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* Temperament		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Scholarship		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Industriousness		(1=Not at all industrious,10=Highly industrious)
* Ability to Handle Complex Litigation		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Punctuality		(1=Chronically Late,10=Always on Time)
* General Ability to Handle Pre-Trial Matters		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
* General Ability as a Trial Judge		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
Flexibility In Scheduling		(1=Completely Inflexible,10=Very Flexible)

Criminal Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Criminal Litigation		(1=Demonstrates Bias,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
General Inclination Regarding Bail		(1=Pro-Defense,10=Pro-Government)
Involvement in Plea Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved, 10=Very Involved)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Pretrial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Trial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Sentencing Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)

Civil Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Civil Litigation		(1=Not at all Evenhanded,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
Involvement in Settlement Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved,10=Very Involved)
General Inclination		(1=Pro-defendant, 10=Pro-plaintiff)

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What others have said about Hon. Holly J Fujie

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Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA47243
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Holly Fujie breaks about every rule/law you can imagine. I lost my job leaving me with zero income but Fujie even though the dissomaster showed my ex-wife paying me $240.00 a month Fujie turns it around and orders me to pay. Then one of her clerks side bars with her and she lowers the monthly payment to $40.00 a month. I told her that she can't order someone to pay spousal support with zero income and Fujie told me I better barrow the money. Three time I brought my ex-wife to court because she somehow received my entire 401K and after Fujie ordered the ex to send me half, the ex shorted me over $500.00. Fujie refused to here this and copped an attitude raising her voice claiming I'm always showing up in court trying to reduce my monthly spousal support payments. She should be disbarred.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA42922
Rating:1.1

Comments:
Definitely pro defense. Mean spirited and nasty disposition. Makes faces in court while you’re talking. Inflexible. Tentatives are the gospel. Even if they violate the law or the wrong interpretation of law. A sure 170.6. Will find a way to undercut you. And do all she can to tell the defense.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA42016
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Seeks to criticize Plaintiffs' counsel and aids defense counsel. Just can't help herself. If you represent plaintiff, always bring a court reporter with you in her Court. Will look for ways to hurt or limit even the most meritorious case.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA42003
Rating:1.0

Comments:
The poster who wrote, "The last two hearings, Judge Fujie has not only been mentoring" a defense attorney, "but has suggested potential arguments that he should make," is so right, it's not even funny.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA40210
Rating:2.5

Comments:
As an earlier commentator said, Judge Fujie has a bad case of "I'm the smartest person in this room, can't you see that?!" Unfortunately, like many who are similarly afflicted, she's not as bright as she thinks. She's also not particularly pleasant. In fact, she can be gratuitously nasty to counsel. She's one of those judges who gives the impression that she's thinking, "I deserve so much better than this job."

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA38644
Rating:6.5

Comments:
Judge Fujie is very nice and makes everyone feel welcome in her court. But she is so pro defense it's frightening. If I had read some of these comments earlier, I would have made sure I had a court reporter for all my hearings with her. I have a poorly trained defense lawyer on the other side. The last two hearings, Judge Fujie has not only been mentoring him, but has suggested potential arguments that he should make. It was so bad at the last hearing that had I had a court reporter and had a transcript, I would have forwarded it to the Commission on Judicial Performance. She reminds me of some criminal defense lawyers I ran into while with the DA: she thinks all defendants have been wrongfully accused (sued) and are victims of government overreach (Plaintiffs wrongfully seeking compensation). Plaintiffs beware!

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA38513
Rating:2.3

Comments:
Judge Fujie isn't practical. She has that lack of people experience that comes from handling major litigation at a big defense firm for her entire career. I feel like what she couldn't do as a litigator -- i.e., bulldoze Plaintiffs, she now does as a judge. Even after 10 years on the bench, she has no understanding and no respect for the Plaintiff's bar. She can only see things from her defense, big firm perspective. Onerous litigation, in her mind, means those nasty plaintiffs wrongfully suing people. No matter how right your case, no matter how sympathetic your client, Fujie is through and through a defense lawyer. And be careful: she loves to sneak things into her rulings that screw over Plaintiffs' lawyers.

