RUSHVILLE, Neb. (AP) — The state’s Judicial Resources Commission will be studying whether to keep a county court judgeship in the Panhandle of western Nebraska.
The vacancy will occur with the retirement of County Court Judge Charles Plantz on Dec. 31.
The Judicial Resources Commission reviews caseloads and other factors when a vacancy occurs. Once that determination is made, the state’s court system will issue a call for applicants.
A date for the review hearing has not been set yet.
Plantz has been a judge in what is now the state’s 12th Judicial District since his appointment in December 1991 by then-Gov. Ben Nelson.
The district serves 12 counties, and Plantz has been based in Sheridan County’s Rushville.
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