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Carrozzo, a judge of the Santa Barbara County Superior Court from June 2014 to the present:  \nPreliminary investigation pursuant to Rules of the Commission on Judicial Performance, rules 109 and 111, having been made, the Commission on Judicial Performance has concluded that formal proceedings should be instituted to inquire into the charges specified against you herein.  \nBy the following allegations, you are charged with willful misconduct in office, conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice that brings the judicial office into disrepute, and improper action, within the meaning of article VI, section 18 of the California Constitution, which provides for the removal, censure, public admonishment, or private admonishment of a judge or former judge.  \nCOUNT ONE  \nIn 2017 and 2018, you served as the Assistant Presiding Judge of the Santa Barbara County Superior Court. In 2019 and 2020, you served as the  \nPresiding Judge of the Santa Barbara County Superior Court. During those years, Sara Eklund – who was known during some of that timeframe by her married name,“Sara Romero” – was one of two judicial secretaries assisting the criminal judges in the South County division of the court.  \nMs. Eklund was originally hired by the court in 2016, and she remained a judicial secretary until approximately April 2022. Until approximately July 2020, the court’s telephone list identified Ms. Eklund as your assigned judicial secretary.  \nIn 2018, 2019, and 2020, you engaged in the unauthorized practice of law, as detailed herein.  \nA. On or about October 19, 2018, Ms. Eklund was involved in a traffic accident in Santa Barbara County. Ms. Eklund subsequently sought to obtain reimbursement from the other driver’s insurance companies: Alliance United (now, Kemper Auto) and The Rawlings Group.  \nOn October 26, 2018, while you were serving as Assistant Presiding Judge of the Santa Barbara County Superior Court, you used your court email account to send an email to Ms. Eklund’s court email account. 1 Your email to Ms. Eklund provided draft language for Ms. Eklund to send to the insurance company. You composed and provided the draft language for Ms. Eklund’s use and benefit. The draft language was styled as if from Ms. Eklund to the insurance company and acknowledged that Ms. Eklund spoke with the insurance company, expressed gratitude that the unnamed addressee at the insurance company would be handling the claim, and inquired whether the insured party had contacted the insurance company.  \nOn October 31, 2018, you sent Ms. Eklund an email containing four draft messages for Ms. Eklund to send to the insurance company on four  \n1 In this Notice of Formal Proceedings, all references to emails between you and Ms. Eklund refer to emails that were sent to or from your respective official superior court email accounts.  \nspecific, future dates. You composed and provided all four messages for Ms. Eklund’s use and benefit. The messages were styled as if from  \nMs. Eklund to the insurance company. Language included in the third message you prepared for Ms. Eklund stated: “I do not want to retain counsel to handle this matter. However, if you do not respond to settle this claim within 48 hours I will pursue all my legal options.” The fourth message you prepared for Ms. Eklund cited case law and statutory authority, highlighted the insurance company’s potential legal liabilities, and demanded “repair of [her] vehicle, reimbursement of medical expenses in the amount of $240 for 4 massage treatment[s]([$]60 per treatment) and $800 in pain and suffering.”  \nIn your October 31, 2018 email to Ms. Eklund, you advised her that, if the other driver’s insurance company did not respond to any of the four messages, Ms. Eklund could file a claim with her own insurance company, hire an at","cbCaiaiSkUuVo5rQ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaiSkUuVo5rQ","pdf",1075464,41,"English","# Notice of Formal Proceedings\n## Parties and procedural basis\n## Allegations and legal meaning\n## Count One and service history\n## Unauthorized practice of law allegations (2018-2020)","[{\"question\":\"Who is named in the notice, and what court did they serve?\",\"answer\":\"The notice is directed to Michael J. 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