Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - For a mild-mannered man from humble east Los Angeles roots, U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez has endured a trial by fire in this city's tawdry, lurid celebrity justice system in less than two years on the federal bench. Actor Verne "Mini-Me" Troyer's $20 million lawsuit - stemming from a sexually explicit video of the diminutive "Austin Powers" star and his then-girlfriend -... (continued)
Jan. 13, 2009
A Spate of Only-in-California Cases Shines Spotlight on Federal Judge
For a mild-mannered man from humble east Los Angeles roots, U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez has endured a trial by fire in this city's tawdry, lurid celebrity justice system in less than two years on the federal bench.
Read more about Philip S. Gutierrez...Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - For a mild-mannered man from humble east Los Angeles roots, U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez has endured a trial by fire in this city's tawdry, lurid celebrity justice system in less than two years on the federal bench. Actor Verne "Mini-Me" Troyer's $20 million lawsuit - stemming from a sexually explicit video of the diminutive "Austin Powers" star and his then-girlfriend -... (continued)