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James Anthony Ardaiz is a Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District, Division One. He was appointed by Governor Wilson in 1994 and reconfirmed by the electorate in 1998. He was previously an Associate Justice of the same court, appointed by Governor Deukmejian in 1987 and confirmed by the electorate in 1990. He has also served as a Judge of the Superior Court, Fresno County, and the Municipal Court, Consolidated Fresno Judicial District. He is a member of the California Judges Association and the California Judicial Council. He has taught at the San Joaquin College of Law and lectured at the California Judicial College and the California Continuing Judicial Studies Program. He holds a J.D. from Hastings College of the Law and a B.A. in English from California State University, Fresno.

Retired Presiding Justice James A. Ardaiz was on the Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District for 20 years and designed the courthouse. He wrote the three-strikes initiative that was adopted by voters in 1994 and is a practicing lawyer, prosecutor, judge, justice, law professor, writer, artist, and amateur architect. He designed the courthouse to be open and transparent to the public and to the institutional partners of the nine counties it serves. He wanted the courtroom to reflect the natural wonders of the Fifth District and for it to be a place where people felt they were in a special place.

Jack Goertzen is a retired Associate Justice from the California Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Four. He and Robert Devich, another retired Associate Justice from the same court, are conducting an interview on behalf of the Appellate Court Legacy Project. Jack recently lost his wife of 48 years, Fro, and shared a story about her sense of humor. Jack is a native Californian, born in Culver City, and he served in the Army from 1953-1955. After the Army, he went back to school and graduated from USC undergrad and law school. He then worked for the State Attorney General's Office, doing criminal appeals and trials and investigations.

Jack E. Goertzen was a retired Associate Justice of the Court of Appeal. He was appointed to the position by Governor Deukmejian in 1988 and confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments. He was then confirmed by the electorate in 1990 and retired from the bench in 1991. He was previously a Judge of the Superior Court, appointed by Governor Reagan in 1970 and re-elected in 1972, 1978, and 1984. He was also a Judge of the Municipal Court, appointed by Governor Reagan in 1968. He was a Deputy Attorney General for the California State Department of Justice from 1957-1968. He received several awards for his work, including the "Outstanding Trial Jurist Award" from the Lawyers Club of Los Angeles County and the "Trial Lawyer of the Year Award" from the Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association. He was admitted to the California Bar in 1957 and to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1961. He was a Republican.

James Gary Hastings is an Associate Justice of the Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Four. He was appointed by Governor Wilson in 1993 and confirmed by the electorate in 1994 and 2002. Before this, he was a Judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, appointed by Governor Deukmejian in 1985. He graduated magna cum laude from Southwestern University School of Law in 1972 and has a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Southern California. He enjoys participating in triathlons, running, camping, surfing, and golf.

John Clinton Peterson was a retired presiding justice of the Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Five. He was appointed by Governor Wilson in 1992 and confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments and the electorate. He also served as an Associate Justice on the same court from 1988 to 1992, and as a Judge in the Superior Court of Solano County from 1986 to 1988. He was a lawyer in private practice for many years and served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He was admitted to the California Bar in 1954 and to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1961. He was a Republican and enjoyed hunting, fishing, playing golf, and reading.

Justice J. Anthony Kline is a presiding justice who graduated from Johns Hopkins University with honors and later attended graduate school at Cornell University and Yale Law School. After law school, he served as a law clerk to a California Supreme Court Justice and then worked as an attorney in New York. He then returned to California and worked as a Legal Services Lawyer and was one of the founders of Public Advocates, Inc., the first non-profit public interest law firm in the west. In 1975, he was appointed Legal Affairs Secretary to Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. and in 1980 he was appointed to the San Francisco Superior Court. In 1982, he was appointed Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Conservation Corps and a member of the Board of Directors of the Golden Gate Kindergarten Association and the American Jewish Congress (Northern California Division).

This document explains the internal operating practices of the Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District. It covers the structure of the court, the organization of staff, the process of appeals, and other procedures. It is important for high school students to be aware of the court system and how it works.

The Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District is made up of three divisions located in San Diego, Riverside, and Santa Ana, and is responsible for hearing appeals in cases from San Diego, Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino, Inyo, and Orange Counties. The court consists of 10 associate justices and a presiding justice, as well as judicial attorneys, judicial assistants, and other administrative support staff. The court has an internal operating practice and procedure for reviewing appeals and original proceedings, and also offers an unpaid extern program for law school students three times a year. The court has adopted a number of local rules.

The Second Appellate District is a court in California that covers four counties and consists of eight divisions. It handles appeals and original proceedings (writ petitions) from Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo Counties in Division Six, and appeals and writ petitions from Los Angeles County in Divisions One through Five, Seven and Eight. The court has procedures for assigning cases, handling motions, preparing bench memoranda, scheduling oral arguments, determining cases, filing opinions, and granting rehearings. It also has an externship program and a settlement/mediation program.

The First Appellate District is a court in California that is responsible for hearing and deciding cases. It is located in San Francisco and consists of five divisions, each with a presiding justice and three associate justices. The court's website provides information about the organization of the court, its procedures for processing cases, and its staff. Appeals and writ petitions are assigned to divisions in rotation, and the court may request that the Supreme Court transfer multiple appeals or writ petitions to the same division. Appeals are assigned to panels of three justices for decision, and after oral argument or the waiver of oral argument, the lead justice prepares a final draft of the opinion. Petitions for rehearing may be filed, and the court may invite written briefing or oral argument before resubmitting the matter and filing its new opinion.

This form is for people who can't afford to pay court fees when filing an appeal, petition for a writ, or petition for review in a civil case. Eligibility for a fee waiver is based on public assistance, low-income level, or not having enough income to pay for basic needs and court fees. If approved, the court will waive filing fees, costs related to clerk's transcript on appeal, fee for court to hold in trust deposit for a reporter's transcript on appeal, and fees for making a transcript or copy of an official electronic recording. You must submit a Request to Waive Court Fees form to be considered for a fee waiver.