Hon. Donna D. GeckJudgeSuperior CourtSanta Barbara
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| Comment # | Occupation | Rating | Comments | Date & Time | Actions |
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| 135433 | Civil Litigation - Govt. | View Details | The judge is a haughty incompetent judge. I had a small claims trial lasting for 15 minutes. The judge did not ask one question. I guess she was tied up with thinking about her other stupid decisions on Sable, on other civil litig...Read More | 03/21/2026 12:02 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 135286 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Judge Donna Dunkelberger Geck wasn't initially elected, she was appointed by the Governor. In family court, she clearly doesn't read anything until she sits on the bench. Made up her mind immediately to believe 90% of the cockam...Read More | 03/03/2026 02:30 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 134968 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Judge Geck has long been disliked especially in family law. She's at the small claims court now. She is no nonsense, fast and demanding. Because she is a lot sharper than I had heard, I was pleased with her ruling. Certain fac...Read More | 01/20/2026 09:57 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 134967 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Judge Geck has long been disliked especially in family law. She's at the small claims court now. She is no nonsense, fast and demanding. Because she is a lot sharper than I had heard, I was pleased with her ruling. Certain fac...Read More | 01/20/2026 09:57 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 134220 | Litigant | View Details | She was biased against st me as a tenant. I rented a so called studio apartment with a kitchenette not realizing Anykne in the house next door could walk through the property anytime day or night. ( doors and hallway between prope...Read More | 10/18/2025 04:37 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 133768 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Judge Geck seems to make her mind up about family law cases early on, then nothing changes. Judge Anderle is so wonderful, it is tragic that the other department has someone who is so unreasonable. I have seen so many cases coming...Read More | 08/08/2025 01:33 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 133211 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Extremely diffiult to determine how she makes her decisions, perhaps a hit from the bong would be more just. | 05/28/2025 02:24 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 133210 | Litigant | No Rating | Pathetic. Could not have read any of the submittals. | 05/28/2025 02:20 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 130447 | Other | No Rating | I am appalled that this judge is still handling cases. Are the numerous complaints not enough to justify her dismissal? Taxpayer’s voices, concerns and complaints should be addressed. My experience was right on par with many of ...Read More | 01/14/2025 06:53 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 129239 | Other | No Rating | Very discriminatory and incompetent. She accused me of being antagonizing because she thought that the restraining order case was against me and didn’t realize I was the one being protected. Then she dismissed my requests all toge...Read More | 10/17/2024 01:20 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 124782 | Litigant | No Rating | She's straight out of decades of "SERVICE" to the Insurance Defense IN DUST try.....don't expect any more. I have a million dollar cash judgment from a FORGERY, a fraud exhibit filed once in 14yrs of litigation attempts for a sin...Read More | 01/19/2024 03:10 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 124744 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Does not read filed papers before ruling, relies entirely on incompetent staff for important rulings that blatantly contradict the plain language of applicable statutes. She makes rulings that ignore the public policy behind laws...Read More | 01/16/2024 01:03 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 124742 | Litigant | No Rating | Obviously didn't read filings and replies. Thoughtless rulings that harm children. Picked a side and closed off to counter arguments. Get her off the bench and let someone with integrity and fairness take over. Families and ch...Read More | 01/16/2024 11:56 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 116588 | Litigant | No Rating | Her time is hopefully nearing,,,but what does it really mean when supposedly she "announced" her impending "retirement" i.e. she got away with it....was she paid off??,,,her collusion and defiance of law is being exposed, over and...Read More | 03/04/2023 10:29 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 116494 | Other | No Rating | She recklessly denies appeals from fit mother and grants custody to drug-addled father. Please remove! | 02/28/2023 03:32 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 113743 | Other | No Rating | Her connection with San Marcos High School places her in more conflict, and further illustrates should have been a recusal, further into question. Her refusal to grant a continuance until mid to late January and instead setting it...Read More | 12/17/2022 10:19 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 113742 | Court Staff | No Rating | Should be removed from the bench and disbarred. Invariably rule with with who she has determined has more money. She is truly a danger to the legal process AND TO CHILDREN. It is a puzzle as to why she avoided recall. | 12/17/2022 10:03 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 113546 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Absolutely horrible "Judge!" Blatantly biased towards women. Makes decisions without hearing from the other side and couldn't care less what the other side has to say when they ask to be heard. I have appeared in front of bad ...Read More | 12/09/2022 04:22 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 104298 | Other | No Rating | RECALL JUDGE GECK!!!!! Thank god someone started this. Please join in signing the petition! https://www.independent.com/2022/04/14/petitions-circulating-to-recall-santa-barbara-county-judge/ | 04/20/2022 07:02 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 104013 | Litigant | No Rating | This is the 27th rating of one star about this "judge." The four others in the city of Santa Barbara combined have one. Small claims case against a construction company that only works with municipalities: 1. The construction co...Read More | 04/08/2022 08:43 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 103983 | Litigant | No Rating | She does not read the case, she bases her decisions on her relationship with the attorney of the well-funded, well-connected husbands. On a recorded Zoom court session when my attorney asked for my children to be interviewed witho...Read More | 04/06/2022 10:40 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 103349 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Just a horrible judge. Here decisions are not legally sound and seem totally biased based on her relationship with the attorney vs. the facts of the case and what is fair and right. She should be removed immediately. I can't