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Preliminary Court Advisory
Date: 05-30-2002 6:34 PM - Word Count: 4730

Preliminary Court Advisory
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   Eds: Here is a preliminary listing of the court items for the week of June
3-7. The items are being provided to assist in your planning. Please note that
several cases are listed on some court calendars at the same time; the judge
determines the order in which they will be heard that morning. These items
will be included in the Court Advisory and on the daily budgets and are
subject to revision.

   Monday

   8:30 a.m. BEVERLY HILLS - A preliminary hearing is scheduled for actress
Winona Ryder, who is charged with grand theft, commercial burglary, vandalism
and possession of a controlled substance. She was arrested last Dec. 12
outside Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills. Div. 1, Beverly Hills courthouse,
9355 Burton Way. Contact: (310) 288-1202.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - Sentencing is scheduled for Nino Durden, a former
LAPD officer who pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the Rampart
corruption scandal. Dept. 100, Criminal Courts Building, 210 W. Temple St.
Contact: (213) 974-5711.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A hearing on possible dismissal is set in a
lawsuit filed by sports agent Thomas Tanzer against the Colorado Rockies. The
suit alleges the baseball team defamed Tanzer in an effort to get an edge in
negotiations over Palmdale pitcher Matt Harrington. Dept. 54, County
Courthouse, 111 N. Hill St. Contact: court clerk, (213) 974-5681.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A hearing on possible dismissal is set in a
lawsuit filed by the Los Angeles Police Relief Association against its former
head. The suit alleges that Ramona Voge took personal and confidential LAPRA
documents with her when she was fired in January 2001, and disclosed some of
the material to the media. Dept. 49, County Courthouse, 111 N. Hill St.
Contact: court clerk, (213) 974-5671.

   8:30 a.m. POMONA - A hearing is set in the case of the so-called ``Rappin'
Granny,'' 79-year-old Geneva Burger. She sued hip hop star Master P for using
an unauthorized sound clip of her making a comment about marijuana as the
introduction to the song ``No Limit'' on the 1998 album ``Skys the Limit'' by
the artist Magic. A jury found in favor of Master P in April, but Burger is
seeking punitive damages in spite of that verdict. Dept. H, Pomona Courthouse,
400 Civic Center Plaza. Contact: court clerk, (909) 620-3418.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A hearing on possible dismissal is set in a
lawsuit filed against The Walt Disney Co. by Regina Patino, who alleges she
was injured while riding on Disneyland's Indiana Jones attraction. Dept. 33,
County Courthouse, 111 N. Hill St. Contact: court clerk, (213) 974-5641.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A hearing is set in a lawsuit filed against Master
P by a post-production company. The suit alleges the rapper bilked Ntropic out
of payment for work on a video project. Dept. 40, County Courthouse, 111 N.
Hill St. Contact: court clerk, (213) 974-5655.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A hearing is set in a lawsuit filed by the widow
of George Harrison against the ex-husband of her sister. The suit alleges Carl
Roles stole property from the Harrisons in the 1970s when he was house-sitting
for them, and claims Roles is trying to sell the property in the wake of the
ex-Beatle's death. Dept. 49, County Courthouse, 111 N. Hill St. Contact: court
clerk, (213) 974-5671.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - Trial is scheduled for Deandre Marquise Bonds, who
is charged in the fatal stabbing of his aunt's boyfriend. Dept. 127, Criminal
Courts Building, 210 W. Temple St. Contact: (213) 974-5771.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - Arraignment is scheduled for Tremine Tillman, who
is charged in a crash that seriously injured an elderly couple near the
Beverly Center. Tillman allegedly ran inside the mall, forcing a lockdown.
Dept. 128, Criminal Courts Building, 210 W. Temple St. Contact: (213) 974-
5773.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A trial date is scheduled to be set for Damascio
Ybarra Torres, who is accused of shooting three doctors and holding several
others hostage at County-USC Medical Center. He was convicted of the
shootings, but an appellate court granted him a new trial. Dept. 110, Criminal
Courts Building, 210 W. Temple St. Contact: (213) 974-5723.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A preliminary hearing date is scheduled to be set
for Man Duong, who is accused in the strangulation of his girlfriend's 18-
year-old daughter. The teen's body was found in a closet under some clothes.
Div. 35, Criminal Courts Building, 210 W. Temple St. Contact: (213) 974-6023.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A pretrial hearing is scheduled for James Lee, who
is accused of raping a woman and attacking another in the Mid-Wilshire/Hancock
Park area. Dept. 111, Criminal Courts Building, 210 W. Temple St. Contact:
(213) 974-5741.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Maximino
Navarro, a reputed gang member accused of trying to kill a prosecutor with a
shank after getting a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.
Dept. 118, Criminal Courts Building, 210 W. Temple St. Contact: (213) 974-
5751.

