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NEWS

RELEASE

January 28, 2008

Chalfant Assigned to Writs and Receivers

Effective Friday, Feb. 1, Judge James C. Chalfant will preside in the Writs and

Receivers Department 85, room 836, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, 111 N. Hill St., Los

Angeles. He was assigned to the post by Supervising Judge C. Stephen Czuleger.

Currently presiding over civil matters in Department 13 of the same

Courthouse, Chalfant succeeds Judge Dzintra Janavs, who retires on March 20, 2008,

after 21 years on the bench and eight years in Department 85.

Writs and receivers matters are critical, timely hearings similar to appeals court decisions. The most common writ is a writ of mandamus, which directs a public agency (such as a city or the county) to take action in conformance with the law.

Receiverships ordinarily require a judge to appoint an authority to operate a business or partnership.

Judge David Yaffe will become managing judge of the writs and receivers departments on Feb. 1.

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