New Clerk/XO for 3d District

 

Colette Bruggman Named Clerk/Executive Officer of Sacramento’s Third Appellate District

Acting Administrative Presiding Justice Ronald Robie today announced the appointment of Colette Bruggman as clerk/executive officer of the Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, effective Jan. 1, 2023. Bruggman, currently the court’s assistant clerk/executive officer, will succeed Andrea Wallin-Rohmann, who will retire after serving in the position for more than six years.

ABA Journal has 11th Circuit rules hours after news site writes about 7-year delay

Today's DJ has Judge Riff on Parody as Advocacy, about The Onion's SCOTUS amicus brief, in which he opines:

it seems to me that if one is going to venture into humor in a courtroom, one should (1) do so very rarely – and maybe never; (2) be sure the humor works in the context of the moment; (3) the quip cannot possibly be construed as callous; (4) make sure that the speaker is the butt of the joke if there is a butt; and (5) be sure the quip is actually universally humorous and not groan-worthy to a material proportion of the population.

Parody, of The Onion’s amicus brief type, I cannot see working in a trial court. Maybe in an appellate court.

4/3's pro tem Judge Marks drops some zingers in this unpub today: 

In his opening brief, William’s first legal argument starts with a bang. He asserts the court’s order must be reversed because the court improperly used a Dissomaster to calculate the reduced spousal support award. To support his assertion, he attaches a copy of a Dissomaster report he prepared for the purpose of his appeal.

We find this argument outrageous for two reasons. First, William’s Dissomaster report was neither an exhibit in the proceedings below nor part of the appellate record. It was never presented to the trial court. Thus, attaching it to an appellate brief is improper and violates the rules of appellate procedure. Counsel should know better, and we will not consider the Dissomaster attachment.
Second and of greater concern is that William’s assertion is directly refuted by the record.