ANZ Guam, Inc. v. Lizama, 2014 MP

The Office of the Clerk of Court continues to perform its myriad of functions in support of its mandated responsibilities. These responsibilities not only include the initiation, maintenance, and disposition of all civil, criminal, family, small claims, and agency appeals, but also the oversight of customer service, records management, courtroom teams, jury trials and appeals, and electronic filing. At the beginning of 2014, Presiding Judge Naraja issued a new general calendar. The issuance of the new general calendar was a result of Judge Teresa Kim-Tenorio being sworn in as an Associate Judge on December 27, 2013. The new calendar redistributed the dockets of the trial court judges, reverted the number of hearings for Rota and Tinian to two per month, and reduced the number of bail hearings from ten to seven per week. In 2014, Jury Commission No. 13-001 was also issued. This document not only provides guidelines for jury duty exemptions pursuant to 7 CMC § 3103 and 3104, but also influences the drawing of citizens to be commissioned as potential jurors for Saipan. Pat rick V. Diaz, Clerk of Court On April 10, 2014, the Clerk of Court, Family Court Manager, Information Technology (scroll) Administrator, and the Deputy Director of Court