No Need to Reinvent the Wheel: Government Officials in Searcy County, Arkansas are Repeat Offenders
Did you buy property in Searcy County, Arkansas? Did your lovely rural retreat turn into Hell on Earth?
Join the club.
I’ve complained about Judge Susan Weaver, Sheriff Deputy Ezra Pierce and Court Reporter Jana Perry.
It seems that the RICO type enterprise in Searcy County, Arkansas spreads into more than just the court and sheriff’s office. The clerk’s office looks a little fishy, too.
I researched Caseinfo.arcourts.gov to find other properties that Judge Weaver transferred from control by a trustee to a plaintiff who was purposefully left out of the trust, to see if there is a pattern.
One troubling case I found was not quite on target. The property was lost by judicial foreclosure, sold and the proceeds given to a bank. But the case was hotly contested for about seven years. Yikes!
The part that concerns me most is that the winner of the courthouse sale was the Deputy Clerk of Searcy County, Arkansas, Michelle Loggins.
So, the Clerk Debbie Loggins was the auctioneer of the property and the winner of the auction was Deputy Clerk Michelle Loggins and her husband Paul, who bid $82,000. Hmm?
You may ask, how does a deputy county clerk in podunk Arkansas afford to pay $82,000 cash at a courthouse sale? Well, the receipt from a month after the sale said the payor was “L & L Drywall”. There is an L & L Acoustic and Drywall in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Maybe Paul Loggins is involved with the drywall company. Or maybe the enterprising clerk is double escrowing the cheap deals that can be had through judicial foreclosures. [In reviewing the judgement written by Judge Susan Weaver, I see that Judge Weaver allowed the successful bidder three months of credit at 10% interest per annum. I have not seen any courthouse sale that extended credit before. Some non-judicial foreclosures require immediate payment. Some allow 24 hours. The one judicial foreclosure I’ve been involved with as a purchaser allowed us a brief time to pay, but we had the cash on the day we bid. (2/26/2022)]
The auction sale was not advertised in the local Marshall Mountain Wave. It was advertised in a paper out of Fayetteville in Northwest Arkansas.
The order confirming the sale in Searcy County Circuit Court case No. 65CV-14-20 was signed by Judge Susan Weaver on February 16, 2022.
Another thing that caught my attention is that the person who lost the property was named in two capacities in the suit, once as an individual, Jo Elliot, and once as a trustee of the John Paxton Elliot Trust. There were two summonses issued and served on the woman, one as an individual and one as “trustee”.
I’ve been complaining to Judge Weaver since June 2021 that I was sued as codefendant with a trust as the other defendant and no summons was issued to a trustee of the trust. After more than 200 days Judge Weaver convinced the plaintiff attorney William White to issue a second summons, but White wrote “c/o Laura Lynn (Hammett)” instead of “Laura Lynn Hammett as trustee of the Rural Revival Living Trust”. Summonses are supposed to withstand strict scrutiny of the law. That summons cannot.
All I can say is that if you don’t want to lose your property through a court action, don’t buy property anywhere Susan Weaver is the judge. She said she likes to play with other people’s money, according to an article in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Apparently, many of the little people in the government of Marshall, Arkansas and the other small towns under Queen Weaver’s reign have gotten in on the game.
What fun.
Why Did Judge Billy Roy Wilson Dismiss a case Concerning the Alleged Fictionalization of a Transcript Based on Rooker-Feldman?
The short answer: Judge Billy Roy Wilson is corrupt.
The more perplexing question is “Why did the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirm the dismissal?”
I filed a civil rights action against Judge Susan Kaye Weaver, Court Reporter Jana Perry and Attorney William Zac White. I alleged that the three conspired to make an inaccurate transcript of a hearing in case number 65CV-21-20 in Searcy County Arkansas.
Judge Wilson granted a motion to dismiss filed by Attorney General Leslie Rutledge’s Office on behalf of Judge Weaver and the court reporter before Mr. White even filed a joinder or his own motion. Judge Billy Bob threw in a dismissal for Zac White with no prompting…that the public was made aware of.
One basis Judge Wilson cited for the dismissal was the “Rooker-Feldman” doctrine.
But,
“If a federal plaintiff asserts as a legal wrong an allegedly erroneous decision by a state court, and seeks relief from a state court judgment based on that decision, Rooker–Feldman bars … jurisdiction…. If, on the other hand, a … plaintiff asserts … an allegedly illegal act or omission by an adverse party, Rooker–Feldman does not bar jurisdiction.”
