John F. Walter

Had case against cvs pharmacy for racial profile wrongfuly accuse of theft in Santa Barbara case remove to la he dismiss case less than a month regarding his local rule, gave me little time to respond mail me, email cvs, the case was for $625 million. something smell very fishy, thing not adding up then charge me a sanction fee of $750.00 is this a joke !

Old incompetent judge who needs to stay home, consent to magistrate, is danger to the public, denies right to sue

The last comment is mine and i may have jumped the gun. I may not agree with whole process of law and how it is administered but what i said in my last comment may not be true. This guy could be very well an eccentric genius. I didnot realize until now that he is an x ray machine and is very sharp at picking stuff . He may have his way of doing things but this gentleman may be dont care play by rules and i am the King of my court and this attitude may very Well comes from solidly entrenched understanding of law procedure and system in Whole. I misread the judge . What a shane . My apologies . It was premature evaluation done too harshly.

Cases decided on merits of evidence.you must be kidding.35 pieces of hard evidence submitted but i doubt he ever looked at them. If i had shown those documents he will have bunch of questions for me to understand those documents but judge walter didnot had single question. He gives summary judgement hours before we were to go to mediation. There were other documents that were submitted 5 day earlier pertaining to msj. Judge walter gives msj decision around 230approx and those documents ge get docketed 15 mins later.never ruled on judicial notices i filed before msj decision. I wonder at the timing of his decision.i am a science graduate. To me evidence is everuthing. When i started the action i was under the false impression that judicial proceedings are some scientifically based process but to my amazement it is not .it is pseudo science.there is no scientific basis to it . If you look at the case there was no witness testimony from defendant .whatever defense attorney said amounts to be hearsay. My statement and evidence i gave is from first hand witness.so how does hearsay trump testimony of first hand witness.my consternation was overflowing the brims when judge agreed to defendants assertion that in order to show financial ruin i neeed to be literally homeless with no car ,no house and no family members to borrow from. You can see the apathy of judge when he said in his msj "for the reasons mentioned in defendants statement of decision msj is granted in defendants favor." Basically there was no explanation for his decision because his decision was premediated without any basis. Ge was clearly biased and this guy who is to act as refree fair aand just acts in most depreciating manner. He is very antagonist to self represented candidates and will goto lengths to punish them for knocking the door of justice . This is why he doesnot have any open hearing he hides for he knows he is bankrupt intellectually and cant face people ,see them in eyes anf justify hi

He gave me plenty of chances but I can the honorable judge is strict but fair.

I was unfortunately assigned this man for my case. Was talked into accepting a crap settlement by my attorney due to the "possibility" that this man may not even hear my case. Ridiculous that your fate can be left to a roll of the dice like that. He needs to go.

I am a civil defense lawyer. Practicing before Judge Walter is a nightmare. As anyone who has had a case with him knows all too well, he is obsessive about compliance with the Local Rules and his Scheduling/Standing Orders. If you violate any LR or anything in his 30-page orders, your motion will get denied, he will threaten you with several thousands of dollars in sanctions (he never follows through with that though), and may even dismiss your case. He does not care how trivial or inconsequential the violation may be. I have heard of him denying with prejudice complicated, dispositive motions because a party did not submit courtesy copies as he wants them (i.e., with oversized hole punches). He is that strict about his rules. If you draw him, try to consent to the magistrate. Your life will be far less stressful and your case will get decided on its merits instead of on some meaningless procedural technicality. If you are stuck with him, read his Scheduling and Standing Orders over and over and over. Make sure you comply with everything in them. Some pointers: He will deny your motion if you do not strictly comply with LR 7-2, so make sure you timely meet and confer before any motion and submit the M&C statement he requires. He will deny your motion if you do not submit a proposed statement of decision two days after the reply is due. He will deny your motion if you do not send compliant courtesy copies. He will strike any pre-trial filing that is not 100% perfect and exactly as he requires. He will deny your motion if you do not LODGE (email Word copy to chambers) a proposed order/decision. Do not plan on him granting any extensions, continuances, or modifications to the scheduling order. He will not do it, even if it's by stipulation. If he ever holds a hearing (he rarely does on motions), he will almost certainly berate you and grill you. As unpleasant as he makes it, he is very thorough (for the most part) and, if you comp

I’d love to rate him across categories but I never met the man, he having denied my case before it even got underway. He denied stipulations between counsel, made an unbelievably quick trial schedule and then granted an MTD that makes brand new law (even against sound precedent) by simply signing the defendant’s proposed statement of decision. Now, we take him in appeal, not because every one of our claims was great but because some of them should have survived the MTD, especially given the actual law on the subject.

