There are 102 petitions and applications on the Supreme Court’s docket for this week’s conference. After several months of relisting cases at a slow rate, the court has picked up the pace: There are six newly relisted cases this week covering a wide range of subjects.

(Subscription required) Raised in the orchards of Yuba City by a Punjabi immigrant family, Judge Satnam Rattu worked his way from farm laborer to prosecutor to Superior Court judge--bringing a deep commitment to public service and cultural empathy to the courtroom.

Sacramento County is creating a criminal regional task force dedicated to investigate Missing and Murdered Indigenous People cases as announced in a news conference on Wilton Rancheria tribal lands.

(Subscription required) Nine test takers, originally told they failed, have now been told they passed the February bar exam after a review uncovered answers that weren't graded.