Retaliation does not exist if the decisionmaker does not know that you had asserted your rights in the At best, plaintiff speculated that her supervisor, Ortiz, knew about this, but all plaintiff has on this point is her sworn statement that another employee, Perez, told Ortiz about plaintiff's assistance on that lawsuit, and that Ortiz had Perez on "speed dial. [read post]

feature=player_embedded&v=wyx6JDQCslE&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fs.ytimg.com%2Fyt%2Fswfbin%2Fwatch_as3-vfl3J-I2Q.swf&has_verified=1COUNTY COURTTop rated as Exceptionally Qualified: Judge Steve Leifman - 54%Judge Andrea Wolfson - 52%Judge Charlie Johnson - 49%Judge Sam Slom - 47% Lowest Percentage of Unqualified votes: Judge Luise Krieger Martin - 5.10%Judge Leifman - 5.35%Judge Slom - 5.41%Judge Johnson - 5.60%Judge Shelly Kravitz - 5.67% Highest Percentage of… [read post]

Gonzalez-Terrazas, No. 07-50375 A sentence based on a guilty plea conviction for unlawful reentry of an alien after removal is vacated and the case remanded for resentencing where the district court erred in applying a 16 level crime of violence enhancement based on the defendant's prior conviction under California Penal Code section 459 for residential burglary. [read post]