"The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Robert Sanchez DuFour	See Rating Details
Judge Superior Court
Los Angeles County	See Comments

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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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Litigant

Comment #: CA53409
Rating:2.0

Comments:
` This judge has a history of punishing protective mothers and abuse victims. I had to take a TRO out to protect our kids, and OP went into hiding to avoid being served. Because of the inciting incident, DCFS told me to put both kids in therapy immediately or risk having the kids removed from my home. This judge punished me for that, saying that I shouldn't have made a medical decision without consulting OP. (Bear in mind that I was also a protected person and OP was hiding at this time, so there was no way for me to communicate this.)

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA45279
Rating:1.0

Comments:
He is the worst judge I have ever had to deal with when it came to child custody. I had to do a trial or aka PPA2 he was completely biased gave the mom the move away to Texas. Without thinking on how this would affect, a minor child . The judge is completely biased because he does not care about a father or a father. Having his rights he himself will violate fathers rights laws and allow the mom to violate the fathers rights without any repercussions. Worst judge I have ever had to deal with in my 11 year of child custody court in my life, and it’s hard to get over the depression, knowing that your children are being taken from you, and you’ve done nothing wrong. I wish this judge could get removed from the bench. Because he himself does not follow the laws, but only enjoys the ability to play God over other peoples kids.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA40532
Rating:1.1

Comments:
He is a narcissist and uneducated Judge. He does not understand Family Law. I am a family law attorney with over 25 years litigating. I have been around some highly intelligent Judges in my career. Judge Sanchez is not one of them. Judge Sanchez is biased against victims of child abuse and domestic violence. He is arrogant yet has the very legal knowledge and experience in family law. In one case, he completely, I mean completely ignored the fact that the father is a child abuser even though DCFS sustained a Child Abuse Petition against father for punching and kicking his daughter. We are talking police reports and photos documenting black eyes and bruises.

This Judge thought dad was a good father and blamed mom for lying about the abuse. Blamed mom for the children being afraid of dad. He has no business in Family Law and he should be relegated to handling traffic tickets. He was appointed by Gov. Newsom less than 18 months ago only because he came out as a gay Judge candidate. His appointment is purely political and not based on qualifications. He passes judgment against women who report domestic violence, calling them liars and then expresses sorrow for the abuser having to be put through custody litigation.

He is a horrible human being.

Other

Comment #: CA39570
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
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Litigant

Comment #: CA39569
Rating:1.0

Comments:
I was defending myself in a custody hearing as I could not afford legal counsel like my ex. The Judge was very polite to his side and absolutely rude to me at every turn. For no reason. Almost every time I opened my mouth and I was not being rude, myself, or over the line.
The judgement he made was broad sweeping and based on a total judgement of my character that he had absolutely no basis to make. He even decided I was not credible on a matter where there was a first hand witness. Didn't matter. I was simply a liar. I was blown away. We have a second trial date to finish the matters at hand and I almost feel like what's the point. Nothing I say is going to matter.

I'm the Mother, in this case.

Litigant

Comment #: CA39458
Rating:1.0

Comments:
This Judge was incredibly biased in a recent family court hearing I appeared for. Not just mine, but in four other cases before mine he made the fathers cover all expenses and wouldn’t permit any of the fathers to say a word.

Dufour was so biased that he ordered me to file my financial statement papers in two hours, but gave the mother 30 days. He also demanded I pay $2000 in 10 days for a family court evaluator or I’d lose my custody. When I attempted to ask why the mother was getting more time and why she didn’t have to pay anything he immediately threatened to hold me in contempt.

Word of warning to any fathers going to court for custody. The family court evaluators and this Judge give absolute deference to the woman’s side, so save yourself $2,000 and put it towards your kids college fund.