Decisions on Commission Cases - Alpha Order
(including Dismissals)

AARON, James I. - Fresno County Superior Court, Censured by Commission and Stipulated Retirement (2002)
ADAMS, G. Dennis - San Diego County Superior Court, Removed by Supreme Court (1995)
ALVAREZ, Donald R. - San Bernardino County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2005)
AUSTIN, Elvira S. - Los Angeles County Municipal Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (1997)

BALL, John T. - Santa Clara County Superior Court, Case Dismissed by the Commission (1997)
BENSON, Stephen E. - Butte County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2006)
BISHOP, Eugene R. - Riverside County Superior Court, Private Admonishment by Commission (2002)
                                        (Private Admonishment available to public pursuant to stipulation and order)
BJORK, Eugene R. - Riverside County Municipal Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (1995)
BLACKWELL, Walter L., III - San Bernardino County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (1999)
BLOCK, Arthur S. - Riverside County Superior Court, Censured and Barred by Commission (2002)
BOAGS, Charles D. - Los Angeles County Municipal Court, Removed by Supreme Court (1990)
BRADLEY, Robert C. - Ventura County Superior Court, Censured and Barred by Commission (1999)
BREEN, Thomas P. - San Benito County Superior Court, Public Reproval by Commission (1995)
BROADMAN, Howard R. - Tulare County Superior Court, Censure by Supreme Court (1998)
    BROADMAN             Public Admonishment by Commission (1999)
BROOKS, James M. - Orange County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2006)
    BROOKS                    Decision and Order Imposing Public Admonishment (2008)
BROWN, Nancy - Los Angeles County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (1999)

CANNON, Noel - Los Angeles County Superior Court, Removed by Supreme Court (1975)
CARDENAS, Luis A. - Orange County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2000)
CASKEY, Gregory M. - Shasta County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (1998)
CHAPIN, Sidney P. - Kern County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (1997)
CHARGIN, Gerald S. - Santa Clara County Superior Court, Censured by Supreme Court (1970)
CHAVEZ, Antonio E. - Los Angeles County Municipal Court, Censured by Supreme Court (1973)
CHIRLIN, Judith C. - Los Angeles County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (1995)
CLARK, Bruce A. - Ventura County Municipal Court, Public Reproval by Commission (1989)
COATES, Robert C. - San Diego County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2000)
COUWENBERG, Patrick - Los Angeles County Superior Court, Removed by Commission (2001)
CREEDE, Frank J. - Fresno County Superior Court, Censured by Supreme Court (1986)

DANSER, William R. - Santa Clara County Superior Court, Censured and Barred by Commission (2005)
DiFIGLIA, Vincent P. - San Diego County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2007)
Di LORETO, Joseph E. - Los Angeles County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2006)
DOAN, Glenda K. - Corcoran Justice Court District, Kings County, Public Reproval by Commission (1989)
    DOAN                        Public Reproval by Commission (1990)
    DOAN                        Removed by Supreme Court (1995)
DODDS, Bruce W. - Santa Barbara County Superior Court, Case Dismissed by the Supreme Court (1995)
DREW, Stephen - Tulare County Municipal Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (1996)

ESPINOSA, Ruffo, Jr. - Los Angeles County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2006)

FISHER, Hugo M. - San Diego County Superior Court, Censured by Supreme Court (1982)
FITCH, John E. - Fresno County Superior Court, Censured by Supreme Court (1995)
FLETCHER, Thomas B. - Madera County Superior Court, Removed by Supreme Court (1998)
FLIER, Richard S. - Contra Costa County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (1995)
FREEDMAN, Robert B. - Alameda County Superior Court, Severe Censure by Commission (2007)
FRIEDMAN, Gary T. - Kern County Superior Court, Public Reproval by Commission (1993)
FUREY, Robert H., Jr., - Catalina Justice Court, Los Angeles County, Removed by Supreme Court (1987)

GEILER, Leland W. - Los Angeles County Municipal Court, Removed by Supreme Court (1973)
GIBSON, John B. - San Bernardino County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2000)
GILDNER, Stephen P. - Kern County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2005)
GLICKFIELD, Bernard B. - San Francisco County Superior Court, Censured by Supreme Court (1971)
GONZALEZ, Mario P. - Los Angeles County Municipal Court, Removed by Supreme Court (1983)
GORDON, Norman L. - Los Angeles County Superior Court, Censured by Supreme Court (1996)
GRAY, Patricia - Sonoma County Superior Court, Case Dismissed by Commission (2002)
GUBLER, Marion E. - Los Angeles County Municipal Court, Censured by Supreme Court (1984)
GUY-SCHALL, Lisa - San Diego County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission

