Peter Scheer

The Recorder, San Francisco’s legal newspaper, is reporting that California Supreme Court Justice Carlos Moreno has submitted his resignation from the state’s highest court. Moreno, appointed in 1992, is considered one of the more liberal members of the Court. He is also the Court’s only Hispanic Justice. Moreno, 62, succeeded Justice Stanley Mosk. He  was interviewed by Obama Administration lawyers for the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy that ultimately was filled by Justice Sonia Sotomayor. The

A Superior Court judge has issued a TRO, temporarily barring the Long Beach police department from releasing the names of city police officers involved in police shootings. The LA Times had requested the names under the Public Records Act. Although the city had decided to release some (but not all) of the names, before it could do so the police union filed a lawsuit to block disclosure. A hearing on whether to permit Long Beach