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Criminal

Apr. 28, 2009

Riverside DA Seeks Recusal of Judge He Says Is Plotting a Run Against Him

District Attorney Rod Pacheco says Superior Court Judge Paul Zellerbach, presiding over an embezzlement case against Pacheco's former campaign treasurer, is gunning for his job.

By Jason W. Armstrong
Daily Journal Staff Writer

RIVERSIDE - Riverside County District Attorney Rod Pacheco has filed a recusal motion against a local judge, claiming the jurist is gunning for Pacheco's job.

Superior Court Judge Paul Zellerbach is presiding over an embezzlement case against Holly Gunnette, a Riverside County financial advisor and civic activist who served as Pacheco's campaign treasurer in his successful Assembly bid in 1996. Gunn...

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