(Subscription required) U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee allowed environmental groups to intervene in a lawsuit by Sable Offshore and ExxonMobil challenging Santa Barbara County's permit transfer process for restarting oil operations on the Gaviota Coast.

A federal appeals court panel heard arguments on Monday, July 28, but made no immediate ruling in the Trump administration’s bid for a stay of a temporary restraining order halting the government’s aggressive, month-long immigration dragnet across Southern California.

(Subscription required) A coalition of former prosecutors, judges and legal organizations is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a 5th Circuit ruling reinstating a death sentence despite evidence of racially biased jury selection.

The Justice Department sued Page last month for allegedly not providing full records related to the removal of non-citizens from voter registration lists. The Justice Department alleged that Page did not maintain an accurate voter list in violation of the Help America Vote Act, a 2002 law that made sweeping reforms to the country’s voting process. But Page, through the county counsel’s response filed last week, denied those allegations.