Tuesday, December 2, 2025

PJ Gilbert's final column??? Not.

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Today's DJ has PJ Gilbert's final column .... as a sitting justice. See The beginning --  In his final column as a sitting justice, ...
Monday, December 1, 2025

CJP settles charges against J.Murray

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The DJ reports CJP settles discipline charges against retired 3rd District justice --  The trial set to begin this week would have featured ...

Today's AI sanctions case

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2/1 (per curiam) publishes this opinion today, granting a motion to strike an opening brief and sua sponte imposing monetary sanctions of $...

Free appellate mcle

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ADR Services presents: Behind the Curtain: Appellate Strategy for High-Profile Litigation Complimentary CLE Program Tuesday, December 2, 202...

RIP Judge Kleinfeld (1945-2025)

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Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Mourns Passing of Judge Andrew Kleinfeld Judges and staff of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ...

2d District pro tem update

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The following are currently sitting on assignment: • Justice Peter J. Siggins (Retired) of the First District Court of Appeal will be sittin...

New FRAP & Circuit Rules now effective!

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 Happy December 1! That means new federal appellate rules are in effect: December 2025 9th Circuit Rule Revisions here December 2025 FRAP Re...
Saturday, November 29, 2025

The 9th pivots right

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Bloomberg Law has  Trump’s Mark on Ninth Circuit Tested as Challenges Progress Trump reshaped the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit...
Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Marray CJP hearing vacated

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The DJ has  Misconduct hearing for retired justice is vacated -- The Commission on Judicial Performance vacated Monday's scheduled hear...
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

5th Dist. pro tem update

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The following are currently sitting on assignment in the Fifth District: • Judge Gregory T. Fain of the Fresno County Superior Court will be...

Too many en bancs?

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Most practitioners in most courts complain that there aren't enough en banc petitions granted.... Meanwhile over in the 4th Circuit... t...

First oral argument article

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 Law360 has a long q&a article:  Prep, Panic & Poise: Inside An Associate's First Oral Argument Countless lawyers have frozen in...
Friday, November 21, 2025

RIP Justice King 1931-2025

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The DJ has  Donald B. King , 1931-2025  -- Judge Donald B. King, a pioneering force in family law, transformed divorce and custody practice ...

Collateral order appeals re proceeding pseudonymously

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If a trial court grants an order allowing parties to proceed using pseudonyms, is that order appealable? Today's opinion from 2/2 here s...
Thursday, November 20, 2025

Old joke in hot dissent...

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Law.com has  In Scathing Dissent, Judge Says Colleagues Cut Him From Deliberative Process In an unusually scathing dissent, federal appellat...

2d District window closure Dec. 10 (noon to 2)

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The Clerk’s Office window will be closed on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, from 12:00 PM PST to 2:00 PM PST. A drop box on the 2nd floor, nex...
Wednesday, November 19, 2025

CEB titles to leave Lexis

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CEB has two treatises used by CA appellate lawyers: California Civil Appellate Practice (3d ed. 2 volumes) and California Civil Writ Practi...
Tuesday, November 18, 2025

2/6 to hold ACE session

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Court of Appeal to Hold Education Program for High School Students  -- On Thursday, the Second Appellate District, Division Six (Ventura), w...

funny glitch...

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In a funny glitch, new Justice Arlan Harrell's online bio is appearing on every District's "Justices" webpage, not just th...

4/2 publishes order re AI sanctions

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Yesterday 4/2 published this order  imposing sanctions on a lawyer who cited AI hallucinated cases (i.e., cases that do not exist) in a peti...