"The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Emma Castro	See Rating Details
Commissioner Superior Court
Los Angeles 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. Emma Castro

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Other

Comment #: CA54991
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Emma Castro had a very clear and pronounced bias against me. Watched her be kind, supportive, patient with 5 other male-led cases before me, though I noticed she spoke to one Asian man as if he were stupid. When she got to me, her behavior became hostile, erratic and condescending. She did not let me speak, present my case, questioned me as if she were prosecuting me, then allowed the defendant to speak as freely as he wanted with information irrelevant to the case. She let him walk free despite having NO evidence to back his claims. I had years of evidence in emails, photographs, acknowledgment from the defendant, complete with timestamps. I had a nasty feeling she was racist after she infantilized me and lectured me on what bad faith was, then proceeded to award the defendant DESPITE BEING THE TEXTBOOK DEFINITION OF VIOLATING EXACTLY THE CODE AND SECTION OF THE LAW THAT DESCRIBES BAD FAITH. The defendant was white and male, and Chief of Staff for a Republican Senator. I've won cases with less evidence for far more grave issues with competent and thorough judges in the past. She is the first who did not allow me to speak or undergo due process. Extremely incompetent, bizarre behavior. Had I not found the other reviews or noticed the difference in how she treated me and others on the docket before me, I would have thought she was senile. A high school student could do her job better than she can. She's too racist, old, incoherent and unintelligent to be on the bench. Classic self-hating boomer. VOTE EMMA CASTRO OUT!

Other

Comment #: CA54739
Rating:1.0

Comments:
she was not competent in vehicle collision cases at all, her response to my motion of cancel judgement was ridiculously unfit by stating the process of judgement, not the reasoning as to how she made her decision because she didn't even know how to question both plaintiff and the defendant, she only knew how to deceive young people and people who didn't have the legal knowledge, terrible person that should be removed from that bench to prevent more people hurting by her inappropriate judgements!

Court Staff

Comment #: CA54585
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Re last post. She is a Commissioner, not a Judge. A Commissioner can be an active member of the State Bar, if they want to. It is optional. Oh, by the way, she is not a very good one.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA54575
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Re 54571, 54570, 54569: If you were really a lawyer, you’d know that judges don’t get to keep their law licenses active. https://apps.calbar.ca.gov/attorney/Licensee/Detail/84308

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA53335
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Not fit to be a judge . Abused authority by showing mercy to prevent attorney / doctors fro losing license due to supporting fraudulent activity Insurance Fraud on record !!!! Racist judge need to set down her attitude is not a place for a court. Get rid of EMMA CASTRO !!!

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA53065
Rating:1.8

Comments:
Commissioner Castro is untethered from legal precedent. Since she cannot be appealed by Small Claims plaintiffs, her decisions can be prejudiced by her personal feelings toward litigants, with little regard for applying the law.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA53049
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Horrible Emma Castro needs to retires racist,unorthodox. I would say more. She did not let defendant speak or show evidence she kept screaming at her like if she knew both sides when she only let one side be heard. Horrible Emma Castro needs to be remove from her position. The courts need to read this reviews and remove incompetent, racist from some kind of authority they have. Horrible and racist is the least of what I have to say.

Other

Comment #: CA53036
Rating:1.0

Comments:
WOW. Only in Los Angeles, can a completely incompetent person hold such a position and seemingly operate in a manner beyond reproach. If you unfortunately find yourself in front of the dishonorable Emma Castro, just make sure you also file a "COMPLAINT ABOUT A CALIFORNIA JUDGE,
COURT COMMISSIONER OR REFEREE" form. God Bless.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA53035
Rating:1.5

Comments:
The State Bar Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation found Emma Castro “NOT QUALIFIED” for a Superior Court Judgeship. Thankfully, she LOST against Joan Chrostek in 2014, and it appears she will NEVER be anything but a Small Claims judge. The reason for all of the above is fairly simple: Castro has very limited experience, a dangerously low ability to understand ANY case with numerous details, and it seems her general comprehension is entirely incapable of performing very fundamental critical thinking. I have personally been in her court room, Dept. 90, six times: she is ALWAYS late, she has postponed cases because she didn't UNDERSTAND them, she is generally unkind and angry, she has ruled INCONSISTENTLY on many similar cases, she has ruled AGAINST STATE LAWS AND STATUES, she has ruled against existing case law, she has overreached and ruled on cases that should NEVER be in her court room.
The PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES suffer when such an incompetent blowhard is behind the gavel. For all of you who may unfortunately enter small claims, REQUEST DEPT 1A, and avoid Judge Emma Castro in Dept 90 if you want a chance at justice.

Other

Comment #: CA53034
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Emma Castro asked irrelevant questions. She did not let the defandant explain her evidence. Defandant was only allowed to answer yes or no. She continously stop defandant from speaking to try and protect herself. She is very rude an unorthodox. She doesn't take into consideration the statue of limitations law and allows hearsay. Horrible Commissioner that should retire! If you have the right to change Commissioner, please do.

Other

Comment #: CA48792
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Defendant failed to present his evidence to plaintiff as indicated by the clerk prior to hearing. The defendant instead showed the judge and the judge simply took what the defendant presented without cross checking & deducted from what the defendant owed plaintiff. Judge Emma Castro ignored the plaintiff and only based her decision on what defendant provided. She was not fair at all.

Other

Comment #: CA48301
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
1 she knows nothing about California a small claim court civil codes. she would not allow the plaintiff to explain the case any one sees her can tell that she is ready to retire "DCNX"

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA48092
Rating:5.0

Comments:
Completed a trial De Novo and she estimated that a new decision would be issued within a week. People get busy, so I did not press the issue. Now, 4 full weeks later, she just reaffirmed the previous judgement instead of reflecting the new trial de novo that took place. It's sad that the people who are in charge of enforcing our laws are too lazy to do their job to the full lengths required. Wouldn't stand if I did this to my clients.

Civil Litigation - Govt.

Comment #: CA47446
Rating:2.3

Comments:
She asks irrelevant questions and is unorthodox at times. She doesn't like to be corrected, even when SHE IS 100% WRONG about a statute. She will cut you off and sometimes makes no sense at all. I cringe every time I have to deal with her. She has a TERRIBLE ATTITUDE and needs to retire.

Other

Comment #: CA46552
Rating:1.0

Comments:
she has no knowledge or respect to Cal. Civil Codes at a Small claims Court
She play favorite to women and attorney
she should retire .

Litigant

Comment #: CA40692
Rating:10.0

Comments:
Judge Emma Castro is an example of everything a judge should be. If you are fortunate to get her name on your case, you will have a judge who will ask questions, listen, look at and review the evidence, and get to the bottom of the case. She is not biased or prejudiced and will not look the other way when a case involves an attorney or law firm, as other judges do. She will dispense justice, not vengeance or personal politics. "No One is Above the Law" in her courtroom. She is in the 10 percent of ethical judges. She has earned my family's admiration and respect.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA40646
Rating:1.0

Comments:
If you told me the court went down to Home Depot and found Emma Castro in the parking lot looking for work, I’d find it believable. She doesn’t listen to evidence and makes a ruling based on who she likes better. To save you some time, I’ve gathered the following information. She likes women more than men, likes the educated more than the uneducated, she hates those who are shy and/or not assertive, and likes Mexicans more than everybody else. She’s not qualified to be a judge and seems to wake up on the wrong side of the bed each day. Oh and her haircut sucks. It looks like her barber was a blind person with no hands and only one working foot.