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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. Michael G Barket

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Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: FL9214
Rating:1.3

Comments:
Totally agree with the other comment that this guy is one of the worst judges, is very condescending and unnecessarily rude. In a civil action Barket was presented with the applicable case law and statutes. He couldn’t make the connection between the case law and statutes.
He tries to present as socially classy with his big bowtie, but then you see that he doesn’t follow the law or the procedural rules after a few experiences with him and is clueless. It appears he can’t grasp anything beyond basic the law or legal concepts.
Often times Barket doesn’t want to decide a matter as it appears he does not want to offend either party so he tells the parties to meet and confer before the hearing to avoid taking a chance on how he decides.
If the matter can’t be resolved outside the courtroom he tells you to summon him from his chambers to stick it to one of the parties because you didn’t resolve without his intervention.
It appears he pre-decides matters before the parties argue the issues before him. It also appears he reads nothing in preparation for the hearing. He was typing on his laptop while I was arguing and did not appear focused on the matter being presented to him.

Litigant

Comment #: FL9178
Rating:1.0

Comments:
This guy is one of the worst judges. I had a LL / tenant dispute with a motion in front of him with all of the case law in the motion about how everything I was requesting in the MTC should have already been provided since it was required, procedurally, by law.

He sided with the LL and said that I was asking for too much.

Thankfully I told the LL that I was going to dismiss this Small Claims action and file in a higher court, and they ended up paying me to settle.

But... Barket is the worst.

He's also very condescending and unnecessarily rude.