Appellate rule proposals out for comment

Invitations to comment on six proposed appellate rules are now posted here (click “Appellate”). Below are links to the specific invitations:

• Judicial Branch Administration: Procedures for Submitting Contentions Regarding Administration of the Courts of Appeal
• Time for Electing and Filing an Appendix
• Remote Appearances at Oral Argument in the Appellate Division
• Attachment of Trial Court's Order to Petition for Review of Summary Denial of Writ Petition
• Forms for Extensions of Time
• Notice of Appeal Forms

Comments must be submitted by May 12, 2023.

And, for your appellate viewing pleasure this afternoon:

The Commission on Judicial Appointments will hold a public hearing on April 7 starting at 2 p.m. in the Supreme Court Courtroom—located on the fourth floor of 350 McAllister Street in San Francisco—to consider the appointments of:

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

Live webcast begins at 2 p.m. here.

On May 2 from noon to 1:15, BASF's Appellate Section presents Myron Moskovitz on How to Try a Case to Avoid Losing on Appeal.