California Judges Lose Disqualification Bid in Age Bias Case

Retired judges who allege they were discriminated against in a temporary assignment program on the basis of age lost another bid to disqualify a jurist based on his spouse’s job as a member of the Judicial Council.

That San Francisco Superior Court Judge Joseph M. Quinn is married to Administrative Presiding Justice Jim Humes, who sat on the council when the rule imposing a 1,320-day lifetime limit on service in the program, “without more, does not require recusal,” Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Eric S. Geffon said in a Wednesday ruling. “Here there are no facts beyond Justices ...