The current Power County Prosecutor will replace in July a retiring 6th District Magistrate judge who is retiring.

Anson L. Call II will succeed the Honorable Bryan K. Murray, who is retiring from the bench on July 1, 2022.

Call was appointed as Murray’s successor after the 6th District Magistrates Commission convened and appointed him on Friday.

According to a press release from 6th District Court Trial Court Administrator Kerry Hong, Call received his bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and his law degree from the Florida Coastal School of Law.

Since 2017, Call has served as the Power County Prosecuting Attorney, the news release said.

Prior to that, Call worked as the Power County Chief Deputy Prosecutor, an associate attorney with Cooper & Larsen, Chtd., and as staff attorney to the Hon. Stephen S. Dunn.

Call has been a member of the Idaho Supreme Court Child Protection Committee since 2019 and also works as an adjunct professor at Idaho State University in the Paralegal Program.

Call currently resides in American Falls with his family, but will relocate to Bannock County for his term as magistrate judge. Mr. Call will begin serving as magistrate judge in July 2022, the news release said.