Jahanshahi

FACTS

Code of Civil Procedure section 1085 provides a mechanism for an individual to seek an order compelling a public entity to perform a legal and ministerial duty. (Code Civ. Proc., § 1085, subd. (a); Schmid v. City and County of San Francisco (2021) 60 Cal.App.5th 470, 484–485.) Jahanshahi filed such a petition alleging that on “several occasions [he] filed a complaint

2 with the CJP” claiming that certain judges were “partial, biased, prejudiced, and [did] not follow[] [the] rule of the law against [him].” According to Jahanshahi’s third amended petition, the operative petition, he “provided CJP with ample, undisputable evidence of [the judges’] misconduct . . . .” However, the CJP summarily denied each complaint. Per CJP rules, Jahanshahi could not appeal the denials. Jahanshahi asked the trial court to order the CJP to “properly and adequately investigate the filed complaint[s]” and to hold that the CJP rules are unconstitutional. Specifically, Jahanshahi alleged it was unconstitutional for the CJP to permit a judge to appeal an adverse ruling but not a complainant. He alleged “there is no rule in CJP for the complain[ant] to seek review of denial of his or her complaint,…