Short list for COA

The Supreme Court Nominating Commission issued a press release announcing the nomination of municipal judge Karen Arnold-Burger, district judge Robert Fredrick, and KSC staff attorney Deborah Hughes for the vacancy on the COA to be created when Chief Judge Rulon retires in early January. Governor Parkinson has 60 days to select the new COA judge from this list. Another COA vacancy will be created by COA Judge Caplinger's recent appointment to the KSC, so the Nominating Commission will be at work again in the next few months, with Governor-elect Brownback making that appointment.

[Update: as blogged about here, the Governor appointed Judge Arnold-Burger to the Kansas Court of Appeals.]