"The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Patricia M. Scanlon	See Rating Details
Judge Superior Court
Contra Costa 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. Patricia M. Scanlon

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Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA53702
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
She is by far the worst judge I’ve encountered and I’ve encountered judge Judy. Extremely arrogant and hostile for no apparent reason. Someone who constantly on an ego trip letting all the power get to her head. How she manages to be a judge still is baffling

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA53072
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Judge Scanlon stated why are we wasting our time on this case as a victim of a restitution hearing

She allowed myself to be cross examined in a restitution hearing despite California penal code stating victims shall not be crossed examine

She would interrupt my testimony at any turn, while in mid sentence and accuse me of not being truthful

If Scanlon vs State of Georgia is indeed her, and her being an advocate of women offender, she should of recused herself as her bias-ness showed blatantly and used me as her punching bag to get redemption from her preconceived conviction.

I left the courtroom feeeling as I was the offender.I felt victimized more so than the cases I I was involved in. The judicial system failed me and allowed the judge to victimize me. A judge on a power trip, narcissistic, and egotistic to say are her best qualities.

Litigant

Comment #: CA52226
Rating:1.0

Comments:
I rate the judge a zero

Other

Comment #: CA47442
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
THIS JUDGE NEED TO BE REMOVED SHE RUINED ME AND DAUGHTERS LIFE MY GRANDSON IS DEAD BE BECAUSE OF PATRICIA SCANLON SHE GAVE HIM TO HIS FATHER TUSHAMBI EVANS WHO MURDERED THE BABY AND THEN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CHARGED MY DAUGHTER FOR THEIR NEGLIGENCE BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT TUSHAMBI WAS GOING TO BE THE BETTER PARENT BUT HE WAS A KILLER THEY COVERED UP THEIR NEGLIGENCE BY CHARGING MY DAUGHTER BUT WHAT THEY DID.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA46948
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Very unprofessional, rude and belittling.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA31579
Rating:2.7

Comments:
Toward women: angry, belittling, vicious.
Toward men: cooing. Talks babytalk.
In general: very indiscrete and inappropriate. Very trump-esque in off-the-cuff ranting.

Litigant

Comment #: CA9914
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Due to her Judicial misconduct of the Eighth Amendment unlawful detainments, numerous remands, auctions of excessive bails. Et a of Inmate Keegan Lee Czirban, CC16IF148, from $1,000,5000 bail to inhumane no bail of her Broken Bench, Dept. 3, Hundreds of codes of miscarriage of justice, I rate her, disbarred from Interest of Justice. Observing her grandstanding courtroom performance. Sanctions will be addressed. Judicial Misconduct. Inmate Czirban in confinement since May 28, 2016. Total incompetency. Complaint in progress for removal of Broken Bench!!! Respectfully, Legal Advocate, Darice A. Dubrovich

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA9581
Rating:2.0

Comments:
This judge should be removed from being a judge to all criminal cases. She failed to allow crucial evidence to be presented during trial. She sentenced an innocent person, who proved innocence through testing (not once but three times), which would have proved this person's innocence. Scanlon stood by the lack of evidence, and still acquitted an innocent person. She admitted her own mistakes at the end of trial but too late. Career, reputation, etc. has been damaged. A misconduct on her part. There has been numerous complaints about this judge. Not competent to be a trial judge in criminal cases.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA6553
Rating:1.6

Comments:
A truly horrible judge. Extremely biased toward the prosecution. Very degrading and demeaning to the defense.

Other

Comment #: CA6552
Rating:1.0

Comments:
I'm not an attorney, but have had the displeasure of sitting through a very troubling display of bias on the part of a sitting judge. My mental picture of the blindfolded jurist in front of the Supreme Court has been shattered by watching this judge in action. Rude, inattentive, with an unmistakable preference for anything prosecutorial. Would make even the staunchest citizen of our great country feel as though they were watching Stalin populating the Gulags. Horrible to watch.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA4800
Rating:3.6

Comments:
This judge is not very good at what she does. She is disliked by many members of the Bar. She forms conclusions without hearing both sides of matters. Overall, she is not a very good judge.

Other

Comment #: CA3314
Rating:1.0

Comments:
I've never seen a clearer example of a "Hanging Judge". She had clearly already decided the verdict before entering the courtroom. This was a case of a woman's safety with several witnesses present to give statements, but nothing was heard by this judge. Extremely arrogant and unable to hear anything but her own opinion. It is a travesty for the judicial system that someone like this is on the bench.

Other

Comment #: CA1641
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Unfortunately, judges are human and make mistakes. Judge Scanlon had the wool pulled over her eyes and more than likely looked at the personalities of the litigants instead of the facts. Very sad for our judicial system.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA1398
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Arrogant, was not able to listen to both sides, pre-disposed, did not allow litigants to complete a sentence without interupting because she assumes she knows what you were going to say. Thank goodness for the appeals court.