Cal. Rules of Court, rule 9.61 · Division 5. Censure, Removal, Retirement, or Private or Public Admonishment of Judges
Proceedings involving private or public admonishment, censure, removal, retirement, or disqualification of a judge of the Supreme Court
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
(a) Selection of appellate tribunal
Immediately on the filing of a petition to review a determination by the Commission on Judicial Performance to retire, remove, censure, admonish, or disqualify a justice of the Supreme Court, the Clerk of the Supreme Court must select, by lot, seven Court of Appeal justices who must elect one of their number presiding justice and perform the duties of the tribunal created under article VI, section 18(f) of the Constitution. This selection must be made upon notice to the Commission, the justice, and the counsel of record in a proceeding open to the public. No court of appeal justice who has served as a master or a member of the Commission in the particular proceeding or is otherwise disqualified may serve on the tribunal.
(b) Clerk of Supreme Court as clerk of tribunal
The Clerk of the Supreme Court serves as the clerk of the tribunal.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
(Subd (a) amended effective January 1, 2007; previously amended effective December 1, 1996.)
(Subd (b) amended effective January 1, 2007.)
Rule 9.61 amended effective January 1, 2019; adopted as rule 921 effective November 13, 1976; previously amended and renumbered as rule 936 effective December 1, 1996, and as rule 9.61 effective January 1, 2007.
Division 6, Judicial Ethics Opinions, adopted effective July 1, 2009.
Source of truth
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- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/nine/rule9_61
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