Showdown over state auditor’s access to records on probes of state judges

At issue is whether the San Francisco-based Commission on Judicial Performance will have to release thousands of confidential judicial complaints and investigations as part of a first-ever audit of the 57-year-old agency.

“It’s not about the CJP being immune from an audit,” said Michael von Loewenfeldt, a lawyer representing the commission. “The auditor has no right to see these documents under the commission’s rule.” [Read Full Article]