California Court of Appeal · Third District · 2026 judicial election
Shama Mesiwala
Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, Third District · California General Election · 2026-11-03
For Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, Third District
Shall Associate Justice SHAMA MESIWALA be elected to the office for the term provided by law?
Appears in the Third Appellate District: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, Yuba.
YES MEANS
Elect Shama Mesiwala to the Court of Appeal for the term provided by law.
NO MEANS
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Official court biography
Background and experience
Shama Mesiwala is a native Californian, born in Stanford in 1974 and raised in Cupertino among the fruit orchards and burgeoning technology industries of Silicon…
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