(Subscription required) Two judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel asked attorneys for the states and for Second Amendment advocates why they shouldn’t defer to a 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that allowed most of a New York law restricting concealed carry of firearms in a variety of locations, but not on private property open to the public.

The courthouse on West Sycamore Street in Willows underwent a renovation and has been reopened since November.

(Subscription required) Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Dena M. Coggins won a key 12-9 vote Thursday when the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced her nomination for an upcoming vacancy on the Eastern District of California court.

(Subscription required) In the days leading up to his scheduled April 16 trial, Dunn, the former executive director of the state bar, continued to file motions seeking to delay or dismiss the case against him. Late Friday, a State Bar Court rejected his request to exclude evidence related to a 2014 trip to Mongolia.