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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Judicial Council of California has authorized the six district Courts of Appeal to extend certain time periods by up to 30 days. On April 4, 2020, the Judicial Council amended a rule to help the courts continue to operate during the pandemic. This order applies retroactively to the starting date of the court’s current implementation order.
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In this interview, Justice Laurie D. Zelon talks about her upbringing in North Carolina and New York, her decision to go to law school, and her experience at Harvard Law School. She then explains why she chose to come to California and work at Beardsley, Hufstedler & Kemble. She also talks about her career goals at the time, her mentors, and a case she worked on with Sam Williams involving police violence against Eula Love. This case helped her to understand the importance of de-escalation tactics and gave her insight into the legal system.
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Justice Maria Rivera is a retired Associate Justice of the First District Court of Appeal, Division Four. She is from a unique combination of backgrounds, with her grandfather and grandmother being Puerto Rican and her father being an Episcopal priest and the first elected Hispanic bishop in the United Episcopal Church. Her mother was a daughter of the Mayflower and descended from the Starbucks and Coffins in the East Coast. Justice Rivera inherited a love of the outdoors from her father and discipline from her mother. She has three sisters, one of whom followed in her father's footsteps and became a priest and bishop. Justice Rivera has five sons, three of which are stepsons and two of her own. She met her husband, Jim, at her first job after law school and he had a successful career in antitrust law. They took a trip to Berlin to attend a 50th reunion of the first class of Stanford in Germany and extended the trip to visit other places in the area. Justice Rivera attended a boarding school in Arizona for three years before finishing her last two years of high school in Visalia. She attended Smith College and majored in Hispanic Studies and minored in Psychology. Smith College lived up to her expectations.
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This form is an application for an extension of time to file a document in the Second District Court of Appeal of the State of California.
- The applicant must specify the document they need more time to file, the date by which they were originally supposed to file it, and the total number of days they are requesting an extension for.
- The applicant must also state the reason(s) why they need more time to file the document.
- The form must be signed by the applicant or counsel.
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The Second District Court of Appeal is providing a live video and audio feed of oral arguments due to concerns for the health and safety of the public and court employees. Only arguing counsel and one co-counsel are allowed in the courtroom, and all must wear masks and observe physical distancing. If any counsel or co-counsel show symptoms or test positive for COVID-19 within five days after being present at the court, they must call the Clerk's Office. These guidelines may be subject to change.
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This document outlines the formatting requirements and guidelines for documents filed electronically with the Second District Court in California. This includes text-searchable PDFs, cover pages, pagination, electronic bookmarks, file size, multiple files, privacy protection, font style, spacing, margins, alignment, quotation marks, and hyperlinking.
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