"The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Upinder S. Kalra	See Rating Details
Judge Superior Court
Los Angeles 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. Upinder S. Kalra

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Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA55241
Rating:4.5

Comments:
Appears to be very sanctions happy. On the docket, a high number of matters involved sanctions or threatened sanctions. His demeanor is imperious. Be

Litigant

Comment #: CA52893
Rating:1.0

Comments:
This judge is going to be overseeing the
Danny Masterson/ Scientology civil trial. Gd help the litigants if this is the case.
[Redacted by Ed.] Weird as it may be this is what you all have to deal with.

Litigant

Comment #: CA52890
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Someone is monitoring this site and erasing the TRUTH. [Redacted by Ed.] He dissed the Ct. Reporter so that the truth would be HIDDEN. [Redacted by Ed.] which is LEFT ALL THE Way- this is the new standard at the Stanley Mosk Ct house and all over this state. Beware Scientologist trial coming to this court room. I suspect that this is going to be a KANGAROO PROCEEDING

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA52347
Rating:9.4

Comments:
This is the only i have at first, feeling like he might be a little bit scary, and then he is absolutely the blessing of judges. He not only actually follows the laws and implement them when they're currently changing and shifting knowing the language of how to ship with it, and the landscape, he provides plenty of time and while he won't give you the ruling you want half the time he'll give you a ruling that's better and if that's not the case because you're on the wrong end of it, it's probably because you did something wrong and he caught you the other thing about him is he catches people he catches people cheating and lying and he calls him on it and put it in opinions and judgments and that is a judge that you want on your side or not on your side, do you want in the middle because that referee is at least honest enough to know how to play this game fairly and make people feel like there heard.
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Pinder caught the fraud, and it was easy, but he even missed it. He missed things that weren't quintessential, such as there wasn't even the authorization for the case in the first place, because it was Issue's title in hand, and he never would have addressed those situation's because we were auto already followed by an ex parte hearing that we weren't even notified of to have the hearing in the first place but we left. We're lucky we caught it because he caught it because he caught it. He caught the Ex party was not searved proper ever aand that avid reports thaat we live there.

Other

Comment #: CA52102
Rating:1.0

Comments:
This judge was a prior government employee, public defender, those that send
the innocents off to prison and make lousy
deals. Such an uncouth horrible judge. Treats the litigants like gangsters and crooks cause that is who he has been dealing with all of this legal life. Haven't seen such a terrible judge in decades such as this one.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA52096
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Another lousy Stanley Mosk Judge- they
keep getting worse and worse. File your cases elsewhere or you will extremely dislike the outcome. Lousy judge who hates ppl it seems. He should retire and take his hate elsewhere.

Court Staff

Comment #: CA52095
Rating:1.0

Comments:
This judge if you can call him "that" was ridiculing a litigant with pre-Parkinson shaking in court- I don't think that Michael J. Fox would take this lightly. I have never seen this sort of behavior from a jurist ever. 170.6 immed.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA52093
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Disgusting antisemitic freak of nature. He has no business being a judge. He makes fun of ppl with disabilities. Just disgusting. I sat in his courtroom and was disgusted. Take your cases elsewhere. He was appt. by one of the worst governors in Calif. history. To not go further, this guy is beyond a freak. Just horrible.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA47258
Rating:9.9

Comments:
One of the best trial judges I have seen in 40 years. Great temperament, efficient, usually right in rulings. considerate to jury.

Litigant

Comment #: CA34801
Rating:1.0

Comments:
He refuses to allow my hearing to be held and has placed it off calendar on two occasions. He thinks he makes the rules and has ignored Cal. Rules of Court. I will be filing writ and complaint with Commission on Judicial Performance. I believe he is prejudice against pro per litigants. He does not follow court rules. Be very very careful. I hope to see him off the bench

Litigant

Comment #: CA34800
Rating:1.0

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA34016
Rating:10.0

Comments:
I had an MSC with Judge Karla. The guy was truly awesome. He was actually humorous, but forceful when needed. I would highly recommend him.