JUDGE RATING AND COMMENTS
Hon. William AlsupDistrict JudgeCalifornia Northern District Court
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| Comment # | Occupation | Rating | Comments | Date & Time | Actions |
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| 35972 | Litigant | View Details | 8 years, 8 years ago I first appeared before this Individual Creton with Power. I have been patient as Job, but [redacted by Ed.]. $160 Million securities fraud on 14 people, the largest fraud ever filed on Ca's central coast re...Read More | 11/13/2025 04:49 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 35568 | Court Staff | View Details | Hopelessly out of touch with anyone but himself. Will babble on for 5 minutes on the record if someone coughs, sneezes or clears their throat in his courtroom. He chastised a fairly young hardworking female attorney for "looking ...Read More | 06/23/2024 09:08 AM | |
| 35431 | Litigant | No Rating | Please do a search on this San Diego Law Review, Volume 1, Issue 1 (1964) on "findings of fact" for FRCP 54(c) and 15(b) - in connection with FRCP 8(c)(1) for a falsified "affirmative defenses" under the long list therefor. This a...Read More | 01/03/2024 12:50 PM | |
| 35393 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Brady Material is evidence helpful to a person accused of a crime. Prosecution lost Brady Material in criminal trial against me. Alsup denied my motion seeking the Brady material. I believe that every party seeking justice sh...Read More | 11/26/2023 08:16 AM | |
| 34853 | Litigant | No Rating | Today, the 9th Upheld this man's slanderous, life defining destruction order upon me. I will never get over this, ever. This man, cut and paste the Def's slanderous allegations in their dismissal motions and then committed his o...Read More | 08/30/2022 10:19 PM | |
| 33782 | Other | No Rating | abusive, pompous, arrogant, plaintiff and government bias.I was manipulated by the government to be a witness against the defendant.I was scared. Judge treated everybody with hate and disdain. | 05/13/2021 02:02 PM | |
| 33758 | Litigant | No Rating | I don't know how to rate this judge minus who tampered with evidence to aid and abet the defense lawyers who also falsified evidence for the motion to dismiss the class action. BOTH exploited: (1) Rule 52(a) for the extorted "find...Read More | 04/25/2021 04:52 PM | |
| 33756 | Court Staff | View Details | The least congenial man in the building. Arrogant, boisterous, curt, and simply rude to people. Gets his jollies by denigrating attorneys. Do not dare cough in this courtroom; you will be reprimanded on the record for several min...Read More | 04/24/2021 10:05 AM | |
| 33742 | Civil Litigation - Govt. | View Details | Completely ignored facts. Biased and definitely not even-handed or impartial.When presented with irrefutable evidence that he made a huge judgment error he refused to ackknowledge that the Dept of Labor suppressed totally exonerat...Read More | 04/07/2021 01:48 AM | |
| 33665 | Court Staff | View Details | Whoever made this judge miserable in his lifetime, he hasn't forgotten it and takes it out on everyone who comes before him. Quick tempered, bizarre, probably senile, and will lecture you on the record for four to five minutes if ...Read More | 02/18/2021 07:00 PM | |
| 28240 | Civil Litigation - Govt. | View Details | This guy is the absolute worst. Totally inconsistent, biased, prejudiced, temperamental, jumps to conclusions where he has no information, expertise or experience. Makes unfair predictions.He is so bad I think he must be senile, c...Read More | 09/28/2018 05:25 PM | |
| 25159 | Other | No Rating | Your decision on the homeless in Berkeley is really sad, take a look at what the homeless are doing to our major cities, many like myself do not go to San Francisco, Oakland or Berkeley ( I am a Berkeley grad. } anymore to the fil...Read More | 01/22/2018 07:54 PM | |
| 25146 | Litigant | No Rating | Has a community college teachers legal intellect worthy of ridicule and disdain. | 01/16/2018 03:12 PM | |
| 24441 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Judge Alsup is very bright, exceptionally hard-working, highly knowledgeable, and a trial attorney's judge, all of which are superb. My only significant complaint is that his rocket-docket is a forced death march into profession...Read More | 06/06/2017 05:24 AM | |
| 23588 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | This judge is the poster child for why federal judges should not be appointed for life. He is imperious and has no regard for litigants. His hearings are at 8:00 a.m. and because he does not permit telephonic appearances ("under...Read More | 06/24/2016 05:19 PM | |
| 23078 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | If you want a judge that follows the civil rules, makes proper exceptions when needed. And, what I like most, tell you how it is or how he sees things, then this is your man. He seems gruff, but if you have a good case and you sh...Read More | 10/19/2015 05:30 PM | |
| 20956 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Believes himself to be insightful, but often fails to understand basic legal issues. Can be nasty and petty when he feels challenged by counsel. His main concern is hurrying things along. | 08/10/2013 03:28 PM | |