Other

Comment #: CA35487
Rating:1.0

Comments:
According to my online court, she just made faces for me and my translator. She is the biggest racist that I have ever seen in my life. She didn’t look at my videos and my documents and she listened to Joseph Charles Watson’s lies (his sexuality is gay and my sexuality is straight). I can prove his lie according to my official documents. I got COVID19 according to my medical records and Hon. Judge Holly Fujie didn’t pay attention to my doctor ‘s note and my disability and my health because I am not white. It is a court in USA with a the racist Judge. You can see a lot of bad review about her but nobody pays attention. But I am going to tell my story to State of California commission on Judicial performance. If they didn’t pay attention I will send to all of the people in the world and they will judge what happened in the court in LA.
I am sure God sees everything and the will give her what she deserves.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA34827
Rating:3.7

Comments:
should take more time listening to attorneys rather than arguing with them. Overly defensive of her tentatives and reluctant to take the time to consider things, and as a result, makes some bad decisions. Smart but not confident enough to reconsider her positions, which she often jumps to and then it's almost impossible to get her to see the other side. Insecure, and as a result falls back on her tentative rulings even when proven that they are not right. Legal, not practical at all and not considerate of the litigation costs of her decisions.

Litigant

Comment #: CA32558
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
https://youtu.be/RWgzKvY2Xro

Litigant

Comment #: CA32557
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Homo homini lupus est

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA32502
Rating:1.0

Comments:
This judge is ambitious, but an empty robe. Fujie is an incompetent car wreck waiting to happen. She doesn't have the firepower to understand complexities, and her only thoughts are about how she can be elevated to the court of appeal. Which we should all prevent to save our courts from ambitious frauds.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA31769
Rating:2.8

Comments:
She's a pill. Her courtroom is not a particularly pleasant place to be. She has a bad case of "I'm the smartest person in this room, don't you understand that?"

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA24402
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
"Although most of us in the legal profession understand the complexities and challenges of Judicial due process, misconduct unbecoming an officer of the court is the single most significant threat to our Democracy, Country, our Economy, our Families, and our way of life.

I hope that forums like this allow us to work together to do our part in making our political and social systems more equitable, fair, and true to the spirit of law and order."

From a previous review of Holly...dated 9/28/2014

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA24162
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Disinclined toward Hispanics because they automatically ridicule her last name. True, this is very childish humor, like laughing hysterically at the last name Butkiss but Holly is such a jerk that well, who cares?

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA14263
Rating:10.0

Comments:
I recently tried a case before Judge Fujie. She was even-handed, pleasant, and knowledgeable about the issues. Her tentative rulings are clearly well-researched and she was on top of the facts of my case. Wish we had more judges like her.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA12816
Rating:1.0

Comments:
I am the Plaintiff in a lawsuit in which I am represented by the firm of which I am an associate. The Judge misstated and openly disparaged my case and then repeatedly demeaned me as being too emotionally involved when I corrected her misimpression of the case. She was completely unprepared to discuss a demurrer at the hearing for the demurrer and so continued it. There was no reason for her to try to do what she could to destroy my case today, but she did what she could. What she did will affect the position of the defendants in mediation to my detriment. It was unjust and just plain wrong. She has no business being a judge. She is a bad person.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA12324
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Determined and firm. Sexism. It is time to get real.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA12322
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Arrogance and elitism. Ruined lives, statues and the California Code of Judicial Ethics routinely disregarded.

And there are people who defend her. "Move along folks, nothing for you to see here."

Litigant

Comment #: CA12301
Rating:1.0

Comments:
My comments are provided in lieu of my winning 90% of my hearings with Fujie.

My observations are based on the gravitas of the struggle to get her to rule as per CA law. Every single RFO was a battle to get her to FOLLOW THE RULE LAW, especially if those rules go against her political agenda.

In response to the individual who seems to have a political interest to defend Judge Fujie's gross negligence, and in some cases criminal behavior, I strongly suggest that you spare us the rhetoric of her "demanding" docket, and "chamber" charisma.

Do you think that she grants citizens the privilege of an "in-camera" session to address issues? How many people can actually afford an attorney to get that privilege, which under the 4th amendment should be afforded equally to anyone. Your arrogance and elitism mirror hers, and both are offensive.

Rarely does she take the time to read the pleadings, let alone review the evidence. She wings it 80% of the time.

Her record for violations of rule of conduct unbecoming an officer of the court is well documented and known throughout S. California, and her record for misconduct places her in the worst top 10 judges in Southern California.

