"The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Benjamin T. Reyes II	See Rating Details
Judge Superior Court
Contra Costa 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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Litigant

Comment #: CA53060
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Extremely biased. Prejudges motions against designated losers. Dues not follow due process. Speaks softly, politely and gives the outward appearance of being even-handed but will fuck you when he issues orders. Recuse.

Litigant

Comment #: CA48125
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
I was in court yesterday June 1,2023 and observed Judge Reyes refuse to report allegations of sexual abuse of a child. The judge then ordered the sherriff's to retrieve the child and return her to the person who the child says in molesting her and watching her while she showers. The judge said children should not be believed when they report abuse and ordered the child to be returned to her alleged abuser. Judges are required to report allegations of child abuse and Reyes did not. Instead he ordered the child to be returned without even a medical evaluation to determine if the allegations were true. I've been worried about that little girl ever since court yesterday and reyes should be removed from the bench over this.

Other

Comment #: CA38340
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
38339

really weird placement, of all of the CAPS-usually very crappy, angry, sleazy attorneys, do this to deflect and so their lies and falsities stand out.

Other

Comment #: CA38339
Rating:2.0

Comments:
Ben Reyes SEEMS to be a good judge on the surface, being soft spoken and patient while on the bench BUT... when it comes to actually preparing himself to make a ruling for a hearing, he showed up to the bench on an EMERGENCY order hearing 5 MONTHS AFTER THE FILING, unprepared, brought counsel into chambers, stated he HAD NOT READ ANYTHING about the matter and kicked the EMERGENCY matter down the road ANOTHER COUPLE MONTHS to give him time to make a ruling. Well here’s a surprise... Judge Reyes covered for his crony counterpart Joni Hiromoto who is a total family wrecking ball that has/ had NO business ruling from the bench in the “best interests of of the child” standard. Ben Reyes is complicit in the retaliatory vendetta, abuse of discretion, abuse of authority and contempt of the laws and regulations governing the family court, as perpetrated by Joni Hiromoto.
I am perplexed that Ben Reyes will not read the case information to comprehend the gravity of abuses in this case to make HIS OWN determination of the facts to realize the grossly overreaching statement of decision written by the previous judge in the case. This decision was based on an INCOMPLETE status report that was ORDERED to be completed by the previous judge, who then used the INCOMPLETE report to UNLAWFULLY and IMMEDIATELY sever the parent’s physical and legal rights to the children without reason given on record and without due process, while COMPLETELY ignoring the court ordered Professional information that was PURPOSELY EXCLUDED from the initial status report that undeniably contradicted the judge’s personal vendetta to remove the parent from the children’s lives. Ben Reyes in my opinion does not care about TRUE justice or initiating the effort to understand what is actually in “the best interests of the child” while keeping the status quo approach of cronyism,following their footsteps in order protect and uphold the gross judicial misconduct of his peers and he should be ashamed!