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Jul. 24, 2025

Retired justice fights watchdog over timing of charges over judicial delays

William J. Murray Jr., formerly of the 3rd District Court of Appeal, argues California's judicial oversight body waited too long to act, while denying his own delays in issuing rulings amounted to misconduct.

Retired justice William J. Murray, Jr. claimed this week he cannot get a fair trial from California's judicial watchdog because it waited too long to bring the case. Ironically, the misconduct charges the Commission on Judicial Performance filed against Murray last month say he engaged in chronic delay in delivering opinions.

But as Murray's attorneys wrote in a 116-page answer to formal proceedings filed Monday, the commission waited three years after his retirement to b...

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