Bush Judge William Shubb contradicts all medical, mental health groups, says new CA law protecting minors from antigay 'conversion therapy' is based on 'questionable and scientifically incomplete studies'

Judge Shubb in nonseersucker attire

Shubb was nominated by George Bush on August 3, 1990, to a seat vacated by Raul A. Ramirez and subsequently confirmed by the Senate. Two months ago, Shubb, saddened by the cancellation of the California Senate's annual Seesucker Thursday, organized a seersucker social Thursday at Sacremento ice cream parlor Vic's. A senate majority felt "it would be politically unwise to be seen doing something frivolous when there's so much conflict over major issues." "It's sad," said Shubb, "I fail to see their reasoning."
     In 2006, Shubb got annoyed at repeated interruptions by cell phones during a complicated tax case. Here's what happened next:

     “You have to imagine this little guy, all red in the face, his robes just flying in the wind,” one witness explained. Shubb reportedly stormed through the courtroom, repeating, “Whose cell phone is that? Whose cell phone is that?”
     “Then, she just sort of meekly raised her hand,” one attorney continued. The judge demanded the woman hand the phone over. She did. Then, according to witnesses, he flung open the courtroom doors and chucked the phone down the hall. “I didn’t throw it; I tossed it,” Shubb said in his defense. “I just wanted it gone.”
     When he returned to the bench, he ordered marshals to collect every cell phone in the courtroom.
     ...Judge Shubb has a reputation among attorneys for being a very intelligent but extremely short-tempered man. One attorney called Shubbs “a nutcase.” Another chalked up Shubb’s outburst to “federalitis,” noting that powerful federal judges like Shubb become “insulated from normal social interaction.”