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JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY

Top 42 Worst Documented Judges in California

Ranked by Documented Misconduct, Sanctions, and Harm to Justice. The #1 judge on this list is a convicted murderer. Every entry sourced from CJP decisions, appellate opinions, and public records.

Top 50 Verified Ranked Judges

Ranked by R(p) — the editorial severity score from the methodology. Source: spreadsheet-data/Judges_Math.json. This list is also available as JSON at /api/rest/top_judges and via the MCP server at /api/mcp.

  1. Ronald Hyde — R(p) 1158.46, 2 documented incidents
  2. Jose Velasquez — R(p) 985.77, 2 documented incidents
  3. Glenda Doan — R(p) 956.51, 3 documented incidents
  4. Bruce Voorhis — R(p) 943.71, 2 documented incidents
  5. Charles Boags — R(p) 930.91, 1 documented incident
  6. Dennis Adams — R(p) 930.91, 1 documented incident
  7. Diana Hall — R(p) 930.91, 1 documented incident
  8. Jeffrey Johnson — R(p) 930.91, 1 documented incident
  9. Jerrold Wenger — R(p) 930.91, 1 documented incident
  10. John Laettner — R(p) 930.91, 1 documented incident
  11. Kelly Maceachern — R(p) 930.91, 1 documented incident
  12. Kenneth Kloepfer — R(p) 930.91, 1 documented incident
  13. Kevin Ross — R(p) 930.91, 1 documented incident
  14. Leland Geiler — R(p) 930.91, 1 documented incident
  15. Michael Platt — R(p) 930.91, 1 documented incident
  16. Noel Cannon — R(p) 930.91, 1 documented incident
  17. Richard Ryan — R(p) 930.91, 1 documented incident
  18. Richard Stanford — R(p) 930.91, 1 documented incident
  19. Robert Furey — R(p) 930.91, 1 documented incident
  20. Robert Spitzer — R(p) 930.91, 1 documented incident
  21. Tony Mallery — R(p) 930.91, 1 documented incident
  22. Valeriano Saucedo — R(p) 930.91, 1 documented incident
  23. William Spruance — R(p) 930.91, 1 documented incident
  24. Bernard Mccullough — R(p) 572.80, 2 documented incidents
  25. Bruce Mills — R(p) 472.80, 3 documented incidents
  26. Susanne Shaw — R(p) 466.80, 2 documented incidents
  27. Alfonso Hermo — R(p) 460.80, 1 documented incident
  28. Ann Dobbs — R(p) 460.80, 1 documented incident
  29. Arthur Block — R(p) 460.80, 1 documented incident
  30. David Wasilenko — R(p) 460.80, 1 documented incident
  31. George Trammell — R(p) 460.80, 1 documented incident
  32. James Ross — R(p) 460.80, 1 documented incident
  33. James Simpson — R(p) 460.80, 1 documented incident
  34. Marc Garcia — R(p) 460.80, 1 documented incident
  35. Patrick Murphy — R(p) 460.80, 1 documented incident
  36. Paul Seeman — R(p) 460.80, 1 documented incident
  37. Robert Bradley — R(p) 460.80, 1 documented incident
  38. Ronald Kline — R(p) 460.80, 1 documented incident
  39. Steven Bailey — R(p) 460.80, 1 documented incident
  40. William Danser — R(p) 460.80, 1 documented incident
  41. William Sullivan — R(p) 460.80, 1 documented incident
  42. Howard Shore — R(p) 233.56, 2 documented incidents
  43. James Petrucelli — R(p) 233.56, 2 documented incidents
  44. Ariadne Symons — R(p) 227.56, 1 documented incident
  45. Bobby Youngblood — R(p) 227.56, 1 documented incident
  46. Eugene Rasmussen — R(p) 227.56, 1 documented incident
  47. Gary Kreep — R(p) 227.56, 1 documented incident
  48. Leopoldo Sanchez — R(p) 227.56, 1 documented incident
  49. Robert Freedman — R(p) 227.56, 1 documented incident
  50. William Ormsby — R(p) 227.56, 1 documented incident