As vacancies persist on the state Supreme Court with no relief expected until next year at the soonest, more temporary assignments of Appellate Division judges are in gear.

Chief Justice Stuart Rabner announced Tuesday that effective Oct. 1, he will elevate Judges Mary Cuff and Ariel Rodriguez to fill two empty chairs: those of Justice John Wallace Jr., whom Gov. Chris Christie declined to renominate in 2010, and Justice Virginia Long, who retired last February.