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U.S. Federal District Court House, Honolulu HA
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A federal judge in Honolulu has “stricken” from public court records several “Notices” filed by the four Alega residents who brought a federal lawsuit against the U.S Secretary of Interior, American Samoa Chief Justice Michael Kruse and local resident James McGuire. In a...
Chief Justice F. Michael Kruse
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief Justice Michael Kruse made it clear to attorneys handling the matters of two inmates who appeared in High Court last week for a Disposition Hearing for failure to comply with conditions of their probation that the court doesn’t run the Territorial Correctional...
Outgoing Samoa Chief Justice Patu Falefalu Sapolu, second from right.
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa will soon have a new chief justice appointed by the head of state, on the advice of the prime minister, after the retirement of Patu Falefatu Maka Sapolu. Patu has been chief justice for 27 years and bid farewell to the judiciary in a special sitting of the court today. He...
Retiring Samoa CJ Patu Falefatu Sapolu
Apia, SAMOA — Chief Justice Patu Falefatu Sapolu bids farewell to the bench after the Easter Sunday holidays during a special sitting in the Supreme Court on Tuesday morning. A rare photo shoot will be held in the courtroom. The special sitting convenes at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 23, 2019, at...