California Supreme Court allows high-ranking justice to be removed from office FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 FILE-- Justice Jeffrey Johnson of the Second District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles. California’s judicial disciplinary agency has accused Johnson on Monday of sexually harassing and groping a fellow justice, harassing attorneys, court staff and a California Highway Patrol officer, and repeatedly appearing drunk in public.Judicial Branch of CaliforniaShow MoreShow Less 2of3California Court of Appeal Justice Jeffrey Johnsonn/a / California CourtsShow MoreShow Less 3of3 Jeffrey Johnson, a state appeals court justice who was found by a disciplinary agency to have sexually harassed attorneys, staff and a court colleague, lost his state Supreme Court appeal Wednesday and will become the highest-ranking California judge ever removed from office for misconduct.