A bad judge is a bad judge regardless of gender, or docket size, and the LASC would be better off without judges like her.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA12300
Rating:9.2

Comments:
I too am surprised by all the negative comments. I wonder if they are primarily male as many female jurists get a bum rap and/or are referred to as
Satan because they are determined and firm. I found her to be even handed and fair. Appearance in her chambers was a pleasure. I believe some of these posts are based on a displeasure with the results (i.e. they lost) than with Judge Fujie. The references to her as "Holly" are just rude.
Civil defense lawyer

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA11971
Rating:10.0

Comments:
I don't understand the negative comments. She's an excellent judge handling a demanding docket.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA11592
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Just more of the same from Fujie. 100% in favor of defendants on every motion submitted. She ignores defense's unsupported assertions in law and/or facts and merely regurgitates their positions, ignoring all else, especially any facts that demonstrate her incompetence.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA10565
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Fujie a former civil defense attorney and rationalizes in favor of defense contrary to the law. When she rules clearly against the law, she won't state her rationale. She doesn't adhere to the code of civil procedure even when it's clear. I was in front of her a on a simple motion to have request for admissions deemed admitted which was victorious. Despite the sanctions being mandatory pursuant to the code, she refused to award them. In another instance, Defendant brought a motion for a protective order on us for serving 45 special interrogatories. We opposed the motion and in her tentative,Fujie said there was no good cause for Defendant to bring the motion. However, she refused to award sanctions against Defendant for forcing Plaintiff to oppose on the grounds that Defendant had substantial justification. It made utterly no sense, and she refused to answer my request to state her rationale. This is expected in her courtroom. Iv'e been in front of her dozens of time, and I don't think Iv'e ever seen or heard of a ruling in favor of the Plaintiff. One can only hope that she's rotated out of the PI Hub because for every case that flows through her courtroom, the Plaintiffs' bar suffers injustice.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA10548
Rating:7.7

Comments:
I am very surprised by all the negative reviews. I have had several cases before Judge Fujie in her PI Hub court and have appeared in front of her many times on for law and motion and discovery conferences. I have not tried a case in front of her, as my experience is only with her in the pre-trial PI Hub. I found her to be a fair Judge, who did not appear to favor either side, but simply ruled the way she believed the law required her to. She was always prepared and it was clear that she had read and considered the papers submitted. She can be a stickler for rules, but I do not see that as a negative.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA9646
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
I thought I saw Satan in a local cafeteria the other day. But it was just Holly.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA9492
Rating:1.0

Comments:
The quality of judges has deteriorated so greatly since our new Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye took over in 2011 that we should stop using the word "justice" in connection with the courts The courts now turn lose predators like Fujie on the unsuspecting public. Her anti-child bias is evident from her attempts to deprive children of legal representation by making it too expensive for attorneys to represent minors.

These type of behaviors historically are designed to get the judge promoted to a higher court by doing favors for large insurance companies or to gain cushy jobs as arbitrators and mediators.

When a system was become as nasty as the superior courts, the problem comes from the top. This conduct would not be so prevalent unless judges knew that the appellate court, the supreme court and the Judicial Commission support this type of predatory behavior.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA9473
Rating:4.4

Comments:
This judge who is handling minor's compromise has no regard for how hard Plaintiff's attorneys work, and because of her penchant to dismiss their effort, is making it difficult for GALs to find lawyers who want to represent minors, only to have their fees cut without regard to the case.

Litigant

Comment #: CA8940
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
The CJP is under much scrutiny at this moment
because they have so "under performed" at their
duties. They seem to be on the other team's side
as well. There is no judicial oversight which is
why some judges such as H Fujie and E Feffer
get away with being punitive and biased.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA8933
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
She is a negative grade [redacted by Editor]. I beg ALL of you to write the commission even if after she destroyed you or your children's lives, and STOP this madness and help others. Can anyone repost on here if they actually got anything corrected in Judicial Commission complaint and how long it took? I know complaining to Chief Judge Gordon is pointless as sends a letter he cannot change anything and send to Judicial Commission. Obviously this is not a person who should be a Judge, but also it seems no one really cares as they simply like to protect their own it appears. So wondering how many have tried, time it took, and if got any results? She did not follow rules of court and procedure, [redacted by Editor] mostly an act of GOD to change a Judges orders even when matter of law to do so even if appeal as they are supposed to uphold the Judges orders as their goal. So it seems the only way may be to bring to Judicial Commission to right wrongs? Or is that just more paper pushing farce to simply protect the Judges? Please let me know by posting, and please everyone try to even send a simple letter to the commission with your case and concerns as they do not know unless you tell them right?

