Clark County Superior Court strips Zimmerman of power over its cases County's top judges say Zimmerman's credibility as a judicial officer diminished by comments about Kevin Peterson Jr. By Jerzy Shedlock, Columbian Breaking News Reporter, Jessica Prokop, Columbian Assistant Metro Editor, and Published: March 17, 2021, 3:20pm Share: Judge Darvin Zimmerman in 2019. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files) The legal community and local officials continued to turn on District Court Judge Darvin Zimmerman on Wednesday after comments he made last week about the death of a Black man came to light. Clark County’s Superior Court judges have stripped Zimmerman of any ability to preside over proceedings involving Superior Court in response to comments he made about 21-year-old Kevin Peterson Jr., who was shot by sheriff’s deputies as they attempted to arrest him.