Chodosh

I. BACKGROUND

A. The Parties and Other Relevant Persons Chodosh was a resident or owner of property in a senior-owned mobile home park. Prior to bringing the present action, Chodosh was one of several plaintiffs involved in litigation concerning the mobile home park in Orange County Superior Court.1 The Honorable Robert J. Moss, Judge of the Orange County Superior Court, was assigned to the case.2 The Commission is an independent body within California’s Judicial Branch, with constitutional authority to retire, remove, censure, or admonish a judge, and to disqualify a judge during the pendency of formal proceedings, subject to review by the California Supreme Court. (Cal. Const., art. VI, §§ 8, 18, subd. (d).) The Commission is authorized to “investigate complaints of judicial misconduct and other conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice, to file formal charges, to hold adjudicative hearings and make findings, to order less serious discipline on its own authority, and to recommend the imposition of more serious discipline—including removal from office—” by the California Supreme Court. (Adams v. Commission on Judicial Performance (1994) 8 Cal.4th 630, 637…