HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

So you had a spicy judge who in October thought it would be fun to set your case for trial on December 26 after making a face and granting a defense continuance. Of course, they took the week off, and now you want to know which judge will be covering. 

Hopefully you remembered Rumpole's number one rule for trial scheduling- NEVER EVER EVER set a case for trial during the first two weeks of January. All your judge has done over the holidays while swilling egg nog and stuffing cocktail shrimp at parties into their pockets for later, is ruminate about how hard they had to work in 2023 and lo and behold they have arrived- after a few egg nogs at the answer! Try a case during the first week in January, rocket the defendant at sentencing minutes after the verdict (unless we tried the case) and viola! The word will go out- Maximum (add a reduplicative last name here) is back and you better take those plea offers. More time for the Judicial Genius to leave early and play Candy 🍬 Crush. 

Anyway, if you need the holiday schedule, look no further. 

Holiday Coverage Schedule – 2023 (from Monday, December 25 to Monday, January 8, 2024)

Covering judges will cover their own calendars LAST.  Other calendars will be covered in division order. All calendars will be covered on the covering judge’s division Zoom virtual courtroom ID and physically in the covering judge’s courtroom beginning at 9AM.  This schedule has been cleared with all stakeholders so please NO EXCEPTIONS!

Tuesday, December 26 – Friday, December 29:

Judge Laura Cruz will cover Judge Lody Jean and Judge Teresa Pooler and Judge Zach James

Judge Ariel Rodriguez will cover Judge Joe Perkins (12/26-12/28) and Judge Mavel Ruiz (12/26-12/28)

Judge Richard Hersch will cover Judge Joe Perkins (12/29 only) and Judge Ariel Rodriguez (12/29 only) and Judge Mavel Ruiz (12/29 only)

Judge Marisa Tinkler-Mendez will cover Judge Carmen Cabarga and Judge Christy Bandin and Division 14

Judge Milton Hirsch will cover Judge Bill Altfield and Judge Daryl Trawick and Judge Laura Stuzin and Judge Richard Hersch (12/26 only)

Judge Al Milian will cover Judge Tanya Brinkley and Judge Michelle Delancy and Judge Cristina Miranda and Judge Ellen Venzer  

Monday, December 25 – Judge Orlando Prescott will preside over Bond Hearings

Saturday, December 30  - Sunday, December 31 – Judge Thomas Rebull will preside over Bond Hearings

Monday, January 1 – Judge Cristina Rivera Correra will preside over bond hearings

Judge Milton Hirsch is on emergency duty December 26 – January 2

Regular Daily Bond Hearings will be covered by Judge Mindy Glazer

Judge Marisa Tinkler-Mendez will handle ACs & emergencies for Divisions 60, 61, and Problem-Solving Courts

Judge Laura Cruz will handle ACs & emergencies for ROC

DRUG COURT AND VETERANS TREATMENT COURT WILL BE CLOSED EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCIES

 

Tuesday, January 2 – Friday, January 5:

Judge Ramiro Areces will cover Judge Joe Perkins

Judge Laura Cruz will cover Judge Mavel Ruiz

Judge Lody Jean will cover Division 14

Judge Teresa Pooler will cover her own division

Judge Ariel Rodriguez will cover his own division

Judge Carmen Cabarga will cover Judge Christy Bandin

Judge Richard Hersch will cover Judge Ellen Venzer

Judge Zach James will cover his own division

Judge Laura Stuzin will cover her own division

Judge Daryl Trawick will cover his own division (1/2-1/3 only)

Judge Marisa Tinkler-Mendez will cover Judge Daryl Trawick (1/4-1/5 only) and Judge Bill Altfield

Judge Tanya Brinkley will cover Judge Cristina Miranda (1/2-1/3 only)

Judge Miguel de la O will cover Judge Tanya Brinkley (1/4-1/5 only) and Judge Cristina Miranda (1/4-1/5 only and Judge Michelle Delancy all week

Judge Al Milian will cover Judge Milton Hirsch

 

Saturday, January 6  - Sunday, January 7, 2023 – Judge Ariel Rodriguez will preside over Bond Hearings

Judge Carmen Cabarga is on emergency duty January 2 – January 8

Regular Daily Bond Hearings will be covered by Judge (SENIOR JUDGE COVERING)

Judge Marisa Tinkler-Mendez will handle ACs & emergencies for divisions 60, 61, and Problem-Solving Courts

DRUG COURT AND VETERANS TREATEMENT COURT WILL BE CLOSED EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCIES

HOLIDAY COVERAGE

 It's not really the holidays until we get the Court holiday coverage calendar. Which judges are staying home baking cookies and eating latkes? Which Judges are trudging to the REGJB to cover so they can take those weeks off in July and August? We have it all....here....and on the blog you cannot do without. 

Your Christmas Eve Bond Hearings Judge? The winner, coming in at 24-1 is .....Al Milian! Which means either he's in the dog house with the higher ups, or just is a really nice guy (most likely the latter).  Judge Altfield is the emergency judge to handle all those "my client just got arrested on Xmas eve and needs to get out" issues. If you had the Milian/Altfield Perfecta, it pays a whopping 85-1- extra holiday money! 

Meanwhile, Omicron  is in California, courtesy of a Joe Biden/Bill Gates/Washington Pizzeria conspiracy that reaches all levels of society. 

Holiday Coverage 2021 by HR on Scribd

JUDICIAL HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

UPDATE: What causes your favourite federal blogger to shout "woo-hoo!!"??  Why nothing less than the 76-17 vote confirming Raag Singhal as the newest federal judge for the Southern District of Florida.  The coverage is on his blog here. 
Congrats to Judge Singhal and welcome to the party. 

You cannot tell the ballplayers without a scorecard, and you won't know where to go to have your case called these next few weeks without the Judicial Coverage  Holiday Schedule. 

The December, 2019 holiday schedule is out! (Woo-hoo! Oh wait, that was already done). Here is what is confusing: some judges are listed as covering their own calendars. That seems weird. Let's say we are starting a jury trial. And the Judge introduces the parties. She wouldn't say "And representing the defendant, covering for Horace Rumpole, is Horace Rumpole." 

Does that make sense? 

With that being said, here's your 2019 long awaited, much anticipated, earth shaking, viagara-taking, Judicial Coverage Holiday Schedule. And once again, a shout out to Judge Tinkler-Mendez, the hardest working judge in show business. 

2019 Holiday Coverage.amended (1) by Anonymous X2glnmuma on Scribd