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Hon. James E. Oakley	See Rating Details
Judge Superior Court
Madera County	See Comments

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General Rating Criteria

* 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. James E. Oakley

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Civil Litigation - Govt.

Comment #: CA20332
Rating:10.0

Comments:
Amazing Judge! I learned immensely within my time in his courtroom!

Other

Comment #: CA13481
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Hon. James E Oakley has violated my Constitutional rights when he told me that he found sufficient evidance against me to grant my Ex spouse a temporary restraining order without telling me what these evidance were. Also, He told me to turn in my firearms without serving me with this restraining order. So Madera County has taken my guns illegally without serving me with anything. Totally Illegal. Due to the fact that I'm a middle easterner and he is white and my Ex is white so it makes sense now. I decided to file a law suit against Madera county.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA3378
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Had a contempt trial years ago. Although I had an order signed by Judge Morrison (Humboldt) this was challenged
as perhaps not a valid order. The DA
claimed to have no memory, but I did.
[Judge Oakly disclosed he had performed the marriage ceremony for the DDA.]
While the ruling may have been OK, he
stated "No wilful failure to honor a VALID court order." Funny thing, I had used his office (before his judgship) to cut and paste the order, which he didn't know, but his secretary who helped me & I did know. So the Order perfected in his private practice office, and was a valid, signed order.

Years later the law was clarified in City of Garden Grove & we were correct before our time. No problem I always liked Jim.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA1483
Rating:8.8

Comments:
Judge Oakley is a good judge; however, sometimes he permits attorneys to keep arguing. This creates the impressiion the last attorney talking wins the argument, even though tht is probably not the case.