The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held yesterday that a District Court judge erred in granting summary judgment in favor of an Orange County elementary school principal in an action accusing the school of forcing a first grader to sit out recess after she handed a Black classmate a drawing with the words “Black Lives Mater any life” following a reading of a story about Martin Luther King Jr.

(Subscription required) In a published opinion, the Fourth District Court of Appeal on March 5 levied the fine against Los Alamitos attorney Roxanne Chung Bonar and reported her to the state bar for relying on fictitious case authorities.

(Subscription required) Superior Court Judge Rupa S. Goswami has learned that in her felony preliminary hearing courtroom, where grief, anger and the law collide, one of the hardest parts of the job is acknowledging pain without allowing it to dictate justice.

San Diego County reports that its local implementation of CARE Court has brokered 182 CARE agreements, which specify treatment and other resources, even housing, that participants will receive. San Diego County reports that those who have participated have seen a 66% reduction in use of crisis services. San Diego says its 32 graduates of the CARE program are the most in the state.