Tuesday, June 26, 2018

CJA hearings set for July 26 (SF) and July 30 (LA)

Three public hearings have been scheduled by the Commission on Judicial Appointments, for July 26 in San Francisco and July 30 in Los Angeles, to consider the following appointments by Governor Brown:
On July 26 starting at 1 p.m. in the Supreme Court Courtroom, 350 McAllister Street in San Francisco:
1-1:30Justice Peter Siggins, as Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Three (San Francisco)

Commission members: Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye (Chair), Attorney General Xavier Becerra, and Presiding Justice J. Anthony Kline
Justice Peter Siggins
1:45-2:15Judge Allison Danner, as Associate Justice of the Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District (San Jose)

Commission members: Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye (Chair), Attorney General Xavier Becerra, and Presiding Justice Mary J. Greenwood
Judge Allison Danner  
On July 30 starting at 3 p.m. in the Supreme Court Courtroom, Ronald Reagan State Office Building, 300 South Spring Street, Third Floor, North Tower in Los Angeles:
3-3:30Judge Gail Ruderman Feuer, as Associate Justice of the Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Seven (Los Angeles)

Commission members: Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye (Chair), Attorney General Xavier Becerra, and Presiding Justice Arthur Gilbert

The hearings will be webcast live here.

The state Constitution specifies that a gubernatorial nomination or appointment to the Supreme Court or a Court of Appeal is “effective when confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments.”
The commission consists of the Chief Justice of California, the Attorney General of California, and the Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal of the affected district or, if there are two or more Presiding Justices, the one who has presided longest or, for a nomination or appointment to the Supreme Court, the Presiding Justice who has presided the longest on any Court of Appeal.