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In 1551, as a superier ceurt judge, current 3rd [listrict Justice

dance Raye partnered with cbntrbyersial family ceurt
dutlge Peter J. Mclirien and atterneys frem the Sacraments
Ebt|n1."y Ear iitssbciatibn Family Law Eectibn in estaiblishing
the current, dysfunctienal Sacramentb lFamily Eburt system,
accbrding te the swbrn testimbny bf llyllcrien at hie EEIEJ5
judicial miscenduct trial befere the Ebmimissibn bn Judi-cial
PerfbrmanceElehind clesed deers and under bath, the judge prbyided
er-rplicit details abeut the l55l erigins efthe present-day
family ceurt structure- The public cburt system was built [.CI the
specicatiens bf pbyate-sectbr atterneys frbm the SEEA
Family Law 5ectibn Family Law E:-tecutiye lI'.Ibmmittsele,
acccrding te McElrien's testimeny. Tc wew l'llcEtrien's detailed
descriptien efthe cellusiye public-priyate cbllaberaticn, pasted
enline e:=-tclusiyely by SFEH, click here. Te wewthe same,
current day cellusien, clicli here- The l55l restructuring plan
began with a read trip suggested by the family law bar:
"[l]'he family law bar; and it was a fairly strbng bar
here in Sacramentb, initiated the cbncept bf a trip tb
Urange Ebunty and San [liegb Ebunty tb piclr up
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sbme ideas abbut hbw their cburts were structured.
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And myself and Judge Hidgeway and twb family law
attbrneys made that trip and caime baclr with iraribus ideas bf hbw tb restructure the system,"
lttlcEIrien teld the E-.|F'. Click here te yiew.
Elut befcre his swcrn EEIEI5 EJP testimcny, lylcEIrien gaye the public a different accbunt cfthe read trip and whc
restructured the family cburt system in l55l- its repbrtetl by the Daily Jbtrrnal legal newspaper
l'u'lcEIrien dishenestly implied that the system was cenceiyed and implemented byjudges alene after they made a
ceunty-paid "statewide teur" effamily law ceurts- Thejudge emitted frem the stery the fact that the trip was initiate
by the family law bar, and included twe priyate-secter family law atterneys whe teel-=: the cbunty-paid trip with
f'u'ltIElfll5f| and the late Judge William Ridgeway"ll'b'l_IcBrien and a few bther Sacramentb judges went bn a statewide tbur bf family law cburts.
At the time, there were cbntinual pbstpbnements bf trials. This is hbw we came up with the
system tbday, l|llcE!trien said. ft was the best trip Sacramentb Ebunty ever paid fbr.' The _iudges
changed the lbcal system sb that family law judges presided birer bbth law and mbtibn matters
and trials..." the [laily Jburnal repbrted. Elicli here te wew.
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