8th Judicial Circuit- Nimba County


       

8TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT,

NIMBA COUNTY

REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA

His Honor Pape Suah

Resident Circuit Judge

 

 

 

Jurisdiction: The 8th Judicial Circuit Court of Nimba County exercises original jurisdiction over all cases as to which no other court has, including jurisdiction in Admiralty. The Circuit Court also has jurisdiction to hear appeals from administrative determinations of government agencies and officials in accordance with statutes that provide appeals and from decisions of courts-not-of-record (magisterial) made within the county in which it sits.

 

Appointment and tenure of Circuit Judges: The President shall nominate and by and with the consent of the Senate, appoint and commission the Circuit Judge of the 8th Judicial Circuit who shall be resident Judge. He/She shall hold office during good behavior.

 

Opening dates of the 8th Judicial Circuit Court: The 8th Judicial Circuit shall meet four times a year in quarterly sessions, opening their quarterly sessions on the second Monday in February, May, August, and November in each year. The quarterly sessions of this Circuit shall be entitled the February, May, August and November Terms of Court.

 

Duration of each Term: Ten days before the opening of each quarterly session, there shall be a pre-trial chamber session to be held by the circuit judge assigned to sit during the quarterly sessions which shall immediately be followed by a trial session beginning with the opening of each quarterly session and continuing for forty-two consecutive days not including Sundays and legal holidays unless sooner terminated because all business before the court is disposed of before the expiration of that period. Immediately following the close of the trial session there shall be a ten-day closing chamber session to be held by the judge assigned to sit for the quarterly session and any judge concurrently assigned to the circuit.

 

The 8th Judicial Circuit Court shall be considered always open for adjudication of matters over which it has jurisdiction and for the purpose of filing any pleading or other paper authorized by rule or statute, of issuing and returning mesne and final process and of making and directing all interlocutory motions, orders and rules. Wherever they are present within the circuit, the Circuit Judge assigned to a Circuit Court, during his assignment and the pre-trial chamber session prior thereto, concurrently with the resident judge thereof, shall have authority to act on all matters coming before the court; and if neither is available, then except for the trial of an action and any motions in connection therewith which may be made during and after such trial or any motion for an order that would dispose of the action, in whole or in part, in any manner other than the settlement of an action or claim involving an infant or judicially declared incompetent, all other matters may be heard by the presiding judge of the Circuit Court adjoining the circuit where the action is triable.

 

Except as provided in the Civil Procedure Law, jury cases shall have preference over all other cases and matters, and criminal cases shall first be heard; provided that the following capital offenses shall have preference over all cases, criminal and civil, in all courts of competent jurisdiction of Liberia, particularly the following cases:

a.         Treason                                   d.        Terrorism

b.         Armed robbery                        e.         Murder

c.         Hi-jacking                                 f.         Other capital offenses

Notwithstanding the expiration of the session at which it was commenced a trial shall continue until it is completed.

 

The 8th Judicial Circuit has three (3) Specialized Courts and oversees the functions of a total of seventeen (17) Magisterial Courts located across the county.

 

COURTS OPERATING WITHIN THE 8TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

COURT

JUDGE

LOCATION
8TH Judicial Circuit Court 1. His Honor Pape Suah
       Resident Circuit Judge		 SANNIQUELLIE CITY
 

SPECIALIZED COURT

  
i.                    Debt Court  His Honor Robertson P. Mehn
 SANNIQUELLE CITY
ii. Traffic Court

SANNIQUELLE CITY
iii. Revenue Court

SANNIQUELLE CITY
 

MAGISTERIAL COURTS

  
i. Sanniquelle City                       Magisterial Court  

Her Honor Yeanua Angela Kehleay (Associate)

His Honor Anthony Doyan (Associate)

SANNIQUELLE CITY
ii. Lamco Magisterial Court His Honor Francis Labolah (Associate)

His Honor Moses G. Sammie (Associate)

 YEKEPA CITY
iii. Gompa City Magisterial           Court His Honor Owens Freeman (Associate)

His Honor Bob T. Flomo (Associate)

 GANTA CITY
iv. Duo City Magisterial              Court His Honor T. Ernest Mars (Associate)

His Honor Authur B. Wowah (Associate)

DUO CITY
v. Beeplay Magisterial Court His Honor Dickinson S. gonquoi
 (Associate)

BEEPLAY
vi. Boe-Quella Magisterial          Court His Honor Gabriel K. Menlee (Associate)

BOE-QUELLA DISTRICT
vii. Bunadin Magisterial               Court His Honor Andrew C. Bleah (Associate)

BUNADIN
viii. Cocopa Magisterial                Court His Honor Otoe G. Synyenlentu (Acting Stipendiary)

Her HonorDenise Flomo (Associate)

His Honor Clifford M. Quiqui (Associate)

COCOPA

ix. Garplay Magisterial Court His Honor Emmanuel Groshia (Associate)

GARPLAY
x. Kpablee Magisterial Court His Honor Mose D. Zehwengbay  (Associate)

His Honor Mose Pay (Associate)

KPABLEE
xi. Lugbah Magisterial Court His Honor Benedict Glee (Associate)

LUGBAH
xii. Bahn Magisterial Court His Honor Spencer G. Meah  (Associate)

His Honor Henry D. Bartuah (Associate)

His Honor Marcus Zoleh (Associate)

BAHN
xiii. Karnplay Magisterial              Court Her Honor Amara C. Konneh (Associate)

His Honor Cooper Q. Gweh (Associate)

Her Honor Theresa D. Dermie (Associate)

KARNPLAY CITY
xiv.   Saclalpea Magisterial             Court His Honor Wilmon Billy  (Acting Stipendiary)

His Honor Wuo M. Queeglay (Associate)

SACLAPEA CITY
xv. Tappita City Magisterial         court His Honor Albert G. Tougbaye  (Associate)
His Honor Young S. Plakar (Associate)

His Honor Kozi Gonqueh (Associate)

TAPPITA CITY
xvi. Zekepa Magisterial  Court

His Honor Daniel K. Konah (Associate)

His Honor Albert Dologomo (Associate)

ZEKEPA
xvii. Sokopa Magisterial                 Court  His Honor Milton S. Gusseh (Associate)

SOKOPA