Dodds v. Commission on Judicial Performance

Opinion

THE COURT.

Judge Bruce W. Dodds of the Santa Barbara County Superior Court has petitioned for review of the recommendation of the Commission on Judicial Performance (Commission) that he be publicly censured for acts that the Commission found to constitute “wilful misconduct in office” and “conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice that *168brings the judicial office into disrepute.” (See Cal. Const., art. VI, § 18, subd. (d) [formerly subd. (c)];1 Cal. Rules of Court, rule 919(b).)

The bases for the Commission’s recommendation are 1) that petitioner obstructed a law enforcement…