California Central District Judge John Holcomb threw out attorney Gregory Richardson’s case to investigate a Riverside judicial officer April 8.
Richardson filed his federal petition Sept. 29, 2022, asking for the California Commission on Judicial Performance to review the appointment of Martha Bellinger to handle his divorce case in Riverside Superior Court.
Bellinger was a Los Angeles County judge until 2011. Holcomb describes Bellinger as an arbitrator, while Richardson said she was a temporary judge.
“The federal judges deem Bellinger to be an ‘arbitrator’ instead of a ‘temporary judge’, but no judge in any court has the authority to change the minimum constitutional requirements for
