Your daily ration of civil justice rationing
Civil courts in California were already backlogged before they basically shuttered in March. Now with COVID-19, Los Angeles County is not considering civil trials until at least January 2021 and Orange County’s civil trials are on hold through at… Read More
A controversial effort to build a new courthouse in Placerville received a boost in California’s $215 billion budget. The Recorder by law.com reported on June 13 about the $2.8 million allocation, which will pay for about 5 acres… Read More
The so-called “rocket docket” policy of the Obama administration is coming under fire for lack of judicial training and for allowing non-judges to determine which cases get priority, according to four attorneys’ groups. The Courthouse News is reporting… Read More
The Human Rights First advocacy group is noting its new study indicating that the U.S. Immigration Courts are backed up for about three years now, and it’s only getting worst. The Courthouse News in Los Angeles reports that… Read More
