2d DCA Pro Tem Update

The following are currently sitting on assignment in the 2d District:

• Judge Allan Goodman (Retired) of the Los Angeles Superior Court, will be sitting Pro-Tem in Division Two until May 31, 2017.
• Judge Michael Johnson of the Los Angeles Superior Court, will be sitting Pro-Tem in Division Three until May 31, 2017.
• Judge Kim Dunning of the Orange County Superior Court, will be sitting Pro-Tem in Division Five until May 31, 2017.
• Judge Sanjay T. Kumar of the Los Angeles Superior Court, will be sitting Pro-Tem in Division Five until April 30, 2017.
• Judge Michael Small of the Los Angeles Superior Court, will be sitting Pro-Tem in Division Seven until May 31, 2017.
• Judge Douglas W. Sortino of the Los Angeles Superior Court, will be sitting Pro-Tem in Division Eight until May 31, 2017.

Welcome Back, Carlos!

Today's DJ reports that former California Supreme Court Justice Carlos Moreno has joined JAMS as a neutral in its Los Angeles office. In particular, the former ambassador to Belize said that he is intrigued by international arbitration matters, noting there's a need "for a Spanish-speaking arbitrator to resolve certain Western Hemisphere disputes."

In other appellate news, see Group Floods Fourth Circuit Judges With Pro Travel Ban Emails, which begins: "A conservative group is flooding inboxes of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit urging them to support President Donald Trump's travel ban, a tactic that's raising some eyebrows while potentially ticking off the bench."