Judge Manley is a Superior Court Judge in Santa Clara County and has served as a Judge for over 30 years.
He presently serves as the Supervising Judge of all Felony and Misdemeanor mental health and drug cases in
the Criminal Division of the Court.
He developed and personally presides over a number of Treatment Court programs and calendars that include
more than 2,000 offenders who participate in treatment and rehabilitation services while on Probation, or
Parole, or have been found incompetent to stand trial, or are mentally ill, mentally challenged, and substance
abusers.
He established one of the first Mental Health Courts in the Nation in 1998, one of the first Veterans Treatment
Courts in 2012 as well as the first Parolee Reentry Court in California. The Mental Health Treatment Court and
Veterans Treatment Court are two of the largest in the Nation and includes mental health treatment and services
in the Courthouse, the community and through the Veterans Administration.
By appointment of the Chief Justice, he serves on the California Council on Criminal Justice and Behavioral
Health that is responsible for making recommendations to the Governor and Legislature on Mental Health
Criminal Justice Policy. He also served on the Mental Health Task Force of the California Judicial Council that
drafted recommendations for policy change, chairing the Committee that made the recommendations relating to
criminal justice.
He is the Chair of the Collaborative Justice Advisory Committee to the Judicial Council subcommittee on
Mental Health issues. He also served as the Co-Chair with a Member of the Board of Supervisors of Santa Clara
County on the Jail Diversion and Alternatives to Incarceration Committee that has made recommendations that
are now funded by the County Board of Supervisors to increase community mental health treatment alternatives
for offenders, establish restoration facilities, and implement diversion programs for mentally ill offenders from
the jail and the criminal justice system.
He has served on the faculty of the California Judicial College, and other judicial education programs
throughout the State and Nation and teaches as well as makes presentations on Mental Illness, Substance Abuse,
Veterans Treatment Courts, and the expansion of Collaborative Justice.
In 2008, he received the Chief Justice’s Award for Exemplary Service and Leadership. In 2012
he received the Leadership in Justice for Children and Families award from Chief Justice Tani
Cantil-Sakauye, and in June, 2013, the Jacob K. Javits National Public Service Award from the
American Psychiatric Association for his commitment to reducing stigma and improving the lives
of persons with mental illness in the Justice System.
He is a graduate of Stanford Law School.
