Kenneth R. Yegan
CA · Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Six
Yegan is an associate justice in Division Six of California's Second District Court of Appeal. He previously served on Ventura County's municipal and superior courts and as a deputy public defender.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Won unanimous Commission on Judicial Appointments confirmation and was sworn in as an associate justice.
December 27, 1990
Source: latimes.com
Governor George Deukmejian appointed him to the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Six.
December 27, 1990
Source: ventura.courts.ca.gov
Governor George Deukmejian appointed him to the Ventura County Superior Court.
July 2, 1986
Source: ventura.courts.ca.gov
Governor Jerry Brown appointed him to the Ventura Municipal Court.
January 2, 1983
Source: ventura.courts.ca.gov
Track record — Impartiality
Impartiality · 1 favorable
Concurred in People v. SanMiguel but challenged the constitutionality of automatic reversal under the jury-selection statute.
October 8, 2024Favorable on Impartiality
Source: law.justia.com
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 30 favorable
Authored People v. Lara, reversing juvenile resentencing after a parole hearing mooted the functional-life-without-parole theory.
October 22, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Authored Egelston v. State Personnel Board, upholding a correctional officer's dismissal for assault, harassment, and dishonesty.
July 15, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Joined People v. Sinay, upholding victim restitution ordered decades after the original criminal sentence.
June 17, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Authored People v. Villagrana, affirming denial of murder resentencing based on the plea and firearm admissions.
January 21, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Concurred in People v. SanMiguel but challenged the constitutionality of automatic reversal under the jury-selection statute.
October 8, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Dissented in In re A.M. against retroactive relief from a juvenile murder conviction and gang special circumstance.
May 31, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Joined Balderas v. Fresh Start Harvesting, restoring an employee's representative PAGA labor claims.
April 18, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Concurred in Marriage of C.D. and G.D., concluding a noncustodial parent lacked standing to dictate schooling.
September 12, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Authored People v. Hodges, dismissing a decades-late sentence challenge because the trial court lacked jurisdiction.
June 2, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Authored Champlin/GEI Wind Holdings v. Avery, affirming judgment and imposing sanctions for a frivolous appeal.
June 2, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Concurred in People v. Arreguin under controlling precedent while criticizing the absence of harmless-error review.
March 9, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Authored People v. Yanaga, requiring firearm-enhancement reconsideration that accounted for post-sentencing prison conduct.
December 14, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Authored Hoffman v. Young, reviving negligence claims after broadening the express-invitation exception to recreational-use immunity.
October 30, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Authored Levine v. Berschneider, affirming sanctions and a State Bar referral for an attorney's lack of candor.
October 29, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Authored David v. Hernandez, ordering a new negligence trial after the court relied on an incorrect legal assumption.
May 22, 2014Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Authored County of Kern v. Jadwin, upholding fees after a county maintained a frivolous retaliation-driven False Claims Act case.
July 5, 2011Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Authored Cano v. Glover, requiring dismissal with prejudice and allowing fees after repeated failed pleadings.
September 25, 2006Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Authored In re Kinnamon, ordering appointment of counsel to investigate possible postconviction DNA testing.
October 11, 2005Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Dissented in Marriage of Brown and Yana, favoring deference to the trial court's denial of a noncustodial parent's hearing request.
December 20, 2004Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Authored People v. Duran, rejecting felony prosecution under a general attempt statute where a specific firearm-application law governed.
December 1, 2004Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Joined Taylor v. Lockheed Martin, applying federal-enclave law to bar most state wrongful-termination claims.
February 23, 2000Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Served as presiding special master in the judicial-discipline inquiry concerning Justice J. Anthony Kline.
December 1, 1998Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: cjp.ca.gov
Joined Green v. GTE California, sustaining discovery sanctions arising from counsel's improper videotaping conduct.
October 18, 1994Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Authored People v. Superior Court (Ramos), permitting indicated sentences in statutory career-criminal cases.
November 5, 1991Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Won unanimous Commission on Judicial Appointments confirmation and was sworn in as an associate justice.
December 27, 1990Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: latimes.com
Presided over criminal, civil, and family-law cases as a Ventura County trial judge.
July 2, 1986Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: ventura.courts.ca.gov
Served by assignment as a Second District Court of Appeal justice pro tempore.
January 1, 1986Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Practiced law privately in Thousand Oaks from 1982 through 1983.
January 1, 1982Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Worked as a judicial attorney for the Second District Court of Appeal from 1975 through 1982.
January 1, 1975Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Served as a Ventura County deputy public defender from 1972 through 1975.
January 1, 1972Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 6 records
Authored Egelston v. State Personnel Board, upholding a correctional officer's dismissal for assault, harassment, and dishonesty.
July 15, 2025
Source: law.justia.com
Authored Champlin/GEI Wind Holdings v. Avery, affirming judgment and imposing sanctions for a frivolous appeal.
June 2, 2023
Source: law.justia.com
Authored Levine v. Berschneider, affirming sanctions and a State Bar referral for an attorney's lack of candor.
October 29, 2020
Source: law.justia.com
Authored County of Kern v. Jadwin, upholding fees after a county maintained a frivolous retaliation-driven False Claims Act case.
July 5, 2011
Source: law.justia.com
Served as presiding special master in the judicial-discipline inquiry concerning Justice J. Anthony Kline.
December 1, 1998
Source: cjp.ca.gov
Joined Green v. GTE California, sustaining discovery sanctions arising from counsel's improper videotaping conduct.
October 18, 1994
Source: law.justia.com
Past race Kenneth R. Yegan ran in:
- Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Six: Shall Associate Justice KENNETH R. YEGAN be elected to the office for the term provided by law? · November 3, 2026 · California · incumbent