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Filed 9/30/16 In re J.V. CA1/3
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                 THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                       FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                DIVISION THREE

In re J.V., a Person Coming Under the
Juvenile Court Law.

THE PEOPLE,
                                                                     A147702
         Plaintiff and Respondent,
v.                                                                   (Contra Costa County
                                                                     Super. Ct. No. J13-01070)
J.V.,
         Defendant and Appellant.

         The juvenile court committed appellant J.V. to the Division of Juvenile Facilities
(DJF) and ordered him to have no contact with specified individuals, including the victim
of the crime.1 On appeal, he contends the juvenile court lacked authority to issue the no-
contact orders after it committed him to the DJF. We shall strike the no-contact orders
but otherwise affirm the jurisdictional and dispositional orders.
                                                   BACKGROUND
         Appellant was at Contra Costa County Juvenile Hall in October 2015 when he and
two other juvenile hall residents assaulted another resident in a classroom. In a second

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        The court below referred to the authority to which the appellant was committed as
the Division of Juvenile Justice, or DJJ, which oversees the DJF. (In re Jose T. (2010)
191 Cal.App.4th 1142, 1145, fn. 1.) The DJF was formerly known as the California
Youth Authority (CYA). (Ibid.)

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supplemental juvenile wardship petition filed in November 2015, the district attorney
alleged that appellant committed felony assault by means of force likely to produce great
bodily injury. (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)(4).) The district attorney further alleged the
offense was committed for the benefit of a criminal street gang. (Pen. Code, § 186.22,
subd. (b)(1).)
       Appellant entered a no contest plea to the assault allegation. In exchange for his
plea, the court dismissed the gang enhancement allegation at the prosecutor’s request. At
the dispositional hearing, the juvenile court continued appellant as a ward of the court
and committed him to the DJF for a maximum term of five years four months, less credit
for time served. The court also ordered appellant not to have any contact with the victim
of the assault or the two “co-responsibles” who participated in the assault with appellant.
                                        DISCUSSION
       Appellant’s sole contention on appeal is that the court lacked authority to impose
the no-contact orders after committing him to DJF. The Attorney General concedes the
error and joins in appellant’s request to strike the orders. The concession is well taken.
       It is well established that a juvenile court loses authority to impose conditions of
probation once it commits a ward to DJF. (In re Edward C. (2014) 223 Cal.App.4th 813,
829; In re Travis J. (2013) 222 Cal.App.4th 187, 202; In re Antoine D. (2006)
137 Cal.App.4th 1314, 1324–1325.) While the court did not characterize the no-contact
orders as probation conditions, the orders have the same effect as probation conditions
and must be stricken because they “constitute[s] an attempt to regulate or supervise the
minor’s rehabilitation, a function solely in the hands of [DJF] after the minor’s
commitment.” (In re Allen N. (2000) 84 Cal.App.4th 513, 516.)
                                       DISPOSITION
       The orders directing appellant not to have any contact with the victim or the
minors who shared responsibility for the assault are stricken. In all other respects, the
jurisdictional and dispositional orders are affirmed.

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                                McGuiness, P.J.

We concur:

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Pollak, J.

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Siggins, J.

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