Immigration agents tried using Google Translate to ask Avirmed if he feared returning to Mongolia, according to court records. They badly misunderstood him, identifying his sponsor as a daughter named Virginia Washington when he does not have a daughter, according to a legal complaint filed on his behalf. His sponsor is his sister, who lives in Virginia. 

(Subscription required) Retired Third District Court of Appeal Justice William Murray Jr., who faces disciplinary charges for allowing assigned cases to languish for years blamed his meticulous work ethic, changing laws, cumbersome courthouse processes and a host of other factors for the chronic delays.

(Subscription required) At the 9th Circuit Judicial Conference, legal experts said the high court majority increasingly uses its emergency docket to favor Trump administration actions, leaving critical legal questions unresolved and confusing.

(Subscription required) At its latest meeting, the Judicial Council approved new AI rules, raised alarms over an aging interpreter workforce, and outlined a plan to cushion smaller courts from midyear funding cuts.