LMAOOOO..... when was the last time you were in LA County? You've been gone a while, my friend.now that all docs are scanned & on computer ...
Lett, the court doesn't have to (really shouldn't) keep any letters/papers mailed to the Judge. They should have been returned to the sender.File was literally 1 inch think of papers sent to courthouse. These letters were not entered during hearing, just mailed to court. (would they have stamped them?) I just happened to see them when I went to review file, maybe two years ago. Attorney said file was small with just summons and orders. I plan to go check and see what may have happened though I dont know how they could lose had to be at least 50 pages from file.....
Clarke not only said it, but he's making it gospel in this order:CC, is it true that Clark said L.A. Court was laying off 1,800 workers ???
Well, you know you can access SOME types of cases online. Civil cases are online, probate cases have begun to be scanned and are available for online access. Paternity case are and will always be confidential. There are no plans that I know of to scan those docs (but they should be). Divorce cases can be accessed online, but yeah, we're still using paper. Missing loose docs is nothing more than normal. This is why conformed copies are an absolute. More often than not, we'll deem as an original than go hunt for a missing piece of paper.CC, it's a sad day when the 'rural' Gulf Coast of Texas can do better than L.A. county I guess I should stop yelling Auntie Em, Auntie Em, and clicking my heels.
Criminal and civil cases are online in most Tx counties, with hearings and filed documents listed; all docs are scanned upon filing.
Efiling is prevalent & strongly pushed by the courts; service by fax is the norm among attorneys.
... When I worked in San Bernardino County, missing files were commonplace. We all just kept file-stamped copies of everything, and the clerks would rebuild the file with the docs the attorneys had ...
CC, is it true that Clark said L.A. Court was laying off 1,800 workers ???
****e!!!! That's insane !!Clarke not only said it, but he's making it gospel in this order:
379 people April 1
500 in September
1000 more next year....
it's about to be a mad house at LASC.
That's saying it gently. Oh, and they are shutting down the traffic phone center and help desk effective Tuesday. Gotta love it, don'tcha? There are a lot of people that are going to be hurt by this budget crisis. People will not have access to the courts the way they have now, employees are going to be overworked and tired - thus, you'll see a whole lot more workers comp cases, not to mention those that will be unemployed and without benefits. Furloughs will continue for 2 more years, but still at one day a month.****e!!!! That's insane !!
If there is a contingency plan, they aren't saying. Clarke has all but admitted that the courts are going to go to hell in a handbasket. I didn't mention the talk of courthouse closures did I? That's right, they are going to close courtrooms, and in some cases, courthouses all together. They have no plans to reduce calendars that they are speaking of. Simply put, they've said it's just going to flat out take much longer to push a case through.Holy crappola!
Employees were overworked and tired long before this mess; how the hell can the L.A. courts work with less people, less court time, less help for pro pers ??
Even if employees started retiring and many unfilled jobs were deleted with attrition, the work still has to be done ...
How can this possibly work ????
You're right - the pro pers will get cut off.
The Powers That Be must have some kind of contingency plan - less hearings, more decisions on the pleadings, more briefing .... something different planned for the courts to be able to survive. I bet the Judges have some plans to reduce their calendars.
Here, attorneys are yelling that their incomes have been greatly reduced - the common theory is that people 'stay married/keep their legal problems',
when they're in a scary economy. The court dockets seem to remain the same, though (and very few are pro per).
Cripes, Arnold - start legalizing and taxing some drugs, or drilling, or put up tent cities like Arpaio.
If we can't increase the income, then we better decrease the expense.