RIchard S. Whitney

called "the government guy" by local attorneys, both civil and criminal attorneys (including my current and past attorney) state Whitney rules in favor of government entities uniformly regardless of case content. In my case he signed a ridiculous proposed order approving a fake/non-existent contractor to work on a receivership remediation, and intentionally tied up the undertaking motion hearing indefinitely to allow the receiver to illegally sell a house in receivership already under appeal , stated false content routinely in his rulings and ordered defendant to pay for repairs for an accidental house fire instead of usage of hazard insurance benefits giving the receiver $180,000 lien against the property to do what the insurance would have done. . Poor performance,

Supposedly, a motion (1473.6 Motion to Vacate) that I filed (by mail from Illinois) was lost and erroneously not filestamped by the court clerks. This was November of 2017. I filed a second motion in February of 2018 before the 1-year statute of limitations because I could not get confirmation that my first motion was received and filed. The second motion was missing an important section -- I filed this motion at the last minute (I am not an attorney). Judge Whitney denied my second motion within 30 days (no hearing). In his denial, there was a footnote indicating that he was aware of the first motion and that it was received at or around November 20, 2017, but no action would be taken on that motion as the second motion was deemed as an amendment to the first motion. It took me until July of 2018 to find out that the court clerks did not filestamp by first motion with a date (that was why it was lost). So, how did Judge Whitney know on March 8, 2018, that my first motion was received at or around November 20, 2017, if the court clerks did not filestamp it with a date when it was received?

In my 20+ years as an attorney, I am sorry to say that dealing with Judge Whitney has been the most challenging and disappointing experience. Most of the time he simply continues cases, resulting in a overly busy calendar. He does not seem to care about compliance with Rules of the Court, legal precedent or statutory authority. You get tentative rulings that don't make sense legally or logically and then get cut off at oral argument because he has other matters pending. (Perhaps if he actually ruled rather then simply continue matters, the calendar would free up.) It is very disappointing to see that justice is not being carried out in this court room and litigants are forced to wait for years before they finally get to go to trial.

It is shocking that Whitney is still on the bench. He needs to be removed for public safety. If you have any information, please email me. Thank you.

Whitney is a bad representation of the judicial system. He notoriously allows fraudulent lawsuits to pass through his department. Very sad that he was elected by default as nobody ran against him.

POS for a judge!

Very poor and he should be reprimanded and disbarred immediately before he does more harm. He’s a crook & a convicted felon!

Hi, this site is wonderful. I am so glad I found it. I don't know why my review keeps getting deleted. I think its very important to warn people.I recently filed a judicial complaint against Judge Richard S. Whitney. I agree with the others. His behavior is deplorable, dangerous, and a disgrace to our judicial system. If you are the underdog up against a big entity, I would file a CCP 170.6 or 170.1 motion to disqualify/recuse, immediately.

Why is everyone wasting their time on here!? Paper them with the Commissioners on Judicial Performance!