Former San Bernardino Commissioner Robert Driessen admonished by CJP for multiple acts of misconduct including telling a litigant he was an “authority higher than God”

 

On December 11, 2025, the California Commission on Judicial Performance issued the following press release.

"The Commission on Judicial Performance has publicly admonished former Commissioner Robert Driessen of San Bernardino County Superior Court. The commission determined that it should publicly admonish former Commissioner Driessen for multiple acts of misconduct."

"Former Commissioner Driessen told a litigant he was an “authority higher than God”; issued an improper restraining order; improperly modified orders made by other judges; ignored applicable law and denied fee waivers based on his own contempt for fee waiver recipients; ordered an undetermined amount of cash be donated to charity in a dissolution matter; and, while on the bench in open court, cut up drivers’ licenses to make a point. The commission found that former Commissioner Driessen abused his authority, failed to perform his duties impartially, competently, and diligently, and failed to dispose of judicial matters fairly. "

Former Commissioner Driessen is represented by Paul S. Meyer, Esq. of Paul S. Meyer, APC of Costa Mesa. 

This is one excerpt from the last page of the detailed 34 page of statement and facts also issue on 12/11/25,by the CJP.

"On December 22, 2022, while Commissioner Driessen presided over Traffic Court, he used scissors to cut up the drivers’ licenses of several defendants who had been ticketed for driving over 100 miles per hour.  In his response to the commission, Commissioner Driessen said he believed he was allowed to cut up the licenses and did it to “make a point.”