Another vacancy in the Humboldt Superior Court. After Judge Bruce,Watson retired, it took forever for Governor Brown to appoint a replacement. Partly, because there were very few applicants.
Nov 1, 2017
Another vacancy in Humboldt Superior Court with Judge Cissna retiring
Another vacancy in the Humboldt Superior Court. After Judge Bruce,Watson retired, it took forever for Governor Brown to appoint a replacement. Partly, because there were very few applicants.
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We need a conservative JUDGE FOR A REPLACEMENT. Oops-forgot, they don't get elected by the socialist minions.
ReplyDeleteActually,the problem is that I don't think we have any conservative applicants. Moderate applicants may apply but Moonbeam does the appointing. The conservatives in Humboldt don't care. If they did, they would have bothered to get behind the last process and at least lobby on the state level.
DeleteDunno if a reply would work or if this would be a theme for a full blown article, but...
DeleteI would love to see you breakdown the current bench of judges - their politics, are they strict originalists or living breath constitutionalists, their top case opinions, any appeals, etc. Nobody else has done it. I doubt natives here could name more than one judge currently serving at the courthouse.
Definitely not a reply. Current would be relative. Since I started covering courts or even paying attention, Two Judges, Judge Watson and Miles have retired and now Timothy Cissna, will be retiring. By the time I research all the cases, who knows if we will have more retire? It would make a series of good articles. Just cases alone wont tell the full picture. Having sat in court daily for almost four years, there are observations that don't always make it to the blog.
DeleteCissna was as conservative as they get. One of his nicknames was "Maximum Tim."
ReplyDeleteSorry to lose him from the bench. He was always very clear, normally in a very good mood, and allowed no nonsense from all of us attorneys. He ran a tight ship in his courtroom. I'll miss him.
ReplyDeleteThe Honorable Judge Cissna will be a great loss for all. He did have some conservative rulings giving long sentences to those who deserved them. He also gave lots of rehabilitation sentences. And he followed up. Defendants came in with a progress report and he congratulated those doing well, encouraged those struggling, and held accountable those who failed.
ReplyDeleteHe kept a very orderly courtroom. Procedure and respect (for all) were demanded in his court.
He is a moody, unpredictable egoist. Capable of sound rulings, also capable of self-indulgent tantrums, and he plays favorites. It being Humboldt, probably won't do any better. It took 18 months to replace Watson, and GEK was nobody's first, second or third pick.
ReplyDeleteJust like the current PD was not the first pick. First pick said no.
Nobody truly competent wants to sit on that bench these days, it appears.
Feeney also expected to pull the plug.
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