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA8742
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
She really is mean and stupid. She is dishonest to boot.

Litigant

Comment #: CA8741
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
this is the one of the worst, they got her right, mean and stupid. she should take the money she stole from our wonderful state bar, (who by the way let her go forward to be this judge after her impropriety) and retire to another country. get her the heck out of our system

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA8703
Rating:1.5

Comments:
Mean and stupid. Not a very good combo. Needs to go back to private practice.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA7695
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Holly does not want to face the consequences of her poor, impulsive decisions. She does not want to hear any criticism of how she behaved while on the bench, no matter how improperly she behaved.

Despite how difficult this has all been for my children and me, I personally have grown in a way that can only happen when death is a real and present part of life. (My husband is violent, verbally abusive, and murdered my beautiful cat, a Japanese Bobtail, by the way.)

But here is some more Holly-inspired haiku:

Pale bisque dolls on shelf
Take them far from their mother
Entangle laws and string

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA7586
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Holly really does have an agenda that mothers MUST work....it's her 70s feminism. She didn't even give me maternity leave for my support payments to my ex.

And she took the psychologist's report about our family as gospel truth, even though the psychologist was so negligent and lazy that he spelled our family's last name incorrectly throughout the report. How hard is it to spell P-E-Y-T-O-N?

Regardless of how bad things have been with Liz, and now Holly, I have to say that this divorce has strengthened me. I wouldn't wish such a bad experience on anyone, but this ordeal has forced me to be more original, creative and humorous.

I had my schizophrenic brother go observe Holly in action a few times and he kept saying that she treated litigants like Korean Comfort Women. And he is right. Schizophrenics often see the world more realistically than allegedly sane people.

Litigant

Comment #: CA7585
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Good News People: Rumour has it Holly is out next week. I hope they toss her out on her nasty, rude, ignorant butt. Her name is misspelled should be Folly Fujie...

Litigant

Comment #: CA7584
Rating:1.0

Comments:
This judge is anything but honorable. She is nasty, glares at you when she is confused (which is pretty often) or frustrated (because she is so easily confused). She does not apply the law, she is biased and easily distracted by high conflict litigant and attorney shenanigans. She does not vet serious issues such as move-aways, ignores evidence, does not follow procedure. Worst of all, she does not enforce her own orders so when a party fails to comply, there are no consequences and then she makes more orders that they know they don't have to comply with. She contradicts herself repeatedly in the same hearing, doesn't even call people by the right names. She lets deadbeat dads off the hook and then forces her own "mothers must work" agenda on to formerly stay at home moms. She listens to ding bat court whores like Ruth Estep (minor's counsel who should be disbarred) instead of doing her job. She relies on old outdated orders to make new orders instead of what is going on at the present time. She's lazy stupid and cruel. She is an insult to working mothers and mothers in general.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA7308
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
There is no humanistic explanation for why these
really broken, vindictive people end up as judges in Family Law.
What they do is make other people pay for the way
they have been shafted in their careers that made them feel like lesser attorneys/people. They are
people with a vendetta and they take it out on innocent people just trying to get divorced. Yet, now days in america, divorce goes way beyond just
ending a marriage...we are all at risk to lose our lives as well.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA6114
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Holly is a first-rate piece of crap. I interviewed at her firm years ago, and she was on the panel of attorneys. What an arrogant, egotistical, bitchy lawyer. Almost got up and walked out of the interview. I did tell her that if she was representative of the attorneys at her firm, I couldn't believe anybody would want to work there. With her temperment, I can't believe she's a judge. I truly feel sorry for those who have to appear before her, both attorneys and parties.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA5866
Rating:2.8

Comments:
I have personally seen Judge Fujie working on the bench since 2011. I have observed her performance on dozens of cases spanning over 4 years of tenure in Dept. 87 at the Los Angeles Superior Court.

I am very disheartened with her inappropriate comments, lack of foundation in rulings, misguided applications of law, personal bias, favoritism, abuse in judicial discretion, misconduct unbecoming an officer of the court, and in a most surprising case, what seems to be aiding and abetting one party in hiding assets, and allowing attorney's to conspire with their clients to hide millions of dollars in assets in clear violation of RICO laws, Federal and State Statues.

