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Politics on the San Francisco Superior Court
San Francisco Chronicle | C.W. Nevius | August 26, 2010
Elections for San Francisco Superior Court judges are usually about as scintillating as watching a load of laundry spin in a dryer. But this year is different [...]
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Acclaimed novelist Michael Nava in historic judicial battle
La Bloga | August 23, 2010
As readers of La Bloga know, Michael Nava has excelled as both a writer and lawyer. A Phi Beta Kappa from Colorado College, Nava went on to earn his law degree from Stanford University in 1981. From there, he worked with the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office [...]
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Legal Brahmins organize against Nava
San Francisco Bay Guardian | July 30, 2010 | by Tim Redmond
Some of the most prominent lawyers in San Francisco, including two high-ranking judges, have launched a full-scale political campaign to protect Judge Richard Ulmer, a straight white former Republican and Schwarzenegger appointee, against a challenge by [...]
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Letters to the Editor
Daily Journal | July 29, 2010
I disagree with the position taken by Justice J. Anthony Kline that Michael Nava’s bid to unseat Richard Ulmer for judge of the Superior Court is a threat to judicial independence and somehow improper. (“Judicial Election Presents Political Dangers,” July 12) There is nothing improper about a highly qualified attorney engaging in an electoral challenge to an incumbent judge of the Superior Court, a right established under the California Constitution. [...]
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SF Bay Guardian Endorses Nava for Judge, Seat 15
April 27, 2010 | by Guardian Staff Writers
Another rarity here: a contested race where challengers are taking on a sitting judge. Richard Ulmer, the incumbent, was a Republican living in Hillsborough when Gov. Schwarzenegger appointed him to the bench last year; he quickly changed his registration to independent and took up residence in Park Merced. But two gay men, Michael Nava [...]
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SF Democratic Party Endorses Michael Nava for Superior Court Judge
Nava receives key support from a diverse group of organizations
April 22, 2010 | Press Release
SAN FRANCISCO – Michael Nava, candidate for San Francisco Superior Court Judge Seat 15, was overwhelmingly endorsed by the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee (SFDCCC) during last night’s meeting [...]
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Michael Nava, candidate for Judge, to challenge
Schwarzenegger appointee in the June 8th Primary
February 8, 2010 | Press Release
TODAY – Michael Nava, candidate for San Francisco Superior Court Judge, filed for the seat currently occupied by Schwarzenegger appointee, Richard Ulmer. Ulmer, until recently a registered Republican, was appointed to the San Francisco Superior Court last June [...]
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SACRAMENTO PRESS
January 16, 2010 | by Devin Lavelle
Michael Nava was fascinated by the set of encyclopedias set on a high shelf of his grandparents’ home. The Mexican immigrants did not have many books in their house, but they had purchased [...]
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CIVIC CENTER
November 28, 2009 | by SFMIKE
In the “Politics” column of the Bay Area Reporter newspaper last week, there was a small announcement about a campaign kickoff party at the Eureka Lounge in the Castro District for the lawyer Michael Nava [...]
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BAY AREA REPORTER
October 15, 2009 | by Matthew S. Bajko
Crime novelist Michael Nava, an openly gay staff attorney for California Supreme Court Justice Carlos Moreno, has spent the last four years patiently waiting for an appointment to an appellate court seat. But so far Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has passed him over each time a vacancy has arisen on San Francisco’s 1st District Court of Appeal [...]
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THE RECORDER
October 14, 2009 | by Mike McKee
After being passed over for a seat on the appellate bench for at least three years, Michael Nava’s ready to throw in the towel. Or better yet, toss his hat into the ring for a seat on the San Francisco Superior Court. He thinks it might be his best bet — as an openly gay man — to get on the bench [...]
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