I voted for Judge Susan Weaver and Circuit Court Clerk Debbie Loggins of Searcy County Arkansas.

I am sorry for my vote.

Judge Weaver is tied for most evil judge I have come across. I have seen a lot of bad calls that had tragic effects on children’s lives. But most of these were made by California judges who identified as Democrats and Liberals. Judge Weaver has posted “praise Jesus” on the internet and represents herself as all country and apple pie. I escaped California and married a Christian populist and am offended and embarrassed by the hypocrisy of Susan Weaver.

I am not an attorney and this is not legal advice. I am telling you my experience and paraphrasing court rules with a citation to the rule for you to look up. You are allowed to interpret the law for yourself.

I filed a timely notice of appeal of all orders written by Judge Susan Weaver in a quiet title case filed against me by a former romantic and business partner. Merely scratching the surface of the errors made by Judge Weaver, she gave a property worth at least $199,000 from a trust that I was sole beneficiary of to my former boyfriend. This despite seeing a letter written by the ex-boyfriend, an ex-con describing his plan to defraud me of $80,000 and then sue me for much more.

The courts in Arkansas require the record for appeal to be filed within 90 days of the original notice of appeal. The responsibility for getting this done is on the appellant. So, if it looks like the clerk or court reporter will not do their jobs timely, the appellant must file a motion for extension of time and follow the rules strictly. If the Circuit Court denies the motion for extension, as did Judge Weaver for me, the appellant must file a Petition for Writ of Certiorari in the Court of Appeals. The appellant can file a Petition for Writ of Mandate to compel the clerk and court reporter to do their jobs, but I think that the COA gives the mandate automatically, if they grant the Cert for extension of time. (Rules of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Rule 3-5)

Ironically, one order I am appealing is the granting of a motion for extension of time to serve summons that did not allow for me to respond in writing and that was an abuse of discretion, as the Plaintiff did not issue a summons before claiming that I was dodging service.

Circuit Clerk Debbie Loggins and Court Reporter Jana Perry both promised me they would have the record ready in time. But the record is due in less than a week and so I must write, serve and file my petition for writ of cert, which takes an amateur like myself several days. It also entails five hours of driving and the cost of getting certified copies of documents from Debbie Loggins.

It is a Catch-22 that may require me to file a petition for writ of mandate to compel Ms. Loggins to prepare the certified copies of orders that are needed for my Petition for Writ of Cert.

Why is the Clerk of the Court, the Court reporter and the Judge, Susan Kaye Weaver, making it so difficult to appeal Judge Weaver’s orders?

Whatever the reason, please do not vote for Susan Weaver or Debbie Loggins for any position in the future. They are incompetent, unethical or both.