# Presentation: 258713

## GUAM BAR ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE

**GUAM BAR ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE**

**Presented by: **
**Chief Judge  Frances Tydingco-Gatewood**
**February 22, 07  Fiesta Resort Guam**

## WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE DISTRICT COURT OF GUAM?

- _February 9, 2004:_  Judge Joaquin Manibusan appointed as Magistrate Judge
- _April 30, 2004:_  Chief Judge John Unpingco retires
- _May 2004-October 2006:_  35 visiting judges from CNMI and the 9th Circuit along with our local Supreme Court Justices and Superior Court judges designated as federal judges cover all of the cases in federal court
- _May 2004-Oct. 2006_  2 bankruptcy judges, Honorable Faris (Hawaii) and Case (Arizona) covered bankruptcy cases

## WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE DISTRICT COURT OF GUAM?

- _October 30, 2006,_ Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood sworn in
- _December 13-14, 2006_ Bankruptcy and Electronic Case Management Training with Judge Faris and Bankruptcy Court in Hawaii
- _January 16, 2007_ Jay Arriola Jr. appointed as 9th Circuit Representative
- Trial, sentencings and other hearings
- _January 29-31, 2007_  Ninth Circuit Mid Winter Meeting in Santa Barbara, California
- _February 26-28, 2007_ Pacific Judicial Council Conference in Kosrae
- _February 28-March 3, 2007_ Chief Judges Conference  in San Diego

## COURT ASSISTED RECOVERY EFFORT (“CARE”) FOR DRUG DEFENDANTS

- Preliminary Discussion with U.S. Probation Chief, Mike Cruz, U.S. Federal Public Defender, John Gorman and U.S. Attorney, Lenny Rapadas
- Intensive Supervised Release conditions for post conviction drug defendants on release or probation

## Magistrate Courtroom

- New Courtroom
- Two Million Dollars for
-    construction and
-   $250,000 in audio visual

## New and Updated Grand Jury Room

## Bankruptcy Court

- Chapter 7 Trustee Opening
- New Chapter 13 Trustee from Hawaii
- Electronic Case Filing by Trustee only
- Pilot program with Mark Beggs
-    and George Butler
- Meeting with U.S. Trustee
- Creditor’s Hearings at our
-    court

## Alternative Dispute Resolution

- Availability of Magistrate Judge
- Parties seek private mediator
- 28 U.S.C. Section 651
- Judge Manibusan and
-    a new program
- Guam’s Inafa Maolek
-    and Guam Intl. Arb.
-    Center

## Joint Educational Programs

- Court Administrator’s Conference,  Pacific Judicial Council Mar. 5-8, 2007 Chaired by Judge Art Barcinas
- Annual Pacific Judicial Conference
-    Justices, Judges,
-    Guam Bar
-    November, 2007
-    Chaired by Justice
-    Robert Torres

## Guam’s Federal District Court becomes member of the PJC.  Members include Chief Justices and Chief Judges from Guam, CNMI, Palau, Ame. Samoa, FSM, Pohnpei, Yap, Chuuk, Kosrae,  and Marshall Islands 

- Pacific Judicial Council

## Certified Courtroom Interpreters

- Need ethics and certification training for our court interpreters
- Sharing resources with the local judiciary

## Certified Courtroom Interpreters (cont)

- We have a list of federal court interpreters in the Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Indian, and Palauan languages
- Administrative Office in Washington D.C. has no qualifying test for interpreters in the Chinese, Korean, Japanese and the Pacific languages

## Information Technology

- Wireless Capability
- Future Case Management and Electronic Case Filing
- New web site
-    (www.gud.uscourts.gov)
- Managing Discovery
-    of Electronic Information
- Consolidated Calendar System
-    District, Bankruptcy and Magistrate
- Electronic Service for all Federal Agencies

## U.S. Military Cases in theFederal District Court

## U.S. Military Cases in theFederal District Court

- Our Clerk’s Office developed a Central Violations Bureau Manual in May, 2004
- Process federal citations for petty offenses on federal property
- CVB matters heard by Magistrate Judge
- Meeting with Rear Admiral Charles Joe Leidig Mr. January, 2007

## Juror Information System

- Jury Web Check In

## Civil and Criminal Accounting Module

- Implementation:  Fall, 2007
- Track Fines and Restitutions
- Cash register system which interfaces with our Court’s Financial Accounting system
- Immediate access to
-    account balances

## United States Marshals and the Taotaomona Task Force

- Establish a local and federal task force
- Apprehend individuals on outstanding local, state,  and federal warrants
- Identify, investigate, and
- 	prosecute individuals in
- 	violation of the Adam Walsh
- 	Child Protection Safety Act

## U.S. Probation Office

- Work closely with the Local Judiciary and develop offender employment programs, prisoner reentry programs, residential treatment programs
- Establishment of the CARE program for our drug defendants

## Community Outreach Programs

- Court tours and interactive classes with the federal court family
- Career Day Speeches at schools
- Law Week Activities, May, 2007
- Mock Trial

## Questions or Comments?

**Questions or Comments?**

**Si Yuus Maase**