Sonny S. Sandhu
Justice · Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District
High confidence· verified October 20, 2026
Justice · Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District
What applies in this courtroom
38 verified requirements may apply in this courtroom, by layer: 0 published by Justice Sonny S. Sandhu · 11 from the court's own rules · 27 statewide — with 29 rule deadlines across those layers. Only the judge's own rules are specific to this courtroom; the other layers apply by court, county and state scope, and a court- or case-specific order can displace them.
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Associate Justice — Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District
Sandhu, of Stanislaus County, has been nominated to serve as an Associate Justice in the Fifth District Court of Appeal.
The appointing authority's record · checked October 20, 2026
This tab lists judge-scoped rules only, and BenchPath has not yet published judge-specific rules for this judge — the courtroom also runs on the court's own rules and the statewide layer: 38 verified requirements may apply here. The Full Premium Report assembles every one of them, cited.
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No judge-scoped deadlines on this tab. Deadlines are extracted only when the source rule text states them — we never infer or calculate dates the rule does not explicitly contain. 29 rule deadlines apply in this courtroom across all layers — assembled with citations in the Full Premium Report.
Timing shown here is quoted from the rule text. Compute your actual date against the court's calendar and the rule itself — not legal advice.
No verified ruling summary yet. BenchPath generates ruling summaries from opinion and docket corpora (CourtListener where covered) and publishes them only after human review — fabricated judicial analytics are exactly what this platform refuses to ship.
Use the live case-law search below to see what exists for this judge today.
P. v. Velasquez
Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District · Opinion
Creditors Adjustment Bureau v. Halajian
Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District · Opinion
P. v. Smith
Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District · Opinion
Yzaguirre v. Clovis Unified School District
Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District · Opinion
P. v. Briseno
Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District · Opinion
Yzaguirre v. Clovis Unified School District
Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District · Opinion
P. v. Major
Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District · Opinion
P. v. Oliver
Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District · Opinion
California Court of Appeal, appellate division and Supreme Court opinions naming this judge as the trial judge, taken verbatim from each opinion as the Judicial Council posts it (source-hashed). An unpublished opinion may not be cited or relied on (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a)). Descriptive record, not a rating.
Gharraee v. Trader Joe's Co.
Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District · Stanislaus County
Disposition (court’s label): The motion to dismiss is denied.
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Case-law search
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Associate Justice — Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate Districtcurrent
date not recorded — present
assignment source →Judge — Superior Court of California, County of Stanislaus
date not recorded — end not recorded
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