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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. Richard E. Pacheco

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Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA54443
Rating:4.7

Comments:
This judge is not inclined to make special accommodations for homeless, or handicapped defendants. In one case, a defendant went to the hospital for a breathing treatment during lunch break and the Judge denied the defendant of remote accommodations, after being asked by an ER physician. The judge made the defendant return to court and threatened to hold the defendant in contempt if they didn’t return to the courthouse immediately. Prior to the Defendants voluntary visit to ER to rescue their breathing, this judge insisted that the defendant not be allowed to sit in the courtroom due to their coughing and wheezing so loudly. A citizen in the courthouse saw that the defendants lips were turning gray in color and called 911 . County Fire Department EMTs immediately transferred the defendant to a local hospital by ambulance.was rushed to a local hospital.

This judge had the same Defendant arrested at an Arraignment in a case of People vs Doe after allowing private attorney to interrupt the court proceedings and make heresay statements,then set the defendants bail 2x higher than normal , after seeing that they had Zero income . This Defendant went to court without legal representation on the day of arraignment, and was pulled out of court 4 minutes before entering their plea by a Piblic Defender that handed the defendant a card and said, “I’ll be standing before the court with you “. The defendant did not request a public defender for the arraignment , and the public defender see said nothing to the court to object anything .