CONSUMER PROTECTION NEWS YOU CAN USE: When the California Commission on Judicial Performance (CJP) investigates a judge accused of misconduct, this is one of the resources they use.
If you believe you are a victim of judge misconduct, before you make a complaint to the CJP use the California Judicial Conduct Handbook to identify what the misconduct is called and the terminology used to describe it. This will significantly increase the odds that your CJP complaint will succeed.
CONSUMER PROTECTION NEWS YOU CAN USE: Having trouble with an ethically-challenged attorney? The State Bar of California may be able to help.
The bar updated the California Rules of Professional Conduct in 2018. Pro per litigants should know the rules and hold opposing attorneys - who often violate the rules - accountable. If an attorney violates the rules, tell the judge on the case, and the presiding judge of the superior court.
Under the Code of Judicial Ethics, judges must take "appropriate corrective action" when they become aware of lawyer misconduct. This judicial duty is not optional, or "discretionary." It is mandatory.
If the judge on the case, or the presiding judge fails or refuses to take appropriate corrective action, make a complaint against the judge to the state Commission on Judicial Performance.
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| Sacramento County Superior Court watchdogs assert that Judge Matthew Gary is under investigation by the Commission on Judicial Performance and California State Auditor for ordering the illegal imprisonment of self-represented court users. In a similar case, Contra Costa County Judge Bruce Mills recently was charged with ethics violations by the CJP. Gary reportedly has delayed his own day of reckoning with help from 3rd District Court of Appeal Presiding Justice Vance Raye, who has intervened to cover for Gary in the appellate court. |
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| Court clerk Christina Arcuri with Judge Matthew Gary |
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| Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye obstructs State Bar reform. |
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| Commission on Judicial Performance sues State Auditor to restrict audit of the judge oversight agency. |
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| Commission on Judicial Performance whistleblower and court watchdog Joe Sweeney jailed in alleged retaliation scheme. |
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| State Auditor Elaine Howle asserts authority over Commission on Judicial Performance in CJP's bad faith litigation to restrict audit of the agency. |
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| Sacramento Superior Court Judge Jaime Roman prosecuted and punished for judicial misconduct by the Commission on Judicial Performance. |
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| Alameda County Superior Court Commissioner Taylor Culver resigns to avoid prosecution for judge misconduct. |
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| Commission on Judicial Performance Chairman Anthony Capozzi faces criminal investigation. |
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| Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky cleared of wrongdoing in Brock Turner sexual assault case. |
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The Family Court Accountability Coalition released this meme theme photo
of 3rd District Court of Appeal Justice Coleman Blease. The
whistleblower
group contends that Blease effectively acts as an appellate court mole for,
and helps cover up misconduct by
trial court judges.
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| Kern County Judge Cory Woodward was punished by the Commission on Judicial Performance for having an improper personal relationship with his courtroom clerk. Sacramento County Judge Matthew Gary reportedly has had a similar relationship with his courtroom clerk, Christina Arcuri, for at least four years. |
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| A child abduction that deprives a parent of a right to custody or visitation is a crime in California. |
Peter Scheer, executive director of the First Amendment Coalition, said the CHP is not required to release the recording, but added that nothing in the law prohibits its disclosure. Given the public interest in how the CHP is handling the investigation of a judge, he said the agency should release the recording, especially since the investigation does not appear to involve criminal activity.
“Unless there’s some particular reason other than just trying to save the judge from personal embarrassment, some specific legal reason, they should be releasing it, because it is a matter of public interest,” he said. “The people will want to know if he’s getting preferential treatment.”
Gary has repeatedly declined to discuss the crash, and the CHP has said it is conducting an impartial investigation.To read the full article at the Sacramento Bee, click here. For a list of Sacramento Family Court News articles about controversial Judge Matthew Gary, click here.