Hageman v. Barton, 817 F.3d 611, 614–15 (8th Cir. 2016)
My complaint specified that I was not asking for review of a state court decision. Though, the bizarre decisions made by Judge S.K. Weaver should certainly be overturned.
It seems to me that collusion between an attorney, a judge and a court reporter to fictionalize the record should be considered an illegal act.
Welcome to Grisham Land.
My suggestion is that if you have any assets, you don’t bring them to Arkansas. A redneck judge at the Federal or State level might decide one of his buddies should be granted your assets and it sucks to be you.
Will Judge Susan Weaver Overlook Her Pet’s Complete Lack of Argument in His Reply to Motion for Default Judgment?
Arkansas Attorney William “Zac” White filed a motion for default judgment that would transfer title of 40 acres and a house from a trust to his client. For some reason, which I can only speculate about, Zac refused to issue a summons to the “trustee” of the trust.
Judge Susan Kaye Weaver has favored Willy White throughout the proceedings. Attorneys who will remain nameless, as they need to work in courts presided over by the very blond judge, complain that Judge Weaver chooses “favorites”. But it appears to this writer that she does not just favor one party over another. She makes an affirmative effort to throw “the game”.
For example, in the case of Pietrczak v. Rural Revival Living Trust, et al, Judge Weaver dismissed the pro se plaintiff’s counterclaim sua sponte, with no notice, without specifying the inadequacies in the pleading.
A response was filed to the motion for default judgment.
Mr. White had 5 days plus weekends to reply. He waited an extra week, then filed the “response” below.
Besides calling his reply a “response”, he said the Defendant filed the motion for default judgment. Read the title.
If you are not familiar with motion practice, read my objection to the insufficient “response” posted below. I am not an attorney and this is not legal advice. It is an actual court document intended to explain to Judge Weaver why, as much as she hates me, she is not allowed by law to transfer title to the property based on the motion for default judgment.
Baby’s Mother Complains that Judge Susan Weaver Failed to Place Her Son with Family
Dependency Court is the closest thing to a Star Chamber that you can find in the United States.
It is difficult to verify complaints against judicial officers because the dockets on the cases are sealed.
One mother spoke to me about her son being taken from her, her parental rights terminated and instead of placing the child with a relative that lived near the mother, unrelated foster parents get to adopt the child.
The father is a meth user, according to records on Court Connect.
The mother said she tested negative for drugs, but there might have been some inconclusive evidence of a problem.
Because of my own experience with Susan Kaye Weaver, I believe the mother. Here is her story in her own words:
I am so relieved to have found someone I can reach out to.
My son was taken from me by Arkansas DCFS over 1 year ago. He is now 2.
Weaver was my judge.
Lies and completely unbelievable unethical strategies were used against me, some of which were so outrageous I would have thought I was being punked. Like her demand for a maternity test because she didn’t believe I was my son’s mother or questioning the birth certificate DCFS obtained from NM State to be authentic. Mind you DCFS obtained a copy directly from the state themselves. I have 5 other children all of whom are in my care til this day. CYFD from my state was sent to my home to approve it for my son which obviously was safe enough to leave all my other children under my care without even a follow up but still she denied my baby to be returned to me.
My sister went as far as certifying to legitimately foster him with a license out of our state. She put everything into trying to get him back with family. Judge Weaver denied her twice and ran out the clock on her ICPC. Judge Weaver denied my sister under the reason that my sister did not contact the jail where the baby’s father was held to find out what his charges were.
My sister said, and I quote, “I’m here today and concerned with the well being of my nephew, not his father.”
Knowing she looked yet again like a total idiot as many times before in this case, she denied my son his loving true family once again. and terminated my rights in November. I filed an appeal which I honestly have no idea if it even was really filed or anything that’s going on with it because my PD that was assigned to me for this case filed and said an attorney would contact me. It is now February and I cannot get a direct answer from anyone.
I have been completely alone, violated, intimidated. harassed and terrified for my child.
I have reached out to everyone that I possibly could without any recognition. My son developed a UTI the first month he was in foster care and had a rash that lasted over a month. A caseworker took him to ER in the middle of the night while he was supposedly placed with a family who wants to adopt. He has had cuts across his throat and multiple infections, one that covered his face. But no one has said a thing about it.
