The Robing Room

Hon. John P. DoyleJudgeSuperior CourtLos Angeles

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Comment #	Occupation	Rating	Comments	Date & Time	Actions
102222	Civil Litigation - Private	No Rating	This judge is neither hard working, smart, nor interested in the legal matters pending before him. At the first hearing in our case, he attempted to encourage the parties to settle on day 1 by saying: this case isn't going to make...Read More	01/17/2022 06:06 PM	Contact reviewer
101373	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	This judge is a disaster for a civil case. He wants to encourage settlement, but then makes incomprehensible civil law and motion rulings to get a case resolved, simply saying "this will be interesting." He needs to really retur...Read More	12/13/2021 05:27 PM	Contact reviewer
45342	Litigant	No Rating	Judge Doyle is nothing but a puppet & Judge Nelson is the one pulling his strings. In my recent case with him, he withheld evidence even though I quoted Brady Due Process and allowed the "witness" to question me. All of my questio...Read More	09/13/2016 10:12 PM	Contact reviewer
41743	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	Doyle lacks an appreciation for the civil litigation process. He micromanages cases, from his criminal law background, instead of letting the attorneys handle their own cases.	03/30/2016 05:44 PM	Contact reviewer
25047	Litigant	No Rating	Judge Doyle quite obviously did not read any of the documents or testimony in my case. Therefore, he didn't have a clue what was he was dealing with. His strategy was to postpone and hope that the case would just go away. Had he r...Read More	01/28/2014 08:53 PM	Contact reviewer
23729	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	Judge Doyle is an extremely nice man. He is considerate, civil, and forgiving. But he seems to come from a perspective of "let's all get along." So, he's unwilling to enforce the rules and the law strictly. And he bends over backw...Read More	10/16/2013 02:16 PM	Contact reviewer