Judge Diccia Pineda-Kirwin of Mineola NY; bully, repeat offender

The state of New York presented Diccia T. Pineda-Kirwan with a law license in 1988 after she graduated form the City College of New York in Queens School of Law.

The New York Judicial Commission found Judge Branagan guilty of engaging in the following misconduct, all of which took place while she was employed as a Justice of the Peace for the Chenango County Plymouth Town Court.

Diccia’s 1^st bite at the Judicial Misfit Apple Tree

• Failed to be patient and courteous with those she dealt with in her official capacity
• Threatened to adjourn a motion repeatedly unless the parties reached a stipulation which created the appearance that she was “denying the attorneys the right to have their motion promptly heard and adjudicated by the court

As a direct consequence of her misconduct, the cheerleaders for Judicial Misfits sitting on the Judicial Commission punished Diccia by gifting her with a complimentary caution.

Diccia’s 2^nd bite at the Judicial Misfit Apple Tree

• Repeatedly acted in a discourteous manner to several court employees and to attorneys in three different matters
• Diccia’s pattern of intemperate and abusive behavior was improper and severely undermined confidence in the judiciary
• On three occasions Diccia yelled at counsel who were appearing before her
• In one instance, Diccia told the parties to enter into a stipulation and when one attorney indicated that there was nothing to which he could stipulate, she yelled at him, “Get out of my courtroom. Get out. Get out.”
• Diccia continued to yell at the attorney while he gathered his things and left the courtroom
• Failed to cooperate with other judges and court officials in the administration of court business
• In contravention of OCA policy, Diccia refused to return her old laptop after receiving a new one and yelled at the court’s technical manager who tried to arrange for the return of the old laptop
• In another instance, after a motion that she had inappropriately referred to
• another judge was returned to her, Diccia insisted to the administrative judge’s law clerk in a raised voice that she would not decide the motion
• Diccia repeatedly yelled at court personnel
• Diccia demeaned court employees including her confidential secretary, a principal law clerk and an
• administrative aide
• In one instance, Diccia repeatedly screamed at a courthouse facility supervisor, “You treat me like shit.” Diccia admitted that she frequently yelled at her former confidential secretary and treated her in a condescending and discourteous manner
• Failed to act in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity of the judiciary
• Diccia admitted that on more than ten separate occasions she was discourteous to court personnel and to attorneys who appeared before her

As a direct consequence of her misconduct, the cheerleaders for Judicial Misfits sitting on the Judicial Commission punished Diccia by gifting her with a complimentary censure.

As we speak (ca. August 2020), Diccia continues to sit at a Supreme Court Justice for the 11^th Judicial District, Queens County in Mineola, New York.