Judge Sharon Lueras Misconduct: Lueras and SCBA Family Law Section Divorce Attorneys Targeted In Family Court Reform Group Demonstration

Judge Sharon Lueras Protest by Family Court Reform Group Seeks to Raise Awareness of Systemic Problems

Jessica Hernandez at the March 9 funeral of her son Matthew.  In November, 2012 Sacramento Family Court Judge Sharon Lueras denied Jessica's request for custody of her two sons. 

UPDATE: A UC Davis graduate student has started a petition at Change.org to ask the California State Auditor and Commission on Judicial Performance to investigate Judge Sharon Lueras for misconduct in connection with the deaths of Ryder Salmen and Matthew Hernandez. To view the petition, click here.

A family court reform group will hold a demonstration on Thursday, March 14 outside the Sacramento County Main Jail at 651 I Street. The event is scheduled to coincide with a jailhouse court hearing for Phillip Hernandez, who is charged with the Feb. 26 murder of his 9-year-old son, Matthew. The Sacramento Family Court watchdog group asserts that oversight and accountability of judges and court employees is nonexistent and contributed to the death of Matthew Hernandez. 

The group has documented that some judges misuse child custody and visitation orders as a way to punish a parent, and as a method of churning legal fees for favored attorneys and mediators, rationales which are prohibited by state law. With the help of courthouse whistleblowers, the watchdogs also have cataloged an assortment of institutionalized family court problems including judicial misconduct, undisclosed conflicts of interest, preferential treatment of attorneys who also serve as temporary judges, employee misconduct, and systemic mismanagement by Court Executive Officer Chris Volkers and family court Director of Operations Julie Setzer. 

The court operates a two-track system of justice for the financial benefit of a cartel of Sacramento County Bar Association family law attorneys who represent the 30 percent of family court litigants who can afford an attorney, while the 70 percent of court users who are unrepresented are relegated to second-class status, according to the group. The demonstration will take place beginning at 8:00 a.m. 

Hon. Sharon A. Lueras Misconduct: Matthew Hernandez Funeral Services Announced by Mom Jessica Rose Hernandez

Funeral Services for Matthew Hernandez to be Held Saturday March 9 

Jessica, Matthew, and Phillip Hernandez. Source: KXTV News10.

Jessica Rose Hernandez has announced that funeral services for 9-year-old Matthew Hernandez will be held on Saturday, March 9 at Victory Outreach Church in South Sacramento:

Matthews services will be held this Saturday 10 am at Victory Outreach 6555 44th Street Sacramento, the burial will follow at St. Marys Cemetary 6700 21st Ave. Sacramento. Afterwards we are returning to Victory Outreach for the repass to celebrate his life. We will be having a potluck as well and having an open mic to share stories and memories of my precious baby. I would like Saturday to be all about MATTHEW and ONLY about the joy of his life so please respect that and save the negative aspects of the case and situation for later ((there's a time and a place)) and keep this day sacred for me. All are invited. Thank you 1 Love ♥

Click here to read our complete coverage of the Matthew Hernandez case.

UPDATE: A UC Davis graduate student has started a petition at Change.org to ask the California State Auditor and Commission on Judicial Performance to investigate Judge Sharon Lueras for misconduct in connection with the deaths of Ryder Salmen and Matthew Hernandez. To view the petition, click here.

Sacramento Superior Court Judge Hon. Sharon A. Lueras Blamed by Jessica Hernandez in Hatchet Death of 9-Year-Old Matthew Hernandez

Judge Sharon Lueras Held Responsible By Mom In Hatchet Death of Child by Phillip Hernandez

JUDGE ADMITS "I HAD NEVER PRACTICED FAMILY LAW"

UPDATE: A UC Davis graduate student has started a petition at Change.org to ask the California State Auditor and Commission on Judicial Performance to investigate Judge Sharon Lueras for misconduct in connection with the deaths of Ryder Salmen and Matthew Hernandez. To view the petition, click here.

Jessica Rose Hernandez contends that Sacramento Family Court Judge Sharon A. Lueras is responsible for the Feb. 26 hatchet death of her 9-year-old son Matthew by ex-husband Phillip Hernandez, according to media accounts. Jessica went to court last November to request custody of her two children. At a court hearing before Judge Lueras, the mother of two attempted to introduce evidence, including text messages, to support her assertion that her ex-husband was back on drugs, acting irrationally, and posed a threat to their children. Judge Lueras refused to consider the evidence, and denied the custody change request, according to news reports. "I blame her for Matthew's death," Jessica told News10. 

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