Los Angeles, CA As a part of an on-going series entitled “Judicial Benefits & Court Corruption”, the Full Disclosure Network® presents the fifth segment, on line, in it’s entirety, for Internet viewers. The half-hour program will also be featured on over 40cable television systems in California, Washington D.C., Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Arizona and more.
NEWSPAPER SLANTED?
A June 7, 2009 Los Angeles Times article entitled “LAWYER TAKES A STAND FROM HIS CELL” provoked response and criticism from supporters of jailed Anti-Trust Attorney Richard I. Fine who is being held in civil contempt of court for over 100 days following his attempt to disqualify L. A. Superior Court Judge David Yaffe from hearing a case where Fine contends he was biased. Featured in the video are taking the L. A. Times to task, is Fred Sottile, John Rizzo
JUDICIAL BIAS?
Providing background and perspective on the issue of judicial bias and the recent U. S. Supreme Court ruling in Caperton vs Massey is prominent Appellate Court Attorney, Robert S. Gerstein, Ph.D. who is an Emeritus Professor in Political Science at UCLA. He describes the recent case that overturned a West Virginia Supreme Court decision where one of the Justices had received a $3 million campaign contribution from one of the parties in the case and who went on to cast the deciding vote in favor of Massey the contributor.
At the end of the video viewers are asked to respond and leave their comments online or to a 1-800-867-7777 number regarding the practice of Judges receiving payments or contributions from interested parties in litigation before them.
Comments to date: 58. This is page 1 of 6.
MarieHardy20 Location unknown
Posted: 03:33 pm [PST] on September 12 2011
All people deserve good life time and loans or just short term loan can make it better. Just because people's freedom relies on money.
tom curtis lincoln, ca
Posted: 04:59 pm [PST] on August 14 2011
so, how come you said you were interested in my story and now i hear nothing. is there something wrong with my story -- i'd really like to know what it is about corruption that seems to terrify people - apparently you must 'real' corruption or do you think i'm bullshiting or does billions and judges/attys/doctors who got rich from fraud who tried to have me killed not matter?
love the way you folks show interest, must not be enough money in it to be of interest.
tom curtis lincoln, ca
Posted: 04:59 pm [PST] on August 14 2011
so, how come you said you were interested in my story and now i hear nothing. is there something wrong with my story -- i'd really like to know what it is about corruption that seems to terrify people - apparently you must 'real' corruption or do you think i'm bullshiting or does billions and judges/attys/doctors who got rich from fraud who tried to have me killed not matter?
love the way you folks show interest, must not be enough money in it to be of interest.
Robert Carr CHerry Hill, NJ
Posted: 09:05 am [PST] on July 14 2011
Yet again another example of blatant miscarriage of so call Justice!
Betty Keigley Wildomar, CA
Posted: 08:32 am [PST] on March 23 2011
I am glad to see that a full disclosure of these funds, amounting to 300 million Dollars
is under way. with our state at the point of bankruptcy it is necessary to disclose this.
Buddy George La mirada
Posted: 12:24 am [PST] on December 17 2010
A matter that needs investigated
Involving judicial corruption.
On case#VA107160
People Vs buddy lee George
Los Angeles superior court norwalk California division S
Judge the Honorable Roger Ito
Los Angeles county district attorney Kang.
A case that can be proved as unconstitutional due to the following
1.) I was denied my due process rights.
2.) the district attorney had me charged with prison priors and strikes that I did not have and it was not until after the verdict did she admit her mistakes.
3.) I was denied to confront witnesses I supoened 5 officers and only one showed up.
4.) the only witness that showed up was detective hakala from Whittier police department he was the lead detective and expert witness.
5.) there was bias with the processing of evidence he used his own lab.
6.) he lied under oath by saying he removed the drugs before the pre search video because he had a dog.
7.) the evidence in the case had been destroyed before the trial
Evidence was destroyed 5-29-09
The verdict was read on 8-15-09
8.) henry salcidos law firm that represented me right before the trial caused a conflict of interest by violating attorney client privilege by having a meeting with the city of la mirada without my permission nor knowledge were he discussed my case were he was convinced by the city saying I should take a deal under the condition I move out of la mirada when I get out of prison.
9.) Henry salcido also told me at one point he didn't care If I was innocent or guilty I should take a deal.
10.) he also told me at one point he was best friends with steve Cooley and if I gave him $180.000 and sign over the deed to our home he could make the case disappear.
11.) their was two retired district attorneys that were working for Henry salcidos law firm that were also over familiar with sheriffs and narcotics department that were involved in my case.
