Thursday, August 24, 2017

1st DCA pro tems

The First District has the following pro tems helping out until October:
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  • Judge Jeffrey Horner, of the Superior Court of the State of California, Alameda County, will be sitting pro tem judge in Division Three until October 23, 2017.
  • Judge John William Kennedy, of the Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa, will be sitting Pro Tem in Division Four until October 13, 2017.


And yes, it's over 120 pages, but you must read today's opinion in Briggs v. Brown. The majority concludes that "provisions of Proposition 66 that appear to impose strict deadlines on the resolution of judicial proceedings must be deemed directive rather than mandatory." (SacBee article here.)

And here's the dismissal of an appeal under the disentitlement doctrine that had been noted earlier...