Napa County
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Superior Court judges in this pack, plus statewide Supreme and District 1 Court of Appeal retention justices.
Superior Court (8)
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Scott R.L. Young (Napa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Joseph J. Solga (Napa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Cynthia P. Smith (Napa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Kecia Lind (Napa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Robert Stamps (Napa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Veronica Juarez (Napa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Elia Ortiz (Napa County)
Why: Roster-only Thin until published-opinion or CJP cites attached. Source:…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Douglas Skelton (Napa County)
Why: Bay Area Superior roster Soft from official court directory/assignment cite. Source:…
Court of Appeal — District 1 (11)
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Charles A. Smiley (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Concurred in Debbane (A172067). Stay C. No CJP public discipline attached. Appointing-era signal alone does not upgrade.…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Danny Y. Chou (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Authored published civil opinions (Herc Rentals, A174303; Sakach, A175648). Stay C. No CJP public discipline attached.…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Gordon Burns (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Concurred in Herc Rentals (A174303); as assigned justice concurred in Cervantes v. Bianco (S295866) and Bonta v. Bianco…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Ioana Petrou (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Published panel cites (People v. Centeno, A171308; Irvine v. Irvine, A172066). Holdings do not clearly meet A or F under…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Kathleen M. Banke (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Authored published opinion affirming plaintiffs vs SF vacant-unit tax (Debbane, A172067). Civil/tax — stay C. No CJP…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Mark Simons (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Concurred in Herc Rentals (A174303) and Sakach (A175648). Stay C. No CJP public discipline attached. Appointing-era…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Monique Langhorne Wilson (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Concurred in Debbane (A172067) vacant-unit tax opinion. Stay C. No CJP public discipline attached. Appointing-era signal…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Tara M. Desautels (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Concurred in People v. Putallez (A174094). Stay C. No CJP public discipline attached. Appointing-era signal alone does…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Therese M. Stewart (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Mixed / insufficient case-vote depth for A or F. Appointing-era signal: Newsom-era Court of Appeal elevation on 2026 SOS retention list…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Tracie L. Brown (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Authored People v. Adam (A175410) reversing for §1382 speedy-trial error. Stay C. No CJP public discipline attached.…
- ThinNot enough public cites yet
Victor A. Rodriguez (Court of Appeal, District 1)
Why: Thin for A or F: Concurred in published criminal affirmance (People v. Centeno, A171308). Thin for A/F. No CJP public discipline attached.…
Supreme Court (statewide) (2)
- MisalignedOut of touch on the basics
Joshua Groban (California Supreme Court)
Why: Out-of-touch / progressive-bench signal under FairPAC rubric: Appointed to California Supreme Court by Governor Gavin Newsom (2018). Prior…
- MisalignedOut of touch on the basics
Kelli M. Evans (California Supreme Court)
Why: Out-of-touch / progressive-bench signal under FairPAC rubric: Appointed to California Supreme Court by Governor Gavin Newsom (2022). Prior…