Susan Bassi Reports: Judge Disqualified After He Fails to Follow the Law

 

From the Susan Bassi YouTube Channel: 

"After a judge blocked the public from remotely listening to a public hearing on First Amendment issues, and denied a media request, he got served with a disqualification motion for failing to remove himself from a case and disclose his conflicts with the attorneys in the case, as the law requires. 

"Disqualification motions are rare. Just thinking a judge is acting unfairly or with bias is not enough. So when a local social media journalist got served with a civil harassment case he hired a lawyer, filed a motion to strike the lawsuit (anti-SLAPP), and then filed a disqualification, which floored the judge. 

"Keep watching judges and the lawyers who appear in cases before them and keep watching court hearings for others, it matters more than you know."

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Contra Costa County Judge Bruce Mills Removed from Bench for Misconduct Against Family Court Whistleblower Joe Sweeney

Court corruption whistleblower Joe Sweeney is interviewed before being sentenced to jail in connection with his family court case in Contra Costa County. Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Bruce Mills was later prosecuted and removed from the bench by the Commission on Judicial Performance for his misconduct against Sweeney. 

Video from investigative reporter Susan Bassi YouTube Channel

Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Bruce Mills was disciplined three times by the Commission on Judicial Performance before he finally was removed from the bench. In 2018, Mills was barred from seeking or holding judicial office.

Three-strike offender Judge Bruce Mills was ultimately removed from the bench.

Read the decisions made against Mills by the CJP: 

• 2006 Bruce Clayton Mills Public Admonishment by CJP
• 2013 Bruce Clayton Mills Public Admonishment by CJP
• 2018 Bruce Clayton Mills Censured and Barred by CJP

Final order of the Commission on Judicial Performance permanently removing Judge Bruce Mills from the bench.

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• Sacramento County Family Law Court Operates as RICO Racketeering Enterprise, Charge Whistleblowers.
• Third District Court of Appeal: Justice, Ideology & Conflicts of Interest. 
• Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye: Chief Justice Implicated in California Court Corruption Epidemic.
• California Attorney Misconduct and Malpractice: Laws, Rules, Ethics and Moral Turpitude. 

Justice Vance Raye Court of Appeal Scandal: 2013 Sacramento Family Court Appeal Delayed and Dismissed in 2016

 

BREAKING: 3rd District Court Appeal Presiding Justice Vance Raye Forced Into Retirement After Commission on Judicial Performance Investigation

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DR. BELINDA JO LOPES: Family Court Child Custody Evaluator Accused of Misconduct Surrenders Psychologist License

PRO PER LITIGANT WARNS CONTRA COSTA COUNTY JUDGES: "The Court will be outraged by the negligence of Dr. Lopes as more family law cases come forward. I am committed to socializing the negligence of Dr. Lopes that has fractured families through her negligence and willful deception in Court proceedings."

JUSTICE ARTHUR SCOTLAND: Court of Appeal Judges Use Highway Patrol as Personal Uber Security Service

Controversial 3rd District Court of Appeal Justice Arthur Scotland makes a cameo at 2:15 of this news report. Read our special report on Scotland and the the ethically-challenged Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District. 

JUDGE THADD BLIZZARD: Judge with Priors for Ignoring State Law Ignores New State Law

Sacramento County Judge Thadd Blizzard, who ignored state law and effectively aided and abetted a child abduction when he was assigned to family court, is once again issuing decisions that are contrary to law, according to court watchdogs.  

The Davis Vanguard reports that Blizzard claims to have found a loophole to allow him to disregard a new state law that provides for a pretrial diversion program for most misdemeanor DUI cases.   

One of the exclusions is not misdemeanor DUI. Attorneys in Sacramento note that Judge Thadd A. Blizzard has pointed to a decades-old vehicle code provision to deny diversion for misdemeanor DUI cases.

One attorney described his client as a perfect candidate, with no record and a good job, impressive references, and a blood alcohol level barely over the legal limit who was pulled over for an equipment violation. In this case, the attorney and client went to the DMV and challenged the license suspension, based on evidence that he was not driving with a blood alcohol level of .08 percent or higher.

Still, Judge Blizzard pointed to an old vehicle code provision under section 23640 that says a person can’t enroll or participate in a treatment program to put their case on hold and eventually have the case dismissed.

Read the story at The Davis Vanguard.