Although most of us in the legal profession understand the complexities and challenges of Judicial due process, misconduct unbecoming an officer of the court is the single most significant threat to our Democracy, Country, our Economy, our Families, and our way of life.

I hope that forums like this allow us to work together to do our part in making our political and social systems more equitable, fair, and true to the spirit of law and order.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA5804
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
How did this impulsive, hostile person get on the bench? She needs to be removed.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA5674
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Her Husband and Children are so lucky to have her. NOT. Stupid arrogant woman.

Litigant

Comment #: CA5591
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
It makes me feel better to read that I am not the only litigant she hates and is trying to punish financially and otherwise and imputing income to me that I don't have.

Being under her thumb has shown me what a fraud our court system really is.

I would never, ever get married again or even seek out a boyfriend. This divorce (which should have been very easy) has been the worst experiences of my life.

On a positive note, I have amended my life profoundly and I go to mass every day now. I've decided to put my faith and trust in Christ, since I obviously can't put any faith and trust in Holly Fujie.

Litigant

Comment #: CA5586
Rating:1.0

Comments:
I would give her a total zero. She needs to be removed from the bench, this is not being mean, she does NOT follow the statutes, she thinks she is GOD and can do whatever she wants. She is destroying lives and children as well. NO ONE thinks she is a good judge, as she dooes not impartial JUDGE and she does not do what the MANDATORY statutes direct her to do with no discretion. ALL people out there write the judicial commision, google how and LA courts state how, they are discrete but cannot cchange her orders, bt if we all do this we can get her removed, copy Judge Scott GOrdon head judge on second floor so he knows she is hurting people and not even doing due process and required things. ALSO if you do not like her decision ask for reconsider BEFORE 60 days as YOU SHOULD APPEAL her decision within 60 days or order stays.If low income get a fee waiver to appeal fees as well. She is NOT a judge, she has harmed me, my children, and so many people. If we all start complaining they can remove her o at least publically reprimand her.

Other

Comment #: CA5493
Rating:1.0

Comments:
My divorce case was moved to Fujie's court and has been a circus. Totally one sided with her ordering me to pay back half of the money my ex-wife admittedly embezzled from our credit cards. I lost my job and requested a suspension for spousal support and it was granted. I began collecting ssdi and began paying again according to the disomaster report. Once those funds exhausted, I went back and this time the disomaster reported that my ex-wife would now be paying me but Fujie freaked out, raised her voice and started telling me that I am not allowed to eat out, buy new clothes, pay anything to charity and stop washing my clothes so often? Fujie then reverses the disomaster and orders me to continue making spousal support payment even though I have zero income. Three times I attempted to argue the point that she was basically ordering people that have nothing to do with my divorce to pay my ex-wife otherwise I could wind up in contempt of court? I could write a book about what Fujie says and does while on the bench. If any judge should be removed and disbarred, Fujie should be right at the front of the line.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA5226
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
She is so cruel. If she bares her gums at me one more time I might start screaming.

There is no reason for her to be so hostile towards me. I'm glad to read hear I'm not the only one she hates.

Litigant

Comment #: CA5225
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Good luck with judicail review, let us know how that goes. I had timely recused her having a restraining order hearing then an ex parte which do NOT affect a timely recuse.She simple denied it saying untimely AND DID NOT MAIL the order to me so lost the ability to file 10 days for writ mandate.I was told to write head judge and "it was looked at seriously" too was the claim. I got a letter she made her decision, he can't change her decision, that is what an appeal for; NEVER addressed that she NEVER sent her order to me.Since the recuse she has OFF calendar ALL my motions and request for hearings IN 16 months. I got a DVRo on him through another judge years ago, have custody before she got involved with case; and being that there has been death, beatings, child abduction when children are protected and SHE DOES NOT ALLOW a hearing; shows she doesnt give a crap about children rules by her bias and prejudice,and thinks she is godly and no one can touch her. So let us all know how the "review" goes as they simply usually support the Judge, even when PROVEN she denies simple due process to have notice,defend, and be heard.

Litigant

Comment #: CA5224
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
How many of you have reported Holly to the Judicial Counsel?

