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# Mickie L. Vega

New Mexico Magistrate Court, Lincoln County - I · Magistrate Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: New Mexico Magistrate Court, Lincoln County - I
- State: New Mexico
- Role: Magistrate Court Judge
- Service status: active

## Summary

Mickie L. Vega — New Mexico Magistrate Court, Lincoln County - I

## Biography

### Professional career

- 2026: Candidate for re‐election as Lincoln County Magistrate Judge – Division I in the November 3, 2026 New Mexico General Election
- ’s overview describes Mickie L. Vega as Lincoln County Magistrate Court Division I judge, appointed in April 2014 to fill Martha Proctor’s vacancy and elected later that year
- The overview gives an associate degree in paralegal studies and a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and psychology from Eastern New Mexico University, the latter in 2007
- Associate of Arts — Eastern New Mexico University
- Started as a municipal court clerk and later held judicial specialist, court monitor, trial court administrative assistant, and court manager positions in the Twelfth Judicial District
- Her earlier work included Carrizozo municipal court clerk and positions with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and Twelfth Judicial District

### Education

- Eastern New Mexico University — B.A.

### Additional information

- The New Mexico Supreme Court appointed her to the Judicial Standards Commission in 2023.
- Governor Susana Martinez appointed her to the magistrate bench on April 18, 2014.
- It also describes a National Judicial College special-court-jurisdiction certificate.

## Sources

- [twelfthdistrict.nmcourts.gov](https://twelfthdistrict.nmcourts.gov/about-this-district/judges/)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [New Mexico Rule 23-107 — media coverage](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-16ed52dd2958e6571bf2469d) — 2018 dated rule; not extended to Municipal Courts. Media coverage exceptions and judicial control apply. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Rule-23-107-12-20-2018.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.