He’s 2. He’s a baby, my baby and he’s 1000 miles away and there is nothing I can do to help him. This is the worst evil in this world. But I will never give up hope that the Lord will bring him home.
Please, this woman is no good. Children are obviously an object; not a heart and soul. We cannot let this continue. No one should have to live this nightmare under the hands of this corrupt operation!!!! Speak for those who cannot speak for themselves. Protect the poor and the needy. Bring fourth justice for all!!
Amen
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Amen. Pray and act. This is your prayer. Now write these exact words to the JDDC, the Arkansas Judicial Disciplinary and Disability Commission.
Who Lied Under Oath? Searcy County Arkansas Sheriff Deputy Pierce? Or Notary Brooke Hipp?
Check out the affidavit of Searcy County Sheriff Deputy Ezra Pierce posted below.
The Secretary of State website says notary Brooke Hipp is not authorized to eNotarize.
But the affidavit is signed electronically.
What’s worse, Deputy Pierce has only handed me a set of documents on October 7, 2021.
The attorney, William White would like to prove that I received two separate packets with a summons from Deputy Pierce.
I think Judge Susan Weaver is orchestrating the fraudulent activity. She called a hearing for October 7, 2021 and had four Sheriff officers present to make sure the other five people in the courtroom were safe and orderly.
Mrs. Hipp certified that the affidavit was signed in her presence in Cleburne County on January 14, 2022.
So, why is the document electronically signed?
And how do I get a Searcy County Arkansas Sheriff Deputy to drive an hour to sign an affidavit for me?!?
I can’t even get them to respond to my inquiry about what I contend is a fraudulent affidavit.
The serious questions: Why is Deputy Ezra Pierce not using a judicial council approved proof of service? Why is Deputy Pierce opining on the legal effect of handing the summons and complaint to Laura Hammett as an individual, without the designation “trustee”? Should he be charged with the unauthorized practice of law?
When the Chief Sheriff Deputy in a small town is lying on affidavits to assist an unethical judge to transfer an old lady’s assets, who does the victim report him to?
My suggestion, don’t move to Searcy County Arkansas. It has beautiful scenery and the people in the boonies are good folks, but the po-dunk lawmen and women are a dumber version of John Grisham characters and twice as corrupt.
Monster Alan Friedenthal is Dead!
Thank you to my sister victim of the corrupt family law system in Los Angeles, California, for sending an obituary from the August 18, 2020 death of Alan Friedenthal.
It was interesting to read the glowing tribute by the Met-News, a rag in the Democrat run state that caters to the legal community.
What do you say about an alleged pedophile who destroyed children’s lives and collected lots of money doing it?
The Met-News steered clear of Alan’s history in the family law court, claiming he worked primarily in dependency and delinquency cases.
Maybe they wanted people to believe his cases were sealed, so as not to read through them.
Maybe it sounded better to say Alan separated children from their parents in dependency and juvenile court, where they would have legal counsel protecting the families’ rights. In “family law” the unethical commissioner was able to violate parental rights of anyone who did not have enough money to pay an attorney, or who was outlawyered by Friedenthal’s cronies.
The Met-News did apologetics for the buffoon ex-commissioner concerning the “severe public admonishment” the monster received for making impermissible rulings from the bench against five families. The Met-News discounted the disciplinary action taken by the Commission on Judicial Performance and the California Supreme Court by claiming one of the mothers who was separated from her child completely by Alan Friedenthal made antisemitic comments to the secular Jewish judicial officer.
According to a story by Fox News that featured this writer’s work exposing Alan Friedenthal, there were hundreds of people who complained about the court commissioner.
One of my sources who worked in law enforcement said the rotund man was investigated for inappropriate sexualized conduct toward one of the boys he separated from the child’s biological mother.
My faith is challenged to the limits when I write these words that I know I should say with sincerity:
May he rest in peace.
Judge Susan Weaver Sues Gun Maker Who Failed to Deliver Deeply Discounted AR 15 For Daddy
Judge Weaver is a self-described “daddy’s girl”, according to an interview in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
The Faulkner County judge tried to buy an AR 15 for her Dad’s 70th birthday, as you can read in court documents posted below.
Michael Varner, who worked for a gum manufacturer, agreed to build the gun before Mr. Weaver’s birthday at his employee discount rate, $715, according to Mr. Varner.
Unfortunately for Mr. Varner, there was a supply side problem with the parts.
The judge had to make her father’s birthday present a picture and a promise.
Mr. Varner said he agreed to return the $715.
