Thursday, January 21, 2021

Appellate seats & vacancies (7 spots)

Here's the current roster for California's 106 Court of Appeal Justices: 

The First District (20 seats) is showing vacancies in the PJ spots for Divisions 3 and 5.
The Second District (32 seats) is showing vacancies in Division 1 and 7.
The Third District (11 seats) has one vacancy.
The Fourth District (26 seats) has no vacancies (10 seats in 4/1; and 8 each in 4/2 & 4/3).
The Fifth District (10 seats) has no vacancies.
The Sixth District (7 seats) has two vacancies.

The Supreme Court (1 Chief & 6 Associate Justices) has no vacancies.

[Here's a nifty graphic "Dashboard" of "California Judicial Officers and Court Employees."]

If you ever forget how the Court of Appeal is structured in terms of borders, divisions, seats, etc., turn to Govt. Code sections 69100-69107 (Gov. Code Title 8 (Organization & Government of the Courts), chapter 4 (The Courts of Appeal).)

Also, FYI, the 9th Circuit (29 seats [28 U.S.C. sec. 44]) has no vacancies.