On Monday, January 23, 2006 I visited the 41-B District Court, located at 40700 Romeo Plank Road Clinton Township, MI 48038. This was my second attempt at visiting a court room; on my first trip I was sent away because the judge did not have a docket for that day. A docket is defined as a calendar of cases awaiting action in a court. Jurisdiction is what gives the courts the power to hear and apply the law to …showed first 75 words of 1492 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1492 total…believe what she requested of the judge and the judges ruling were fair. Judge Lucido left her with no choice but to better her life. I hope that this experience will open up the eyes of the defendants and make them make positive changes in their lives. I felt the judge was just fair enough to give them a break and stern enough to make them face and be punished because of their erroneous behavior.