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Sep. 20, 2010

Steven L. Monette

Commissioner Steven Monette of Pasadena keeps a calm atmosphere in his courtroom by focusing on things that lawyers can control.

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By Pat Alston

Daily Journal Staff Writer

PASADENA - Superior Court Commissioner Steven Monette spent a week at home earlier this month, but it was no vacation.

While other bench officers slept, Monette fielded calls from law-enforcement officers seeking emergency protective orders for victims of domestic violence. It kept him up most of the night.

"You don't get a lot of sleep," he said.

After nearly a dozen years on the ben... (continued)

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