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Judicial councils are panels of the United States federal courts that are charged with making "necessary and appropriate orders for the effective and expeditious administration of justice" within their circuits. Among their responsibilities is judicial discipline, the formulation of circuit policy, the implementation of policy directives received from the Judicial Conference of the United States, and the annual submission of a report to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts on the number and nature of orders entered during the year that relate to judicial misconduct. Each US judicial circuit has a judicial council, which consists of the chief judge of the circuit and an equal number of circuit judges and district judges of the circuit.
The judicial discipline process of US federal judges is initiated by the filing of a complaint by any person alleging that a judge has engaged in conduct "prejudicial to the effective and expeditious administration of the business of the courts, or alleging that such judge is unable to discharge all the duties of the office by reason of mental or physical disability." If the chief judge of the circuit does not dismiss the complaint or conclude the proceedings, then he or she must promptly appoint himself or herself, along with equal numbers of circuit judges and district judges, to a special committee to investigate the facts and allegations in the complaint. The committee must conduct such investigation as it finds necessary and then expeditiously file a comprehensive written report of its investigation with the judicial council of the circuit involved. Upon receipt of such a report, the judicial council of the circuit involved may conduct any additional investigation it deems necessary, and it may dismiss the complaint.
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Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye (born October 19, 1959), a Filipino-American jurist, is the 28th Chief Justice of California. Nominated by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for California's highest judicial office on July 22, 2010, and retained in office by California voters on November 2, 2010, she was sworn in on January 3, 2011. Prior to her current appointment, Cantil-Sakauye had served in judicial offices on California's appellate and trial courts.
Born in Sacramento, California, as Tani Gorre Cantil, she was raised in the Land Park neighborhood of Sacramento and earned her high school diploma from C. K. McClatchy High School in 1977, her A.A. from Sacramento City College in 1978, her B.A. from the University of California, Davis in 1980, and her J.D. from UC Davis School of Law in 1984. Cantil-Sakauye is technically of mixed descent. Her Hawaiian-born father, Clarence, was of Filipino and Portuguese ancestry, while her mother, Mary Gorre, was Filipino.
A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county level, but most legislative bodies at the state or national level are not considered councils. At such levels, there may be no separate executive branch, and the council may effectively represent the entire government. A board of directors might also be denoted as a council. A committee might also be denoted as a council, though a committee is generally a subordinate body composed of members of a larger body, while a council may not be. Because many schools have a student council, the council is the form of governance with which many people are likely to have their first experience as electors or participants.
A member of a council may be referred to as a councillor, or by the gender-specific titles of councilman and councilwoman.
Notable examples of types of councils encountered in politics include:
CALIFORNIA JUDICIAL COUNCIL IMPLICATED IN COURT CORRUPTION EPIDEMIC A string of court corruption scandals in California - including a ticket fixing scheme uncovered by the FBI in Orange County and an alleged racketeering organization in Sacramento County - are the result of mismanagement and incompetence at the state Judicial Council, according to a report by a non-profit journalism organization. With an annual budget of over $3 billion, Judicial Council responsibilities include oversight and accountability for California courts. In it's report, the non-profit Sacramento Family Court News organization cataloged a list of Judicial Branch controversies that whistleblowers attribute to ineffective leadership by Judicial Council Chair and Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye. ...
This video takes a historical look at the country's largest court system and the foundation and purpose of the Judicial Council—policymaking body of the courts chaired by Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye.
Following a presentation on implicit bias and the impact it has on decisionmaking, the council receives an update on efforts to expand training throughout the branch.
The Muslim Judicial Council (SA), its Imaraah (the senior council), the executive council and the general council extends to all Muslims in Cape Town, across South Africa, as well as our international brethren our heartfelt Eid Mubarak greetings on this joyous occasion. As South African Muslims we extend our gratitude to fellow citizens for their compassion shown to the Muslim community during the fasting.
Barbara Kauffman is a Family Law Attorney who is currently practicing in Shasta & Marin Counties, California. She has provided written proof to the California Governor, Attorney General, Judicial Council and other authorities that Marin County Judge Beverly Wood backdated the Register of Actions in a Marin custody case, which is a federal crime and has led to federal indictments against judges in Ohio & Texas in 2014. No one in California is taking responsibility for enforcing the law when it comes to judges breaking the law. Since CJE posted Barbara's official complaint about this matter, we've received a steady stream of correspondence from others throughout CA who say that the court has tampered with their transcripts and the official court record in their cases as well, so this is not ...
This 47 minute video depicts the historic Judicial Council of California Public Comment Period from October 27, 2014, where CJE and its allies brought a record number of members of the public (26) from all over the state of California to share their heartbreaking experiences describing the system failure and court corruption that has destroyed their lives to the policymaking body that oversees the world's largest judiciary. It is important to note that CJE was formally invitedby Senior Attorney Bob Buckley to address the JC a month earlier, when 60 people from 16 different counties protested at the JC HQ, asking for either a public hearing or a private meeting with the Chair of the Judicial Council. In other words, the JC knew that dozens of people were coming to share their concerns, ye...
At the 2015 convention of California PTA, Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye describes her many roles as leader of the judicial branch and explains the role and purpose of the Judicial Council, a policy-making body of which she chairs.
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Sacramento Family Court reform advocate Robert Saunders leads a protest at the William Ridgeway Family Relations courthouse in Sacramento, California. From the documentary Divorce Corp, featuring four family court cases from Sacramento Superior Court and designating the court as the most corrupt in the United States. As a result of an unlawful "no contact" child custody order issued against Robert Saunders by Judge Matthew Gary in 2009, Saunders has been prohibited from contacting his twin daughters, Julia and Laura. Judge Matthew Gary was subsequently ordered off the Saunders case by an outside judge for bias and misuse of contempt law against Saunders, yet he still has not been allowed to see his children. Saunders filed a complaint against the judge with the Commission on Judicial P...
Corruption in California courts has reached epidemic levels and the problems ultimately are the responsibility of the head of the state Judicial Council, Tani Cantil-Sakauye. For an overview of the issues and examples of specific scandals: http://sacramentocountyfamilycourtnews.blogspot.com/p/court-watchdogs-charge-federal.html This video of oral argument in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is from a federal class action civil rights case involving the ongoing problem of socioeconomic bias in California courts. The plaintiffs assert that state family court judges misuse vexatious litigant law against indigent, unrepresented parents involved in child custody disputes. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxmoWgmUghgaaUtxYW9ZQTNiSUU/view Using vexatious litigant law, judges deny financiall...
Following a presentation on implicit bias and the impact it has on decisionmaking, the council receives an update on efforts to expand training throughout the branch.
Judicial Council sacks 19 staff complicit in Anas expose, and Ghanaians have moved on from Woyome's case.
Forum cochair Chief Judge Abby Abinanti (Hoopah Tribal Court) and Judge April E. Attebury (Karuk Tribal Court) both traveled from the northern part of the state to honor Judge Blake with a ceremonial gifts, including a customary honor blanket embroidered with his name. The ceremony took place at the Judicial Council's Feb 2016 public meeting, and celebrated the contributions of the Tribal-Court State-Court Forum, formed by the Judicial Council following the outreach of Tribal Court Judge Richard Blake.
On Dec 11, the council listens to Judicial Council Technology Committee chairperson Marsha Slough about how courts are sharing ideas and making other technological improvements on a local and statewide level to make the court process more efficient.
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