Judges and Judiciary
Dec. 31, 2014
Tulare County judge faces discipline for trying to be clerk's 'special friend'
The state Commission on Judicial Performance is formally investigating Judge Valeriano Saucedo over giving cash and a car and sending dozens of texts to his courtroom clerk.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A Tulare County judge faces ethics charges over his apparent fixation on his courtroom clerk and his attempts through expensive gifts and dozens of text messages to become her "special friend" and confidant.
In charges publicly announced Monday, the Commission on Judicial Performance accused Judge Valeriano Saucedo of violating a half-dozen conduct rules, including misconduct in offic...
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