   8:30 a.m. POMONA - Trial is scheduled for Allen Frances Stirk, who is
charged with murder for allegedly stabbing his 82-year-old father to death.
Dept. N, Pomona Superior Court, 400 Civic Center Plaza. Contact: (909) 620-
3144.

   8:30 a.m. POMONA - Sentencing is scheduled for Anthony Junius, who was
convicted of false imprisonment and assault against a 20-year-old woman and a
16-year-old girl. Dept. S, Pomona Superior Court, 400 Civic Center Plaza.
Contact: (909) 620-3082.

   8:30 a.m. PASADENA - A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Paulo Robles
Galicia, who is charged with attempted murder and other counts stemming from
an alleged attack on his girlfriend's 6-year-old son. Dept. B, Pasadena
Superior Court, 300 E. Walnut St. Contact: (626) 356-5643.

   8:30 a.m. LONG BEACH - Trial is scheduled for George Vetter, who is charged
with sexually assaulting a woman in the Belmont Shore area of Long Beach and
attacking a second woman. Dept. M, Long Beach Superior Court, 415 W. Ocean
Blvd. Contact: (562) 491-6153.

   8:30 a.m. SAN FERNANDO - A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Ernesto
Robles, who is charged with attempted murder in a gang-related shooting that
left three uninvolved people hurt, including a 2-year-old girl. Also charged
are Juan Lara and Rafael Macias, who is still wanted. Dept. E, San Fernando
Superior Court, 900 Third St. Contact: (818) 898-2624.

   8:30 a.m. SAN FERNANDO - A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Rodney Ray
Roberts, who is accused of murdering an ice cream vendor in Canoga Park. Dept.
G, San Fernando Superior Court, 900 Third St. Contact: (818) 898-2628.

   8:30 a.m. WEST COVINA - A discovery compliance hearing is scheduled for
Agnes Gustilo Aquino, who is charged with trying to kill her disabled son.
Div. 8, Citrus Courthouse, 1427 West Covina Parkway. Contact: (626) 813-3180.

   1:30 p.m. CIVIC CENTER - Sentencing is scheduled for David Chi Ping Leung,
a San Gabriel seafood restaurant owner convicted of receiving a package
containing more than 28,000 Ecstasy pills with the intent to sell them.
Courtroom 680, Roybal Federal Building, 255 E. Temple St. Contact: Thom
Mrozek, U.S. Attorney's Office, (213) 894-6947.

   Tuesday

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - Trial is scheduled for Demetrio Cabrera, who is
charged in the shooting death of an Occidental College student. Another
defendant, Araceli Pena, was convicted of the murder. Dept. 134, Criminal
Courts Building, 210 W. Temple St. Contact: (213) 974-5785.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - Trial is scheduled for Eduardo Rodriguez, an
alleged gang member charged in the Atwater Village killing of a mother of
three. Still wanted is Timothy Joseph McGhee. Dept. 122, Criminal Courts
Building, 210 W. Temple St. Contact: (213) 974-5759.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Victor Salazar
and William Hodgson, who are charged with murdering a woman during a robbery
as she drove into the parking garage of her Wilshire-area apartment building.
Dept. 105, Criminal Courts Building, 210 W. Temple St. Contact: (213) 974-
5736.

   8:30 a.m. LONG BEACH - Trial is scheduled for Daniel William Borunda, a
state prison inmate now charged in the 1999 strangulation of an 89-year-old
woman in her Long Beach home. Dept. 10, Long Beach Superior Court, 415 W.
Ocean Blvd. Contact: (562) 491-6245.

