Buford v. Superior Court CA3
In this appeal from a Yolo County Superior Court judgment, Terry Buford argues he was entitled to various forms of declaratory and injunctive relief arising out of the Sacramento County Superior Court’s denial of his request for a transcript of his criminal trial. Buford seeks the transcript to launch a collateral attack on his criminal convictions in Sacramento County Superior Court for orchestrating the killing his unborn child by conspiring to beat his seven months’ pregnant ex-girlfriend. (See generally People v. Curry (2007) 158 Cal.App.4th 766 (Curry) [affirming the convictions of Buford and his coconspirators].) Rather than dismiss Buford’s action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, the Yolo County Superior Court accepted a stipulation of the parties to adjudicate Buford’s civil complaint about actions by Sacramento County Superior Court judges and clerks. Subject matter jurisdiction, however, cannot be manufactured by consent or stipulation of the parties.
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