A father is paying nearly $1,000 a week for court-ordered supervised visitation with his 4-year-old son, despite having no criminal record or history of domestic violence, while a political relationship between the judge and the mother’s attorney is at the heart of a judicial disqualification motion.
Michael Sternberg, a self-represented plaintiff, has had his federal civil rights case reopened by U.S. District Judge Andrew Gordon, challenging the abuse of process in a protracted California family court battle, while his attorney Marc Randazza has been accused of misconduct and judicial bias.
Two court observers were evicted from Judge Cindy Hendrickson’s courtroom in Santa Clara County Superior Court on February 7, 2025, after serving her a judicial disqualification motion alleging political bias and undisclosed conflicts of interest, while Hendrickson responded by downplaying her ties to WomenSV and failing to address her co-appointment with Ford to the county’s Domestic Violence Council.