12.) through the whole case the la mirada mayor and council members had law enforcement harassing me their was about 300 or more calls made to law enforcement with the intent to have me harassed
13.) I can also prove false imprisonment.
14.) I was charged with possession for sales when no drugs were ever found to be in my possessing neither was any money ever recovered and according to the detective he found $13 dollars worth of drugs in our home all together in separate bags and only one had been tested the second one was never tested.
15.) it was unconstitutional for detective hakala to target me when their was 5 occupants living in our home at the time.
16.) the search warrant he used to get in our home the day he supposedly found the drugs was stamped denied.
17.) the second search warrant had a type -o- error and the name on the search warrant was Walter Eugene Farris a guy that I don't know and neither did any one els that lived in our home and he had never been in our home.
18.)The attorney that represented me during the trial had not been given enough to to familiarize her self with my case the judge refused to give her time to overlook the case.
19.) after we picked the jurors one of the jurors was prejudice he said no matter what he would find me guilty because he hates drug dealers the judge still allowed juror # 19 to hang out with all the other jurors until he was replaced.
The following needs to be investigated
1.) violation of due process rights
2.) my state and federal rights were violated.
3.) false imprisonment
4.) harassment
5.) negligent
6.) malpractice
7.) wrongful conviction
8.) officer misconduct
9.) judicial misconduct
10.) cruel and unusual punishment. Email below evidence when the evidence had been destroyed a email from detective hakala to district attorney kang.
11.) the city of la mirada offered to buy our home at cost saying under the condition I couldn't live in la mirada nor Whittier.
12.)la mirada law enforcement was raiding our home practically daily.
13.) before this case started detective jerry Reyes told me as he handed me his card with his hand writing on it that if I dident help him he would screw me.
14.) detective hakala and district attorney kang kept inflicting lies on the jury.
15.) I was not on probation or parole when this case started.
16.) our car had also been impounded 3 to 4 times every time officers said just tell us were the drugs are we won't impound the vehicle and every time I was honest by saying I don't have any drugs they impounded it any way.
17.) detective hakala went through my confidential legal mail violating my constitutional rights instead of using normal mail he used a 42 u.s.c 1983 to identify me as living here during The trial mentioning a law suite involving Copley
18.) during the proceedings of the case no one had any idea I studied law I even represented my self in the federal courts I studied criminal and civil for about five years including 42 u.s.c $1983"s torts writs civic codes ethics even the CCR title 15 rules and regulations.
19.) I'm hoping to resolve this with out filing in the federal courts I'm exhausting all remedies if the matter is not resolved then I'm given not much choice because I was wronged
Sorry but this is frustrating I just want this matter looked into.
20.) I can prove the following.
1.)defamation of character.
2.) false imprisonment.
3.) negligence.
4.) harassment.
5.) malpractice.
6.) wrongful conviction.
7.) constitutional violations with my civil rights.
8.) including $10.000 dollars of damage to our home.
9.)reckless disregard.
10.) coaxing
11.) including due process rights involved in a criminal court proceeding involving corruption.
12.) the situation that escalated
Into this case was a incident involving a parole officer mr verimontes he worked for la mirada public safety and the Santa fe springs parole department in the year 2001
He was contracted by both at the same time their was a incident involved with are daughters boy friend driving a vehicle in a irate speed going to autozone test driving a 1997 ford explorer some car was parked 3 ft out from the curb
And some kids were playing in the middle of the street they moved out of the street as he was driving up hill and swerved to miss the car when we got back a neighbor showed up cussing and yelling in a violent manner as I got out of the passenger side he was trying to provoke me I asked him to calm down he told me fuck you I said I have kids and theirs no need for this he stated bull I ignored him and went next door and eventually went to the store with our cousin next door not knowing while we were gone the neighbor had called the sheriffs by time I got home their was no law enforcement around but when I reported to parole I was giving him the heads up about possible call made to law enforcement with our address he asked did you have any police contact I stated no he said don't worry about it then that nite shows up with law enforcement to arrest me for driving with out a license I was in jail double the normal time waiting for my bpt hearing mean while I hired a attorney for ADA issues he had no idea that the attorney representing me at board had investigated his wrong doing because he went to every neighbor showing first my whole criminal past then mug shots asking if they seen me driving the attorney caught him lying under oath at least 12 times the commissioner let me go home when I had got out mr verimontes told me pack up your shit your moving back to Sacramento in such a irate manner to were other people eventually had to get him he told me that if I appealed him he would get a petition with our neighbors so I reported to parole in Sacramento and while I was there I filed a 602 inmate appeal demanding It to be exhausted so I could file a 42 u.s.c $1983 I charged him with the following
1.) racial profiling
2.) negligence
3.) harassment
4.) deformation of character
5.) false imprisonment
6.) I filed to a copy of the bpt hearing tape only to find out it had been damaged 3 days after the hearing when it was not suppose to be damaged for 120 days were I was entitled to a copy of it only to be denied eventually the 602 complaint allowed me to come home after he was involuntarily moved from both jobs.
