2d District opens up March 1

Los Angeles Clerk’s Office will no longer require appointments beginning March 1, 2023 -- In accord with Governor Newsom's announcement in October 2022 that the Covid-19 State of Emergency would end on February 28, 2023, the Second District Court of Appeal Clerk’s Office in Los Angeles will phase out the appointment system implemented during the pandemic. The Clerk’s Office will no longer require appointments beginning March 1, 2023. Los Angeles courtroom protocols related to Covid-19 will remain in effect until technology upgrades have been completed in early June. Courtroom access will be open to the public unless health concerns preclude it.

Bloomberg Law has Alito, Kagan Top Justices in Supreme Court Recusal ‘Black Box’

• US Supreme Court justices recused themselves in roughly 3% of appeals since 2018, with Samuel Alito and Elena Kagan doing so most often, a Bloomberg Law analysis shows.
• Virtually all of the more than 750 recusals identified in a review of court orders lacked an explanation of why the justices avoided participating. Neither they nor the court are required to give reasons. But financial disclosures, orders, and case records provide insight into their decision-making.

FYI, California courts are closed today for Lincoln Day, and next Monday is also a court holiday.