Joseph O'Flaherty
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Joseph W. O'Flaherty was a judge for the Superior Court of Placer County in California.[1] He retired from the court in 2012.[2]
Public Censure
On September 23, 2010 Joseph O'Flaherty was publicly censored by the California Commission on Judicial Performance. He was charged with disregard of the law, abuse of authority, embroilment and denial of due process.
The misconduct allegedly occurred during a court proceeding in which the judge issued a no contact order without following any of the applicable procedural requirements and without affording the plaintiff notice or an opportunity to be heard.
The Commission concluded that Judge O'Flaherty engaged in willful misconduct, the most serious form of judicial misconduct, through his intentional disregard of the law, abuse of authority, embroilment, and failure to afford a litigant his right to be heard.[3]
In 2011 the California Supreme Court declined to review the censure.[4]
- For more information please see: Decision and order imposing Public Censure from The Commission on Judicial Performance.
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Footnotes
- ↑ California Courts, "Trial Courts Roster," accessed November 11, 2016
- ↑ The Modesto Bee, "Candidates announce plans to run for Placer County judgeships," February 3, 2012
- ↑ Decision and order imposing Public Censure
- ↑ Metropolitan News-Enterprise, "S.C. Won’t Hear Challenge to Ruling on Judicial Benefits," March 17, 2011
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