Judges and Judiciary,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Jul. 22, 2021
Most state judges oppose informal bias committees
The support among judges for eliminating the recommendation clashes with the views of some attorneys, who say there should be a process for addressing behavior by judges that might not warrant a formal complaint with a presiding judge or the Commission on Judicial Performance.
Judges who submitted comments to a Judicial Council work group, including presiding judges from large, medium, and small counties, almost uniformly support eliminating a decades old recommendation that each court establish an informal system for receiving and reviewing complaints.
"It is my belief that the informal complaint process is unnecessary," wrote Sacramento County Superior Court Presiding Judge $95
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