The following judges are currently sitting on assignment in the 2d District:

• Judge Corey G. Lee of the San Bernardino Superior Court will be sitting Pro Tem in Division Five until April 30, 2024     
• Judge Tony Raphael of the San Bernardino County Superior Court will be sitting Pro Tem in Division Seven until

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Law360 has Former Minn. Chief Justice Instructs On Writing Better Briefs

• Be a good writer. — To be a good brief writer, you must first be a good writer. That means using topic sentences in most paragraphs and transitions from one paragraph to the next. Shorter sentences with fewer clauses are better than longer sentences

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 In today’s April 1 DJ, PJ Gilbert has April Showers, where he notes that:The California Legislature and a few forward-thinking state legislatures elsewhere have hired Professor Bryan Garner, editor of Black’s Law Dictionary, to redraft past legislation and to aid in the drafting of new legislation. This, occasioned by the complaint in some quarters,…

How often have heard that shorter briefs are better? Even so, too short a brief is an even worse problem, as this pro per learned here: “[Appellant’s] 1.5-page opening brief does not comply with the California Rules of Court.” The unpub from 1/5 is 1.5 pages long itself!And don’t forget that Monday is a…

The Commission on Judicial Appointments will hold public hearings on May 14 starting at 9 a.m. to consider three appellate court appointments by Gov. Gavin Newsom.The commission will consider the following appointments during hearings held in the Supreme Court Courtroom, located on the fourth floor of 350 McAllister Street in San Francisco:

• Justice Gonzalo Martinez as

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 Second
District Court of Appeal

Judge Natalie P.
Stone, of Los Angeles County, has been selected to serve as an Associate
Justice of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Seven. She has served
as a Judge at the Los Angeles County Superior Court since 2015. Judge Stone was
an Appellate Judicial Attorney at the Second…

 The 9th Circuit invites comments (due May 3) on proposed rule changes to:

• Circuit Rules 40-1 through 40-4 and 35-1 through 35-4 (Petitions for Panel Rehearing and Petitions for Rehearing En Banc)
• Circuit Rules 3-4, 10-3, 15-2 (Deadlines for Ordering Transcripts and Filing Mediation Questionnaires)
• Circuit Rules 25-5 and related provisions (Electronic Filing of

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