1st District Court of Appeal News: October 2017

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

1st District Justices Helped Conceal Rogue Judge's Abuse of Authority & Serial Misconduct Spanning 17 Years, Charge Whistleblowers

California 1st District Court of Appeal Justice J. Anthony Kline, Justice James A. Richman, Justice Therese M. Stewart, Justice Marla J. Miller, Justice Jim Humes, Justice Ignazio Ruvolo, Justice Peter Siggins, Justice William McGuiness, Justice Sandra Marguilies, Justice Robert Dondero, Justice Kathleen Banke, Justice Stuart Pollak, Justice Martin Jenkins, Justice Timothy Reardon, Justice Maria Rivera, Justice Jon Streeter, Justice Barbara Jones, Justice Mark Simons, Justice Henry Needham, Justice Terrence Bruiniers, First District Court of Appeal California - US District Court Northern District of California Judge Phyllis Hamilton, Judge Joseph Spero, Judge William Alsup, Judge Charles Breyer, Judge Edward Chen, Judge Maxine Chesney, Judge Vince Chhabria, Judge Susan Illston, Judge William Orrick, Judge Richard Seeborg, Judge Jon Tiger, Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong, Judge Haywood Gilliam, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, Judge Phyllis Hamilton, Judge Jeffrey White, Judge Claudia Wilken, Judge Edward J. Davila, Judge Jeremy Fogel, Judge Beth Labson Freeman, Judge Lucy Koh, United States District Court - Judge Bruce Mills Contra Costa County Superior Court

Judge Bruce Mills has been shielded from accountability for serial misconduct spanning 17 years by 1st District Court of Appeal Justices Jim Humes, Anthony Kline, William McGuiness, Ignazio Ruvolo, and Barbara Jones, according to whistleblowers. Federal judges Phyllis Hamilton, Joseph Spero, William Alsup, and Beth Labson Freeman protected Mills at the federal level.

East Bay Times editorial board calls on controversial Contra Costa County Judge Bruce Mills to resign.