imag...Read More | 03/09/2022 09:47 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 103140 | Other | No Rating | This Judge is now in the process of recall which is very unusual and for a Judge unheard of but shows the dislike of the community to this Judge. See Independent https://www.independent.com/2022/02/23/recall-attempt-in-the-works-...Read More | 02/24/2022 09:48 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 101596 | Litigant | No Rating | [Redacted by Editor]. doesnt follow the law, fails to even read what is filed or even know what the details regarding the case even are. Repeatedly denies motions while refusing to even hear them. How on earth is she given such po...Read More | 12/16/2021 11:13 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 101019 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | There have been alot of negative talk about this Judge. Also Speculation on her removal. It is not just this Judge but the entire system that is a problem. I believe,am inform that this Judge wrongs are being addressed as well as ...Read More | 12/02/2021 07:02 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 79573 | Litigant | No Rating | this person doesn't deserve the title honorable or judge she neither cares about nor understands the law she is charged with administering as others have noted on this page with comments like dumb bias rude unintended all of that ...Read More | 11/29/2019 07:44 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 72656 | Other | No Rating | her "rulings" after a demurrer win and motion to compel discovery order by Judge Brown, instead "threw" a near 200 MILLION dollar tech fraud action, throwing near 20-30 FOUNDERS, some of which committed suicide, out on the street ...Read More | 07/17/2019 11:06 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 70103 | Court Staff | No Rating | TERRIBLE JUDGE!!! I wouldn't even call her a judge. She is a man-hating bias and ignorant vindictive witch that has no regard for the law! AT ALL! If you are assigned this judge never go before her without an attorney and dear god...Read More | 06/07/2019 07:41 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 58213 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Four letters sum up this judge. DUMB. | 07/29/2018 12:55 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 58212 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Incredibly unintelligent and ignorant about the law. And she's incredibly rude, biased, short tempered, unprofessional and shrill. She needs to be reported to the Commissin for Judicial Performance. | 07/29/2018 12:51 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 58211 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | stunning a three year old could have seen the facts in this case but clearly she is biased or that poorly trained in basic law | 07/28/2018 05:21 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 54744 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | As the last poster noted this Judge "will cut and past from opposing local counsel's motion VERBATIM." This is exactly what Judge Geck did in our case. Cut and Pasted VERBATIM from local counsels papers. Problem is there were sign...Read More | 03/18/2018 10:16 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 50549 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | As others have noted this Judge favors local counsel in every regard and will cut and past from opposing counsel's motion VERBATIM. I cannot determine if this Judge just does not know the law or does not concern herself with follo...Read More | 07/11/2017 05:37 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 49885 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Luckily have not been in front of her for anything serious like a trial, but she stands out as awful based on one CMC I had in her courtroom. She was extremely rude and laughed at me for asking her to clarify one thing. She does t...Read More | 06/01/2017 06:35 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 49534 | Litigant | No Rating | Similar experience as others. Cut & paste. Didn't seem to really read the docs or if so, understand them. Just one example - at the start of my divorce, ex's attorney and mine were waiting for Geck's initial ruling, ex's told ...Read More | 05/18/2017 10:11 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 48632 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Worst judge I have ever been before. Did not make an attempt to follow the law. I had the same experience as a previous reviewer that she cuts and pastes from opposing counsel's briefs. But the worst is her inability to think cri...Read More | 04/04/2017 06:22 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 43114 | Litigant | No Rating | This new Judge does not seem to review the pleadings and motions of both sides. Will take the motion from one side and literally cut and paste from that motion into the order. I have never seen a Judge "Cut and Paste" completely f...Read More | 06/03/2016 01:23 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 42004 | Other | No Rating | Worst judge ever. Hates men, picks a lawyer and gives that lawyer whatever they put in proposed decisions, copies and pastes and likely does not even read them. She is bias, prejudiced, ignorant of the actual law, sexism and bugot...Read More | 04/14/2016 02:35 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 42001 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Remove this judge she does not allow a fair trial | 04/14/2016 01:27 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 42000 | Other | No Rating | She does not follow the law and is clueless on new laws , SB 900 and rescission matters and rules for the bank every time. | 04/14/2016 01:24 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 41819 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | She has not bothered to learn family law. Even if she did, her bias against men is totally out of control. She makes bad decisions based on her gut and ruins lives. | 04/02/2016 05:40 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 41598 | Other | No Rating | Judge Geck is biased and favors women when making decisions in family court. My husband has been the primary caregiver of his son since birth. The judge gave custody of his son to his ex wife and in her judgement the judge cited f...Read More | 03/24/2016 07:39 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 41352 | Other | No Rating | Judge Geck does not rule on the law or Points of Authorities. She should be taken out of her position. She has ruined many people's lives based on HER beliefs not the law. Please report her to the judicial board review. She mu...Read More | 03/09/2016 02:10 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 36372 | Other | No Rating | This Judge believes she is above the law, and proves so in her Orders. With sufficient evidence and proof with Code cited to make decisions easier for her she still goes off her gut instead of the law. Her own personal opinions ar...Read More | 07/20/2015 05:25 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 32535 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | get rid of her, multiple locals are complaining about her horrific rulings | 01/23/2015 11:03 PM | Contact reviewer |
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