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Michigan's '''Twenty-fifth Judicial District Court''' presides over the cities of Ecorse, and Lincoln Park in [[Wayne County, Michigan (Judicial)|Wayne County]], [[Michigan]].<ref name=wayne>[http://courts.mi.gov/self-help/directories/pages/consolidated-directory.aspx?county=Wayne ''Michigan Courts'', "Wayne County," accessed July 19, 2014]</ref>
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The 26th District Court was abolished and merged with the 25th District in 2012.<ref>[http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2012/02/10/news/doc4f3588fe9089c589921044.txt ''The News Herald'', "Lincoln Park: Bill combining courts expected to become law soon," February 10 2012]</ref>
The '''Michigan 25th Judicial District Court''' resides in [[Michigan]]. Click on the links below to learn more about the court's...


==Judges==
* [[#Jurisdiction|Jurisdiction]]
* [[Greg Clifton (Michigan)|Greg Clifton]] ''(Chief judge)''
* [[#Selection method|Selection method]]
* [[David J. Zelenak]]<ref name=wayne>[http://courts.mi.gov/self-help/directories/pages/consolidated-directory.aspx?county=Wayne ''Michigan Courts'', "Wayne County," accessed July 19, 2014]</ref>


==Former judges==
==Jurisdiction==
* [[David A. Bajorek]]  
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* [[Michael F. Ciungan]]
 
==Selection method==
::''See also: [[Judicial selection in the states]]''
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===Judicial elections in Michigan===
::''See also: [[Michigan judicial elections]]''
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Wayne County, Michigan (Judicial)|Wayne County, Michigan]]
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*[[Michigan District Courts]]
*[[Judicial selection in Michigan]]


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://25thdistrictcourt.org/ ''25th District Court'', "25th District Court Website"]
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*[http://courts.mi.gov/self-help/directories/pages/consolidated-directory.aspx?county=Wayne ''Michigan Courts.gov'', "Wayne County Courts"]
*[https://www.courts.michigan.gov/ Michigan courts]
*[http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2012/01/06/news/doc4f073f2a886b5375927805.txt ''The News-Herald'', "Lincoln Park: Longtime judge set to retire," January 6, 2012]
 


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Jurisdiction

This court holds the following jurisdiction:[1]

The district court has exclusive jurisdiction over most traffic violations, civil cases where the amount in controversy does not exceed $25,000, landlordtenant and land contract matters, and civil infractions. The court may also conduct marriages in a civil ceremony.[2]

Selection method

See also: Judicial selection in the states
See also: Nonpartisan election of judges

Judges of the Michigan District Courts are each elected to six-year terms.[3] The elections for this court are nonpartisan contested elections. To serve on this court, a judge must be a qualified elector of the district, licensed to practice law in the state, under the age of 70, and have five years of experience practicing law.

Judicial elections in Michigan

See also: Michigan judicial elections

Michigan is one of 10 states that uses nonpartisan elections to select judges and does not use retention elections for subsequent terms. To read more about how states use judicial elections to select judges across the country, click here.

Primary election

If there are more than twice the number of candidates than there are judgeships up for election, the race will appear on the primary election ballot. In the nonpartisan primary, the two candidates who receive the greatest number of votes advance to the general election.

General election

If there are not more than twice the amount of candidates than there are persons to be elected, the race will not appear on the primary election ballot, but only on the general election ballot.[4]

Ties

If two or more candidates in a race receive the same number of votes, the election is to be decided by lot. In a process run by a county clerk, the candidates choose slips of paper from a box that say either "elected" or "not elected".[5]

See also

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