"At a hearing scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday (Sept. 23) in Department 11 of the San Mateo County Superior Court, her lawyers will ask for a stay on any action taken by the Board of Supervisors to remove her from office. The judge will be Nina Shapirshteyn, who last month refused Corpus' request to halt the hearings the board had set up in order to give the sheriff a chance to refute the allegations against her."
"In a brief filed Sept. 15, one of her lawyers, Matthew Frauenfeld, wrote, "The hearing officer's advisory opinion could issue as soon as this week, and the board could act immediately thereafter. Without interim relief, the board could remove an elected constitutional officer before this court can decide her pending constitutional challenges - rendering judicial review moot and extinguishing this court's jurisdiction.""
Corpus' attorneys requested a court-ordered stay to block any Board of Supervisors action to remove her, citing an imminent advisory opinion from retired judge James Emerson. The advisory opinion could arrive any day and would allow the board to schedule a removal hearing within 24 hours. Judge Nina Shapirshteyn previously denied a request to pause the board hearings. Counsel argued that without interim relief the board could remove an elected constitutional officer before courts resolve pending constitutional challenges, rendering judicial review moot. The board began efforts to remove Corpus after retired Judge Ladoris Cordell's report described a hostile work environment, alleged an affair with Chief of Staff Victor Aenlle, and use of homophobic and racial slurs.
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