Carrie A. Zepeda

I was the defendant in a recent small claims case in which the claimant said she lost $200/day for 60 days totaling $12k in daily delay penalties. At the hearing she showed no evidence that she lost any money. Judge Zepeda did not dismiss the case, instead she made me come back 2 additional times while the plans went through permitting. At the last hearing, after the work was completed, she coached the claimant to make a new claim that she lost rent. The judge encouraged the claimant to find evidence of similar rents during the hearing on her phone. This evidence was not exchanged before the hearing as required by law. In the end I lost the case. Judge Zepeda did not follow the law and was biased from the beginning . Beware.

I’m a retired court employee. I was in Zepeda’s court often but never as a litigant or party to a case. I believe she is a very nice and pleasant person who has issues with women or against women. I feel like most Judges will have decisions we will disagree with with but Zepeda appears to have numerous ones in which many court employees would question… for bias against women, the poor, and the self represented. But mostly mom’s. She tries hard to settle cases but could take safety into consideration more in doing so. This is the only judge in my 20 years with the court I’ve commented on. I felt compelled to say something and hope that she will watch for this bias in the future.

judge listen everything and asked questions, very professionally explained her order.

Highly biased to Men. [Redacted by Ed.] Takes notes when male attorneys speak. Derides female counsel. Zeppeda was instrumental in the killing of a young Hispanic plumber and Zeppeda was ruthless in causing his death at the hands of Kaiser. Extremely Dumb thinka doctors are infallible. Does not let court reporter appear.

Lack of attention to court procedures clearly stated on the court website. Biased against women and favors ruling for the male party. She does not read the pleadings, and makes up rules. No point in paying for an attorney except for one that will spew any garbage out. She made up her mind before she even heard the case. Her orders are overly broad inappropriate and poorly thought out. She is a wild card and attorney's who will take any meritless cases love to be in her court room cause they have good chance to win. Court orders violates first amendment rights, are overly broad and extreme. Bases decisions on personal experience/bias/what she feels/rather than the law. Does not allow ample time to present or cross examine since her mind is made up upon entering the court room. Very disorganized. Rude. All over the place. Incompetent and should be removed from the bench. Agree with every low rating, especially Comment #: CA18774, Comment #: CA30853, and, Comment #: CA19213.

This judge granted a TRO against me and then threw it out months later because it was filed by a person who wasn’t allowed to file it. I filed for attorneys fees based off of that expense and she chose to just close it and disregard any damages she caused by granting it in the first place. Just another example of how absolutely worthless our judiciary is here in silicon valley. She is a joke but nobody is laughing. Avoid her but good luck because Judge Pegg is equally bad or worse.

Watch out for this judge! She makes up her own rules as she goes. During our trial she made the rule that we were not allowed to discuss our divorce in any way as evidence because it has nothing to do with the case. Yet, she allowed for my ex to have his divorce lawyer testify that he overpaid me alimony? With her, your best bet is to play victim. Any smart ass comment (which I ignorantly did), and she will have it out for you.

This woman had absolute disdain for me prior to even hearing me speak. She encouraged my accuser to continue with her lies against me when she thought to dispose the case because she could not fight the evidence my lawyer was to bring forth. This woman is a danger to men who are victims of abuse by the court system. The case was eventually disposed, no thanks to this evil woman. She will ruin lives if continued to go unchecked. She should be removed for her clear bias towards defendants, particularly men. She even suggested I was intimidating or coercing my accuser to drop the case. She is a vile human.