Here is the court docket:
Case Number: BC589145
STEMEXPRESS LLC ET AL VS THE CENTER FOR MEDICAL PROGRESS ET
Filing Date: 07/27/2015
Case Type: Other Intentional Tort-notPI/WD/PD (General Jurisdiction)
Status: Pending
Future Hearings
08/19/2015 at 09:30 am in department 86 at 111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Order to Show Cause Re Prelim Inj(and TRO)
Documents Filed | Proceeding Information
Parties
BIOMAX PROCUREMENT SERVICES LLC - Defendant/Respondent
CENTER FOR MEDICAL PROGRESS THE - Defendant/Respondent
DALEIDEN DAVID - Defendant/Respondent
DOE 1 - Defendant/Respondent
DOES 2 THROUGH 100 - Defendant/Respondent
DYER CATHERINE - Plaintiff/Petitioner
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP - Attorney for Plaintiff/Petitioner
SARKIS ROBERT - Defendant/Respondent’s AKA
SHORT CATHERINE W. ESQ. - Attorney for Deft/Respnt
STEMEXPRESS LLC - Plaintiff/Petitioner
TENNENBAUM SUSAN - Defendant/Respondent’s AKA
Case Information | Party Information | Proceeding Information
Documents Filed (Filing dates listed in descending order)
07/28/2015 Stip & Order-use CSR
Filed by Attorney for Pltf/Petnr
07/28/2015 Order for TRO (AND OSC )
Filed by Attorney for Pltf/Petnr
07/28/2015 Ex-Parte Application (FOR A TRO AND OSC )
Filed by Attorney for Pltf/Petnr
07/28/2015 Opposition Document
Filed by Attorney for Deft/Respnt
07/28/2015 Miscellaneous-Other (compendium )
Filed by Attorney for Pltf/Petnr
07/28/2015 Miscellaneous-Other (APPENDIX )
Filed by Attorney for Pltf/Petnr
07/27/2015 Complaint
07/27/2015 Ex-Parte Application (FOR OSC AND TRO )
Filed by Attorney for Pltf/Petnr
07/27/2015 Miscellaneous-Other (COMPENDIUM )
Filed by Attorney for Pltf/Petnr
07/27/2015 Miscellaneous-Other (APPENDIX )
Filed by Attorney for Pltf/Petnr
Case Information | Party Information | Documents Filed
Proceedings Held (Proceeding dates listed in descending order)
07/28/2015 at 08:30 am in Department 86, Joanne O’Donnell, Presiding
Exparte proceeding - Granted
07/27/2015 at 08:30 am in Department 86, Joanne O’Donnell, Presiding
Exparte proceeding - Denied
1996 News Article: ... appointed by Pete Wilson (R) [after making a $500 donation to his presidential campaign] ... Joanne B. O'Donnell, 46 [now 65], was an editor for the food magazine Bon Appetit before she became a corporate lawyer. [...]
Glory may not come with a municipal judge's job, but former magazine editor O'Donnell, who holds a master's degree in Victorian literature, said there are great rewards. "I've never had a job I've liked this much. I like being one who decides what the right thing to do (for society) is, rather than doing what's right for my client."
Note: not deciding according to the law, but what "is the right thing to do (for society) is". She clearly gives herself the latitude to practice judicial activism ...