Governor Gavin Newsom
today announced his nomination of two Court of Appeal Justices: Judge Tara
Desautels as an Associate Justice of the First District Court of Appeal,
Division Two and Justice Gonzalo Martinez as Presiding Justice of the Second
District Court
Appellate
Fed stats are out!
Judiciary Releases Annual Report and Judicial Business Data
- The Judiciary today released its Annual Report providing detailed information about mission critical initiatives that advanced over the course of 2023, including efforts to enhance the court system’s physical and information technology
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DQing Justices?!
Assembly Member Garcia has proposed a bill to allow for the disqualification of appellate justices:AB-2125 Judicial officers: disqualificationExisting law authorizes a party or attorney in an action or proceeding to move to disqualify a judge, court commissioner, …
The K.I.S.S. Method?
Recently, the Supreme Court of Texas released the final version for amendments to the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, namely Rule 53.2-.3, which provides the required contents of a petition for review and response to a petition for review. The…
Justice Sotomayor References Rarely Used Procedure: Circuit Certification to U.S. Supreme Court
Four years ago, the Supreme Court declined a federal habeas petitioner’s request to review the Sixth Circuit’s decision in Avery v. United States, 770 F. App’x 741. Justice Kavanaugh, the Sixth Circuit’s assigned circuit justice, attached a “statement”…
AI in appellate briefing
Strafford presents a 90-minute webinar (with 30 minutes of ethics credit) on April 17 at 10 a.m. titled: Embracing AI in Appellate Briefing: Capitalizing on Benefits While Mitigating Risks and Avoiding Ethics Traps featuring California appellate lawyers Michael Colantuono and
CA's first women justices
See Women’s History Month: Celebrating the First Female Judicial Officers in California — This month, California courts and the Judicial Council of California join the nation in recognizing Women’s History Month by commemorating the first women judges and justices at each…
Beds announces his retirement (again)
Beds’ latest column is Trying to Retire, Again — “I’ll be 77 in November, and while that is not exactly ‘a good round number,’ it seems like a reasonable finish line for a legal career,” said Justice William W. Bedsworth, in…
Justices at SOU?
The State of the Union is tonight at 6 p.m. The Wall St. Journal has Why Samuel Alito Shuns the State of the Union — He found the partisan spectacle distasteful even before Obama’s inaccurate declamation about the Supreme Court in …
Tatusko v. Commonwealth–CAV on the Importance of Selecting Issues for Appeal
The Court of Appeals of Virginia recently handed down its opinion in Tatusko v. Commonwealth, 79 Va. App. 721 (2024). It’s a reckless-driving case where the defendant was clocked doing 103 in a 60 mph zone. Tatusko doesn’t strike me…