California Supreme Court,
California Courts of Appeal,
Appellate Practice
Jan. 3, 2022
The 3rd District's delay fiasco and another lesson learned
Ongoing delays in the Court of Appeal have exposed weak links in the protections that were devised in response to a California Supreme Court fiasco in the 1970s.
Jon B. Eisenberg
Email: jon@eisenbergappeals.com
Jon is a retired appellate attorney and the author of California Practice Guide: Civil Appeals and Writs.
At the outset of 2021, I filed a complaint with the Commission on Judicial Performance against a handful of appellate justices at the 3rd District Court of Appeal in Sacramento for egregious delay in deciding hundreds of civil and criminal appeals. The human damage has been widespread. Criminal defendants have served out their prison terms while awaiting sentence reductions or complete reversals. Elderly crime victims have died while awaiting restitution payable only ...
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