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Judges and Judiciary

Dec. 4, 2009

Judges Face Panel's Rebuke

A San Diego judge was admonished for misusing court resources Wednesday and a Sacramento judge went before the judicial performance panel accused of denying a litigant due process rights.

By Amy Yarbrough

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - The Commission on Judicial Performance publicly admonished San Diego County Judge Robert Coates Wednesday, accusing him of misusing court resources for personal matters, despite repeated warnings from his superiors and previous discipline for doing so.

Later that afternoon, oral arguments in the case of Sacramento County Judge Peter McBrien, who i...

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