But the state’s Commission on Judicial Performance says the 56-year-old man is going about it the wrong way — a way that allows him to keep his former judge’s salary a while longer — and the CJP has gone to the California Supreme Court to oppose him.
Couwenberg’s petition, filed with the Supreme Court on Nov. 13, makes clear that the ex-judge — who served four years on the bench until leaving in September — isn’t challenging his removal by the CJP, but simply wants to expedite the procedure for getting his law license back.
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