"The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Lynn M. Poncin	See Rating Details
Judge Superior Court
San Bernardino County	See Comments

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General Rating Criteria

* Temperament		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Scholarship		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Industriousness		(1=Not at all industrious,10=Highly industrious)
* Ability to Handle Complex Litigation		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Punctuality		(1=Chronically Late,10=Always on Time)
* General Ability to Handle Pre-Trial Matters		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
* General Ability as a Trial Judge		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
Flexibility In Scheduling		(1=Completely Inflexible,10=Very Flexible)

Criminal Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Criminal Litigation		(1=Demonstrates Bias,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
General Inclination Regarding Bail		(1=Pro-Defense,10=Pro-Government)
Involvement in Plea Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved, 10=Very Involved)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Pretrial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Trial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Sentencing Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)

Civil Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Civil Litigation		(1=Not at all Evenhanded,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
Involvement in Settlement Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved,10=Very Involved)
General Inclination		(1=Pro-defendant, 10=Pro-plaintiff)

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What others have said about Hon. Lynn M. Poncin

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Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA54175
Rating:3.8

Comments:
Horrible, biased, close-minded judge who rubberstamps CFS recommendations on juvenile cases. She rarely looks up from her computer and papers and will not change her mind once reading the CFS recommendation. She does not welcome well prepared "outside" attorneys and thinks she knows the law but doesn't bother to apply it independently. Even one of the court appointed attorneys told me she is horrible. She is part of the problem that gives CFS a bad reputation for mistreating and warehousing kids in a broken system.

Other

Comment #: CA48907
Rating:1.0

Comments:
As a Civil Rights Leader, Advocate and a Courtroom Observer, I would say this judge is the worst [Redacted by Ed.]
judge ever sat in any courtroom across the country that I have visited. [Redacted by Ed.] She the judge that loosing attorneys run to for help and save their case. Once in her courtroom she told a litigant that she doesn't care about evidence he had, but only interested in what the corporate attorney had produced. In one instance, after one court found that Plaintiff, a homeowner had solid case of fraud against the US Bank, N.A., and ordered the case for trial, the lawyer representing the bank sought her help. During a pre-trial hearing, she sent a note to the presiding judge of the case to send the parties to her courtroom following that hearing. When the parties went to her courtroom, in obvious abuse of her discretion, she just dismissed the case.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA46776
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Horrible judge. Ive been fighting CPS since 2018 and she wouldnt even look at evidence from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department showing that the social worker lied & falsified documents against me. My reunification services were terminated because of the lies from the social worker. My daughter was sexually abused at the age of 4 years old in foster care and she didnt do anything. I did everything they told me to do but because the social worker lied & falsified documents & the judge wouldnt look at the evidence proving she was i lost my 3 children. All this judge cares about is making money off of children.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA24594
Rating:9.3

Comments:
Incredible patience, insured absolute fairness but did not bend the rules. Handled evidentiary objections very well.

Other

Comment #: CA14377
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Judge Poncin is an unfair bias unsympathetic excuse for a woman...how could you let the housing authority not show up then come back and win leaving me and my 6 Children homeless for 2 months....but glory to God we have a house now but we dealt with rats for 3 years and she let them win??