But that was not enough for Judge Weaver. She filed a small claims suit against the Deer, Arkansas gunsmith and won $3,090.00 plus $115 in costs.
Plaintiff Weaver said she bought the gun directly from Wilson Combat for $2,797.20.
The court documents give no explanation of what the extra $290 was for. I guess pain and suffering.
Don’t believe me? Read the court docs posted below.
Judge Weaver garnished Mr. Varner’s wages, according to court documents.
Do you think Judge Weaver is fair and compassionate? Or a greedy tyrant who uses her position of power and influence to line her pockets?
Judge Susan Kaye Weaver Stealing Babies?
This reporter has a definite bias against Judge Susan Kaye Weaver.
The bias is caused by my belief that Susan Weaver is committing honest services fraud against me.
Because of my strong faith, I do not act maliciously toward people; not even those who spitefully abuse me.
That Christian tenant does not give license to my abuser to continue the abuse or abuse other victims.
I asked for other people to share stories about Judge Weaver of Faulkner County, Searcy County and Van Buren County, Arkansas.
One reliable professional, whose professional license is unmarred by any ethics violation, told me the professional’s observations in a dependency case presided over by Judge Susan Weaver.
The case is under seal, so I cannot verify the facts. (This is a good argument for making dependency cases open to the public.)
As the professional’s career may come to a screeching halt if judge Weaver knows who leaked the information, the professional will remain anonymous, and the facts will be kept vague purposefully. The professional did not tell me the name of any of the other people involved in the case.
This is not a court of law. You may judge the veracity of this story about a judge, as you weigh arguments against any elected official. Then use your judgment when you see the elected official on any ballot in the future.
The professional told me of a child who was taken from his mother by Judge Weaver. During a hearing for reunification, the mother had a witness present to attest that the mother had complied with all the court ordered treatment, classes and testing required for reunification.
Judge Susan Weaver refused to let the witness testify. No reason was given for excluding this evidence.
The mother and child were not reunited.
The professional thought Judge Weaver’s demeanor on the bench and ruling was “bizarre”.
Judge Susan Weaver is often quoted and has posted on the internet that she loves children. But the judge was married and divorced young, never remarried and has no children of her own.
She either does not understand that a child will be harmed if the maternal bond is destroyed, or she is an incredibly evil person who is using her elected position of power to purposefully destroy lives. Maybe both.
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I’m not saying that lack of a mother – child bond guarantees a tragic life.
There are situations in which no mother is preferable to the mother God used to bring a child into the world. Foster parents and adoptive parents can be wonderful, loving parents to those whose biological parents don’t want the child or are unable to care for the child.
But, we as a society should not deny anyone’s Constitutional right to a familial relationship without giving the parents every opportunity to put forward evidence on their behalf.
Too often judges in the family law and dependency courts are jaded or just ignore the rule of law. From my own experience and the story conveyed above, I fear Judge Susan Weaver is one of the judges who separates children from their mothers without following the law.
What Can I Do About A Corrupt Court?
This is not legal advice. This writer is not an attorney. She is a public relations professional.
Court Commissioner Alan Friedenthal is no longer serving on the bench. This is a major victory for the people of California who might have otherwise had their lives and their children’s lives destroyed by the judge wanna-be.
In California, judges are elected. But commissioners are appointed and have the same authority as judges. Alan Friedenthal attempted to get elected twice and failed but was still appointed to his position of power.
I do not know why Alan retired from his commissioner paycheck and position of power. It looks like he went back into practice as an attorney and was involved in the production of a movie.
My hope is that my public relations campaign to have him removed from office helped influence his decision.
One major battle won in my efforts to rid Los Angeles of this corrupt family law “judge” was helping Fox News produce a series called “Lost in the System”. You can watch some of the series by clicking here.
So, what can you do if you are having a problem that lands you in court and you have a corrupt judge?
First, if you can afford an attorney, your chance of receiving justice in court improves by 1,000%.
If you are a regular person, you can’t afford an attorney.
Let’s rewind.
Before you get to the point of filing lawsuits…try to live a conflict free life.
There is Biblical wisdom that says, paraphrased, if another Christian harms you, speak to him first, before taking him to court. Implied is that if you harm a person, you should make them whole and be apologetic while doing so.
Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P. built a crappy heating and air-conditioning unit. Advantage Service Company in North Little Rock installed that unit in my home. A large retailer I’ll call “Good Guys” sold me the faulty equipment and arranged for Advantage to do the installation.
