Mar. 25, 2026
A former Orange County judge was publicly censured and banned from the bench
Israel Claustro resigned the court in January and pleaded guilty to defrauding a state workers' compensation trust fund.
The Commission on Judicial Performance publicly censured former Orange County Superior Court judge Israel Claustro and permanently barred him from future judicial office following his guilty plea to felony mail fraud tied to conduct predating his time on the bench.
The commission approved the stipulated discipline March 18 and issued its formal decision Monday, prohibiting Claustro from serving as a judicial officer in California after his January plea to defrauding a state worker...
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