The Supreme Court’s Clerk/Executive Officer Jorge Navarrete issued this statement today:
“Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero tested positive yesterday for COVID-19 and is exhibiting mild symptoms. She is fully vaccinated.
“The Chief Justice will be working in isolation in accordance with state and local health guidelines. Pending further developments, she presently anticipates participating at the April 4 oral argument [see also here] remotely.”
Two days before testing positive, the Chief Justice was in close contact with many state government leaders when she delivered her first State of the Judiciary address to the Legislature in person.
Guerrero’s predecessor, Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, missed entirely one day of last June’s oral arguments after contracting COVID. (See here.)
