Monday, June 3, 2024

1st District pro tem update

These current and retired judicial officers are assigned to temporarily fill judicial vacancies at the First District:

  • Justice Peter J. Siggins (retired) will be sitting pro tempore in Division One until July 19, 2024.
  • Judge Christopher Hite of San Francisco County Superior Court will be sitting pro tempore in Division Four until June 30, 2024.
And from one 1st to another, Law360 has In Rarity, 1 Party's Judges Gain 100% Control Of Circuit Bench (here) -- At the First Circuit, the judges' robes are all black, but the judges are all blue. It's a new and unusual instance of one political party's judicial picks controlling each active seat on a federal appeals court, and the Democratic dominance could prove magnetic for ideologically charged litigation.