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Dear Kay: Thanks for posting the story of Richard ...

2010-07-11T14:20:25.413-07:00

Dear Kay:
Thanks for posting the story of Richard Fine on this blog.
The case of Richard Fine is unique in documenting alleged widespread corruption of the US justice system from bottom to top:
Richard Fine still falsely believes that he was arrested and is imprisoned through a March 4, 2009 Judgment by Judge Yaffe of the Superior Court of California, that his habeas corpus was denied in a June 29, 2009 Judgment by US Judge John Walter of the US District Court, that his Appeal was denied in a mandate of February 12, 2010, by three Circuit Judges of the US Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit and that his application to Associate Justice Kennedy was denied on March 12, 2010...
In fact, none of it ever took place in reality:
1) Judge Yaffe never entered the March 4, 2009 Judgment, as required by California law, to make "effectual for any purpose".
2) The June 29, 2009 Judgment by Judge John Walter was never authenticated, as required to make it one that required "full faith and credit" pursuant to US law and Local Rules of Court.
3) The US court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, addressed the appeal in a series of unsigned, unauthenticated orders and a mandate, which likewise - were void, not voidable.
4) Justice Kennedy never entered a denial as required by Local Rules of Court of the US Supreme Court. The purported March 12, 2010, denial came in an unsigned letter by Danny Bickell, who was never authorized to issue such notice - he was not a Clerk or a Deputy Clerk.
Therefore, the US Supreme Court had no jurisdiction to review any judgment or mandate. There was nothing to review - zilch...
However, the US Supreme Court justices were bound by the Code of Conduct of US Judges - to initiate corrective actions,regardless of Richard Fine's arguments.
All the best,
Joseph Zernik, PhD
Human Rights Alert (NGO)

It seems really dangerous to criticize judges. For...

2010-07-11T07:43:26.880-07:00

It seems really dangerous to criticize judges. For instance, what about this Richard Fine case? It is claimed that

"Richard Fine - 70 year old, former US prosecutor, had shown that judges in Los Angeles County had taken "not permitted" payments (called by media "bribes"). On February 20, 2009, the Governor of California signed "retroactive immunities" (pardons) for all judges in Los Angeles. Less than two weeks later, on March 4, 2009 Richard Fine was arrested in open court, with no warrant. He is held ever since in solitary confinement in Los Angeles, California. No judgment, conviction, or sentencing was ever entered in his case."

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/free-fine

If we wanted a truly independent and neutral evalu...

2010-05-11T23:43:48.056-07:00

If we wanted a truly independent and neutral evaluation system for rating judges, how about hiring some retired judges to review the videos from random days from the judge's courtroom and rendering an opinion based upon the actual record and a review of the pleadings that the judge being evaluated reviewed?