The problem with the docket delays in California's Third District Court of Appeal is already well-documented, and it is a serious one: due process requires cases to be resolved without causing prejudicial effects from unjustified delay. But this is only the latest or just one example of a larger problem California's judiciary has struggled with from the state's inception: inadequate resources. And the blame game over accountability for the Third District's shortcomings risks shifting the focus away from this critical resource issue, and makes it less likely that much-needed resources will be forthcoming.