by Christine Stuart
Recognizing Judicial Branch budget balancing measures Gov. Dannel P. Malloy nominated his first Superior Court Judge Thursday and promoted one to a vacancy on the Appellate Court bench.
Malloy nominated Judge Michael R. Sheldon of Canton to the Appellate Court and Sybil Richards of Orange to succeed Sheldon in Superior Court.
There were 17 vacancies which went unfunded in the Judicial Branch budget this year, but the vacancy on the Appellate Court bench gave Malloy an opening to make his third and fourth judicial nominations of his tenure. There are currently 22 vacancies in Superior Court and five of those positions are funded in the budget, a Judicial Branch spokeswoman said.
Malloy said he will be talking with Chief Justice Chase Rogers later today about her budget and whether she needs other vacancies to be filled. Click here to read more.