udge Mark Goorvitch presides in the Writs and Receivers Department of the Los Angeles Superior Court. His courtroom is responsible for reviewing urgent and extraordinary relief applications, including ex parte motions and petitions for writs of mandate. Despite this mandate, serious concerns have arisen regarding Judge Goorvitch’s conduct in a civil rights case involving a self-represented litigant.

In one instance, Judge Goorvitch dismissed an ex parte application without a hearing, and issued a ruling just one day before the motion was officially due, following what appeared to be an unauthorized ex parte communication from defense counsel. His ruling provided no legal basis and deprived the plaintiff of a meaningful opportunity to be heard, violating fundamental principles of due process.

These actions are now included in a broader set of complaints alleging a coordinated effort to undermine judicial neutrality in favor of powerful defendants. Judge Goorvitch’s handling of this matter is now part of a formal record submitted to judicial oversight bodies and included in an expanding civil rights investigation.