首席大法官提名三名交通法庭新法官：罗得岛州警局调查处处长与众议院首席法律顾问在列、须参议院确认
罗得岛州首席大法官保罗·萨特尔10月30日提名三名交通法庭新法官，提名人选已送交州参议院，须经参议院确认后方可上任。
据《普罗维登斯日报》报道，州司法部门发言人亚历山德拉·克里斯证实，三名被提名人分别是：普罗维登斯市警察局少校、调查处处长戴维·拉帕廷；州总检察长办公室助理总检察长、2023年起任纽波特县分局局长的埃里克·巴蒂斯塔；众议院议长克里斯·布拉泽耶夫斯基的首席法律顾问妮科尔·麦卡蒂。
罗得岛交通法庭负责审理民事交通违法案件，包括拒绝呼气酒精测试案件，以及部分环境管理部门违法案件，并与市级法院对较轻交通违法共享管辖权。参议院除审议这三项提名外，还将审议近期提名的其他多名法官人选。
交通法庭法官的任命程序由首席大法官提名、参议院确认，这是罗得岛州司法任命的常规路径。提名公布正值11月3日大选前最后几天，州参议院何时表决这批提名，报道未作说明。
来源：GSM·美国
Rhode Island Chief Justice Nominates Three Traffic Tribunal Magistrates: Providence Police Investigative Commander and House Chief Legal Counsel Named, Senate Confirmation Required
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island — Chief Justice Paul Suttell on October 30 nominated three new magistrates for the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal. The nominations have been sent to the state Senate and require Senate confirmation.
According to the Providence Journal, judiciary spokesperson Alexandra Kriss confirmed the three nominees: David Lapatin, a Providence police major and commanding officer of the department's investigative division; Eric Batista, an assistant attorney general who has served as chief of the Newport County bureau since 2023; and Nicole McCarty, chief legal counsel to House Speaker Chris Blazejewski.
The Traffic Tribunal hears civil traffic offenses, including Breathalyzer refusal cases and certain Department of Environmental Management offenses, and shares jurisdiction with municipal courts over lesser traffic offenses. In addition to these three, the Senate will consider several other recently nominated magistrates.
Traffic Tribunal magistrates are appointed through nomination by the chief justice and Senate confirmation, Rhode Island's standard judicial appointment path. The nominations come in the final days before the November 3 election, and the report did not say when the Senate will vote on them.
Source: GSM America
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