Paul X. Escandon
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Paul X. Escandon is a judge on the Vicinage 9 Superior Court in New Jersey.[1] He was appointed by Governor Jon Corzine in 2009 and was reappointed in 2016.[2] He was transferred from the Family Division to the Civil Division in January 2013.[3] As of November 2019, Escandon served in the Criminal Division.[4]
Education
Escandon received his bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland, and his J.D. from Suffolk University.[5]
Noteworthy events
Bias accusations
A group of women who had appeared before Escandon as parties in divorce cases during the time he was on the Family Division accused the judge of bias against them. More than 40 protestors gathered in front of the Monmouth County Courthouse in Freehold Borough on September 24, 2012.[6] The demonstrators said Escandon had repeatedly made decisions in favor of male litigants in many divorce cases in Monmouth County.[7]
Four complaints were filed with the New Jersey Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct by women who said that he had ruled unfairly in divorce proceedings. The committee took no action on three of the complaints and sent a private letter of reprimand to Escandon regarding the fourth.[8]
Several of the women who accused Escandon of bias testified in his reappointment hearings in spring 2016.[8]
Noteworthy cases
Trial of John Ozbilgen
Escandon presided over the case of John Ozbilgen, who was arrested and charged with a single count of child pornography on November 8, 2019.[9] Ozbilgen had been named as a person of interest in the disappearance of his girlfriend Stephanie Parze, who was last seen on October 30, 2019. Judge Escandon ordered Ozbilgen's release pending trial on November 19.[10] Ozbilgen was found dead on November 22, 2019. The coroner's report listed his cause of death as suicide by hanging.[11] Parze's body was found on January 26, 2020.[12]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ New Jersey Courts, "Monmouth Vicinage Directory of Judges," accessed May 13, 2014
- ↑ Asbury Park Press, "Escandon approved to lifetime judgeship," June 23, 2016
- ↑ New Jersey Courts, "Judges' biographies," December 2, 2013
- ↑ New Jersey Courts, "Judges Contact Directory -- Monmouth County," accessed November 27, 2019
- ↑ Martindale.com, "Paul Xavier Escandon Profile," accessed December 20, 2013
- ↑ NJ.com, "Monmouth women protest judge's divorce decisions, call for removal," September 25, 2012
- ↑ nj.com, "Calls to remove Monmouth Superior Court judge continue," December 3, 2012
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Asbury Park Press, "Escandon reappointment sparks controversy," June 20, 2016
- ↑ Heavy.com, "John Ozbilgen Dead: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know," November 22, 2019
- ↑ News 12 New Jersey, "Prosecutor: Ex-boyfriend of missing woman sent profanity-laced texts on night she disappeared," November 19, 2019
- ↑ [https://www.app.com/story/news/crime/jersey-mayhem/2019/11/22/stephanie-parze-ex-boyfriend-john-ozbilgen-found-dead/4269597002/ Asbury Park Press, " Stephanie Parze: One-time boyfriend of missing Freehold woman found dead," November 22, 2019]
- ↑ CNN, "Body of Stephanie Parze found in New Jersey woods, now-deceased man responsible for her murder, authorities say," January 27, 2020
Federal courts:
Third Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of New Jersey • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of New Jersey
State courts:
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State resources:
Courts in New Jersey • New Jersey judicial elections • Judicial selection in New Jersey