Div. Three of the First District Court of Appeal held Friday that a judge erred in taking into consideration unpaid restitution owed by a defendant, who pled no contest to driving under the influence relating to a 2020 injury collision, in denying the convict’s requests for expungement and to have her charge reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor.

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held yesterday that a San Diego attorney’s complaint asserting a claim for slander relating to an immigration judge allegedly saying in front of court staff that she would “take [his] license to practice law”—a statement he characterizes as a false accusation of unethical behavior—was properly dismissed as barred by sovereign immunity.

The Supreme Court is meeting in private Friday with a key issue on its agenda — President Donald Trump ’s birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not Ame

A Code of Civil Procedure section that provides for the tolling of the period within which to file a paper that has been rejected by a clerk’s office does not apply where an employer is appealing a labor commissioner’s decision and seeking a waiver of a bond requirement, Div. Five of the First District Court of Appeal held.