Appellate Practice,
California Courts of Appeal,
California Supreme Court
Sep. 20, 2021
‘PETITION DENIED’
The first time I saw that response to a petition for writ of mandate I’d filed in an appellate court, I did not take it well. Losing hurts enough. But without an explanation?
Myron Moskovitz
Legal Director
Moskovitz Appellate Team
90 Crocker Ave
Piedmont , CA 94611-3823
Phone: (510) 384-0354
Email: myronmoskovitz@gmail.com
UC Berkeley SOL Boalt Hal
Myron Moskovitz is author of Strategies On Appeal (CEB, 2021; digital: ceb.com; print: https://store.ceb.com/strategies-on-appeal-2) and Winning An Appeal (5th ed., Carolina Academic Press). He is Director of Moskovitz Appellate Team, a group of former appellate judges and appellate research attorneys who handle and consult on appeals and writs. See MoskovitzAppellateTeam.com. The Daily Journal designated Moskovitz Appellate Team as one of California's top boutique law firms. Myron can be contacted at myronmoskovitz@gmail.com or (510) 384-0354. Prior "Moskovitz On Appeal" columns can be found at http://moskovitzappellateteam.com/blog.
"Petition denied" -- with no explanation at all.
The first time I saw that response to a petition for writ of mandate I'd filed in an appellate court, I did not take it well. Losing hurts enough. But without an explanation?
I was then the director of the Marysville Office of California Rural Legal Assistance. My clients were Mexican-American farmworkers. An unusually rainy spring (rememb...
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