RESOLUTION

A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF FAUQUIER COUNTY

AUTHORIZING THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD TO SEND A LETTER TO THE CHIEF
JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA AND THE 20TH CIRCUIT AND THE
COUNTY GENERAL ASSEMBLY DELEGATION EXPRESSING THE BOARD’S GRAVE
CONCERN THAT NO SITTING JUDGE HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO PERMANENTLY SIT
IN FAUQUIER COUNTY

WHEREAS, Fauquier County is part of the 20th Judicial Circuit which is comprised of
Fauquier, Loudoun and Rappahannock Counties; and

WHEREAS, for over 40 years, Fauquier and Rappahannock Counties have been
allocated a full-time judge to hear cases in their Counties; and

WHEREAS, the numbers of cases heard in Fauquier and Rappahannock Counties justify
the allocation of a full-time judge to Fauquier and Rappahannock Counties; and

WHEREAS, the current allocation of judges by the Chief Judge of the 20th Judicial
Circuit has removed the full-time permanent sitting Judge from Fauquier and Rappahannock
Counties resulting in a substantial increase in the number of modifications to dockets forcing the
cancellation and rescheduling of proceedings, including a delay in ability of defendants to enter
pleas and to victims, litigants, witnesses and attorneys who were ready, willing and prepared to
proceed with the hearings but were delayed by the lack of a Judge; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors this 13th day of August 2020,
That the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors be, and is hereby, directed to send a letter to the
Chief Judges of the Supreme Court of Virginia and the 20th Judicial Circuit and the County
General Assembly Delegation expressing the Board’s grave concern that no sitting Judge has
been appointed to permanently sit in Fauquier County which has resulted in delays and
inconvenience to the citizens of the County.