2d Dist. pro tem update

The following are currently sitting on assignment with the 2d District:

• Associate Judge Gregory J. Weingart of the Los Angeles Superior Court will be sitting Pro Tem in Division One until December 19, 2022      
• Associate Justice Patricia D. Benke (ret.) of the Fourth District Court of Appeal will be sitting Pro Tem in Divisions Two and Three until January 31, 2023
• Judge Anne K. Richardson of the Los Angeles Superior Court will be sitting Pro Tem in Division Three until December 31, 2022
• Judge Natalie P. Stone of the Los Angeles Superior Court will be sitting Pro Tem in Division Four until December 31, 2022
• Judge Lynn H. Scaduto of the Los Angeles Superior Court will be sitting Pro Tem in Division Four until December 31, 2022
• Judge Tari L. Cody of the Superior Court, County of Ventura will be sitting Pro Tem in Division Six until December 31, 2022
• Judge Geoffrey M. Howard of the Marin County Superior Court will be sitting Pro Tem in Division Seven until December 31, 2022
• Judge Albert T. Harutunian III of the San Diego Superior Court will be sitting Pro Tem in Division Eight until December 31, 2022

Of course, on November 30, 2022, the Commission on Judicial Appointments unanimously confirmed the nominations of Gregory J. Weingart as Associate Justice to Division One and Victor Viramontes as Associate Justice to Division Eight of the Second District Court of Appeal. Read more on the California Courts Newsroom: Commission Confirms Appellate Court Appointments | California Courts Newsroom

Law360 has Justices Back On Bench, But Hearings Still Getting Longer, which begins:

For decades, the U.S. Supreme Court was famous for enforcing time limits on oral arguments. That changed during the pandemic due to the challenge of telephonic hearings. But despite the justices' return to the bench a year ago, arguments have only gotten longer.

• In the October 2018 term immediately preceding the pandemic, arguments lasted an average of 59 minutes and 53 seconds, according to Law360's analysis of argument recording files. In the October 2020 term, during which the court heard arguments via telephone in its new "seriatim" format, arguments lasted an average of 1 hour, 19 minutes and 56 seconds, an increase of 20 minutes.

And in today's DJ Appellate Zealots column, CALG's Kirstin Ault offers Proposed Orders -- Creating a solid foundation for appeal.

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