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San Mateo County was created by exclusion from the City and County of San Francisco when it was incorporated in 1856; [4]: 1 San Mateo County was re-established by an act passed on April 18, 1857, which also made Redwood City the county seat and included provisions for the first County Court, with sessions to be held in March, June, and November of each year. [5]
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 Commission on Judicial Performance said Judge Lisa A. Novak of the San Mateo County Superior Court should have disclosed a January 2017 conversation with her bailiff because it related to a ...
District Judge P. Casey Pitts: San Jose: 1980 2023–present — — Biden: 74 District Judge Rita F. Lin: San Francisco: 1978 2023–present — — Biden: 75 District Judge Eumi K. Lee: San Jose: 1972 2024–present — — Biden: 76 District Judge Noël Wise: San Jose: 1968 2024–present — — Biden: 38 Senior Judge Thelton Henderson ...
John W. Bussey (1931): [232] First African American male judge in San Francisco County, California (1958) Frederick D. Smith: [233] First African American male to serve as a Public Defender in San Francisco County, California (1961) Harry Low (1955): [234] [235] First Asian American male judge in San Francisco County, California (1966)
Unlike the federal courts of appeals, the state Courts of Appeal have no provision allowing rehearing of cases en banc by all justices of a district (or a division in the case of the Fourth District). If a conflict becomes evident between published opinions of different panels or divisions of the same district, and the newer opinion creating ...
Dharmesh Patel, 42, was granted a mental health diversion by a court Thursday due to evidence that he has major depressive disorder, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.
Elizabeth Lee (1983): [262] First Asian-Pacific American female judge in San Mateo County, California (2005) Amarra A. Lee (2006): [263] First African American female to serve on the San Mateo County Superior Court, California (2018) Renee Reyna: [264] First Filipino American (female) judge in San Mateo County, California (2019)