Judges and Judiciary
Oct. 6, 2025
Preference denied in judges' salary suit; actuarial data insufficient
A Los Angeles judge denied Sacramento County Judge Maryanne G. Gilliard's motion for trial preference in her judicial compensation class action, finding she cited no authority to base preference on the age and health of unidentified judges who are putative class members.
A Los Angeles County judge on Thursday denied a trial-preference motion in a class action over judicial salaries, ruling that actuarial estimates that some putative class members may die in the next year are not a legally sufficient basis for preference under Code of Civil Procedure section 36.
Sacramento County Judge Maryanne G. Gilliard sued the California Department of Human Resources last September. Her putative class has more than 1,700 active judges and over 2,100 judicial ...
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