SANTA ANA, Calif.—An Orange County Superior Court judge has signed off on at least 19 search warrants while working remotely in Canada, a violation of a rule requiring that such documents be approved while a judge is in the county, authorities revealed Aug. 3.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys were alerted Wednesday morning of the rule violation in May by Orange County Superior Court Judge Nicholas Thompson, who was working an overnight shift for the county’s night court operations, said Jeff Wertheimer, the general counsel for the Orange County Superior Court system.
