David G. v. Superior Court

Filed 2/24/06 David G. v. Superior Court CA6

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

David G. petitions under California Rules of Court, rule 38.1, to set aside an order scheduling a hearing to consider termination of his parental rights with respect to his children Krislynn and Nathan. We find no reversible error, and deny the petition.

Background

A petition was filed in November 2004, alleging that the children came within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court due to severe neglect by their mother, and that their father's whereabouts were unknown. A jurisdictional hearing was held on December 1, 2004, to which petitioner was transported from a prison facility, where he was incarcerated due to a 1999 conviction of felony assault and battery. He was scheduled for release in August 2005. Reunification services were ordered in January 2005, but few services were provided to petitioner over the ensuing months because for most of that time he was held in facilities where he could not participate in services. This was apparently due at least in part to his active participation, in the earlier phases of his imprisonment, in a prison gang known as the Confederate Skin Heads, as a result of which there were â€