SACRAMENTO — The Administrative Office of the Courts is “a service agency” and its director “a servant” of the Judicial Council and the chief justice, the man who will fill that position told reporters on Monday.

In his first public comments since being named administrative director of California’s courts on Friday, Steven Jahr, a retired Shasta County Superior Court judge, described his new role in deferential terms.

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