The Senate has passed without amendment a House Joint Resolution requesting the U.S. Department of Justice to construct a new federal courthouse in the CNMI and appoint a U.S. Attorney, a U.S. Marshal, and a Chief Probation Officer to the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n
The Senate yesterday informed House Speaker Arnold Palacios that the Senate on Friday adopted by a voice vote House Joint Resolution No. 16-7.<\/p>\n
The joint resolution was passed in the House and transmitted to the Senate on June 23.<\/p>\n
House Floor Leader Joseph James Norita Camacho, who authored the joint resolution, yesterday expressed appreciation to the Senate leadership for entertaining and passing it.<\/p>\n
He said part of the resolution is a request that a new federal courthouse be build in the CNMI.<\/p>\n
At present, the U.S. District Court for the NMI rents space on Saipan.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we are asking is [for] a new federal building to be established and built here,\u201d said Camacho, who is a lawyer.<\/p>\n
He noted that, except for the CNMI, every other jurisdiction has its own U.S. Attorney, U.S. Marshal, and U.S. Chief Probation Officer.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now we have U.S. Attorneys Office, U.S. Probation Office, and U.S. Marshal\u2019s Office. They have personnel that are assigned here but they\u2019re not officed and housed here,\u201d Camacho said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Guam, they have their own caseload, they have their own priority cases. We need to have their own office here so that they can address our own priority type of cases here in the CNMI,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
CNMI and Guam are the only districts to share a U.S. Attorney, U.S. Marshal, and Chief Probation Officer.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe CNMI warrants the same dignity and respect as all other jurisdictions,\u201d Camacho stated in the joint resolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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