• The Fourth Judicial Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC) held interviews Monday for a vacancy created by the retirement of Circuit Court Judge Michael Weatherby, who will step down in February. The commission had previously interviewed 24 of the applicants for the opening created by the passing of Judge Peter Fryefield, so it elected to only interview four new applicants, plus an applicant that interviewed via teleconference previously. The Governor’s Office will interview the first group of applicants suggested to fill Fryefield’s seat Thursday. With no one taken out of the applicant pool currently, the JNC decided to send the same list of names to be considered to fill Weatherby’s seat. That list includes Duval County Court Judge Roberto Arias and attorneys Thomas Beverly, Alan Chipperfield, Corinne Hodak, Harvey Jay and Donald Lester. The Governor has 60 days to select from the second pool of applicants.
