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Feb. 19, 2013

Ellen C. DeShazer

Ellen C. DeShazer, recovering from cancer, says the illness affected her outlook as a judge

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Ellen C. DeShazer
Los Angeles County (Compton) Superior Court

By Blake Edwards

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - If Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ellen C. DeShazer's life were a novel, the breaks between chapters would be dramatic and distinct.

After 15 years on the bench, DeShazer was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011. She underwent chemotherapy and had surgery in January 2012.

"All of the things they tell you chemotherapy will do to you, it did to me," she said. "It kills t... (continued)

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