7.) the city mayor and council members had sheriffs going through any lengths to get me for anything just to send me to prison also to force me to move from la mirada.
8.) we had a 2002 ford explorer literally torn apart to the point it was not worth having the interior completely destroyed.
9.) our home was stalked by sheriffs to the point our kids moved out.
10.) their are witnesses to two sheriff deputies named Morris and tousey that work for the city of la mirada telling every drug addict that I am a kingpin and a drug dealer.
11.) we even called the sheriffs about some one driving a car into our garage door they showed no interest in the damage done to our home.
12.) the sheriffs also known our home had been broken into and vandalized on numerous occasions.
13.) Morris and tousey also were telling people say his name you go free Morris and tousey are Los Angeles county sheriffs.
THIS ALL ADDS UP WASTEFUL
SPENDING
Buddy George - VA107160From: joanne alberry
View Contact To: LAURIE YTARTE -----------------
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-- Laurie,here is the email from the Detective
telling the court that all the property was
destroyed. Sorry about all of it. Feel free to mail
me any payments you can at my office address
4229 Main St Suite 4 Riverside CA 92501 I will
let you know when I find an attorney who will
take on a governemtn entity. good luck to you
and Buddy,Joanne ---------- Forwarded message
----------From: Date: Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 7:23
AMSubject: Fw: Buddy George - VA107160To:
joannealberry@gmail.com Hi Joanne, Per our
conversation, here is the email from Detective
Hakala confirming that the evidence was
destroyed. I will request that our matter be taken
off calendar today. Thanks. ----------------------
Forwarded by Miriam Kang/DAUsers/NLADA on
09/25/2009 07:22 AM --------------------------- To:
cc: Subject: RE: Buddy George - VA107160 I
contacted our central property and the items
seized in the Buddy George case (408-15814-
0460-184) were dispoed on 05-29-09. Any other
questions just let me know. Eric ---------------------
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From: MKang@da.lacounty.gov
[mailto:MKang@da.lacounty.gov]Sent: Thu
9/24/2009 2:49 PMTo: Hakala, Eric J.Subject:
Buddy George - VA107160 Hi Detective Hakala,
Just as a reminder, please email me a letter
confirming that the the property booked into
evidence for this case has been disposed of and
the date of disposal. Thanks so much!
Sincerely,Miriam KangDeputy District
AttorneyTel: 562-807-7211
Nancy Penn Winnetka, CA
Posted: 08:15 pm [PST] on October 16 2010
This man needs to be released ASAP! This country is a mess.
Anonymous VIII Location unknown
Posted: 09:55 pm [PST] on August 24 2010
Anonymous VIII
In my opinion what Judge Yaffe's & all these crooked Judges are doing here would warrant immediate suspension as judge by any & all legal avenue's necessary. He & they should be brought to trial as any ordinary citizen's for this gross violation. I'd say They're nowhere nearly as good as an ordinary citizen's. As a matter of fact I would see this as nothing less than "PURE DISHONESTY", For a Superior Court Judge who's job we pay for & expect to be their duty to be Fair & Balanced & then for them to do something like this 100%wrong, so Wrong it's off the chart! I think it goes without saying that any judge should be an Honest & Law-abiding Citizen on & off the bench.This is an extremely horrendous crime & should be punished to the "Fullest Extent". From what I see here Yaffe & all the rest of these crooked Judges have no integrity, no standard's what so ever & were never qualified to be judge's at all in the first place. THEY ARE NO GOOD, They are the Criminal's! Is this who we want deciding people's guilt or innocents. As for Judge Yaffe or Mr.Yaffe is more than a good enough title for this man, when he's found guilty for his staring role in all this should be sentenced to 2 days for every 1 Mr.Fine has endured, under the same conditions as Mr. Fine, the solitary confinement, etc. & he can start liking his new
accommodations & it can't happen fast enough! None of this where he's simply deemed as bad Judge & allowed to retire, NO WAY, He needs to be Punished & big time! He's has no right being a superior court Judge no more than a common criminal. He knows full-well every morning when he gets up how dead wrong he is, how extremely wrong it's been for Dr. Fine & eventually he'll be brought to trial & suffer the consequences for having done this. Oh sure he'd like us to think this was all a mistake. A mistake he made day after day now for the last year & 1/2. It is a JOKE & I guess he think's the joke's on us. Is that what we deserve for giving this Evil Con Artist a job as a Judge! I say bring out a stage hook, the hangman's noose, a news crew, a live studio audience & plenty of popcorn. Anything beyond 5 days that he's subjected Mr. Fine to is illegal & illegal again every day, day after day Laffe's broken the law one more time & Violating Mr. Fine's human Right's again & over again. What's the count on number of days, the math is the number of times of "Yaffe's guilt", not Mr. Fine's! If you ever get a real day job after this Mr Yaffe, say as something like a Sewer worker, which is Quite suitable because YOU STINK!, Well, KEEP IT, CUZ your gona' need it! This Miserable excuse for a human intentionally disregarding & throwing away the very job that we paid him for & right down the drain & thumbing his nose at us still is as of Today Aug. 24 2010 we should all be down there surrounding his court house & get this stopped & him the hell out of there! What ever happened to 2 wrong's don't make a right. As taxpayers & citizen's we are all expected to obey the laws but this doesn't apply to a Judge!
