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Announcements and Law Updates

A comprehensive discussion of new Ninth Circuit cases, and of other new legal challenges and ideas, can be found on the Ninth Circuit blog. The Ninth Circuit blog contains Federal Defender Jon Sands' weekly Ninth Circuit summaries, interesting new defense challenges and theories posted by AFPDs David Porter and Steve Sady, and the “Case o’ The Week” memos by Federal Defender Steve Kalar. The Ninth Circuit blog is a useful starting place for the latest developments in federal criminal defense.

To search the Ninth Circuit blog use the white search box next to the orange "B," in the upper left hand corner of the site. Note that many blog entries have been tagged by Judge involved or by subject. Clicking on those tags will pull up all blog entries related to that tag entry.

CJA counsel are encouraged to comment on the blog postings – many new ideas have been fleshed out and enhanced by attorney commentary.

Notice Regarding Santa Rita Jail

Two pods at Santa Rita jail in Dublin, Alameda County, were placed on quarantine March 26, 2020. One as a direct response to Covid-19 exposure of a medical employee and the other, out of an abundance of caution, due to a case of pneumonia (or another medical condition). Those pods include federal pretrial detainees. The court has collaborated with its institutional partners and has decided, in the interest of public health, to immediately suspend transportation of detainees from Santa Rita Jail to the federal courthouse during the quarantine. In-custody criminal appearances set for Friday, March 27, 2020, have been continued to March 30, 2020, and will be conducted by telephone or video. The court is working with the U.S. Marshals Service and the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office to develop a communications network.

Candis Mitchell