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Rafael Goyeneche

Rafael Goyeneche

Oct 15, 2026

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70:19
Mm-hmm.
70:19
And after we issued the report last year, we talked about how there was great disparity between the top of the court and the bottom of the court.
70:30
And there was one outlier, and that was Judge Daryl Derbigny.
70:34
And as a result of that report being issued, the Supreme Court initiated an investigation to try and figure out why his docket was three times the size of the most efficient co-- uh, judge in the building and twice the size of the court average.
70:56
He had over four hundred and fifty open cases.
70:59
And when the Supreme Court went to question him, he abruptly retired from the bench.
71:06
So, you know, what was happening was that he wasn't-- Uh, he was still a judge, a judge in name only.

9 MINS LATER

80:11
But would it be a fair characterization to say that the district attorney in this case, Jason Williams, has been, mm, a, a little bit all over the map?
5:14
Mm-hmm
5:14
... of that report being issued, the Supreme Court initiated an investigation to try and figure out why his docket was three times the size of the most efficient c- uh, judge in the building and twice the size of the court average.
5:35
He had over 450 open cases.
5:39
And when the Supreme Court went to question him, he abruptly retired from the bench.
5:46
So, you know, what was happening was that he wasn't-- Uh, he was still a judge, a judge in name only.
5:54
He was collecting a paycheck, but he wasn't doing any work.
5:57
And when he realized that the Supreme Court was onto what he was doing- He quietly resigned and retired as a result of that, and that would not have happened had we not issued that report last year.

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15:06
But would it be a fair characterization to say that the district attorney in this case, Jason Williams, has been, mm, a little bit all over the map?

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