2d DCA pro tem assignments

The following are currently sitting on assignment:

• Judge Rita Miller of the Los Angeles Superior Court, will be sitting Pro-Tem in Division One until July 31, 2014
• Judge John Shepard Wiley, Jr. of the Los Angeles Superior Court, will be sitting Pro-Tem in Division One until July 31, 2014
• Judge Edward A. Ferns of the Los Angeles Superior Court, will be sitting Pro-Tem in Division Two until July 31, 2014
• Judge Lee Edmon of the Los Angeles Superior Court, will be sitting Pro-Tem in Division Four until July 31, 2014
• Retired Judge Michael Mink will be sitting Pro-Tem in Division Five until July 31, 2014
• Judge Earle Jeffrey Burke of the San Luis Obispo Superior Court, will be sitting Pro-Tem in Division Six until July 31, 2014
• Judge John Segal of the Los Angeles Superior Court, will be sitting Pro-Tem in Division Seven until July 31, 2014
• Judge Russell S. Kussman of the Los Angeles Superior Court, will be sitting Pro-Tem in Division Eight until July 31, 2014

Also, here are some squirm-worthy lines from decisions today:

Case 1: We vacate the order, concluding the court was without jurisdiction to consider the motion, a conclusion based on The Law Offices of Andrew L. Ellis v. Yang (2009) 178 Cal.App.4th 869 (Yang), a case that is on point—a case, most remarkably, not cited in either side’s brief. 

Case 2: At the outset, we note that plaintiffs' factual summary in their opening brief is substantially one-sided and argumentative, in violation of California Rules of Court rule 8.204(a)(2)(C) that a brief must "[p]rovide a summary of the significant facts limited to matters in the record." [Footnote: "It is not clear why plaintiffs in their statement of facts engaged in substantial argument and presented the facts in such a one-sided manner, given that the first several pages of their 50-page opening brief were dedicated to their introduction/summary of argument that was all argument."]

[6/5/14 addition] Here's a cute line in a decision from 4/2's Justice Richli:

"We find no error. Indeed, we congratulate the trial judge (the Honorable John G. Evans) on spotting this dispositive issue, even though it was well camouflaged amidst the parties’ numerous arguments and voluminous evidence."