Appellate appointments confirmed

Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero, chair of the Commission on Judicial Appointments, announced that the commission today [Friday, April 7] confirmed three nominations to the California Courts of Appeal in San Francisco and San Diego. The nominees were confirmed by unanimous vote of the three-member commission, which includes: Chief Justice Guerrero (Chair); Attorney General Rob Bonta; and either Presiding Justice Jim Humes (for the First District hearing) or Presiding Justice Manuel A. Ramirez (for the Fourth District hearings). The nominees confirmed were:

• Justice Tracie L. Brown as presiding justice of the First District Court of Appeal, Division Four (San Francisco)
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• Judge Julia Kelety as associate justice of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division One (San Diego)
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  Judge Jose S. Castillo as associate justice of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division One (San Diego)
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