Monday, August 15, 2022

Justice Baltodano's Journey


Today's DJ runs Justice Baltodano's statement after being sworn in to 2/6 --  From humble beginnings to the Second District Court of Appeal

The CLA Litigation Section Litigation Update August 2022 is available here.

Dead client? Then no appeal here:
Because [Appellant's] counsel filed the opening brief without client consent and is pursuing the appeal without a client, we agree the opening brief should be stricken and the appeal should be dismissed.

And Law.com has Trump Appointee Says Colleagues 'Should Be Embarrassed' by 9th Circuit's Immigration Precedent -- Judge Lawrence VanDyke said the panel members should be concerned about the California-based appeals courts' "jaw-dropping, always-increasing, epic collection of immigration gaffes." [8/16 update: Law360's story is 9th Circ. Judge Rips Court's 'Dirty' Effort To Curb Deportations -- "U.S. Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke accused his colleagues on the Ninth Circuit of using their "legal imagination" to prevent the deportation of immigrants, railing against a majority opinion published Monday overturning a precedential Board of Immigration Appeals decision and granting a Mexican man's petition to review his deportation order."]