Judges and Judiciary
Dec. 17, 2021
Judge to decide if one superior court can restrain another
“This court’s lack of authority to issue any relief directed at another superior court judge is fatal to all of petitioners’ claims, and cannot be remedied by any amendment,” ruled Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Edward G. Weil, who then agreed to do further research.
Whether one superior court has the authority to restrain another was at the center of debate Thursday in a demurrer hearing in a lawsuit by San Francisco Public Defender Raju Manohar seeking the prioritization of backlogged criminal trials in the county's courts.
Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Edward G. Weil decided Thursday to take the San Francisco court's demurr...
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