biology from Baylor University, a D.D.S. from Baylor College of Dentistry in 1977, and a J.D. from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in 2009. Metcalf’s career experience includes working as a dentist and as the director of the Human Identification Laboratory at the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's District.[1]
Elections
Selection method
The members of the Texas Justice of the Peace Courts are elected in partisan elections and serve four-year terms. They are elected in a precinct-wide election.[2]
To serve as a justice of the peace, justices must complete a 40-hour course on relevant duties within one year of his or her election. They must also complete a similar 20-hour course each year they continue to serve.[3]
See also
- Courts in Texas
- Local trial court judicial elections, 2018
- Municipal elections in Tarrant County, Texas (2018)
External links
Footnotes
Federal courts:
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Northern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Northern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas
State courts:
Texas Supreme Court • Texas Court of Appeals • Texas Court of Criminal Appeals • Texas District Courts • Texas County Courts • Texas County Courts at Law • Texas Statutory Probate Courts • Texas Justice of the Peace Courts
State resources:
Courts in Texas • Texas judicial elections • Judicial selection in Texas