Nofeminazi Los Angeles
Posted: 06:15 pm [PST] on August 22 2010
Speaking of Court Corruption and Steve Cooley, Steve Cooley is on the official man Hater list. Don’t worry Ladies he will hate you soon too.
As many of you know, when child or spousal support is paid through a court order, the court holding jurisdiction receives an EQUAL or greater amount of money form the Federal Government through the Social Security Act, Title IV-D. This is of course, a huge financial wind-fall for every County Court in our nation and in 2009 was a $112,000,000,000 (that’s Billion) tax burden on all Federal Tax Payers.
As many of you know, Family Court is a place where men are discriminated against with a pure bigotry that this country has not seen since Jim Crow Law. Now, I know that more than one lady is reading this and saying that she did not do well in family court. She is Right! Family court has become so greedy that it has now turned on its own creators who were and are the women’s empowerment people. You built it ladies, it is up to you to destroy it and it will not be destroyed until you do. Do not wait until it is too late for you.
As many of you may remember, Steve Cooley was front and center on one of these “dead beat dad” campaigns designed to win him favor with the enormous women’s voting block. Did you ladies fall for it? I called Steve Cooley a man hater and his victimization of men over his career for the Title IV-D money has earned him that status with me, but in reality, Steve Cooley has contempt for all people other than those that line his pockets.
Vote the bums out. Especially Steve “the family smasher” Cooley.
For a few dollars, he’d be only to happy to “take you out.”
Pam Arizona
Posted: 08:22 am [PST] on June 19 2010
I am dumbfounded to have run across this site. My thoughts on this situation are indescribable. I spent over a hundred thousand dollars, fighting for my children, because of a judge in a Superior Court in Pomona, California. Without due process I was restrained from my two daughters and was given monitored visitation at $30 an hour 4-10 hours a week for over 3 and a half years due to an incompetent judge that never had any substantial proof of allegations presented before him by attorneys. I paid county fees for this fight that lasted over 5 years, and payments to Minor's counsel appointed by the judge. I paid excessive fees to my attorney and to finding ways to prove my innocence against the allegations that I used drugs and was mentally incompetent to care for my children. I was ordered to see doctor after doctor, as it was never sufficient that one doctor found me capable. (7 doctors have found me to be competent with no mental issues) I have never used drugs in my life and to know that this judge was collecting money and keeping me from my fundamental right as a parent makes me sick. This judge retired and I got my children back immediately, but 4 years after the fact it cost me years of counseling for my daughters. The expense that was put on me was unjust and criminal. Now to find out that I was just another pawn used for this judge's benefit to continue to collect money is terrible. It makes me wonder if he wasn't collecting money from the other attorneys just to keep this case going so that they all could gain their high fees. My ex-husband stated that he also spent a lot of money and the judge ordered that the two of us not speak to one another, and now a few years later we have discovered that we were both being told lies and realize this was done in order for the case to keep going. I felt like a fool as I was being accussed of something I never did, and trying to understand how a judge would allow this injustice kept my ex and me locked in their game. I hope they penalize them for every dime people had to spend so that they could keep their pockets full, and I hope that they feel the pain that many people felt while they were unfairly judging and collecting funds. This is Shameful!!!