Opinion ID: 1919235
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Judge Green's Response to the Petition.

Text: ¶ 25. In addition to her response to the show-cause order, Judge Green filed a response to the Petition for Writ of Mandamus. Therein, she made the following statement: Trial judges of a not-traditional gender and/or hue are not always well received by attorneys who prefer more traditional jurists. Many attorneys take offense at having to appear before or be subjected to rulings or instructions of the cout (sic). However, I have never had a situation where an attorney intentionally misrepresented the court's conduct to an appellate court in an attempt to malign the court's character and integrity. Any and all responses by the court, the petitioning attorney, or any attorney for that matter, are directly responsible (sic) to the attorney's conduct, misconduct or failures. ¶ 26. Judge Green then implores us to read the full transcript submitted by the petitioners in the context of pretrial hearings that petitioners chose not to request court reporters. She asks us to consider the motives or lack of motive of the judge, as well as those of the Petitioners. She further characterizes Robinson's averments as false allegations and efforts at intimidation, harassment and retaliation against the court. She states that the claims are without merit, are frivolous, and should be dismissed. She accuses Robinson of evasiveness in response to the court's inquiry. She claims to be frustrated at Robinson's tactics and misrepresentations to the court. She accuses him of using questionable tactics in manufacturing a case for recusal by the court, and in soliciting or entertaining unfounded allegations. ¶ 27. Other than these broad-brush, unsupported attacks on Robinson, Judge Green does not respond to the specific issues raised by Robinson. Nor does she direct us to a single instance of false allegations, intimidation, or evasiveness. If such conduct occurred, there is no suggestion of it in the record presented to us.