SACRAMENTO – Following the inauguration of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., he will swear in Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar and Leondra R. Kruger to the California Supreme Court in Sacramento on Monday, January 5, 2015.
When: Monday, January 5, 2015 at approx. 12:30 p.m. Media must check in by 12:20 p.m.
Where: Stanley Mosk Library and Courts Building, Room 500, 5th Floor, 914 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, CA 95814
**NOTE: The ceremony is open to credentialed media and invited guests only. Reporters interested in attending must RSVP to Andrew Santana at andrew.santana@gov.ca.gov by 12:00 p.m. Monday, December 29, 2014.
Governor Brown nominated Cuéllar and Kruger to the California Supreme Court earlier this year. Today, Kruger was confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments, composed of Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and senior presiding justice of the state Court of Appeal Joan Dempsey Klein. Cuéllar was confirmed by the commission in August.