Press v. Commission on Judicial Performance

California Supreme Court Mar 2, 1989 No. No. S005227Published

Before: Lucas

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Holding. The court denied the petition for review and rejected the Commission's recommendation for public censure because the petitioner no longer holds judicial office, rendering the proceeding moot.

Issues

Whether review of a Commission on Judicial Performance recommendation is warranted when the subject judge no longer holds judicial office.

Disposition. Petition denied; recommendation rejected; proceeding dismissed as moot.

Quotations verified verbatim against the opinion

“Mr. Press no longer holds a judicial office, and that review of the recommendation by this court is not warranted.”

“The petition is therefore denied; the recommendation of the Commission is rejected; and the Commission is directed to dismiss the proceeding as moot.”

Opinion

LUCAS, C. J. David Press, formerly a judge of the Justice Court for the Crest Forest Judicial District of San Bernardino County, seeks an order rejecting or modifying a recommendation of the Commission on Judicial Performance that this court impose public censure. (Cal. Const., art. VI, §18, subd. (c).) It appears, however, that Mr. Press no longer holds a judicial office, and that review of the recommendation by this court is not warranted.

The petition is therefore denied; the recommendation of the Commission is rejected; and the Commission is directed to dismiss the proceeding as moot.

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