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#24-231 Conservatorship of E.A., S287241.  (A169299; nonpublished opinion; Contra Costa County Superior Court; P2000896.)  Petition for review after the Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment in a conservatorship proceeding.  This case presents the following issue:  Must a conservatee demonstrate prejudice to establish that a 362-day delay in initiating a trial in a Lanterman-Petris-Short Act conservatorship proceeding violates due process and equal protection?

Petition for review granted: 12/11/2024

See the Court of Appeal Opinion.