California Courts of Appeal
Dec. 13, 2022
Report: 3rd District Court of Appeal has slashed case backlog
Between July 1, 2020, and Sept. 30, 2022, the court reduced its backlog of fully briefed cases awaiting decision from 814 to 298, according to the report. The overall number of pending appeals dropped from 2,039 to 1,350 over that same period.
California’s 3rd District Court of Appeals has slashed its case backlog, according to a new report from the Judicial Council. The report issued Monday by the council’s Appellate Caseflow Workgroup also said it did not find similar delays on other appellate courts.
The report comes near the end of a year that saw three justices step down from the 3rd District. This included Presiding Justice Vance W. Raye, who retired in June in a stipulated...
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