The Robing Room

Hon. John C CopeJudgeSuperior CourtContra Costa

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Comment #	Occupation	Rating	Comments	Date & Time	Actions
129122	Other	No Rating	This Judge released an 18 year old violent gun slinging criminal on house arrest and ankle monitor! She shot a minor male in the back! How is this appropriate? Where’s the justice for shooting and almost killing a male minor? ...Read More	10/09/2024 03:38 PM	Contact reviewer
78836	Litigant	No Rating	Justice Cope exhibits a preference for men, and a blatant disregard for the California Community Property Law. He should not be a lawyer because he cares very little for upholding the law and serving justice. I learned this the...Read More	11/12/2019 05:49 PM	Contact reviewer
63851	Litigant	No Rating	I appeared in front of Judge Cope almost two years ago, at a DVRO hearing. Judge Cope had clearly reviewed my application and asked specific questions related to the information that I had provided. He was prepared. He did not ...Read More	01/17/2019 11:44 AM	Contact reviewer
61728	Other	No Rating	Judge Cope is never prepared. Does not read anything submitted. It is comical to watch him stumble to get started. He never has eye contact when you are speaking. He is usually looking at the clock. My favorite after he reschedu...Read More	11/19/2018 09:47 PM	Contact reviewer
59517	Other	No Rating	Judge Cope does not uphold the law and in fact will make ruling in opposition of the law which applies. Judge Cope does not enforce his own orders. He is not a punctual judge. His court has continued cases without putting the case...Read More	09/12/2018 03:49 AM	Contact reviewer
59204	Other	No Rating	Most of the comments listed here are shockingly accurate. Judge Cope is disinterested, doesn't read documents prior to hearings, and he does not enforce his own orders/rulings from hearing to hearing. When he orders something, t...Read More	08/30/2018 04:50 PM	Contact reviewer
56083	Other	No Rating	After observing his court dozens of times it is easy to say he is a very fair judge. Many of these other reviews are clearly biased because the rulings were not in their favor. People need to remember both sides will not agree w...Read More	05/17/2018 10:56 AM	Contact reviewer
54413	Other	No Rating	rating: 0 Judge Cope does not display any interest in the proceedings. the tesimonty deserves attention by an unbiased judiciary. He spends most of his time looking at the clock and around the ceiling; his face has an expressio...Read More	02/26/2018 03:16 PM	Contact reviewer
53649	Other	No Rating	This Judge let my wife and adult daughter get away with Perjury on a first complaint a totally fabricated story of abuse and violated my civil rights and has issued me a 3 Years no contact order and made me a retired veteran on di...Read More	01/20/2018 03:51 AM	Contact reviewer
53288	Other	No Rating	This judge doesn't enforce his own rulings. He looks turned off, bored and uninvolved in the court proceedings. He sits with head in hand watching the clock. His comments are shockingly irrelevant. Coming to court for any reas...Read More	12/27/2017 06:00 PM	Contact reviewer
52795	Civil Litigation - Private	No Rating	This guy shouldn't be in family law. He has no idea what he is doing. And looks miserable being there. Stick him back in a criminal law department.	11/22/2017 12:43 PM	Contact reviewer
51795	Other	No Rating	He's horrible. He pays no attention to what he is doing so as long as you're not in a position to get screwed he's the judge you want. If you need a judge to use common sense and their own discernment--Forget it if his is the room...Read More	09/21/2017 04:42 PM	Contact reviewer