Public Decisions Database
This database contains decisions on all public judicial disciplinary cases since the inception of the commission in 1960. Cases not involving public charges or public discipline remain confidential under the California Constitution and the commission’s rules.
Pursuant to amendments to the Constitution, which took effect in March 1995, the commission is authorized to impose all disciplinary sanctions, subject to discretionary review by the Supreme Court. Prior to that, the Supreme Court had the authority to censure or remove judges from office upon recommendation by the commission.
Case Profile
New Search| First Name | DeAnn M. |
| Last Name | Salcido |
| Title | Judge |
| Inquiry No. | 189 |
| Court Level | Superior Court |
| County/Appellate District | San Diego |
| Discipline/Determination | Censure |
| Decision By | Commission |
| Date of Decision | 11/10/2010 |
| Method of Resolution | Stipulation |
| Types of Misconduct | Bias/appearance of bias not directed toward a particular class Demeanor/decorum Off-bench abuse of office/misuse of court information On-bench abuse of authority in performance of judicial duties |
| Petition For Review | |
| Summary | The judge admitted engaging in thirty-nine separate instances of prejudicial misconduct which the commission determined could not be characterized as isolated instances of misconduct but rather “a pattern of misconduct which demonstrates a temperament ill-suited for judicial office.” She used her court proceedings as an audition for her own television entertainment program, giving the unseemly impression of playing to the audience and the cameras. The judge’s lewd comments to defendants, particularly joking about the possibility of an inmate having to endure same gender rape while incarcerated, ridiculing and belittling litigants, court staff, a deputy district attorney and a public defender appearing before her, was found, “without question,” unfitting for a judge. |
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