Central District (Los Angeles)
By Ciaran McEvoy
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - For a mild-mannered man from humble east Los Angeles roots, U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez has endured a trial by fire in this city's tawdry, lurid celebrity justice system in less than two years on the federal bench. Actor Verne "Mini-Me" Troyer's $20 million lawsuit - stemming from a sexually explicit video of the diminutive "Austin Powers" star and his then-girlfriend -... (continued)
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - For a mild-mannered man from humble east Los Angeles roots, U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez has endured a trial by fire in this city's tawdry, lurid celebrity justice system in less than two years on the federal bench. Actor Verne "Mini-Me" Troyer's $20 million lawsuit - stemming from a sexually explicit video of the diminutive "Austin Powers" star and his then-girlfriend -... (continued)