Gov. Mike Dunleavy has appointed state Superior Court docket Choose Jude Pate to the Alaska Supreme Court docket.
The Alaska Judicial Council final month despatched Dunleavy a listing of 4 nominees, together with Pate, from which Dunleavy was to make an appointment to the courtroom. Underneath state regulation, a governor is to fill a emptiness or appoint a successor to fill an upcoming emptiness on the Supreme Court docket inside 45 days after receiving nominations from the council.
Pate will fill the emptiness being left by Supreme Court docket Chief Justice Daniel Winfree, who plans to retire in early February. Justice Peter Maassen will function chief justice of the courtroom beginning Feb. 7, the courtroom system has stated.
Pate has been serving as a Superior Court docket decide in Sitka.