Table 22: Ninth Judicial District Judges and Magistrates
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Name of Judge
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Telephone/
Facsimile
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Case Links
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Comments
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District Judges
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James Berkley Boyd
Chief Judge
Pitkin County
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(970) 925-7635
(970) 925-6349
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T. Peter Craven
Garfield County
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No longer on bench as of February 2007
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Denise Lynch
Garfield County
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(970) 945-5075
(970) 945-8756
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Replaced T. Peter Craven
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Thomas W. Ossola
Garfield County
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No longer on bench as of February 2007
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Daniel B. Petre
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County Judges
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Stephen L. Carter (Atty)
Garfield County - Rifle
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No longer on bench as of February 2007
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Erin Fernandez-Ely (Atty)
Pitkin County
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(970) 925-7635
(970) 925-6349
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July 2006
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Imposed bail of $1 million for misdemeanor charges involving harassment, menacing, and violating a restraining order without regard to the Eighth Amendment.
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Jason D. Jovanovich
Garfield County-
Rifle
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(970) 625-5100
(970) 625-1125
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Paul Metzger (Atty)
Garfield County
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(970) 945-5075
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Laurie A. Noble (Atty)
Rio Blanco County-
Meeker
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(970) 675-2342
(970)675-5029
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Laurie A. Noble (Atty)
Rio Blanco County - Rangely
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(970) 878-5622
(970) 878-4295
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Gerard C. Viscardi (Atty)
Rio Blanco County
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(970) 878-5622
(970) 878-4295
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Magistrates
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Ruben M. Hernandez
Combined Court Magistrate
Glen Wood Springs
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(970)945-5075
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Lain Leoniak
Garfield County
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(970) 945-5075
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Appointed in 2007
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January 2008
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An 11-year-old boy bumped his head playing and Leoniak insanely launched a full-scale SWAT team attack on the family.
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Daniel B. Petre
Combined court
Garfield County
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No longer on bench as of January 2008.
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