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The Commission on Judicial Appointments will hold public hearings to consider appointments to the First and Fourth Appellate Districts in San Francisco and San Diego.

Deadline for public comment is March 23.

Following public comment, final opinion provides guidance for judges issuing bench warrants or presiding over change of plea hearings

Brandon L. Henson was appointed as clerk/executive officer of the Fourth District Court of Appeal starting April 1.

Kevin J. Lane served for the past decade as the top administrative official for the Fourth District Court of Appeal, which encompasses seven counties: San Diego, Imperial, Riverside, Inyo, San Bernardino, Santa Ana and Orange County.

Deadline to comment is Dec. 22.

Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, chair of the Commission on Judicial Appointments, announced that the commission today unanimously confirmed the appointment of Judge Thomas Delaney as associate justice of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division Three (Santa Ana).

Deadline to comment is Oct. 24.

Supreme Court ethics committee issues guidance for judges about coaching youth sports teams that include children of attorneys who appear before the court.

The Commission on Judicial Appointments will hold a public hearing on Oct. 11 at 10 a.m. to consider Judge Thomas Delaney as Associate Justice of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division Three (Santa Ana).

SAN DIEGO—Associate Justice Judith Haller of the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One, will retire on Oct. 31 after 28 years on the appellate bench.

Justice Haller was appointed by Gov. Pete Wilson to the Court of Appeal in 1994. Prior to her appointment to the Court of Appeal, she was appointed by Gov. George Deukmejian to the San Diego County Superior Court, where she served as a trial court judge for five years.  

Deadline to comment is August 1.