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Douglas Crawford
Douglas Crawford was a 2014 judicial candidate for the San Diego County Superior Court in California.[1][2]
Elections
2014
See also: California judicial elections, 2014
Crawford ran for election to the San Diego County Superior Court.
Primary: He was defeated in the primary on June 3, 2014, receiving 17.86 percent of the vote. He competed against Ronald S. Prager.
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Evaluation
The San Diego County Bar Association's Judicial Election Evaluation Committee rated Crawford as "Lacking Qualifications" in 2014.[3]
Education
Crawford received an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was awarded his J.D. from the California Western School of Law.[4]
Career
Crawford has worked at Lockheed Aeronautical, where he engineered landing gear and flight controls.[4] He also has experience an attorney.[5]
Noteworthy events
Crawford alleged black judge was racist against white people (2014)
While working as an attorney in 2011, Douglas Crawford asked for the disqualification of San Diego Superior Court Judge Randa Trapp from his case. He alleged that she had a "racist bias and prejudice in favor of negroes and against whites."[5] He pointed to her former position as a leader of the local chapter of the NAACP, which he described as a "militant, ‘black power’ organization that solely focuses on the ‘advancement of colored’ people."[6] In the statement he filed with the court, he pointed to his own reputation as a supporter of white supremacy causes and said that Trapp would be unable to remain unbiased in the matter "by virtue of her permanent disability as a Negro racist."[5]
Trapp ruled that the motion was procedurally flawed and not supported by facts. Crawford later said that the motion was not personal and that he had apologized to Trapp.[6]
Crawford charged with misconduct, recommended for disbarment (2015)
In October 2014, the California Bar Association brought eight charges against Crawford, alleging that he threatened to report the opposing side in a 2010 civil dispute to the IRS in order to trigger an audit. He was also accused of having brought pepper spray and a stun gun to a deposition to threaten opposing counsel. Crawford denied all charges, but the bar association recommended his disbarment. On July 19, 2015, he was placed on involuntary inactive status, pending a decision by the California Supreme Court.[7] That decision is expected in early 2016.[8]
- The California State Bar Court's decision and recommendation for disbarment can be read in full here.
Approach to the law
Crawford stated, as his judicial philosophy:
| “ | Equal application of the law as written.[9] | ” |
| —Douglas Crawford[4] | ||
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedcandidate2014 - ↑ 2.0 2.1 County of San Diego, Registrar of Voters, "Gubernatorial Primary Election," June 3, 2014
- ↑ San Diego County Bar Association, "2014 San Diego Judge Elections: Judicial Candidate Ratings," accessed May 13, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Information submitted via Judgepedia's candidate submission form on May 20, 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Voice of San Diego, "San Diego's Post-Kreep Judicial Landscape: A Reader's Guide," May 1, 2014
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 U-T San Diego, "Candidate called black judge 'racist,'" April 25, 2014
- ↑ KPBS, "Judicial Candidate Faces Possible Discipline For Professional Misconduct," March 27, 2014
- ↑ Terry Phillips, "Telephone conversation with Charles Nettles, California Bar Association Effectuation Unit," October 29, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California
State courts:
California Supreme Court • California Courts of Appeal • California Superior Courts
State resources:
Courts in California • California judicial elections • Judicial selection in California
