How I Cope with A Corrupt Judge like Susan Weaver of Arkansas
This is not legal advice. I am not an attorney.
This is not a replacement for seeking mental health services from a professional. I have not studied psychotherapy nor a related field formally.
This is just one friend speaking to another about how she copes with corrupt judges.
It is a corrupt system.
Not every judge is corrupt though. When there is an honest judge presiding, our legal system is a thing of beauty.
When there is an unethical judge, it is a nightmare.
This is what I do when I find myself living the nightmare.
I tell myself, “I will do what I can do.”
If you find yourself in front of a judge like Susan Weaver, I know you are frustrated.
I know you are afraid.
Give yourself permission to feel your feelings.
Expect miracles. Let go and breathe.
Take each next right step. Do what you can do.
I use yoga in the morning to find calm and try to take that calm with me into the day.
Sometimes circumstances are out of control. For example, Judge Weaver dismissed me as a defendant from a case on the merits, but then transferred a $199,000 property that was in a trust that I was trustee and beneficiary of to a man who put his plan to defraud me of $75,000 in writing. Oh, his attorney will probably get a huge portion of that and who knows, some may find its way into Judge Weaver’s pocket. I am just speculating. But no one is as dumb as Judge Weaver appears to be from her decisions. The injustice she metes out must be purposeful. (Judge Weaver was adamant that I make no argument or provide evidence that would benefit the trust. She threatened me with incarceration if I represented the trust.)
Breathe.
Speak to a therapist. If you don’t have good insurance, there is a free 12-step program called CoDA that is full of people who are learning to set boundaries. Church pastors and their wives are usually helpful to speak with as well.
For me, it is empowering to write about the problem.
I had a corrupt commissioner presiding on a custody case in California. When I wrote about my experience, bunches of other parents contacted me with similar stories. Eventually the bad judicial officer left the bench. He died two years later at the age of 64.
There are people who are employed on the taxpayer’s payroll who are supposed to protect us from unethical judges. In Arkansas, they are with the JDDC (Judicial Disciplinary and Disability Commission).
Usually, these commissions are a big waste of money, a paper tiger.
The JDDC tried to discipline Judge Susan Weaver when she first took office in the Circuit Courts. But Judge Weaver beat them at the appellate court.
Yes, it is frustrating when you are forced to take on people who have power and control, who seem untouchable. You may feel like you cannot possibly win.
But allowing hypocrites to take your property, liberty and maybe even life without putting up a fight is a certain loss.
There is peace in pursuing justice to its end.
Namaste and Shalom.
Email: bohemian_books@yahoo.com
7 responses to “How I Cope with A Corrupt Judge like Susan Weaver of Arkansas”
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- - July 7, 2023
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A Higher Law 
Just found this in a random Google search. I was trying to figure out if I just had terrible luck last week, or if this woman really is as incompetent as she seemed during my hearing. This woman destroyed my family and my home last week. I moved 1,000 miles away from my home state, to get away from a partner who (I can prove) abused our shared son and myself. She issued a ruling that has given him (my abuser) free access into my “safe” place, and pointed in my face and reprimanded me for taking our son from him. Are there more people like me in Faulkner Co?
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Susan Weaver is horrifying. But the problems you are talking about are also systemic.
Read https://court-corruption.com/2022/11/22/one-small-win-for-laura-lynn-one-big-step-for-justice/?preview=true
If you have another hearing, let me know. I’ll try to attend as an observer.
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Got a few things to say I think corruption is possible because I personally ddnt hear anything about how to discipline in a trial and Susan weaver put it in there then I had evidence on a flash drive that I couldn’t use in court then after court was done no discussion of visitation even though I brought up Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000) which explains equal parenting time and senate bill 18 which prefers 50/50 and then I had counter claim dismissed it was removed because I ddnt know it should be in on time and then so I put in a motion after court and waited but can’t appeal something that’s not in but to appeal would have costed thousands so it was all dismissed for non payment and they took off the new motion that was not a counter claim because they know they are under other higher courts but I feel they failed to listen to what I said and higher courts
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Jason, I am slammed with work this week. Hopefully we can talk after that. You can give me a contact phone number at my email, bohemian_books@yahoo.com.
There is an often-used phrase, “he was arrested for driving while black”. I think our courts are much more equal opportunity than that. I’d like to coin a corollary phrase. “He was found guilty for being blue color.”
It is difficult for me to decipher what you wrote in the comments. You obviously didn’t study journalism and join the college debate team. It is also obvious that you didn’t read the rules of civil procedure, or at least did not comprehend them, remember them at the appropriate moment and comply with them.
That does not mean you should lose custody of your children.
It is a flawed system that caters to big business and the moneyed elite.
My hope is that I can help open up our courts to the common person.
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I’m unsure about why she is still a sitting judge. She takes sides and no lawyer wants to go to her court because of this. She is bias to my case as well
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