(Subscription required) From a family story marked by flight from gang violence to a childhood spent absorbing Old World Sicilian values, Judge Christopher Frisco's journey to the Long Beach bench draws from tradition, discipline and a commitment to fairness he traces to his father.

Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Kenneth K. Lee yesterday decried the extent to which the writ of habeas corpus has been expanded and questioned the wisdom of remanding a murder case to the District Court for an explanation by the prosecutor as to why he challenged a prospective juror who is Black when the trial took place 30 years ago.

A judge correctly determined that the Kingdom of Sweden’s 25-year statute of limitation in breach-of-contract suits, rather than California’s four-year time bar, applies in an action by the Nordic nation against a woman who failed to repay her student loans, Div. Six of the Court of Appeal for this district has held.

Bonta asked anyone who sees apparent law-breaking by federal agents to notify his office online using a new portal he announced Wednesday. He said his office would look into the allegations and would keep the reports, and their sources, confidential.