Rule 311 Magistrate Judge Selection Panel.
Rule Text
Before the appointment of a magistrate judge, the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court (“Court”) shall establish a magistrate judge selection panel which shall recommend to the Court for nomination the names of at least two persons per vacancy whose character, experience, ability and commitment to equal justice under the law qualify them to serve as magistrate judges. There shall be a magistrate judge selection panel for the division of St. Thomas and St. John, and a magistrate judge selection panel for the division of St. Croix.