   8:30 a.m. LONG BEACH - A preliminary hearing date is scheduled to be set
for Mario Bennett, who is accused of raping and assaulting his girlfriend.
Dept. J, Long Beach Superior Court, 415 W. Ocean Blvd. Contact: (562) 590-
3647.

   8:30 a.m. PASADENA - Trial is scheduled for Erlinda Reyes Allan and Marcus
Allan, a Burbank couple charged with torture, child abuse and corporal injury
of a 12-year-old girl. Dept. H, Pasadena Superior Court, 300 E. Walnut St.
Contact: (626) 356-5667.

   8:30 a.m. PASADENA - Arraignment is scheduled for Michelle Calderon, who is
accused of leading police on a chase with a toddler on her lap. Dept. H,
Pasadena Superior Court, 300 E. Walnut St. Contact: (626) 356-5667.

   8:30 a.m. PASADENA - A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Clifton Hutchins,
who is accused of raping four women during home burglaries in Pasadena and La
Crescenta. Dept. J, Pasadena Superior Court, 300 E. Walnut St. Contact: (626)
356-5661.

   8:30 a.m. VAN NUYS - A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Michael David
Oelschlaeger, a Van Nuys man charged with murder and arson in his mother's
death. Div. 122, Van Nuys Superior Court, 14400 Erwin Street Mall. Contact:
(818) 374-2731.

   8:30 a.m. POMONA - Sentencing is scheduled for Lonnie Hagan Gallegos and
Jerry Manuel Ramirez. The motorcycle gang members pleaded guilty to possession
of assault weapons and drugs. Dept. F, Pasadena Superior Court, 300 E. Walnut
St. Contact: (626) 356-5655.

   8:30 a.m. SOUTH GATE - A discovery compliance hearing is scheduled for
South Gate City Treasurer Albert Robles, who is accused of making criminal
threats against two state legislators, a police officer and a fourth person.
Div. 3, South Gate Courthouse, 8640 California Ave. Contact: (323) 563-4006.

   8:30 a.m. SYLMAR - A fitness hearing is scheduled for one of seven
juveniles charged in a Canyon Country murder. Also charged are nine adults.
Dept. 279, Sylmar Juvenile Court, 16350 Filbert St. Contact: (818) 364-2179.

   8:30 a.m. LOS ANGELES - A fitness hearing is scheduled for two of three
teen-agers accused of killing an 81-year-old woman while burglarizing her
Southeast Los Angeles home. Dept. 265, Juvenile Justice Center, 7625 S.
Central Ave. Contact: (323) 586-6053.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A status conference is set in a lawsuit filed by
former Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Charles Hulsey, who alleges he was
harassed and fired for refusing to go along with false arrest reports and
other irregularities. Dept. 28, County Courthouse, 111 N. Hill St. Contact:
court clerk, (213) 974-5633.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A status conference is set in a lawsuit brought by
the city against South Gate City Clerk Carmen Avalos. The suit alleges Avalos
used a city computer to prepare recall petitions against South Gate officials.
Dept. 55, County Courthouse, 111 N. Hill St. Contact: court clerk, (213) 974-
5683.

   2 p.m. LOS ANGELES - A hearing is set on a challenge to a lawsuit filed
against the Temple City Unified School District on behalf of 28 La Rosa
Elementary students and their parents, teachers and staff. The plaintiffs
claim the school is ``infested with a toxic mold biohazard'' that threatens
their health. Dept. 323, Central Civil West, 600 S. Commonwealth Ave. Contact:
court clerk, (213) 351-8501.

