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Is the Overly-Snarky Judge in Your Case Secretly Making an Audition Tape, Part II

By Bruce Carton

As you may recall from this post last month, San Diego Superior Court Judge DeAnn Salcido's (pictured) plan to become the next "Judge Judy" hit a bump in the road when she admitted to the California Commission on Judicial Performance that she had secretly filmed the proceedings in her courtroom on at least two occasions. Salcido then essentially used the filmed proceedings as an audition tape, passing it on to an entertainment lawyer who showed it to a TV producer. As THR, Esq. reported, the transcript of Salcido's taped proceedings show her in "full snarkiness" mode, perhaps playing to the hidden cameras. The Recorder now reports that Salcido's plan may have hit an even bigger obstacle (although she may now have more time available to pursue her Hollywood dreams). Yesterday, Salcido reportedly agreed to resign from the bench today to settle a disciplinary action against her resulting from the tapings. In exchange for her resignation and her agreement "to never again seek or hold judicial office in California," The Recorder says, the CJP issued only a public censure of Salcido. The CJP found in its censure that "while the cameras were rolling, the proceedings took on the atmosphere of a...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on November 11, 2010 (boomark / email).