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Hughes: For a lady who was fiscally conscious and once said, “You’re not going to spend $60,000 and put in another bathroom at the Temple of Justice,” were you able to bring this project in on budget? Dimmick: We did, on budget, exactly. We had to cut things when we got toward the end because things were more expensive. But we always went for materials that were native, that were good looking, that were easily attainable. So we managed to do it. Hughes: What did it come in at, at the end, in terms of price tag? Dimmick: Oh, I can’t tell you that. (Editor’s Note: It was $171 million, according to The Daily Journal of Commerce in Seattle.) Hughes: How many floors do you have here? Dimmick: Nineteen. Some of them are double height, of course, for the courtroom floors. Hughes: And the suites here for the judges seem outstanding. Does each judge have a conference room? Dimmick: Everybody has a conference room, bathroom, closet, two law clerks in the reception area. But we took space out of the offices to have the joint library that you see right next to my court, so that we have one library on each floor rather than three libraries. Hughes: So you are now on “senior” status? Dimmick: Yes, as of 1997. Hughes: Is that mandated by law or is that something the judge does voluntarily? Dimmick: You do it after so many years on the bench, and so old. You don’t have to do it. You can if you want to. Hughes: You can be an active federal judge until your dying day? Dimmick: You can be an active judge even if you’re a senior judge. Hughes: So how does that work for you? Dimmick: What happens is, if I’m a senior judge then they get a replacement for me. Robert Lasnik is my replacement. Hughes: So what’s the workload for you now? Dimmick: Anything you want it to be. As a senior judge you take as little or as much as you want. 96
Hughes: What do you like to do? Dimmick: Well, right now I’m just doing some office work. I’m doing appellate work for Social Security that the magistrates got way behind in. Hughes: Do you find that interesting? Dimmick: It’s kind of interesting. It’s kind of depressing, too. Hughes: In the sense that? Dimmick: You don’t know if these people are really unable to work or trying to beat the system. Hughes: Now that you’re in senior status, does that allow you to be more outspoken on more topical issues? Dimmick: No. I am appointed for life. I am a judge for life. I’m under the Hatch Act. I don’t talk politics. That’s because we have to have an independent face and not take sides in advance, or let our views be known to who is likely to come in front of us. Like I never signed a petition. They were in the ferry line all the time, but I never signed a petition. Every time I’ve been on the ferry there’s always somebody who has got a petition. They roam up and down the aisles of the ferry and they get you when you’re in the parking lot. Hughes: You live on Bainbridge Island, do you? Dimmick: Off and on. I have a place over there. Hughes: And a place in the city as well? A recent portrait of the federal judge. U.S. Courts Library Dimmick: Yes, and I’m mostly in the city. Hughes: My wife does all kinds of crossword puzzles and Sudoku and things that I can’t do because my brain won’t do math. How do you stay so vital and on top of things? Dimmick: I work solitaire on the computer. Hughes: Do you like computers? 97
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