Chan

Appellants are previously licensed court interpreters in Mandarin, Russian, or Armenian who failed to comply with new licensing requirements. Prior to 2009, interpreters in those languages became eligible to interpret by passing English language proficiency examinations. Respondent the Judicial Council of California, beginning in 2009, required that appellants and other interpreters in certain languages pass bilingual proficiency exams. At the same time, respondent granted automatic eligibility to interpreters who had helped develop the new exams. Appellants appeal from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to respondent. Appellants assert due process and equal protection claims. We affirm.

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Appellants’ complaint alleged (1) respondent violated appellants’ due process rights by requiring that they pass new rigorous certifying exams by February 1, 2009, in order to remain court interpreters and (2) respondent violated appellants’ equal protection rights by allowing certain interpreters to be grandfathered in or temporarily exempted from these new certifying exams without offering appellants the same opportunity. Appellants also sought a…