Triage Master?

 Today's DJ has Nominee to 3rd District Appeal Court Known for Her Triage Master: Judge Laurie Earl could help 3rd District catch up, lawyers say.

• Time will tell if Judge Laurie M. Earl is exactly what the 3rd District Court of Appeal needs. She says she is good at triage. The 3rd District's backlog has become a pressing issue to some appellate attorneys and their clients. People who know her said the veteran Sacramento County Superior Court judge would bring two key attributes to the appellate court: organizational skills and criminal justice experience.
• Veteran appellate lawyer Jon B. Eisenberg has filed two unsuccessful petitions to the California Supreme Court seeking to transfer or expedite long-delayed cases from the 3rd District. He also has a pending complaint before the Commission on Judicial Performance. ... Eisenberg said Earl appears to have the right background for the court. ... "Judge Earl strikes me as a first round No. 1 draft pick," he said

On the appellate sanctions front, see here, which we call the "seek sanctions, get sanctioned yourself case"!

In the TLDR realm, see here, which begins: "The claims and issues now on appeal are so numerous and disparate in substance, any attempt at a cogent, introductory summary is impossible."