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The Imperial County Superior Court is the California superior court located in Imperial County. The superior court operates four courthouses throughout the county. As of 2017, the presiding judge of the court is Brooks Anderholt, and the interim court executive officer is Maria Rhinehart. The court has over 100 employees, 10 judges, and 2 ...
The Imperial Court System in the United States was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1965 by José Sarria.Sarria, affectionately known as "Mama José" or similar among Imperial Court members, adopted the stage name "Widow Norton" as a reference to Joshua Norton, a much-celebrated citizen of 19th-century San Francisco who had declared himself Emperor of the United States and Protector of ...
Another quirk is that because the superior courts are now fully unified with all courts of inferior jurisdiction, the superior courts must hear relatively minor cases that previously would have been heard in such inferior courts, such as infractions, misdemeanors, "limited civil" actions (actions where the amount in controversy is below $35,000), and "small claims" actions.
The United States District Court for the Southern District of California is one of four federal district courts in California. [3] Court for the District is held at El Centro and the Edward J. Schwartz U.S. Courthouse and U.S. Courthouse Annex in San Diego. The district comprises Imperial and San Diego counties.
Montenegro was previously an attorney at Horton, Knox, Carter & Foote, LLP in El Centro from 1993 to 2000. She then served as assistant superintendent for human resources and administrative services for the El Centro Elementary School District in Imperial County from 2002 to 2011 and served as Director of Human Resources for Imperial Valley College from 2000 to 2002.
José Julio Sarria (December 13, 1922 – August 19, 2013), [1] [2] also known as The Grand Mere, Absolute Empress I de San Francisco, and the Widow Norton, was an American political activist from San Francisco, California, who, in 1961, became the first openly gay candidate for public office in the United States.
An imperial court is the royal court of an empire. Imperial Court may also refer to: Imperial court (Holy Roman Empire) Imperial Court in Kyoto, pre-Meiji period in Japan; Imperial Court System, a non-profit organization in North America; Imperial Courts, Los Angeles, public housing; Neutral Municipality of the Court, Administrative Unit ...
[64] [65] After Prop 8 was declared unconstitutional by a lower federal court, Imperial County continued to defend Proposition 8 in the federal judicial system. [66] However, on February 6, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied Imperial County legal standing in the case Hollingsworth v. Perry. [67]