ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2026-01 RE: ASSIGNMENTS - THIRD PERIOD
April 5, 2026 - May 2, 2026 Subject to revision by incoming Presiding Justice Joseph A. Montalbano, the judicial assignments are as follows:
MR. JUSTICE CARNES:
- To be in charge of the Criminal Calendar in Newport County and to assist elsewhere as needed.
MR. JUSTICE CRUISE:
- To be in charge of the Trial/Pre-Trial Calendar in Courtroom No. 4 in Providence County and to assist elsewhere as needed.
MS. JUSTICE DARIGAN:
- To assist on the Trial Calendar in Courtroom No. 3 in Providence County and to assist elsewhere as needed.
MS. JUSTICE KEOUGH:
- To assist on the Trial Calendar and on the Gun Calendar in Courtroom No. 11 in Providence County and to assist elsewhere as needed.
ACTING PRESIDING JUSTICE KRAUSE:
- To be in charge of the Gun Calendar in Courtroom No. 10 in Providence County and to assist elsewhere as needed.
MR. JUSTICE LANPHEAR:
- To assist on the Trial Calendar and manage the Land Use Calendar in Courtroom No. 7 in Providence County and to assist elsewhere as needed.
MR. JUSTICE LICHT:
- To be in charge of the Out-County Business Calendar, and manage the Med Mal Pre-Trial, Kugel Mesh, Mass Tort, and Municipal Tax Calendars in Courtroom No. 4D in Kent County and to assist elsewhere as needed.
MR. JUSTICE MATOS:
- To assist on the Trial Calendar and on the Gun Calendar in Courtroom No. 1 in Providence County and to assist elsewhere as needed.
MR. JUSTICE MCBURNEY:
- To be in charge of the Formal & Special Cause Calendar in Courtroom No. 15 in Providence County and to assist elsewhere as needed.
MR. JUSTICE MCHUGH:
- To be in charge of the Daily Criminal Calendar in Courtroom No. 4E in Kent County and to assist elsewhere as needed.
MR. JUSTICE MONTALBANO:
- To assist on the Trial Calendar in Courtroom No. 6 in Providence County and to assist elsewhere as needed.
MR. JUSTICE RASPALLO:
- To be in charge of the Civil Calendar in Courtroom No. 4A in Kent County and to assist elsewhere as needed.
MS. JUSTICE REKAS SLOAN:
- To be in charge of the Civil Calendar in Newport County, assist on the Land Use Calendar, and to assist elsewhere as needed.
MS. JUSTICE RODGERS:
- To be in charge of the Criminal Calendar in Washington County and to assist elsewhere as needed.
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MS. JUSTICE SIGNORE:
- To be in charge of the Civil Motion Calendar in Courtroom No. 16 in Providence County and to assist elsewhere as needed.
MR. JUSTICE SMITH:
- To assist on the Trial Calendar in Courtroom No. 2 in Providence County and to assist elsewhere as needed.
MR. JUSTICE STERN:
- To be in charge of the Business Calendar in Courtroom No. 5 in Providence County and to assist elsewhere as needed.
MS. JUSTICE TAFT-CARTER:
- To be in charge of the Civil Calendar and assist on the Business Calendar in Washington County and to assist elsewhere as needed.
MR. JUSTICE VAN COUYGHEN:
- To be in charge of the Criminal Calendar in Courtroom No. 4F in Kent County and to assist elsewhere as needed.
MR. SPECIAL MAGISTRATE BURKE:
- To be in charge of the Pre-Arraignment Calendar in Courtroom No. 5D in the J. Joseph Garrahy Courthouse in Providence County and to assist elsewhere as needed.
MS. GENERAL MAGISTRATE LOPES:
- To be in charge of the Costs, Fines & Restitution Calendar in Courtroom No. 14 in Providence County and to assist elsewhere as needed.
MR. MAGISTRATE MCBURNEY:
- To be in charge of the Daily Criminal Calendar in Courtroom No. 9 in Providence County and to assist elsewhere as needed.
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MS. MAGISTRATE VALENTINO:
- To be in charge of the Adult Drug Court Calendar, Diversion Calendar, Probation Termination Calendar, and Sexual Predator Calendar in Courtroom No. 18 in Providence County and in Courtroom No. 4C in Kent County and to assist elsewhere as needed.
BY ORDER OF:
/s/
ROBERT D. KRAUSE ACTI NG
PRESIDING JUSTICE
DATED: April 1, 2026
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