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Judges and Judiciary

Dec. 27, 2012

Judges seek expanded due process in misconduct inquiries

The California Judges Association is pushing four proposed changes to the procedures used to investigate alleged judicial misconduct in an effort to expand due process for bench officers.


By Paul Jones


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SACRAMENTO - As lobbyists put the finishing touches on their legislative agendas for next year, the California Judges Association is pursuing its own reform agenda - in this case the process used to investigate judges in discipline cases.


The Commission on Judicial Performance reviews and modifies its rules roughly every two years. In anticipation of that process next year, the CJA earlier in 2012 propo...

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