Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday chose two superior court judges to fill vacancies on the Fourth District Court of Appeal, moving to fill openings on one of California’s appellate courts.
The appointments come as the Fourth District Court of Appeal has vacancies that needed to be filled. The source text does not identify the two judges by name, but the headline also says Newsom named seven trial court judges, adding to a larger round of judicial picks on the same day.
The filing of those vacancies matters now because appellate court seats affect how quickly and consistently cases move through the state system. The judge names were not released in the source text, leaving the list of appointments incomplete even as the governor moved to fill the posts.
What happens next is straightforward: the appointed judges will move into the vacancies, while the seven trial court judges named in the headline will also take their next steps through the state’s judicial process. For Newsom, the immediate question is not whether the appointments were made, but how quickly the courts can absorb them.