HALL, Diana R. - Santa Barbara County Superior Court, Removed by Commission (2006)
HARRIS, John D. - Los Angeles County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2005)
HAUGNER, Richard A. - Alameda County Superior Court, Public Reproval by Commission (1994)
HEENE, Fred L., Jr. - San Bernardino County Superior Court, Censured by Commission (1999)
HERMO, Alfonso D. - Los Angeles County Municipal Court, Censured and Barred by Commission (2001)
HIBER, Harvey, H. - San Diego County Municipal Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (1998)
HINTZ, Steven E. - Ventura County Municipal Court, Public Reproval by Commission (1992)
HYDE, D. Ronald - Alameda County Municipal Court, Severe Censure by Commission (1996)
    HYDE                  Alameda County Superior Court, Removed by Commission (2003)

ILES, Pamela Lee - Orange County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2006)
    ILES                      Orange County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2007)

JENSEN, Arden T. - Santa Barbara County Superior Court, Censured by Supreme Court (1978)

KAMANSKY, Craig S. - San Bernardino County Superior Court, Public Reproval by Commission (1992)
KANNER, Michael A. - Los Angeles County Municipal Court, Public Reproval by Commission (1994)
KELLY, Thomas M. - Alpine County Justice Court, Public Reproval by Commission (1995)
KENNICK, David M. - Los Angeles County Municipal Court, Removed by Supreme Court (1990)
KLEIN, Brett Carroll - Los Angeles County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2004)
KLINE, J. Anthony - Court of Appeal First District, Division Two, Case Dismissed by Commission (1999)
KLINE, Ronald C. - Orange County Superior Court, Censured and Barred by Commission (2006)
KLOEPFER, Kenneth Lynn - San Bernardino County Superior Court, Removed by Supreme Court (1990)

LETTEAU, Robert M. - Los Angeles County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2003)

MacEACHERN, Kelly A. - Orange County Superior Court, Removed from Office (2008)
MACIEL, Ronald - Kings County Municipal Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (1997)
    MACIEL            Kings County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2006)
MARDIKIAN, Robert Z. - Fresno County Superior Court, Censured by Supreme Court (1985)
McBRIEN, Peter J. - Sacramento County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2002)
McCARTNEY, James J. - San Bernardino County Municipal Court, Censured by Supreme Court (1974)
McCOMB, Marshall F. - California Supreme Court, Involuntary Retirement by Supreme Court (1977)
McCULLOUGH, Bernard P. - San Benito County Justice Court, Censured by Supreme Court (1987)
    McCULLOUGH                        Removed by Supreme Court (1989)
McGRAW, Vincent J. - Fresno County Superior Court, Censured and Barred by Commission (2004)
McGUIRE, James C. - San Bernardino County Superior Court, Dismissed by the Commission (1997)
MILLS, Bruce Clayton - Contra Costa County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2006)
MIRELES, Raymond - Los Angeles County Superior Court, Public Reproval by Commission (1990)
MURPHY, Patrick B. - Los Angeles County Superior Court, Censured and Barred by Commission (2001)

NELSON, Rodney E. - Los Angeles County Superior Court, Case Dismissed by Commission (2006)

OBERHOLZER, Richard J. - Kern County Superior Court, Supreme Court orders withdrawal of advisory letter (1999)
O'FLAHERTY, Joseph W. - Placer County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2004)
OLIVER, Robert H. - Fresno County Municipal Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (1997)
ORMSBY, William M. - Los Angeles County Municipal Court, Severe Censure by Commission (1996)

PETRUCELLI, James M. - Fresno County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2007)
PLATT, Michael E. - San Joaquin County Superior Court, Removed by Commission (2002)
PRESS, David - San Bernardino Justice Court, Case Dismissed by Supreme Court (1989)

QUALL, Robert D. (Retired) - Merced County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2008)