I have, and they say they are taking my complaint very seriously. Everyone answers to someone higher up...even Holly-chan.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA5065
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
If you have such profoundly negative feelings about
how inadequate and biased Judge Fujie is then join the
"Divorce Corp" forum for change in the family courts in our country. There are dedicated, intelligent people who want to see these tyrants remove from our judiciary.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA5060
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
From the gist of these comments it seems that maybe they didn't really replace Liz Feffer. While the blonder version of Liz sits in another, lesser courtroom, her equally evil-minded twin is carrying on the legacy in Family Law in liz's former courtroom. This tyranny didn't work for Liz and it won't work for Holly either. Reform is just around the corner. Join the Divorce Corp Forum to get these vindictive judges removed!

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA5055
Rating:5.3

Comments:
I have sat in her courtroom listening to many cases while my motion was pending. She ignores rules of evidence and makes snap judgments about the suitability of one parent or anther based on the flimsiest (i.e., inadmissible) evidence. I found that she equally disfavored both husbands and wives. She is acutely focused on the needs of children, but does not listen well as to the evidence presented regarding those needs given that the parents in front of her exaggerate and clearly lie. As a result, the children she is hoping to protect may ultimately harmed. She has yet to hone her "BS" meter.
Lastly, she is dangerous when it comes to sanctions. She may award huge sanctions, some or none at all - seemingly dependent on her whim and without considering relative fault of the sanctioned party or the ability of that party to pay.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA5040
Rating:1.0

Comments:
I have been in front of this Judge on 4 occasions and watched the day trials of these days and am gravely concerned that this is what our legal system has as a Judge.She was horrible when she started, and horrible in the time past, and lately still horrible.She does not know very basic law and no matter how nice the attorneys are trying to guide her, she talks and talks on nothing relevant, and argues that she is right in the law.She does not follow proper proceedure, which is harming the litigants; but also gives no clear red line on any issues as she also does not uphold the laws even if they are mandatory. She has no personality and no proper behavior in the court, and intentionally belittles attorneys, and the pro se especially, to show herself she has power.This Judge should NOT be in family law. Let me be very clear, this Judge should NOT be in family law. I have NOT seen one case handled properly each time sitting in her court.I have seen gross injustice to the people in her court, and extreme harm to the children by her decisions as she does NOT look at the files and facts, is not prepared,does not make sure the proper forms and facts are evaluated; and at her own whim she changes custody or visitation when it should clearly not be done. She really does not care if everyone can see her bias and prejudice generally against women and especially if pro se, and bias and prejudice for law enforcement employees, which she grants orders by emotion and liking someone who works in law and that is not how you decide the issues especially regarding children. There is not enough room here to express my sadness and real fear that her actions are destroying families and especially children, as she shows absolutely no care for their best interest.She likes to smack her gums and sneer at usually women as she verbally belittles them, and if she gets anyone to tell her she is incorrect on a statute and hold their ground,even in the nicest way, she barks at them and then actually gets up and walks off the bench!There are so MANY Judges that are great that were laid off; that there is no reason that this person should be allowed to stay a Judge. She has not grown in anyway in the time she has been a Judge, and it is clear she thinks of this as a power trip and title, and does not make ANY effort to even listen to the people or read the file to make sure the family and especially the children have decisions in the best interest. A side note is she is NOT preventing domestic violence, she does not know the statutes, her comments that DV is only fear of immediate physical danger is prehistoric, and again this is a real danger. She also does not seem to actually enforce violations of the DVRO as if a violation is somehow a simple mistake. Unfortunetly she has been stepping on the litigants due process and constitutional rights by many of her actions as well. Because family law cases have so many pro se that do not know the violations, and assuming attorneys don't want to try to fight a Judge for these violations, that does not mean the severe harm from letting her do so should be allowed. Basically she is her own law. There is no reason to be in front of this Judge as you don't know if that day she uphold the laws and proper proceedure,and it appears no one is overseeing this behavior for any changes, so RUN and file your recuse ASAP,or PRAY before you enter her court for some divine intervention in order for justice to be served.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA5018
Rating:1.0

