Subject:

James Otero

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    Polanski Loses Bid to Nix L.A. Judges The AP's Linda Deutsch reports that a three-member appellate panel has rejected self-exiled film auteur Roman Polanski's motion to bar any Los Angeles County judge from participating in his case. Polanski, who claims he has no plans to ever return to the U.S., i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2009

    Joe Francis' New Jewelry: A House-Arrest Bracelet

    Today saw considerably more media in Department 880 of the Roybal Federal Building than on Monday morning. That was when Judge James Otero had been set to rule on a request by Bob Bernhoft's law firm to withdraw from Case No. 08 CR 494 SJO. The trial Bernhoft and partner Bob Barnes wished to be cut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2009

    Judge: Arrest Joe Francis

    This morning was supposed to be the day Girls Gone Wild creator Joe Francis would formally divorce his current lawyers of the Bernhoft firm and find someone else to represent him in his  $20 million federal tax-evasion case. With Robert Bernhoft and Bob Barnes present in Judge James Otero's c ... More >>

  • News

    November 18, 2004

    Speaking Softly

    Inglewood police brutality victim Patricia Surjue forgoes her trial

  • News

    June 17, 2004

    Distant Justice

    Police-brutality victim Patricia Surjue and her elusive day in court

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    May 6, 2004

    Fighting Back in Inglewood

    Police-brutality victim Patricia Surjue and her elusive day in court

  • News

    March 25, 2004

    Letters

    Police-brutality victim Patricia Surjue and her elusive day in court

  • News

    March 18, 2004

    Patricia Surjue v. The World

    Seeking justice in Inglewood can seem like a solitary matter

  • News

    February 19, 2004

    Day in the Sun

    No more secrecy for cops, judges and lawyers in Inglewood brutality case

  • News

    February 12, 2004

    Light of Justice

    Federal judge agrees to take another look at secret deal in Inglewood brutality case

  • News

    January 15, 2004

    Under the Rug in Inglewood

    A judge wants to seal a settlement in a police-brutality case

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