[myerson]

Wisconsin Ct. of Appeals District IV (Madison, aka Moscow on Lake Mendota).

[kiryandil]

The decision blocking the purge of the voter rolls was issued by District 4 Court of Appeals Judges Michael Fitzpatrick, JoAnne Kloppenburg and Jennifer Nashold. The same judges had twice previously declined to stop the purge.

They wrote that they issued the order quickly because they knew the commission was meeting Tuesday. They will spell out their reasoning in a later opinion, they wrote.

Separately, Fitzgerald issued a decision halting the contempt finding because Ozaukee Circuit Judge Paul Malloy’s original decision has been blocked.

[kiryandil]

In 2008, [Michael] Fitzpatrick was appointed to the Rock County Circuit Court by Governor Jim Doyle, a Democrat.

In April 2017, Fitzpatrick was elected without opposition to a Wisconsin Court of Appeals judgeship in District IV, open due to the retirement of Judge Paul Higginbotham.
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In the April 2012 Wisconsin General Election, Democrat JoAnne Kloppenburg was elected to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.
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2009: [Jennifer Nashold], it so happens, is [Democrat governor] Doyle's largest contributor among the 11 applicants, showering him with $1,350 worth of approval since 2004...