Our club is being offered a unique invitation to visit the federal court in San Diego, observe criminal court proceedings and then discuss the process with United States District Judge Janis Sammartino. Judge Sammartino has served on the federal bench since 2007, prior to which she was a San Diego Superior Court Judge. Judge Sammartino chairs the Community Outreach Committee for CASD and has also served in this same role for the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Following the in-court observation and presentation, Rotarian Kathleen Walford will take us on a guided historical walking tour of the Federal Judicial Center which encompasses three buildings on the downtown campus.
Because we will be observing an actual criminal calendar, we will need to gather down-town at the corner of Front St and Broadway by 8:30 a.m. to get through the screening process. Because most people don’t like to drive downtown ,and parking is always a challenge, we will travel by trolley from the El Cajon Station located at 325 South Marshal St, on the ORANGE LINE leaving at 7:33 a.m