Judges and Judiciary
Apr. 5, 2016
State Supreme Court ethics committee weighs in on limits to presiding judge's powers
A presiding judge does not have the statutory or inherent authority to automatically disqualify all other local judges from hearing a dispute, a special state Supreme Court committee advised Wednesday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A presiding judge does not have the statutory or inherent authority to automatically disqualify all other local judges from hearing a dispute, a special state Supreme Court ethics committee advised last week.
The Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions issued an advisory clarifying that only an individual judge can recuse himself or herself from a case.
An unidentified party had asked the comm...
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