Phelps County, Nebraska (Judicial)

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Phelps County is located within the 10th Judicial District court and the 10th Judicial District county court.

The people of Phelps County are served by a District Court, a County Court and a Problem-Solving Court.

The United States District Court for the District of Nebraska has jurisdiction in Phelps County. Appeals from the District of Nebraska go to the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.

# Judges[edit]

Phelps County, Nebraska

## District Court[edit]

### Nebraska Tenth District Court

* Morgan R. Farquhar
* Terri Harder[1]

## County Court[edit]

### 10th County Court Judicial District, Nebraska

* Michael Burns[2]
* Tim Hoeft
* Michael Mead[1]

# Elections[edit]

See also: Nebraska judicial elections

Nebraska is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Nebraska, click here.

* Nebraska local trial court judicial elections, 2024
* Nebraska local trial court judicial elections, 2023
* Nebraska local trial court judicial elections, 2022
* Nebraska local trial court judicial elections, 2021
* Nebraska local trial court judicial elections, 2020
* Nebraska local trial court judicial elections, 2019
* Nebraska local trial court judicial elections, 2018
* Nebraska local trial court judicial elections, 2017
* Nebraska local trial court judicial elections, 2016
* Nebraska judicial elections, 2014
* Nebraska judicial elections, 2012
* Nebraska judicial elections, 2010

## Election rules[edit]

### Retention election[edit]

In Nebraska's retention elections, voters are asked whether they think a judge should be retained, and they indicate this with either a "yes" or "no" vote. If the judge has more "yes" than "no" votes, the judge is retained for a new term. Judges do not face opponents in retention elections. Judges face retention elections every six years, except for newly appointed judges, who must face retention in the first general election occurring more than three years after their appointment.[3]

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 State of Nebraska Judicial Branch, "District Court Judge Address List," accessed August 1, 2014 Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name "list" defined multiple times with different content
2. ↑ Governor Dave Heineman, "Press Release: Gov. Heineman Appoints Michael Burns of Hastings to 10th Judicial District Judgeship," May 17, 2011
3. ↑ State of Nebraska Judicial Branch, "Voters’ guide to Nebraska’s judicial retention elections," February 14, 2014, accessed April 24, 2014

## See also[edit]

* Nebraska counties
* Courts in Nebraska

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