Case: Sangiacomo v. Padilla

34-2020-80003413 | California state trial court

Filed Date: 2020

Case Ongoing

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Case Summary

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker.

According to their summary as of 09/01/2020,

Proponents of ballot initiative seek a suspension or extension of the usual 180-day deadline for collecting petition signatures for such an initiative. They allege that COVID restrictions have impeded their ability to collect signatures, and that a failure to relax the deadline would, among other things, constitute a violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Plaintiffs sought a peremptory writ of mandamus extending the 180 day deadline until all counties had been authorized to move to stage 3 of the re-opening guidelines.

People


Judge(s)

Arguelles, James P (California)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Andrews, Emily A (California)

Caplan, Deborah B. (California)

Attorney for Defendant

Boutin, Gabrielle Downey (California)

Expert/Monitor/Master/Other

Benbrook, Bradley A. (California)

Judge(s)

Arguelles, James P (California)

Sawtelle, Ernest W. (California)

Sueyoshi, Richard K. (California)

Expert/Monitor/Master/Other

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

Document

34-2020-80003413

Verified Petition for Writ of Mandate [CCP. § 1085; ELECTIONS CODE S 133141

June 23, 2020

June 23, 2020

Complaint

34-2020-80003413

Petition for Writ of Mandate - Final Ruling

July 2, 2020

July 2, 2020

Order/Opinion

Resources

Docket

Last updated Jan. 26, 2024, 1:26 p.m.

ECF Number Description Date Link Date / Link
1

Petition for Writ of Mandate filed.

June 23, 2020

June 23, 2020

2

Civil Case Cover Sheet filed.

June 23, 2020

June 23, 2020

3

Case assigned to Department 23 .

June 23, 2020

June 23, 2020

4

Case initiation form printed .

June 24, 2020

June 24, 2020

5

Proof of Service by Mail - Petition (Amended-email) filed.

June 26, 2020

June 26, 2020

6

Order - Other (Stip Requesting that Cases be Related and Proposing Briefing Schedule & Hearing Date for Petitioner's Verified Petition for Writ of Mandate; ORDER) filed.

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2020

18

Notice of Change in Handling Attorney filed.

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2020

9

Memorandum of Points and Authorities (in Support of Petition) filed.

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2020

10

Declaration - Other (of Angelo Paparella in Support of Petition) filed.

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2020

11

Request - Judicial Notice (& Proposed Order) filed.

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2020

7

Case reassigned to 17 effective 06/26/2020 .

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2020

8

Petition for Writ of Mandate - Writ of Mandate scheduled for 07/02/2020 at 01:30:00 PM in Department 17 at Gordon D Schaber Courthouse .

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2020

13

Response (to MOPA in Support of Petition) filed.

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2020

15

Stipulation (for Order Granting Writ of Mandate) filed.

July 1, 2020

July 1, 2020

16

Proposed Order (Granting Petition for Writ of Mandate) filed.

July 1, 2020

July 1, 2020

Sangiacomo v. Padilla

July 1, 2020

July 1, 2020

12

Tentative Ruling (Petition for Writ of Mandate - Tentative Ruling) Filed

July 1, 2020

July 1, 2020

14

Boutin, Gabrielle D added as a effective 06/30/2020 .

July 2, 2020

July 2, 2020

17

Chang, Peter H added as a effective 06/30/2020 .

July 2, 2020

July 2, 2020

19

Minutes finalized for Petition for Writ of Mandate - Writ of Mandate heard on 07/02/2020 01:30:00 PM .

July 2, 2020

July 2, 2020

20

Order - Other (Petition for Writ of Mandate - Final Ruling) filed.

July 2, 2020

July 2, 2020

21

Proposed Judgment filed.

July 15, 2020

July 15, 2020

22

Judgment filed.

July 16, 2020

July 16, 2020

23

Petition for Writ of Mandate has been Granted .

July 16, 2020

July 16, 2020

24

Case disposed with disposition of Granted .

July 16, 2020

July 16, 2020

27

Notice of Related Case filed.

Oct. 2, 2020

Oct. 2, 2020

25

Heatlie, Orrin E added as a Interested Party effective 10/02/2020 .

Oct. 2, 2020

Oct. 2, 2020

26

Benbrook, Bradley A added as a effective 10/02/2020 .

Oct. 2, 2020

Oct. 2, 2020

29

Proof of Service (By Electronic Service) filed.

Oct. 7, 2020

Oct. 7, 2020

28

Order - Other (Related Cases Order) filed.

Oct. 7, 2020

Oct. 7, 2020

30

Order - Other (Related Cases Order - Ruling on Objection) filed.

Oct. 8, 2020

Oct. 8, 2020

Case Details

State / Territory: California

Case Type(s):

Election/Voting Rights

Special Collection(s):

COVID-19 (novel coronavirus)

Healthy Elections COVID litigation tracker

Key Dates

Filing Date: 2020

Case Ongoing: Yes