In the hearing at sentencing he would not engage or listen to the defendants counsel, he interrupted him, would not listen to the counsel, and had made up his mind on the case prior to any statements from the attorney. The DOJ attorneys were in agreement with the defendants attorney. But the Judge would not listen. The defendant had an 80 year old mother who just had open heart surgery and the judge stated - she will live. This Judge is ruthless, over bearing, does not consider statements of any kind. Will not listen and just not judge fairly. He should not be serving on the bench.

Would it be too much to assert that he is the worst judge I have ever been in front of after decades of practice? It would not be. If you look at the reviews, there are only two types: Judge Walter is the absolute worst or he is fantastic. In comparing notes with civil and criminal colleagues, I was told that if you draw Judge Walter as a civil plaintiff or a criminal defendant, then you should dismiss your case or make an effort to be in front of another judge. There are many defendants who were forced to take a plea not because of the merits but because of his bias. On the other hand if you are a prosecutor or defending a civil case, then break out the champagne corks. To be fair, there are many federal judges that bring a bias to either side so any claims of bias are typically nothing new and should be taken with a grain of salt. This court, however brings an extreme application of bias. Judge Walter is a bully. He is mean-spirited. In addition to his well-known obsessive adherence to his own arcane rules (rules that are likely on the edge or do in fact violate due process) this reviewer asserts that this Court's obsession with his local rules present a disturbing likelihood that this man is no longer fit to be a judge. If one were to read all of his opinions, there is a clear pattern of abusing attorneys and litigants through "gotcha" procedures, imposing wholly unreasonable schedules on both sides of the bar. As a matter of fairness and equity, this Court reflects conduct that under the APA 's standards reflect true narcissistic if not borderline psychopathic behavior. The worst thing is that the Court appears to fashion itself as an intellectual giant. To the contrary, and as the Ninth Circuit has made so clear in reversal after reversal of the most petty attempts to punish a party or litigant, his opinions are the result not of an intellectual effort or even the most fundamental from of justice. AS a whole his opinions are of

He makes an order in violation of the law not a friend to Pro Per bad judge. Now in 9th circuit on an appeal.

He is unfit for a judge and he does not take any evidence and the previous ruling from the federal court. he should be disqualified. how to complaint a judge in the judicial system? He is not knowledgeable.

Judge Walters is generally a very hard working jurist who drafts detailed rulings, and is fairly even-handed in his litigation. With that being said, he is VERY particular about following his standing orders issued in the case to a "T," including requirements that parties meet and confer in person prior to filing any motions in the case. His temperament also is not the best for a federal judge. While I think he generally gets his rulings correct, practicing in his court is certainly not an enjoyable experience.

Judge Walter is unfit to be a judge. He is biased and will not let the facts or the law get in the way of his (predeterminated) decision. If you are unlucky to be in his courtroom, the best thing you can say is that at least he is not Manny Real.

This judge is prejudiced and ignorant. He refuses to admit bona fide evidence, and prejudges without listening to all of the evidence. He should not be a judge.

He is a horrible judge. His sentencing is harsh, he refuses to listen to all sides, he refuses to allow the testimony of licensed psychiatrists, and his sentencing is very disproportionate to the charges. He is very influenced by prestige and wealth. He is inflexible, intolerant and ignorant regarding underlying psychiatric illnesses. His sentences are harsher than those recommended by the prosecutors. He goes out of his way to be more punitive than he is required to be by law, to the point of prisoner abuse.

This judge is getting an excessively bad rap. In our case, he was extremely well-read and had obviously given a great deal of thought to the sentence. We didn't get quite what we were hoping for, but he was fair, and he explained his reasoning in a way that showed his grasp of the case and the issues. No one could reasonably call his sentence unfair in our case.

Judge Anderson and Judge Walter are half-brothers? I agree. First Judge Walter hijacked our criminal case from another judge, and refused to recuse himself as biased. He was, since he'd ruled against us on the Civil part of the same case. I appeared before both of them in this case. Mainly, after Judge Walter could not appear for a bail hearing, he assigned Judge Percy Anderson. It was clear why during that brief encounter, where Anderson sat with his back turned to us for the entire time?

Nasty, arbitrary, right-wing, former proseuctor, who should not be a judge.

One of the worst Judges I ever appeared before. Totally gutted the Plaintiff's case based on a complete ignorance of the law, notwithstanding that it was described in great detail to him in the Plaintiff's briefs. He would not even give the Defendant the stanbdard 30 day extension for responding to the complain claiming that there was no good cause. If you appear before him be warned, even if the law is on your side that will likely have nothing to do with how this judge rules.