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Bigotry hits the L.A. Superior Court election

By Jason Siegel

A reverend in Carson launched a write-in campaign for six Los Angeles Superior Court seats targeting Latino judges, claiming they would be easier to defeat that white judges, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Rev. Ronald Tan is specifically trying to find lawyers of a Filipino background, claiming that the similarities he perceives between the names of Latino and Filipino people would somehow help.

He was prompted to start the write-in campaign because he believes Los Angeles judges are ruling based on partisan ties rather than the law.

Tan has filed petitions on six judges, who don't know what to do as they wait to find out if anyone is running against them on June 3. He was assisted by William Johnson who is running for an open court seat against Superior Court Commissioner James Bianco, the Times reported.

The six judges are:

• Judge Juan Carlos Dominguez, Pomona North Courthouse
• Judge Hector Guzman, Torrance
• Judge Daniel S. Lopez, Pomona
• Judge Daniel P. Ramirez, Whittier
• Judge Jose Sandoval, the Foltz criminal courts building in downtown Los Angeles
• Judge Michael Villalobos, West Covina

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on March 28, 2008 (boomark / email).