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Oral history interview with John A. Jelderks [Session 05, Video 02]
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- 2009-09-16 (Creation)
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M4V; 00:38:50
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John Anthony Jelderks was born in Salem, Oregon, in 1938. In 1948, the family moved to a farm outside Salem. In 1960, he earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Willamette University. He served in the Oregon Air National Guard and the U.S. Air Force Reserve while studying law at Willamette. After earning his law degree, he clerked for Oregon Supreme Court Justice Gordon Sloan, worked in the Marion County and Hood River County district attorney's offices, and briefly practiced law in Hood River. In 1972, he became a judge in Oregon's 7th judicial district. In 1991, he became a magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court of Oregon.
Jelderks married Ann Marie Aronson while he was in law school, and they later had two children. They divorced in 1977, and in 1979, he remarried to Suzanne Payne Powell and later had one child.
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Session 5, Video 2. This session was recorded on videocassette and as digital audio; the audio files contain additional content. In the fifth and final interview session, conducted on September 16, 2009, Jelderks discusses his involvement with the Hood River Rotary Club. He speaks at length about serving as a magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court of Oregon from 1991 to the time of the interview. He describes the appointment process, discusses the role of magistrate judges in Oregon, and talks about judges he worked with. He describes the differences between the state and federal courts, and speaks at length about his decision in the Kennewick Man case, which regarded the custody of ancient Native American remains. He closes the interview by sharing his thoughts on restorative justice, on the concept of judicial activism, and on electing judges.
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Joint copyright held by the Oregon Historical Society and the U.S. District Court of Oregon Historical Society. Use of this interview is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Educational Use Permitted: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
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- Human remains (Archaeology)--Repatriation--Law and legislation--United States
- Judges--Oregon
- Justice, Administration of--Oregon
- Rajneeshees
- Public prosecutors--Oregon--Hood River County
- Public prosecutors--Oregon--Marion County
- United States. District Court (Oregon)
- United States District Court of Oregon Historical Society
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- Sinclair, Donna L. (Donna Lynn), 1964- (Contributor)
- Dilg, Janice (Janice Lynn) (Contributor)