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Discipline

Aug. 17, 2001

Judge Stuck With Own Defense Costs

SAN FRANCISCO - A retired Ventura County judge who was suspended from the bench in 1999 for drunken misconduct is not entitled to taxpayer funds to cover his defense costs during disciplinary proceedings, the California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday.

By Peter Blumberg
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - A retired Ventura County judge who was suspended from the bench in 1999 for drunken misconduct is not entitled to taxpayer funds to cover his defense costs during disciplinary proceedings, the California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday.
        The high court unanimously refused t...

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