Magistrate judge interviews set this month

REXBURG, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) - The Seventh Judicial District Magistrate Commission is preparing to interview five candidates for Madison County Magistrate Judge. The vacancy is being created with the upcoming retirement of Judge Mark Rammell. 

They are Ada County Deputy Prosecutor David Hunt, Idaho Falls City Prosecuting attorney Jeffrey Thomason, Fremont County Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Brock Bischoff, Rexburg attorney Sean Bartholick, and Blackfoot attorney Manuel Murdoch.

One of the six original applicants for the position has withdrawn.

The Magistrate Commission interviews are scheduled Friday, November 15 at 9:30 a.m. in the Madison County Commissioners' Meeting Room at the Madison County Courthouse in Rexburg. The interviews are open to the public.

Following the interviews, the commission will deliberate in closed session.