A federal appeals court upheld an Arizona conviction and death sentence ruling by Judge John M. Roll, who was later murdered himself, in a 2011
Month: September 2012
No Break on Order to Cut Prison Overcrowding
California prison officials may not soften the federal court order to reduce prison overcrowding and get the population down to 137.5 percent of capacity by
Laguna Honda Doctor’s Wrongful Firing Case Proceeds
A respected former hospice doctor at San Francisco’s Laguna Honda Hospital will get his day in court over allegations he was laid off in retaliation
Alsup Drops Google/Oracle Flacking Probe
The dust up over whether Google and Oracle had paid bloggers, journalists or other commentators to push company agendas during their mega-copyright trial has died
Latham Named Bankruptcy Judge in San Diego
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals named a federal prosecutor in San Diego to serve as U.S. Bankruptcy judge in San Diego’s Southern District
Homeless Have Property Rights
The government can’t destroy the possessions of homeless people left, but not abandoned, on sidewalks, says the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The Constitution’s Fourth