A new lawsuit alleges that courts across California routinely deny people due process by failing to maintain transcripts of many types of proceedings. The suit, filed last week by two San Francisco Bay Area legal advocacy groups against the superior courts of Contra Costa, Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa Clara counties, alleges that more than a million litigants are …
Los Angeles County Superior Court Presiding Judge Samantha P. Jessner, center, issued a general order Thursday allowing electronic recording devices in more court proceedings due to a court reporter shortage. Superior Court Presiding Judge Samantha P. Jessner’s order, denounced by court reporters and their union, is in clear conflict with established state law that explicitly precludes the use of recording …
Officials in Los Angeles County Superior Court — including, from left, Assistant Presiding Judge Sergio C. Tapia II, Presiding Judge Samantha P. Jessner and Executive Officer David W. Slayton — are sounding the alarm over a dire lack of certified court reporters. The problem is a shortage of public court reporters, the stenographers who transcribe proceedings, and state law that …
