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Local Rule 12 of the Court of Appeal First Appellate District requires all attorneys to use the Court's electronic filing system (EFS) to submit documents. Self-represented litigants may also use the EFS system, but are not required to do so. Documents must be in PDF format and must not exceed 25 MB in size. All documents must also include electronic bookmarks to each topic heading in the text. Personal identifiers such as social security numbers must be redacted or excluded from all documents filed in the Court's public file. Filing deadlines are not altered by the EFS system, and all documents must be received by midnight in order to be considered timely. Self-represented parties with fee waivers are exempt from the fees associated with electronic filing. If the rule causes undue hardship, paper copies may be filed instead. Failure to comply with the rule may result in sanctions.

Retired Associate Justice Gerald Lewis was born in New Jersey in 1933 and graduated from Plainfield High School at the age of 16. He attended Tufts University, where he played football, wrestled, and played lacrosse. He graduated magna cum laude with a major in government in 1954. He then attended Harvard Law School and graduated in 1957. After graduating, he joined the Navy and was stationed in San Diego, where he worked as a JAG officer. He left the Navy in 1961 at the rank of lieutenant. He was invited to accompany a member of the Office of Naval Intelligence to watch a stakeout in the lobby of the U.S. Grant Hotel.

The Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, is offering a free training course in May 2008 for attorneys and retired judges to become mediators in the Appellate Mediation Program. This program is designed to speed up the case resolution process and reduce costs for litigants and the court. The training is free, but participants must accept up to four mediation referrals. Applications are due by March 15, 2008.

Justice J. Anthony Kline is a former California Court of Appeal Justice who grew up in post-war America in a diverse neighborhood on Long Island. He attended public schools and went on to college at Johns Hopkins, where he majored in philosophy. He then went to Yale Law School and clerked for a progressive judge on the California Supreme Court. After graduating, he moved to New York City and worked at a prestigious law firm, Davis Polk & Wardwell. He eventually returned to California to work in the Legal Services Program, where he worked on class action lawsuits involving substandard housing and stopping urban renewal projects and federal aid highways that were displacing people from affordable housing.

Associate Justice Laurie D. Zelon has served on the California Court of Appeal since 2003. She has a B.A. from Cornell University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She has been involved in many organizations and has received numerous awards for her work in pro bono, public service, legal ethics and legal education. Justice Zelon is married and has two sons. She enjoys outdoor activities, reading, and music.

Laurence Kay was a native San Franciscan who graduated from Lowell High School, UC Berkeley, and Boalt Hall School of Law. He worked in private practice as a commercial lawyer for 17 years before being appointed to the San Francisco Municipal Court in 1981. He then served on the San Francisco Superior Court for 17 years, including two years as Presiding Judge. In 2000, he was appointed to the California Court of Appeal, Division Four, and served as Presiding Justice for three years. During his five years on the Court of Appeal, he authored over 50 published opinions and 4 published dissents. After retiring in 2005, he was appointed to several task forces by the Chief Justice.

Justice Laurence Donald Kay was appointed to the Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Four by Governor Davis in 2001 and was confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments in 2002. Prior to this, he was appointed to the Superior Court, City and County of San Francisco by Governor Brown Jr. in 1983 and was elected unopposed in 1984. He has also held various other positions in the court system, such as Presiding Judge of the San Francisco Probate Court and Assistant Presiding Judge of the Superior Court. Before becoming a judge, he worked in private law practice in San Francisco and in the construction business in Southern California. He has received awards such as the "Trial Judge of the Year" Award from the San Francisco Trial Lawyers in 1992. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.S. in 1958 and a J.D. in 1963.

Kenneth Andreen was a former associate justice of the California Court of Appeal, Fifth District. He was appointed to the Fresno Municipal Court by Governor Edmund Pat Brown in 1959, when he was 34 years old. He had been practicing law for about seven years and was the youngest judge on the bench in the state. He adjusted to his new position by doing his homework and familiarizing himself with the law. In 1961, the Fifth District Court of Appeal was created and Phil Conley, a superior court judge in Fresno, was appointed presiding justice. Kenneth enjoyed his time on the municipal court and started a court-order class to help people who were in and out of jail for being drunk. He wrote letters to everyone who attended and the class had modest successes.

Kenneth Andreen was a retired associate justice of the Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District. He was appointed to the newly-created position by Governor Brown, Jr. in 1980 and confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments. He was also a judge of the Superior Court and Municipal Court in Fresno County, California. He was an instrument-rated commercial pilot and enjoyed skiing, fishing, and camping. He was a Democrat and an Episcopalian. He graduated from Hastings College of the Law in 1951 and was admitted to the California Bar in 1952.

Keith Sparks was an Associate Justice on the Court of Appeal for the Third District in Sacramento. He was born in 1933 and grew up in Placer County, California. He attended Lincoln High School and then went to the University of California at Berkeley, and then later he went to Boalt Hall at Cal as well. He majored in political science and minored in history at Berkeley and was subject to the draft. He commuted from Placer County to the Third Appellate District downtown and listened to books on tape while he drove.

Keith Fogus Sparks was a retired Associate Justice of the Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District. He was appointed by Governor Brown Jr. in 1981 and confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments and the electorate in 1986. He served as a Judge of the Superior Court of Placer County from 1977 to 1981 and was the Presiding Judge in 1979. He was also a Deputy District Attorney and Chief Deputy District Attorney of Placer County from 1967 to 1977. He authored a student note for the California Law Review and wrote significant decisions on cases related to negligent infliction of emotional distress, the State Bar's use of mandatory dues, and a nominee for judicial office. Sparks served in the U.S. Navy from 1956 to 1957 and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a J.D. and B.A. He was a Democrat and Episcopalian.

This is a Petition for Extraordinary Writ (Juvenile Dependency) filed on behalf of the petitioner. The petitioner is the child's de facto parent and is seeking extraordinary relief from the order of the superior court setting a hearing under Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26 to consider termination of parental rights, guardianship, or another planned permanent living arrangement. The challenged order was made on [date of hearing] and was erroneous on the following grounds: [specify]. Supporting documents are attached. The petitioner requests that this court direct the trial court to vacate the order for hearing under section 366.26, remand for hearing, and order that reunification services be provided or continued. The petitioner also requests a temporary stay pending the granting or denial of the petition for extraordinary writ.