Judge Postpones Hearing in Lien-Activation Fee Dispute

The federal trial judge presiding over a constitutional challenge to the lien-activation fee imposed by Senate Bill 863 has postponed a hearing that was scheduled to take place today.A hearing on three pending motions in Angelotti Chiropractic v. Baker, No. 8:13-cv-01139-GW-JEM, is now set for Nov. 4, before Judge George H. Wu of the U.S. District Court for Central California.The plaintiffs in the case are seeking a preliminary injunction barring the state from continuing to collect the $100 fee from lien claimants to "activate" liens that were filed before Jan. 1, 2013, but had not yet gone t...