"The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Melanie K Bendorf	See Rating Details
Judge Superior Court
Yuba County	See Comments

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* 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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Comment #: CA54951
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Judge Bendorf.. I am fighting a custody case and judge bendorf is our judge I am going through a domestic violence case with my child's dad and she still allowed my child's Dad to have Temporary custody of her.. mind you I have not been in trouble with the law.. got no criminal history.. he has already been to prison three times for domestic violence and they still allowed her to be in his custody.. this judge is no way shape or form biased about any family matter she does not care about the lives that she is breaking allowing abusive spouses to have custody of an innocent child this judge needs to be off the bench and be held accountable for what she has caused because she is no way partial in anyone's case. She will always go for the domestic violence man and allow them to have an innocent child in their custody so they can become the domestic violence abuser access to injure our child at any time.. and if the abuser does harm the child she does not care. She gets to go home to her happy fake family.. she does not need to be in the judge's seat.. she needs to be sitting behind bars for the crimes she is committing by allowing domestic violence abusers to have custody of any child

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA54612
Rating:1.0

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Judge Bendorf is abusing her power to legally kidnap kids and take them away from the parent who was a victims of DV and place the kids with the abusive parent. She is biased, does not abide by family law, unethical and a part of large-scale Yuba County small town corruption. She is a monster.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA47059
Rating:1.0

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My experience with Judge Bendorf has been eye opening to say the least. Here you have a judge that allows a spouse who has been convicted of domestic violence, and addicted to drugs, come before the best interest of a child. Oh she will go through the motions at hearings, but it is only for show. because of her bias opinion of one person trumps the child's best interest. There is no place in our judicial system for judges that protects the interest of an abuser over the welfare of innocent children. Judge Bendorf you took an other to be impartial at all stages of a trial and you have failed

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA46945
Rating:1.4

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I have been in front of Judge Bendorf since her first day on the bench. She is very polite to all in her courtroom. But being polite and being bias do not go hand and hand. Judge Bendorf will make orders without giving any thought to the damage it will cause our children, when she steps away from the bench at the end of the day she goes on with life, while families are having to pick up the pieces that her orders have caused. There can be no room in our judicial system for bias judges. Our family court system is broken and they are broken because of bias judges

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA46818
Rating:1.0

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As humans we never like it when things don't go as well as we want. But when we go to court we are entitled to have an impartial level headed judge. Well folks that is not what you get with Judge Bendof, what you get is a bias judge that has no compassion, and zero knowledge of family law.

Other

Comment #: CA40303
Rating:1.0

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She should not be a family Judge. She simply does not use good Judgement, she should put the child’s best interest first. She is to busy looking to save face, she does not know how to properly judge without bias. Just because someone works in the county for the local government they should not be automatically be favored.

Other

Comment #: CA38938
Rating:1.0

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In family law I have been infeont of her for over a year . She does not take the child's best interest at heart. The mental health of the child should be more important than parietal rights of the noncustodial parent. And they aren't. There has been a pattern and she doesn't look at it. Even if its in the best interest of the child , hearsay or the opinion of the defendant shouldn't trump out medical documents and past testimony of therapist. Or even the past court judgment of your fellow judges. Its like there isn't commonsense here. And it was literally said child isn't coming home with bruises but is having total breakdowns at drop-offs but the mental health is not cared about and it should be a great concern to the courts these days . To hear your child cry because they have to go to the other patent is heart breaking because of the things the other parent says or does or things they don't do that they should .our kids mental and physical health are in your hands please be careful !!!

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA36666
Rating:10.0

Comments:
I have appeared in Judge Bendorf' s courtroom for several months on a regular basis. She is exceptionally well-prepared and knowledgeable. She takes time to study the fact of every case and applicable law. She is able to handle large family law calendars. She is respectful of litigants and attorneys. She is what an ideal family law judge should be.

Other

Comment #: CA36292
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Should not be a family law judge. Her judgments is not in the child's best interest.