Comments:
There is just no nice way to say this, she should NOT be a judge and someone NEEDS to get her off the bench. I have watched several cases with her and she does NOT know family law and is HARMING the people in front of her.She has been destroying peoples lives not by things with discretion, but by not following the mandatory commands, statutes, and case law, not to mention proper proceedure as something so simple as financials must be submitted. I have seen her say DV is ONLY physical immediate threat of physical harm (clearly NOT DV as is all forms of abuse), says the financials not submitted are not important(when the whole custody, spouse support etc are based on this), and I watched a poor Mother who actually knew the law and statute and her due process rights listen to this Judge tell her, her husband who opened several child custody cases in various states AFTER the CA case was filed and did not give her notice or service of these cases including ex parte hearings in the present case, who received ALL orders by proven perjury she did nothing about and fraud on the court; that the void orders from the various cases without jurisdiction that were registered in other various cases with no service or notice is ok, AND told this women that her rent, lease, school records, taxes in CA for three years doesnt prove that CA is the home state or believe it or not, that she lives in CA with the children. She doesn't hold hearings where people can talk, she alone babbles about moot points to throw around with force that she knows what she is doing. She does NOT know what she is doing, violates proper proceedure and due process, and HARMS the people that are seen in front of her.This is no joke that she is destroying children's lives as well as the parents. I have never continously seen such abuse of process and abuse of discretion then in her court.

Litigant

Comment #: CA4982
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
The California Code of Judicial Ethics restrains the way a judge may manifest anger or frustration. However, Judge Fujie doesn't seem to believe that she is bound by the Code of Judicial Ethics.

She is abusive, contemptuous, and vents her anger and frustration on litigants that she doesn't like. It is a frightening experience being in her courtroom as a litigant, and wondering if you are going to be her next victim, and thereby have your life and your children's lives destroyed because of her.

Seeing Judge Fujie in action has convinced me that our judicial system is really a sham. If a judge doesn't like you, you are out of luck. You may lose custody of your children, only because the judge doesn't like you. This is a real possibility. I wouldn't have thought so before, but I know better now. And I almost learned this at my own expense.

(And you may lose all of your money or freedom, depending on the type of case, if the judge thinks that you are a lesser human being.)

Other

Comment #: CA4860
Rating:2.0

Comments:
Judge Fujie appears to have a threadbare knowledge of family law, and appears to rule primarily on emotion and personality rather than adhering to the letter of the law. She relishes pouncing and picking apart a certain type of litigant, the vast majority of which are female. She subjects those whom she dislikes to sanctions, unfavorable rulings, and to mocking them in open court.

I recently watched her make a ruling on a Spousal Support Modification without requiring him to file a current Income and Expense Declaration, even though this would be the most important piece of information in a case like this, and it is required by the Family Code as well as Local Rule 14.6. She actually stated that the guy's I & E was not really important.

Litigant

Comment #: CA4792
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
She definitely does have types of people that she resents, especially other women whom she perceives as "weak." But most of us who are in the process of divorcing our spouses are "weak," at least while the divorce is still pending. She is a brutal person. How did this self-aggrandizing narcissist ever get on the bench? Her specialty is curling her lips in contempt of whatever woman she hates who appears before her, and exposing her gums and canine teeth. (This may sound unkind, but she has gums the color of the gums of my late Chow dog.) I can honestly say that I will never get married again, mostly due to how I have been treated by her and her predecessor, Judge Liz Feffer. It is a very painful reality that these inadequate women, who are deeply envious and mentally unstable, get to make decisions about my life and, more importantly, about my children's lives.

Litigant

Comment #: CA4408
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Had a TRO hearing in which she did not think that throwing the dog against the wall in front of the children, destroying all personal belongings (and so much more), is domestic violence. She stated that DV is only the immediate threat of bodily harm. The lawyer tried to tell her, but she knows it all with her nasty comebacks. She denied it, and he came over to the house two hours later to bust in, and was trying to kidnap the children. He tried to make the manager let him in. We did not want this ignorant person who has no business claiming to be a judge, as a person on the street knows more than she does. I was not going to have her make custody decisions, and since there was no other hearing, recused her. She doesn't know what that means, as it was timely and mandatory for her to recuse. She simply said no, but also never mailed it to us, so we missed the ten days to contest. Since then she is not letting a hearing take place to get child support, as she is mad and trying to punish us. The children suffer, and clearly she should not be a judge, but especially a family judge. She let him have ex parte hearings with no notice given to us, and gave full custody to him. You cannot have ex parte for custody; you must have a hearing with all parties before decisions are made, according to the Elkin Law (think 217). This is even in the judges' bench guide, but she will not follow the law or even the bench guide. He took the kids and she makes these snide faces and vicious smiles as she puts you down as well. So, after the domestic violence request was turned down, and then another attack, she destroys me (but mostly my children) by giving him custody with no hearing, ex parte with no notice. She is doing this just to be mean, as this is not normal. The kids got abused, we put motions in to get a hearing, and she simply cancels them on that day. She is thinking that will teach me, but it has now caused permanent life-long damage from the abuse. She can read the damage, if she even bothers to read the file, which it is clear she does not, and does not care. She is single-handedly killing my children. She should be beaten like my children and see if she changes her mind. No one in the courtroom got justice, either. Why do they let her harm families? My children are beaten again, and still no hearing. She will kill my children. Can someone get her fired? She will not have a hearing, and to get a TRO we have to go to her again? She won't have that hearing either. What happened to the Constitution and our right to be reasonably protected?

