Monday, August 24, 2015

2d DCA pro tem update [updated]

Assigned Judges

The following are currently sitting on assignment:
  • Judge Carl H. Moor of the Los Angeles Superior Court, will be sitting Pro-Tem in Division One until August 31, 2015
  • Judge Ann I. Jones of the Los Angeles Superior Court, will be sitting Pro-Tem in Division Three until October 31, 2015.
  • Judge Richard H. Kirschner of the Los Angeles Superior Court, will be sitting Pro-Tem in Division Five until September 30, 2015.
  • Judge Mithcell L. Beckloff from the Los Angeles Superior Court, will be sitting Pro-Tem in Division Seven until September 30, 2015.
  • Judge Sam Ohta of the Los Angeles Superior Court, will be sitting Pro-Tem in Division Eight until October 31, 2015
Today's DJ features Justice Hoffstadt's latest column, Brady's Self-Help Exception, re People v. Superior Court (Johnson), 61 Cal.4th 696 (2015).

And here's the opening paragraph from a 4/3 unpub today, from which in the first line, you know how the last line will read... (And you should be able to guess the author):
Appellant [], who is representing herself on appeal, misunderstands the role of an appellate court. Having lost her wrongful termination lawsuit against her employer, respondent West Anaheim Medical Center, after 14 days of trial, she seeks to retry the case here. Most of her appeal expresses her disagreement with the trial court’s findings of fact and with the conclusions it drew from the evidence. But because substantial evidence supports the judgment, we must affirm it.