MILES v. WESLEY

No. 13-55620.

801 F.3d 1060 (2015)

Brenda MILES; Dane Sullivan; Union De Vecinos, a non-profit corporation; Coalition for Economic Survival, a non-profit corporation; People Organized for Westside Renewal, a non profit corporation; Independent Living Center of Southern California, a non-profit corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. David S. WESLEY, in his official capacity as Presiding Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court; State of California; Edmund G. Brown, Jr., in his official capacity as Governor of California; Sherri R. Carter, Esquire, in his official capacity as Executive Officer/Clerk of the Los Angeles Superior Court, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 8, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Rothschild (argued), Sue L. Himmelrich , and Navneet Grewal , Western Center on Law & Poverty, Los Angeles, CA; Maria Palomares , Alexander Prieto , Brian Bilford and David Pallack , Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County, Pacoima, CA; Paula D. Pearlman and Michelle Uzeta , Disability Rights Legal Center, Los Angeles, CA; Barbara Schultz , Paul J. Estuar , and Fernando Gaytan , Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Robert A. Naeve (argued) and Nathaniel P. Garrett , Jones Day, Irvine, CA, for Defendants-Appellees the Honorable David S. Wesley and Sherri R. Carter.

Susan K. Smith , Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellees State of California and Edmund G. Brown, Jr.

Karl Manheim , Los Angeles, CA, for Amici Curiae Civil Rights Organizations and Law Professors.

Before: FERDINAND F. FERNANDEZ, BARRINGTON D. PARKER, JR., and JACQUELINE H. NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Two recessions and a decade of budget cuts have dramatically transformed the Los Angeles County Superior Court ("LASC"), the largest trial court in the country. From 2008 to 2012, LASC lost $110 million in state funding. In response, LASC closed courtrooms, furloughed employees, increased filing fees, and...

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