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 | Salvador |
| Last Name | Sarmiento |
| Title | Judge |
| Inquiry No. | 191 |
| Court Level | Superior Court |
| County/Appellate District | Orange |
| Discipline/Determination | Censure |
| Decision By | Commission |
| Date of Decision | 07/05/2012 |
| Method of Resolution | Decision |
| Types of Misconduct | Off-bench abuse of office/misuse of court information |
| Petition For Review | |
| Summary | The judge asked a court commissioner to get a trial date on the judge’s wife’s traffic infraction and to “address” the $300 civil assessment that had been imposed because the deadline for paying or appearing had passed. The judge admitted that by asking the commissioner to address the civil assessment, he was asking her to vacate it. |
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