| 20918 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | The other reviews of J. Alsup are far too generous. He is the worst kind of judge. He has no business being on the bench. He issues absurd rulings simply to punish counsel. He gets hung up on hypertechnical issues totally unre...Read More | 07/27/2013 04:41 PM | |
| 20842 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Assumes the worst of lawyers appearing in his courtroom. Vindictive and egotistical. | 06/27/2013 06:51 PM | |
| 20819 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | I find this judge unable to fairly observe the facts. Terribly temperamental, he tries to bully people in his courtroom, especially pro se litigants. This erratic behavior gets in the way of the process. He will retaliate when he ...Read More | 06/19/2013 02:59 PM | |
| 20180 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Alsup is a very hard worker, to be sure. He's very smart and will rule by the book, but he'll give you the impression he's ruling from his moral compass, which is part of his courtroom shtick. He can be terribly temperamental. ...Read More | 04/10/2013 02:01 PM | |
| 19689 | Other | No Rating | While I found him to have a bit of a hair trigger on procedural issues, lawyer preparation, etc; I did find him to be able to fairly observe the facts. By doing so he helped me avoid a trial since settlement was the only way the p...Read More | 03/06/2013 10:06 AM | |
| 19688 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Arbitrary, abusive, easily manipulated by accusations of attorney misconduct which he uncritically accepts. Consistently fails to demonstrate judicial balance in temperament or decision making. A disgrace to the federal bench. | 03/06/2013 09:55 AM | |
| 13843 | Litigant | No Rating | Flip flopper on his orders and will retaliate when he is angered by whatever he perceives as a problem. The erratic behavior gets in the way of the process and has a negative impact. It cost a lot of extra money to keep a case on ...Read More | 04/05/2012 08:20 PM | |
| 13222 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Appears to delight in torturing the attorneys that appear before him. A view shared by both sides of the bar. Rudeness and unnecessary disrespect is simply intolerable in a federal judge. He is obviously intelligent. Which rais...Read More | 11/27/2011 03:04 PM | |
| 13167 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Awful. Caused needless complication of a case that was ready to be settled. The worst kind of arbitrary and capricious judge. He should retire. | 11/16/2011 06:37 PM | |
| 12414 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | The worst kind of judge- an inflexible bureaucrat who is discourteous and inconsiderate towards counsel and who cares more for case administration and clearing his docket than he does working with the parties to secure a just and ...Read More | 06/09/2011 10:22 AM | |
| 10132 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Irascible, and cavalier with the law and facts. Egotistical and thin skinned. No professional respect for counsel who appear in his court, we're all a bunch of liars and fools. On the other hand, if your opposing counsel annoys ...Read More | 05/01/2010 01:10 PM | |
| 8872 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | May think he's smart, but he is woefully ignorant of simple financial and accounting issues. Forms a pre-conception of your case and then stops listening to anything you say, and starts getting testy when you try different angles ...Read More | 07/09/2009 08:04 PM | |
| 8717 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Nasty, nit-picker, on a power trip. | 05/28/2009 01:12 PM | |
| 8363 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Smart enough but has no respect for and overly suspicious of attorneys. Couldn't get along with attorneys when in private practice and now taking it out on all of us. Makes lawyers and clients jump through ridiculous procedural ...Read More | 03/09/2009 03:48 PM | |
| 7820 | Litigant | No Rating | Terrible, terrible judge. I agree with the other critical reviews. Totally intolerant of pro se litigants. Opinions are smart and well-written but he absurdly mis-cites both facts and law. Completely off the wall legally, and p...Read More | 01/18/2009 08:24 PM | |
| 6832 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | He's a Clinton appointee who used to clerk for William O. Douglas of the U.S. Supreme Court -- a guy known for torturing his law clerks for sport. No doubt that is where this sourpuss developed the relish for torturing everyone e...Read More | 09/26/2008 01:57 PM | |
| 6727 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Rude, insolent, a generally nasty fellow. Has never met a prosecutor he didn't like. The other comments are generally accurate. | 09/04/2008 01:10 AM | |
| 6065 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Unprofessionally peevish in demeanor. | 04/17/2008 12:36 AM | |
| 5879 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Brilliant, disarming, crafty, dangerous. A real character. I like Judge Allsup, but be careful... | 03/10/2008 06:55 PM | |
| 5585 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Plaintiff-oriented and anti-insurer in civil litigation; somewhat testy in demeanor. Very bright. | 01/21/2008 07:58 PM | |
| 2226 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | He's the smartest guy in the building. If you don't believe it, just ask him and he will confirm it himself. | 09/12/2006 03:05 PM |
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