   Wednesday

   8:15 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - Trial is set in Citibank's lawsuit against actor
Gary Busey over about $33,000 in credit card debt. Dept. 64, County
Courthouse, 111 N. Hill St. Contact: court clerk, (213) 974-5699.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A status conference is set in a lawsuit filed
against Vivendi Universal by the former director of marketing planning and
development for Universal. Stephanie Rider alleges she was discriminated
against when she became pregnant and finally fired for that reason. Dept. 21,
County Courthouse, 111 N. Hill St. Contact: court clerk, (213) 974-5619.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A hearing is set on a challenge to high-tech
company HRL Laboratories' lawsuit against Inphi Corp. The suit alleges the
rival company, started by former HRL employees, stole trade secrets. Dept. 18,
County Courthouse, 111 N. Hill St. Contact: court clerk, (213) 974-5579.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - Trial is set in a lawsuit brought against the
County of Los Angeles by Joyce Woods, who allegess her husband, Jerone, died
in September 1999 while being held in the Central Jail because he was denied
needed medication. Dept. 26, County Courthouse, 111 N. Hill St. Contact: court
clerk, (213) 974-5629.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A post-mediation status conference is set in a
lawsuit filed by the co-creator of the show ``Married ... With Children.'' Ivy
Street Productions alleges Sony has cut it out of at least $8 million in
revenue from the program. Dept. 42, County Courthouse, 111 N. Hill St.
Contact: court clerk, (213) 974-5659.

   8:30 a.m. SANTA MONICA - A progress report hearing is scheduled for stand-
up comedian Paula Poundstone, who pleaded no contest to child abuse and
infliction of injury on a child. Dept. P, Santa Monica Superior Court, 1725
Main St. Contact: (310) 260-3729.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Kazumi Taga,
who is charged with murdering his wife and 4-year-old daughter. Their bodies
were found floating in the Los Angeles Harbor in San Pedro. Prosecutors are
seeking the death penalty. Dept. 106, Criminal Courts Building, 210 W. Temple
St. Contact: (213) 974-5781.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - Surrender is scheduled for Gabriel Aguirre, who
was on the lam for 18 months after reportedly being beaten and getting death
threats from Rampart Division officers. He pleaded no contest to an assault
charge involving a neighbor. Dept. 102, Criminal Courts Building, 210 W.
Temple St. Contact: (213) 974-5727.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A discovery compliance hearing is scheduled for
Richard Bruce Coplen, a deputy city attorney accused of soliciting sex from a
teen-age boy he met on the Internet. Div. 30, Criminal Courts Building, 210 W.
Temple St. Contact: (213) 974-6011.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A preliminary hearing date is scheduled to be set
for Jonathan Drummond, an Olympic gold medalist charged in a marijuana case.
Div. 34, Criminal Courts Building, 210 W. Temple St. Contact: (213) 974-6045.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A preliminary hearing date is scheduled to be set
for Jammi Hendrix, who is accused of sexually assaulting and killing a doctor
in her Los Feliz home. Div. 30, Criminal Courts Building, 210 W. Temple St.
Contact: (213) 974-6011.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A preliminary hearing date is scheduled to be set
for Noel Buchan, who is accused of raping four prostitutes who worked the
streets of Hollywood. Div. 38, Criminal Courts Building, 210 W. Temple St.
Contact: (213) 974-6065.

   8:30 a.m. WHITTIER - A preliminary hearing date is scheduled to be set for
Adair Javier Garcia, who is charged with murder in the asphyxiation deaths of
five of his children. He also is charged with the attempted murder of his
surviving child. Div. 1, Whittier Superior Court, 7339 S. Painter Ave.
Contact: (562) 907-3140.

   8:30 a.m. VAN NUYS - A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Daniel Rivas, a
North Hollywood tattoo artist accused of sexually molesting two girls. Div.
122, Van Nuys Superior Court, 14400 Erwin Street Mall. Contact: (818) 374-
2731.

   8:30 a.m. PASADENA - Sentencing is scheduled for Ki'Che Bovia Gena'v, who
pleaded no contest to a theft charge involving an elderly neighbor who she
apparently convinced to marry her. Dept. E, Pasadena Superior Court, 300 E.
Walnut St. Contact: (626) 356-5653.

   8:30 a.m. SAN FERNANDO - Arraignment is scheduled for George Meadors, who
is accused of stabbing a man to death during a fight at a Northridge apartment
building. Div. 130, San Fernando Superior Court, 900 Third St. Contact: (818)
898-2412.

   8:30 a.m. SAN FERNANDO - A discovery compliance hearing is scheduled for
Omolabake Ajoke Martinez, a child care facility operator charged with
involuntary manslaughter in the death of a 19-month-old girl who drowned in a
backyard Koi pond. She also is charged with child endangering. Div. 132, San
Fernando Superior Court, 900 Third St. Contact: (818) 898-2416.

