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May 15, 2019

Insight Into Struggles

Even without her robe and bench, San Joaquin County’s Xapuri Villapudua is still judging.

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Insight Into Struggles

Xapuri Villapudua

San Joaquin County (Stockton)

Career Highlights: Appointed to the San Joaquin County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2007; deputy district attorney, San Joaquin County, 1996-07.

Law School: University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, 1995

San Joaquin County Superior Court
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STOCKTON — On certain weekdays, Judge Xapuri Villapudua doesn’t wear her robe nor does she head to court.

Instead, she commutes to a mental hospital in San Joaquin County to meet and interview people who have been committed that could pose a danger to themselves or the community because of mental illness.

Villapudua is tasked with determining whether the county could force patients to t... (continued)

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