Judge Robert Coates of San Diego; scofflaw; moron, Il Duce Wannabee

The California Judicial Commission charged Judge Robert Coates with lending the prestige of his judicial office (What prestige are these fools referring too?) to further his own selfish personal interests. Examples of Judge Robert Coates engaging in said judicial misconduct are as follows:

• Wrote a special request to the VP of Wells Fargo Bank on official court stationary seeking to secure a personal line of credit 
• Wrote a letter to the San Diego City Treasurer on official court stationary complaining about a parking ticket he had received
• Wrote a letter to the service manager of a local automobile dealership complaining about an undelivered brush guard he had ordered on official court stationary
• Wrote a letter to the “Arm Loan Coordinator” of a mortgage company protesting an increase on his loan interest rate; however, this letter wasn’t on court stationary but Judge Robert Coates listed the court’s address, phone number and designated himself as a moron, I’m sorry I mean Judge
• Wrote a letter to Judy Lind at the San Diego Book Awards Association, attaching an entry form entering Judge Robert Coates’ entry form, which was prepared on official court stationary

It would be pretty obvious to any casual observer, which would include your run-of-the-mill Judicial Misfit that, Judge Robert Coates went to great lengths to impress upon those he communicated with that he was in fact a “judge” and was entitled to special consideration.

• Judge Robert Coates’ letters to a radio network criticizing or commending its reporters
• Personal lists of friends, etc.
• Judge Robert Coates’ copies of poems, which should have included: Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the biggest crook of them all? … Well, it’s you Judge Robert Coates!
• Judge Robert Coates’ letter to a local high school concerning varsity/alumni baseball game
• Judge Robert Coates’ letters to President Clinton re: matters such as the federal job economy and the state of the US Park Service 

The Judicial Commission went on to say that Judge Robert Coates engaged in a pattern of conduct toward court staff and persons appearing before him were victims of being impatient, undignified, and discourteous. Examples of Judge Coates’ deplorable conduct are as follows:

• Judge Robert Coates telephoned a court administrator to ask why information he demanded be forwarded to a California State assemblyman had not been sent. When the administrator explained to Judge Robert Coates that it wasn’t sent because it should have not been done until a meeting with the presiding judge and the court’s legislative committee had taken place, Judge Robert Coates yelled at the administrator and said, “Goddamit, you were supposed to get that legislation introduced. I gave you a direct order. I’m a judge”! No you’re not Il Duce, you’re a certified moron!
• Judge Robert Coates said “Judge [name omitted to protect the innocent] and I are going to campaign against you, to bring you down to size. You disregarded the order of a judge. How dare you?”
• Judge Robert Coates also said to the administrator, “You haven’t done a goddamned thing for this court and cannot analyze legislation. I’m going to get this in your personnel file.”
• Judge Robert Coates went on to tell the administrator, “I am a committee member and a judge [No you’re not, you’re a certified asshole, that’s what your are!] and you’ve just destroyed my credibility [Give me a break, this Moron claims he has credibility?]. Let me tell you what another judge said to me about you. You are a piece of shit.” (Mirror, mirror on the wall…).