The Imperial County Superior Court is the
California superior court
Superior courts in California are the state trial courts with general jurisdiction to hear and decide any civil or criminal action which is not specially designated to be heard in some other court or before a governmental agency. As mandated by t ...
located in
Imperial County
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. The superior court operates four courthouses throughout the county. , the presiding judge of the court is Brooks Anderholt, and the interim court executive officer is Maria Rhinehart. The court has over 100 employees, 10 judges, and 2 subordinate judicial officers. The building is 20 feet tall and about 100 feet wide. It has a budget of approximately $13.9 million, for the 2017–18 fiscal year.
History and courthouses
The original Imperial County courthouse was built in 1908 in the City of El Centro.
[F.C. Farr, Editor, The History of Imperial County, pg. 244 (1918)] The current Imperial County courthouse was subsequently built upon a "five acre tract" of donated land in the City of El Centro on West Main St.
The courthouse was completed in 1924 and designed by architects Ralph Emerson Swearingen and Don W. Wells. The original courthouse is currently still in use nearly ninety-five years later.
The courthouse was substantially damaged during a 2010 earthquake which affected much of Imperial County.
Judicial officers
The current judicial officers of the Imperial County Superior Court are Hon. Brooks Anderholt (Presiding Judge), Hon. Jeffrey Jones (Civil Presiding Judge), Hon. William Lehman (Juvenile and Family Law Presiding Judge), Hon. Poli Flores, Hon. Eran Bermudez, Hon. Michael Domenzain, Hon. Marco Nunez, Hon. Monica Lepe-Negrete, Hon. Kris Becker (Commissioner), and Hon. Martin Gonzalez (Referee).
See also
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Superior Courts of California
Superior courts in California are the state trial courts with general jurisdiction to hear and decide any civil or criminal action which is not specially designated to be heard in some other court or before a governmental agency. As mandated by t ...
References
External links
Government of Imperial County, California
Superior courts in California
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