RASMUSSEN, L. Eugene - El Dorado County Justice Court, Severe Censure by Supreme Court (1987)
REVAK, Bernard E. - San Diego County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2000)
ROEDER, James L. - Placer County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2003)
ROBERTS, Harry R. - Mono County Superior Court, Censure by Supreme Court (1983)
ROGERS, Pamela R. - Los Angeles County Municipal Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (1998)
    ROGERS                        Counts One and Two Of  January 1998 Notice of Formal Proceedings Dismissed by Commission (2000)
ROICK, Charles Robert - San Diego County Municipal Court, Involuntary Retirement by Supreme Court (1978)
ROSS, James Randal - Orange County Superior Court, Censured and Barred by Commission (1997)
ROSS, Kevin A. - Los Angeles County Superior Court, Removed by Commission (2006)
RUSHING, Elaine M. - Sonoma County Superior Court, Censure by Commission (2006)
RYAN, Gary P. - Orange County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2000)
RYAN, Richard - Placer County Municipal Court, Removed by Supreme Court (1988)

SANCHEZ, Leopoldo - Los Angeles County Superior Court, Severe Censure by Supreme Court (1973)
SCHATZ, John, Jr. - Santa Clara County Superior Court, Public Reproval by Commission (1989)
SCHMIDT, Calvin, P. - Orange County Municipal Court, Public Reproval by Commission (1989)
SCHWARTZ, Bernard J. - Riverside County Superior Court, Censured by Commission (2006)
SHAW, Susanne S. - Orange County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2000)
    SHAW                  Censured and Barred by Commission (2006)
SHELDON, Christopher J. - Riverside County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (1998)
SHOOK, John P. - Los Angeles County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (1998)
SIMPSON, James R. - Los Angeles County Superior Court, Censured and Barred by Commission (2003)
SLATER, James M. - Santa Barbara County Superior Court, Public Reproval by Commission (1993)
SMITH, Thomas A. - El Dorado County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (1996)
SOHIGIAN, Ronald M. - Los Angeles County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2007)
SPITZER, Robert G. - Riverside County Superior Court, Removed by Commission (2007)
SPRUANCE, William D. - Alameda County Municipal Court, Removed by Supreme Court (1975)
STEVENS, Charles S. - Santa Barbara County Superior Court, Censure by Supreme Court (1982)
STEVENS, Charles F. - Santa Barbara County Superior Court, Case Dismissed by Supreme Court (1964)
STEVENS, James L., Jr. - Yolo County Superior Court, Public Reproval by Commission (1994)
    STEVENS                        Public Admonishment by Commission (1998)
STEVENS, Robert S. - Los Angeles County Superior Court, Censure by Supreme Court (1981)
STOLL, Charles W. - Los Angeles County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (1996)
SULLIVAN, William H. - Riverside County Superior Court, Censure and Barred by Commission (2002)
SWIFT, Bert L. - San Bernardino County Municipal Court, Case Dismissed by the Commission (1997)

TISHER, Francisca P. - Napa County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2004)
TRAMMELL, George W., III - Los Angeles County Superior Court, Censured and Barred by Commission (1999)

VAN VOORHIS, Bruce - Contra Costa County Municipal Court, Public Reproval by Commission (1992)
    VAN VOORHIS           Contra Costa County Superior Court, Removed by Commission (2003)
VASSIE, Kenneth E. - Los Angeles County Municipal Court, Public Reproval by Commission (1995)
VELASQUEZ, Jośe A. - Monterey County Municipal Court, Censure by Commission (1997)
    VELASQUEZ             Monterey County Superior Court, Removed by Commission (2007)

WASILENKO, David E. - Yuba County Superior Court, Censured and Barred by Commission (2005)
WATSON, John M. - Orange County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2006)
WENGER, Jerrold L. - El Dorado County Justice Court, Removed by Supreme Court (1981)
WENZEL, Lewis - San Diego County Municipal Court, Case Dismissed by Supreme Court (1982)
WESTRA, Clarence - Kern County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2007)
WHITNEY, Claude E. - Orange County Municipal Court, Censure by Supreme Court (1996)
WILLIAMS, Alexander H., III - Los Angeles County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (1997)
WILLOUGHBY, W. Jackson - Placer County Superior Court, Censure by Commission (2000)

 YOUNGBLOOD, Bobby D. - Orange County Municipal Court, Severe Censure by Supreme Court (1983)

 ZELLERBACH, Paul E. - Riverside County Superior Court, Public Admonishment by Commission (2006)

Other Cases Relating to the Commission

        McComb v. Superior Court of San Francisco, et al (1977)
        Mosk v. Superior Court of Los Angeles (1979)
        Adams v. Commission on Judicial Performance (1994)
        The Recorder v. Commission on Judicial Performance (1998)

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