The Robing Room

Hon. Darrell S. MavisJudgeSuperior CourtLos Angeles

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Comment #	Occupation	Rating	Comments	Date & Time	Actions
133733	Litigant	View Details	Jul 22, 2025, 11:51 AM Good morning Judge Darrell Shaun Mavis (#158934), On May 23, 2025, you issued an order from Department F of the Pasadena Courthouse stating: "The Defendant fails to appear without sufficient excuse." That...Read More	08/01/2025 09:51 PM	Contact reviewer
77479	Criminal Defense Lawyer	View Details	Negates the law instead of upholding. Good at twisting the truth.	10/11/2019 06:16 PM	Contact reviewer
77353	Other	No Rating	Poor. Disappointing Supervising Judge in Pasadena defends misconduct of other judges. Will quote Codes of Civil Procedure, but NOT the one applicable to the case! If sub item (a) says what he wants to use, won't read sub item (b),...Read More	10/08/2019 03:58 PM	Contact reviewer
46500	Criminal Defense Lawyer	View Details	I have appeared in front of Judge Mavis several times on the defense side and I think he is very fair. He is one of the few judges that actually reads your motions and does the research to see if there is caselaw to support eithe...Read More	11/29/2016 10:20 AM	Contact reviewer
46444	Criminal Defense Lawyer	View Details	Judge Mavis is a misogynistic, racist, and biased individual who has no business on the bench. I cannot imagine a worse place for him than the criminal courts where thousands of people's lives and freedom are in his hands. His b...Read More	11/23/2016 01:34 PM	Contact reviewer
44438	Criminal Defense Lawyer	View Details	If there had been a choice to give this poor excuse for a bench officer a lower number than "1" -- I would have. Each time I have been sent to him as a settling judge he only looks the DA in the eye -- never any eye-contact with ...Read More	07/26/2016 03:25 AM	Contact reviewer
42143	Litigant	No Rating	Mavis comes off as caring and fair but he is your cookie cutter type man in a black robe. Part of the rigged system.	04/20/2016 02:19 AM	Contact reviewer