Redwood City – The County of San Mateo, including its attorneys, did not post confidential court records related to the removal of Sheriff Christina Corpus on the San Mateo County Superior Court website. These records were publicly filed by counsel representing the sheriff.
Up to this point, the sheriff has asserted that documents related to the removal proceedings against her under Section 412.5 of the San Mateo County Charter are confidential. Given that claim, the County has, to date, not released these documents, which include the notice of intent to remove the sheriff, which documents an independent investigation by the law firm Keker, Van Nest & Peters; exhibits related to the notice of intent; a transcript of the pre-decisional conference before Chief Probation Officer John Keene; and, Chief Keene’s recommendation to proceed with the sheriff’s removal.
Last Friday, June 27, 2025, the sheriff’s attorneys appeared in San Mateo County Superior Court with an application for a restraining order to stop the removal process authorized under the County Charter. The sheriff’s application was denied. In connection with that proceeding, attorneys for both parties submitted to the court documents that they requested be included in the record of the proceeding. Given the sheriff’s prior assertions of confidentiality with respect to removal proceeding records, the County’s attorneys submitted, under seal, certain documents related to the removal proceedings.
The sheriff’s attorneys, from the Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney law firm, submitted to the court documents related to the removal process, including the notice of intent to remove the sheriff, supporting exhibits, and the transcript of the pre-decisional conference before Chief Keene. They did not, however, file these documents under seal and therefore, they were publicly posted on the Superior Court’s website. Neither the County nor its attorneys were involved in the filing of these documents nor their posting by the court.
Effie Milionis Verducci (she/her)
Interim Director, Strategic Communications
San Mateo County Executive’s Office
650-407-4915 C
everducci@smcgov.org