An examiner with the enforcement arm of California’s Commission of Judicial Performance, however, said that Second District Justice Jeffery Johnson has never admitted he has a problem and "there's a very real likelihood that he will again engage in misconduct.”
- An attorney for the Commission on Judicial Performance on Thursday pressed the 11-member disciplinary panel to remove Jeffrey Johnson from the Second District Court of Appeal, arguing that the associate justice has not shown genuine remorse and remains a threat to women in the courthouse and the public.
- Thursday’s hearing marked the final public airing of the charges against Johnson before the commission decides, what, if any, discipline to impose. Commissioners have a range of options from closing the case to ending Johnson’s 10-year career as a state judge.His voice quivering at times, Johnson told commissioners he has completed 150 hours of therapy and education since first learning of the allegations against him. He said he takes responsibility for making some women uncomfortable with his “friendly, outgoing nature” and “my efforts to be the same as everybody else and relate to everyone in that way.”
[5/8 update: Today's DJ story is Johnson makes emotional defense in bid to remain a justice:
During an emotional defense that mixed regret and defiance, 2nd District Court of Appeal Justice Jeffrey W. Johnson argued Thursday to keep his job during a hearing before the Commission on Judicial Performance over a host of sexual harassment allegations.]
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