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Jul. 26, 2011

Hugh Walker

Plain-talking Judge Hugh Walker is open about his tough sentences and sexual-orientation.

Read more about Hugh A. Walker...

By Emily Green

Daily Journal Staff Writer

PLEASANTON - Judge Hugh Walker is a man of surprises. "Unique" is how he puts it.

He's a straight-talking, law-and-order kind of judge. He drives a Harley-Davidson motorcycle most days, wears pressed black jeans and cowboy boots to work, lives on a cattle ranch and likes to spend time with his three children and five grandchildren.

He's also married to a man, a landscape architect who sp... (continued)

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