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA4403
Rating:3.5

Comments:
In family law cases, she has real biases against the types of people she "resents," but you never know who that is going to be. She has little knowledge of the law, leading to orders which are entirely unpredictable and thus inure to the benefit of the party with the weaker argument. Moreover, when attorneys know that she is entirely unpredictable, there is no incentive for settlement, because a party with an unsupportable position has no reason not to take his or her chances. Despite her lack of both knowledge and preparation, she makes orders in a forceful way, which is intended to mask her ignorance of the law. She is a classic example of the phrase "often in error, but never in doubt." When an error is called to her attention, she takes offense and defends herself, without considering that she might be wrong. I would never accept her again. She needs to learn the law and properly prepare in order to become an even passable judge. I do not know of a single attorney who speaks of her as a "good" judge.

Litigant

Comment #: CA4395
Rating:1.0

Comments:
This judge, who is new to the bench, has no idea of the law, which can easily be seen in her comments in the transcripts. My ex-husband cancelled our health insurance and car insurance, destroyed and dumped our entire household full of belongings -- all of this against retraining orders. This judge says: "those restraining orders don't mean anything; those aren't really restraining orders." Child Services was called on a domestic violence complaint, and she said it was no big deal and favored him simply because he was a police officer. This was after I already had another judge (before she became involved) grant a DVRO and full custody. She then violated the mandatory commands of the UCCJEA and PKPA and simply let another state have jurisdiction without ever having the required hearing. Her only job was to open the file, see 3427 and state that the other state is an inconvenient forum, and that a DVRO is 3428 unjustifiable conduct and that the other state must decline jurisdiction, so that therefore California cannot legally give jurisdiction to any other state! Also, the UCCJEA and PKPA are very clear when it comes to mandatory commands: there cannot be a second filed child custody case. (And this is upheld in every state in the Union.) All of this was brought to her attention in motions, but she off-calendared all hearings and refused to have a hearing on jurisdiction such as is required before she makes any decisions. This judge acted under color of law, conspired, violated due process and additionally has placed minute orders in the file a month before the scheduled hearing that she simply took off the calendar. I got the minute order and put it in a May motion showing that she is corrupt. My children are now parentally kidnapped with an active DVRO! And she tells me to take it up in the other state! This judge refuses to do her job. She has escalated the dangers to my children. This was a legal no-brainer, if she only had a brain. My advice is to recuse her before a hearing is scheduled.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA4274
Rating:1.7

Comments:
This judge has no knowledge of family law, no judicial decorum or temperament, and no experience either. She seems to want to be everyone's mother, and will never discuss the law or legal issues. A total zero; I will never appear in front of her again.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA4117
Rating:1.4

Comments:
I have spent a fair amount of time in her court over the last 18 months or so that she has been on the bench and I am not impressed. She rarely seems to have read the papers and is unprepared. She shoots from the hip without the experience or the knowledge to pull it off. She does not know the issues and seems to lack the interest or the ability to understand and resolve them. She is unpredictable and not very reasonable. You never know which side of her personality will show up. What you can count on is that she has little judicial decorum or temperament, will let people talk far too long, improperly makes advisory opinions and gratuitous comments that often do more harm than good to the parties and their children. It doesn't seem to matter what side you are on or what side is in the right. Expect her to bash both sides, which usually means the side that should have prevailed gets the short end of the stick. So if your client is in the wrong, she could be a great judge for you. If you believe in justice and expect to find it in a courtroom, she is not the judge for you.

Other

Comment #: CA3998
Rating:1.0

Comments:
I attempted to have an emergency ex parte hearing in front of this judge. She denied my legitimate request without a valid explanation. She was unfamiliar with my case. I found out from multiple legal personnel that one judge will never overturn another judge's decision. She took less than a five-minute recess before I was called by the clerk with the denial. This, in and of itself, shows me that she did not take the time to review my carefully documented exhibits pleading my case.