Court Reveals $120K Judicial Misconduct Settlement Following Rule Change
California's judiciary paid a Tulare County Superior Court clerk $120,000 to settle claims that a judge—now removed from the bench—harassed her over several months in 2013. The court released the five-page settlement document in response to a newly amended Rule of Court that requires the disclosure of any agreement in which taxpayer money was spent to resolve misconduct allegations against a judge.
June 12, 2018 at 07:26 PM
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Photo: Bigstock five-page settlement Rule of Court ordered Saucedo removed from the bench judiciary had paid acknowledged to The Recorder in April amended those rules created a web page Read More: How Courts Are Responding to New Rule on Settlement Transparency California Judiciary Adopts Rule That Uncloaks Judges' Settlements Inside The Recorder's Request for Judicial Workplace Harassment Records Judicial Council Paid $500K-Plus to Settle Sexual Harassment Claims
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