When the HVAC failed, advantage came out to repair it several times. They demanded payment each time. When we reached close to a thousand dollars in repair bills, I looked up warranty law and found that pursuant to the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act of 1975, all three companies involved must repair the unit for free.
Skipping a few steps, I eventually filed a lawsuit against the three companies for violating the Mag-Moss Warranty Act, fraud, conversion and violating the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
The Good Guys reimbursed me then for the repairs and the cost of the unit.
But the Goliath manufacturing company and its parent and partners refused to apologize or compensate me in any way. Instead of reimbursing $1,000 for the repairs, Advantage Service Company altered invoices to try to create an alternative universe.
First lesson of the day: If you have to cheat to win, don’t play.
Part of the process, one of the steps skipped above, was a small claims judge named Charles Clawson having ex parte communications with Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P. When I went for a 1:30 PM hearing at 1:10 (always be early), I caught the judge and a tall man talking to each other about the case. I shyly raised my hand and said I was the plaintiff. The judge supposedly summarized what they were talking about before I arrived and sent us home.
Later Judge Clawson had email communications with me and a Goodman representative regarding the case. Before I filed a complaint with the judicial disciplinary committee in Little Rock, the judge recused himself. He had a bad attitude and was snarky when he recused himself, but he did recuse.
So, how to deal with corrupt courts?
Besides staying out of court, the second most important action you can take is to make a good record.
Court clerks have altered and removed docket entries on my cases before. The small claims clerk on the Goodman case took $12 from me to send my complaint and summons certified, then sent the wrong papers by regular mail to defendant Goodman. Goodman jumped from the bushes after 120 days and said “Gotcha! You served us improperly and the case must be dismissed”.
Instead of owning up to their error, the clerk altered the docket to show they had refunded my money, then they thought better of it and reversed the alleged refund document.
Had I not kept my receipts, the clerk would probably have lied.
Keep receipts.
Object in writing to all fishy legal maneuverings.
Keep all emails.
If you send a letter, send it certified.
If your court system allows it, sign up for electronic filing. That way, the time you are served is documented.
Next, brainstorm alternatives to litigation.
You may be able to convince a wayward company to settle with you. Everyone benefits by settlement, except corrupt judges who take bribes. If you have a corrupt judge, the settlement will need to be less than the bribe. Unfortunately, once a company gives one bribe to a judge, you will have no settlement power available against that company or their attorneys. The judge must continue to rule for the briber.
If you are lucky enough to have an honest judge assigned to your case, you will go to ADR, Alternative Dispute Resolution.
I had one company agree to pay the entire bill for ADR.
Realize that mediators and arbitrators are big business friendly. Individual plaintiffs will usually have few cases during a lifetime. Big companies are sued and sue often. They are repeat customers for the “neutral” adjudicator.
You may be able to find other regular people who had or have similar problems with your adversary.
Look at records kept by your court. Most of these are online now.
You can find contact information for similarly situated victims on their complaints.
People are usually happy to share their stories with anyone who will listen.
Write on the internet.
This blog had about 600 posts in 2013. (I wanted to retire and took them all down; alas I have been forced out of retirement.)
When I was getting dozens or hundreds of hits per day, I built a network of other litigants who were having the same troubles with Alan Friedenthal and his ilk. We swapped emails, talked on the phone, met for lunch and worked on three projects together, including the Fox News series “Lost in the System”.
Most jurisdictions have a judicial ethics commission.
File a complaint. Don’t expect too much.
The Commission on Judicial Performance in California took about three years to admonish Alan Friedenthal for an appearance of bias on my case and four others. The damage was done and irreparable.
But knowing they are being investigated might slow down the smarter corrupt judges.
Contact news media.
You can email well written pleadings to the local paper’s reporter that covers the courts.
Chances are better that a blogger like myself will be interested and repost your story.
I am trying to remove Judge Susan Kaye Weaver from her position as Circuit Court judge of Searcy County, Faulkner County and Van Buren County, Arkansas.
She is a dangerous and well connected woman. She has a reputation for playing favorites. She has a reputation of not understanding the subtleties of civil litigation. I suspect she understands every word and is trying to funnel finances from regular people who can’t afford attorneys to her pets.
If you think Judge Weaver is corrupt, please contact the JDDC in Little Rock and contact me. I promise confidentiality to those who want it.
Together we can establish a pattern and practice of corrupt acts by this wayward judge.
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