- The NLJ has How the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacted Circuit Court Caseloads, noting that the 3d and 1st Circuits saw the biggest drops in appeals filed by during the pandemic (by 27.2% and 16.7%).
- PJ Gilbert's Under Submission DJ column this month is What's in a title? Who cares?
- The DJ's Moskovitz on Appeal has On trial court briefs: the judges speak, about what judges like and don't like--and how much they dislike invective and personal attacks.
- The DJ also has Magistrate judges fill gap for vacant Article III posts which is very interesting for anyone interested in the federal court system. It also supplies the answer to the question "What do the Districts of New Mexico and E.D. Cal. have in common?"
- Also, the DJ has Judgeships could be in question if Newsom is recalled, in which David Ettinger shares an interesting appellate history story:
"according to David S. Ettinger, an attorney with Horvitz & Levy LLP [, w]hen Jerry Brown was governor in 1979, Lt. Gov. Mike Curb — a Republican — took advantage of his absence from the state to nominate Armand Arabian to the 2nd District Court of Appeal. When Brown returned from Washington, he withdrew the appointment and sued Curb. The state Supreme Court sided with the governor.
In re: Governorship, 26 Cal. 3d 110 (S. Ct., filed Dec. 27, 1979)."
