Kennick v. Commission on Judicial Performance

Opinion

THE COURT. *

The Commission on Judicial Performance (commission)

has filed in this court its recommendation that David M. Kennick, a judge of the Municipal Court for the Los Angeles Judicial District, be removed from office. (See Cal. Rules of Court, rule 919(a).* 1 ) Accompanying the petition were the commission’s findings of fact and conclusions that the judge had committed “wilful misconduct in office” (willful misconduct) and “conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice that brings the judicial office into disrepute” (prejudicial conduct), and was culpable of “persistent…