Judge Haley to retire

 

 

 

 

 ISN'T IT NICE THAT HE GETS TO RETIRE WITH FULL BENEFITS? MEANWHILE, MY FAMILY IS STILL ESSENTIALLY HOMELESS, AS ARE COUNTLESS OTHERS IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN, THANKS TO HALEY AND NORTHERN MICHIGAN'S JUST-US SYSTEM. TPL

 

 

Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump

Judge Haley to retire

Judge Michael Haley hears cases in 86th District Court.

Posted: Monday, December 1, 2014 5:04 pm

BY MATT TROUTMAN mtroutman@record-eagle.com

TRAVERSE CITY — No one will replace 86th District Court Judge Michael Haley when he wraps up his 18-year career. A reduction in judgeships enacted by state legislators means that Haley's retirement on Jan. 31 will eliminate his seat from the district's bench. That will leave his fellow district judges Michael Stepka and Thomas J. Phillips without a third colleague to split an already-busy docket. Haley planned to retire this year, a decision he said the reduction made more difficult. He opted to run unopposed for reelection in November to ensure his availability as a visiting judge. He said if another candidate ran and won that the position would have been "eliminated right away." "The short version is I wanted to be available to the court," he said.
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