In re Inquiry Concerning Wasilenko

*CJP Supp. 32Opinion

RAYE, Chairperson.

This disciplinary matter concerns Judge David E. Wasilenko (ret.), formerly a judge of the Yuba County Superior Court. Judge Wasilenko is charged in 10 counts, generally, of diverting cases to himself that were not pending before him and that otherwise would not have been assigned to him, and affording defendants—relatives, friends, and friends of friends—special favored procedural handling, and additionally in some instances, substantively lenient disposition of their traffic cases and related offenses. The judge is represented by James A. Murphy, Esq.,…