Supervisors Ask Delay of Night Court Shutdown
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors asked the Superior Court Tuesday to delay the scheduled shutdown of its popular night court experiment, pending further consideration of whether the move is warranted.
But the motion, passed on a vote of 3 to 2, is not expected to have any effect on the Superior Court, which sets its own policies. After the hourlong board hearing, Superior Court Presiding Judge Ricardo A. Torres said he would ask his 17-member executive committee to consider the motion when it meets Nov. 19, but he acknowledged that he remains firm in his position that night court is unnecessary. The executive committee voted Sept. 19 to terminate night court on Dec. 1.
During the hearing, Dist. Atty. Ira Reiner and Assistant Public Defender David Meyer reiterated their longstanding support of the 6-year-old experiment, which was designed to alleviate a case backlog caused by a shortage of courtrooms.
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