   8:30 a.m. SAN FERNANDO - A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Hector
Guadalupe Ramirez, a teen-ager charged along with an adult in the slaying of a
16-year-old boy near John F. Kennedy High School in Granada Hills. The younger
teen was found unfit to be tried as a juvenile. Dept. I, San Fernando Superior
Court, 900 Third St. Contact: (818) 898-2632.

   9 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A hearing is set in a breach of contract lawsuit by
Rockwell Collins against Hughes Electronics Corp. The suit alleges that in-
flight airplane cabin management, communications and entertainment systems
sold by Hughes to Rockwell have not lived up to Hughes' promises. Dept. 32,
County Courthouse, 111 N. Hill St. Contact: court clerk, (213) 974-5639.

   9:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A hearing on possible dismissal is set in a
lawsuit filed by cinematographer Adam Greenberg against New Line Cinema.
Greenberg, who shot the 1998 film ``Rush Hour'' under director Brett Ratner,
alleges he was not paid for his work. Dept. 54, County Courthouse, 111 N. Hill
St. Contact: court clerk, (213) 974-5681.

   Thursday

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A hearing on the bankruptcy of the defendant is
scheduled in a lawsuit filed against former sheriff's Sgt. Kevin Carney. The
mother of a minor plaintiff claims the former Palmdale City councilman
sexually molested her daughter. Dept. 46, County Courthouse, 111 N. Hill St.
Contact: court clerk, (213) 974-5665.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A status conference is set in a lawsuit filed by
Industrial Sound & Touring Technology, which alleges Sony Music Entertainment
was negligent in its handling of a September rock concert that turned into a
melee. Dept. 68, County Courthouse, 111 N. Hill St. Contact: court clerk,
(213) 974-5707.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A hearing on possible dismissal is set in a
lawsuit by the Watts Cinema and Education Center Inc. against the Los Angeles
Unified School District. The suit alleges the district pulled out of a 1998
deal to renovate the movie theater at Markham Middle School after the company
had invested more than $300,000 in the project. Dept. 42, County Courthouse,
111 N. Hill St. Contact: court clerk, (213) 974-5659.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - Sentencing is scheduled for Melvin Boyd, a former
LAPD officer who pleaded no contest to extortion and conspiracy to commit
extortion against a Lakewood real estate broker. Dept. 123, Criminal Courts
Building, 210 W. Temple St. Contact: (213) 974-5761.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - Trial is scheduled for Nathan Charles Sheard, a
Pasadena man charged with the bludgeoning death of his aunt. Dept. 102,
Criminal Courts Building, 210 W. Temple St. Contact: (213) 974-5727.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Clemetha
Marie Dillard and her son, Anthony Dillard, who are charged with capital
murder in a fire that killed a double-amputee. Div. 33, Criminal Courts
Building, 210 W. Temple St. Contact: (213) 974-9680.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - Arraignment is scheduled for Glenn Randall Miller,
a terminally ill Montebello man accused of drug charges for growing marijuana
in his backyard. Miller was arrested after he took a roll of film to a drug
store that documented the marijuana's growth. Dept. 124, Criminal Courts
Building, 210 W. Temple St. Contact: (213) 974-5763.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A preliminary hearing date is scheduled to be set
for Nathaniel Lee Ruffin, who is accused of stabbing a woman and their three
children in an apartment near Chinatown. Div. 43, Criminal Courts Building,
210 W. Temple St. Contact: (213) 974-6039.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Linda Luz
Guevara, a Huntington Park councilwoman accused of falsely stating that she
lived at an address in the city. Dept. 117, Criminal Courts Building, 210 W.
Temple St. Contact: (213) 974-5749.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A preliminary hearing date is scheduled to be set
for Angelita Gonzalez, the executive director of United Community Resources
Association Inc. The association previously pleaded no contest to misuse of
public funds in connection with a welfare scam and agreed to return $2.4
million to the county and abandon another $800,000 in billings. Div. 50,
Criminal Courts Building, 210 W. Temple St. Contact: (213) 974-6051.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Manuel Garay
and Cookie Smith, who are charged with murder and child abuse in the death of
their 2-year-old foster daughter. Dept. 103, Criminal Courts Building, 210 W.
Temple St. Contact: (213) 974-5726.

