Bloomberg Law has Five Federal Judges Lose Homes in Southern California Wildfires
Five judges and six staffers on the Los Angeles-based federal trial court have lost their homes in wildfires that have raged across Southern California for the past week, according to the court’s clerk. They are part of at least 40 judges and court staffers for the US District Court for the Central District of California who have been affected by the fires, including those who have faced evacuation orders, power outages, and water quality issues, said Brian Karth, the district court executive and clerk of court. ....
Karth said the court, which has locations in downtown Los Angeles, Santa Ana, and Riverside, is still “open and operational.” However, this status is “subject to change” and some proceedings have been postponed on a case-by-case basis depending on the needs of the litigants and judges, he said.
Bloomberg Law also has Los Angeles Courts Stay Open as Homes of Judges, Staff Burn
Los Angeles courts are largely moving ahead with hearings and trials as residents across the county flee raging wildfires burning for an eighth day.
Most of the county’s 36 courthouses stayed open since the first L.A. fires began Jan. 7, with court staff sometimes working in face masks as smokey air filled facilities near uncontained blazes. Three courthouses closed temporarily last week but reopened Friday. ....
In addition to the five federal judges and six federal court staffers whose homes burned, at least 12 judicial officers and 12 staff members in L.A. state court have lost their homes to the firestorm.
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