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Mar. 13, 2023

Judge Melanie Bendorf notices patterns but doesn't make assumptions

Yuba County Judge Melanie Bendorf emphasizes individual circumstances in each case.

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Yuba County (Marysville)

Yuba County Judge Melanie K. Bendorf carefully attends to the outlines and patterns surrounding her, whether she is examining a court case, assembling a puzzle, or stitching together the squares for a quilt.

"I have the hobbies of someone from the 1850s," she said with a chuckle.

Bendorf said she prefers to create her own patterns when constructing a quilt. And while she finds some analogies with her... (continued)

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