   8:30 a.m. LANCASTER - Sentencing is scheduled for Wesley Allen White, who
pleaded no contest to evading for leading sheriff's deputies on a pursuit
through Lancaster. Div. 2, Lancaster Superior Court, 1040 W. Ave. J. Contact:
(661) 945-6332.

   8:30 a.m. WHITTIER - A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Jose Guardado
and Carlos Gutierrez, two of three men are charged in the shooting of a
sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop. Div. 1, Whittier Superior Court, 7339
S. Painter Ave. Contact: (562) 907-3140.

   8:30 a.m. LONG BEACH - A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Tony Peralta, a
teen-ager charged with vehicular manslaughter and other charges in an accident
that killed an 18-year-old woman and injured four other young people. Dept. M,
Long Beach Superior Court, 415 W. Ocean Blvd. Contact: (562) 491-6153.

   8:30 a.m. SAN FERNANDO - A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Claude Wright,
a Sylmar grandfather charged with murder in the shooting deaths of his 19-
year-old daughter and 8-year-old grandson. Dept. G, San Fernando Superior
Court, 900 Third St. Contact: (818) 898-2628.

   8:30 a.m. NORWALK - A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Mark Edward
Anderson, who is accused of shooting a man to death in a dispute over a
cellular phone. Dept. N, Norwalk Superior Court, 12720 Norwalk Blvd. Contact:
(562) 807-7276.

   8:30 a.m. TORRANCE - A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Thomas Spiglanin,
a former Redondo Beach Chamber of Commerce president accused of using hidden
cameras in his home to videotape women who used the bathroom. Div. 5, Torrance
Superior Court, 825 Maple Ave. Contact: (310) 222-6541.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A hearing is set on a challenge to a lawsuit
against Los Angeles County by Crystal Brant and four other former foster
children. The plaintiffs allege the county ignored allegations the children
were abused and neglected because their foster mother was prominent and
politically connected. Dept. 24, County Courthouse, 111 N. Hill St. Contact:
court clerk, (213) 974-5625.

   9:30 a.m. VAN NUYS - A hearing is set in a sexual harassment lawsuit
against Ralphs Grocery Co. The suit, whose lead plaintiff is Valerie Barrett,
alleges Ralphs mishandled a decade's worth of complaints by female employees
who were mistreated by male managers. The attorneys for the plaintiffs are
from the same firm than won a $30 million verdict against Ralphs from a San
Diego jury in April over the same type of allegations. Dept. I, Van Nuys
Courthouse, 6230 Sylmar Ave.  Contact: court clerk, (818) 374-2280.

   Friday

   8:30 a.m. SAN FERNANDO - Sentencing is scheduled for Jose Carranza, a
Sylmar resident convicted of murder and arson for pouring paint thinner on a
man and setting him on fire. Dept. I, San Fernando Courthouse, 900 Third St.
Contact: (818) 898-2632.

   8:30 a.m. SAN FERNANDO - Sentencing is scheduled for Jose Alfredo Barajas,
a Sylmar man convicted of shooting and killing his girlfriend. Dept. F, San
Fernando Superior Court, 900 Third St. Contact: (818) 898-2626.

   8:30 a.m. SAN FERNANDO - Sentencing is scheduled for Omar Zepeda, who was
convicted of first-degree murder in the 1986 shooting death of a woman in a
San Fernando parking lot. Dept. F, San Fernando Superior Court, 900 Third St.
Contact: (818) 898-2626.

   8:30 a.m. SAN FERNANDO - A pretrial hearing is scheduled for William
Jaramillo. The Inglewood police officer is accused of attacking his live-in
girlfriend, who allegedly suffered a broken nose. Dept. F, San Fernando
Superior Court, 900 Third St. Contact: (818) 898-2626.

   8:30 a.m. VAN NUYS - Sentencing is scheduled for Christopher James Wentzel
and Thomas Laurence Stanley, who were convicted in a kidnap plot to get a
rocket belt invention from a Texas man. Dept. E, Van Nuys Superior Court,
14400 Erwin Street Mall. Contact: (818) 374-2713.

