Legal Opinion
Denise Schmidt v. Contra Costa County
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 10, 2012No. 11-15563PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAEZ, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Denise Schmidt alleges that she broke an unwritten rule and suffered the consequences when she challenged a sitting superior court judge for his seat in a local election while she was serving as a temporary superior court commissioner. Schmidt lost her March 2004 election bid against an incumbent judge of the Superi- or Court of California, County of Contra Costa (“Superior Court”). Soon after, the Superior Court’s Executive Committee adopted a policy rendering Schmidt ineligi ble to continue to serve as a temporary commissioner. Having lost the election…
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