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California Court of Appeal, 3rd District, Oral Arguments

Monday, September 24

Kalmanovitz Appellate Courtroom, King Hall
9:30 AM

Dean Kevin R. Johnson is proud to announce that the UC Davis School of Law will host a session of the California Court of Appeal, 3rd Appellate District in the new Kalmanovitz Appellate Courtroom on Monday, September 24. The hearing is made possible by the upgraded facilities in the Law School building's new East Wing.

Schedule

8:30 A.M. Doors open

9:30 A.M. Welcoming remarks and first case
C068893 The People v. Joanna Lorraine Peterson (See below for briefs.)

10:00 A.M. Second case
C067130 Talbert Garland v. Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (See below for briefs.)

10:30 A.M. Question and answer session with audience

11:30 A.M. Court session ends

Seating in the courtroom is expected to be very limited, but arrangements are being made to make the proceedings available to all interested students and visitors in overflow classrooms and via the many video screens throughout King Hall. More details will be made available as they become available.

The panel before whom oral arguments will be held consists of:

The Honorable Vance W. Raye, Presiding Justice of the 3rd District Court of Appeal, was born in Hugo, Oklahoma, on September 6, 1946. He was educated in the public schools of Muskogee, Oklahoma, and was awarded undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Oklahoma, where he received the President's Leadership Award and was inducted into the Pi Sigma Alpha honor society. Raye was in private practice briefly in Oklahoma City following law school before entering the United States Air Force. He served as an Assistant Judge Advocate at Beale Air Force Base, near Marysville, California, for four years in various positions, including Chief of Civil Law and Chief Prosecutor (Chief of Military Justice). Following the completion of his military service, Raye began a career with the California Attorney General's Office, serving first as a Deputy Attorney General and later as a Senior Assistant Attorney General in charge of legislative affairs. With the election of Governor George Deukmejian, he was appointed to serve as the Governor's Deputy Legislative Secretary and later as the Governor's Legal Affairs Secretary. Raye was appointed to the Sacramento Superior Court in 1989 and sworn into office as an Associate Justice on the 3rd District Court of Appeal in 1991, following confirmation by the people. He was again confirmed to the office in 2003. In December 2010, Raye was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to serve as the Court's Presiding Justice.
The Honorable M. Kathleen Butz, was born in Auburn, California in 1950. She spent her junior year of high school as an American Field Service (AFS) International exchange student to Brazil. She graduated from Placer Union High School in Auburn in June 1968. Following graduation, she attended the University of California at Davis, where she obtained her B.A. degree in 1972. After working for several years in the School of Engineering and Shields Library at the University of California at Davis, she attended UC Davis School of Law. She obtained her J.D. from King Hall in 1981. She was admitted to the California Bar on June 10, 1982. Justice Butz was in private practice in Nevada City, California, from 1982 to 1996. During that period she was an associate in the law firm of Berliner & Spiller, and partner in the successor firm of Spiller, McProud, Butz & Kraemer. On November 5, 1996, she was elected to the Nevada County Superior Court. She was reelected to a second term in 2002. She served as presiding judge of the Nevada County Superior Court in 2001-2002, presiding judge of the Family & Juvenile Court for Nevada County in 2003, and supervising judge of the Nevada County Civil Grand Jury from 1997 to 1999. As a trial judge, she presided over civil, criminal, probate, family, and juvenile delinquency and dependency cases. In October 2003, Justice Butz was elevated by Governor Gray Davis to associate justice in the Court of Appeal, 3rd Appellate District. She was retained by California voters in 2006 and 2010.
The Honorable Louis Mauro, took the oath as Associate Justice on August 25, 2010. He previously served as a judge of the Sacramento Superior Court. Raised in San Luis Obispo, California, Justice Mauro received his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara and his law degree from UC Davis School of Law. Following law school, Justice Mauro served in a clerkship with Justice Edward Panelli at the California Supreme Court, working as a staff attorney for the court. He then worked in private practice with the law firms Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Boutin Gibson before joining the California Department of Justice. He was eventually appointed Senior Assistant Attorney General, the statewide head of the Government Section at the Attorney General's Office, where he was counsel to the State's constitutional officers and the California courts. In 2006 he was appointed Chief Deputy Legal Affairs Secretary in the Governor's Office, serving as a lawyer for the Governor and as a member of the Governor's Senior Staff.

Cases to Be Heard

C068893 The People v. Joanna Lorraine Peterson

Appellant's Opening Brief: http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/publications-broadcasts/files/California_v_Peterson_AOB.pdf

Respondent's Brief: http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/publications-broadcasts/files/California_v_Peterson_RB.PDF

Appellant's Reply Brief: http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/publications-broadcasts/files/California_v_Peterson_ARB.PDF

C067130 Talbert Garland c. Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board

Appellant's Opening Brief: http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/publications-broadcasts/files/Garland_v_CVRWCB_AOB.PDF

Respondent's Brief: http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/publications-broadcasts/files/Garland_v_CVRWCB_RB.PDF

Appellant's Reply Brief: http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/publications-broadcasts/files/Garland_v_CVRWCB_ARB.PDF

For those planning to attend the arguments in the Kalmanovitz Appellate Courtroom, the following procedures/requirements apply.

Security Screening Procedures

As always, every person will be screened prior to entering the courtroom. This process includes walking through a magnetic metal detector and/or manual screening through a magnetic hand held metal detector. Any personal item you carry into the courtroom (wallets, small bags or purses) will be hand searched. In order to expedite your entrance into the courtroom, we request the following:

No electronic devices of ANY KIND are allowed in the courtroom. These items include but are not limited to cell phones, pagers, palm pilots/PDAs, remote control car door openers and recording devices.

Please do not bring any backpacks or large bags into the session. If you are planning to take notes, it is recommended that you bring only a note pad and a pencil or pen.

Any items that would be construed as a weapon will not be allowed into the courtroom. This includes but is not limited to pocketknives, letter openers, mace or pepper spray, or any other item that can be used as a weapon.

Depending on the weather, it is recommended that students refrain from wearing large coats or layered clothing to the session. Each item of clothing will have to be searched prior to entering the courtroom.

Please remove hats before entering the courtroom. No hats are to be worn during the court session.

No food or drinks are allowed in the courtroom.

Remove any metal on your person and have them in your hand prior to walking through the metal detector. (i.e. keys, coins, etc.)

Courtroom Attire Required

Appropriate attire for counsel would be conservative business dress in traditional dark colors. For law students, suitable attire would be slacks/khakis, modest skirts with long or short-sleeved shirt, blouse, polo/golf shirt. Please do not display political buttons.

The following articles of clothing or attire are not permitted:

. T-shirts with slogans or pictures
. Shorts
. Tank tops
. Hats or caps
. Sunglasses

Please remember to please give full attention to the bench, as this is an actual court session and is also being recorded for the Court's use. Out of respect for the Court and counsel, please keep movement in and out of the courtroom to a minimum, and refrain from any conversations during oral arguments. Entry and exit will be prohibited during the actual hearings.

For more information, please contact Gia Hellwig at gkhellwig@ucdavis.edu