(Subscription required) In a unanimous, published opinion, the Fourth District Court of Appeal panel concluded that plaintiffs do not have standing to sue under the Automated License Plate Recognition statute by alleging only a “subjective belief” a data collector invaded their privacy.

Further investigation revealed that Alamarez presented himself as an attorney and encouraged clients to refer to him as such “for years,” while complaints and witness statements indicate that Alamarez’s clients from the Filipino community were operating under the belief that he was an attorney. Some were said to have known him as a pastor at their church, where he would recruit clients.

The California Supreme Court held yesterday that a pair of plaintiffs who filed a voluntary dismissal of their complaint after a trial judge sustained a demurrer, with leave to amend, as to some of their causes of action forfeited their right to appeal because the order at issue did not finally dispose of any of their claims.

Two defendants in unrelated criminal proceedings, each seeking a mental health diversion, have persuaded Div. One of the Fourth District Court of Appeal that the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office does not have the right, under a discovery statute, to an order compelling a mental examination.