Friday, July 20, 2018

DJ round-up

Of appellate note in today's DJ:

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  • Bounds Nomination to 9th Circuit Halted Moments before Senate Vote. [The Recorder has 3 Takeaways from Failed Ryan Bounds 9th Circuit Nomination, which notes "The Ninth Circuit currently has six vacancies and another set to open later this year when Idaho-based Judge N. Randy Smith plans to take senior status next month."]
  • Longtime Central District Jurist to Take Senior Status, about how Judge Manny Real (age 94) will take senior status November 4. He's been a federal judge for 52 years and "is known for having his rulings frequently reversed by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals." "'We've had a few problems with Manny on the Circuit,' the late 9th Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt said to laughter during a 2016 event honoring Real's five decades on the court." ("Real's departure will create the seventh judicial vacancy for the Central District.")
  • Appellate specialist Jens Koepke writes about the recent Cal Supreme Court opinion in Jameson v. Desta in Mandatory Court Reporters for Indigent Litigants. "The court's policy-based decision was a sweeping paean to equal access to justice. But much remains to be seen."
  • The DJ's special supplement on Top Labor & Employment Lawyers 2018 includes some appellate folks: Paul Cane, Mira Hashmall, Norm Pine, Michael Rubin, and Felix Shaif. Wave that appellate flag proudly!