   8:30 a.m. VAN NUYS - A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Matthew Joseph
Marky, who is accused of murder in the shooting death of his father, who was
an Emmy-winning sound technician, and in the strangulation of his own live-in
girlfriend. Dept. N, Van Nuys Superior Court, 14400 Erwin Street Mall.
Contact: (818) 374-2691.

   8:30 a.m. POMONA - Sentencing is scheduled for Bryan Galan, a former Covina
high school coach who pleaded no contest to sex-related charges involving a
student he had coached. Dept. M, Pomona Superior Court, 400 Civic Center
Plaza. Contact: (909) 620-3142.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - Sentencing is scheduled for Walter Duarte, who one
of six defendants who pleaded no contest to criminal charges in a plot to
extort $1 million from a Lakewood real estate broker. Dept. 100, Criminal
Courts Building, 210 W. Temple St. Contact: (213) 974-5711.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - Arraignment is scheduled for Ada Yamilet Carranza,
who is accused of stabbing her newborn daughter to death and dumping the body
in a trash bin. Dept. 117, Criminal Courts Building, 210 W. Temple St.
Contact: (213) 974-5749.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A preliminary hearing date is scheduled to be set
for Alexander Rene Trestrail, a registered sex offender charged in a new case.
Div. 38, Criminal Courts Building, 210 W. Temple St. Contact: (213) 974-6065.

   8:30 a.m. PASADENA - Trial is scheduled for Cesar Antonio Duarte and Ruben
Mendoza Castaneda, who are accused of demanding ransom for people who had been
smuggled into the United States from Mexico. Dept. J, Pasadena Superior Court,
300 E. Walnut St. Contact: (626) 356-5661.

   8:30 a.m. PASADENA - Arraignment is scheduled for Rodney Dion Brown, who is
charged with sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl. Dept. E, Pasadena Superior
Court, 300 E. Walnut St. Contact: (626) 356-5653.

   8:30 a.m. TORRANCE - Trial is scheduled for Matthew Rovnack, who is charged
with vehicular manslaughter and drunken driving in an accident that killed a
retired police officer. Dept. G, Torrance Superior Court, 825 Maple Ave.
Contact: (310) 222-8849.

   8:30 a.m. LONG BEACH - Arraignment is scheduled for Stephen Reitz, who is
accused of beating and stabbing his girlfriend to death in a Catalina Island
hotel room. Dept. J, Long Beach Courthouse, 415 W. Ocean Blvd. Contact: (562)
590-3647.

   8:30 a.m. EAST LOS ANGELES - A preliminary hearing date is scheduled to be
set for Cesar Oswaldo Pique, an illegal immigrant accused of leading police on
a chase before driving to the Montebello police station and surrendering.
Dept. 185, East Los Angeles Courthouse, 214 S. Fetterly Ave. Contact: (323)
780-2009.

   8:30 a.m. DOWNEY - A preliminary hearing date is scheduled to be set for
Walter Larry Lego Jr., who is charged in a fatal hit-and-run crash during a
police pursuit that killed a 10-year-old boy. Div. 2, Downey Superior Court,
7500 E. Imperial Highway. Contact: (562) 803-7012.

   8:30 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A hearing is set on a motion to strike a $10
million breach of contract and slander lawsuit by former New York Post
reporter Nikki Finke, who says she was fired after writing about The Walt
Disney Co.'s legal battle over Winnie the Pooh royalties. Finke contends top
Disney executives were outraged by her story and demanded she be fired. Dept.
36, County Courthouse, 111 N. Hill St. Contact: court clerk, (213) 974-5647.

   9 a.m. CIVIC CENTER - A status conference is set in a lawsuit alleging The
Walt Disney Co. owes millions of dollars in royalties to the estate of Stephen
Slesinger, who licensed the right to Winnie the Pooh to Disney in 1961.
Slesinger's widow claims Disney has destroyed documents in order to avoid
paying what it owes. Dept. 54, County Courthouse, 111 N. Hill St. Contact:
court clerk, (213) 974-5681.

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