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.
What to Do About a Doo Doo Attorney: Legal Malpractice Case Against William Z. White
Most Pro Se litigants cannot afford an attorney. Sometimes though, a person hires an attorney and still loses due to attorney error.
Sometimes people lose because of a judge’s error. A good attorney will fight an errant judge in the appellate court. A great attorney will call out the judge at the trial court and persuade the judge to follow the law.
What happens if an attorney does a bad job?
Usually, nothing.
Occasionally, another attorney will represent the bad attorney’s client in a legal malpractice suit.
Following a brief introduction of an allegedly mal-practicing attorney William Z. White of Heber Springs, Arkansas, there is the full text of a lawsuit filed against “Zac” for legal malpractice. The suit was settled out of court, as are the vast majority of all suits filed. (Most disputes don’t even get memorialized in a Complaint filed in a court. They are in essence “settled” before the victim must take the drastic step of filing suit.)
Remember, I am not an attorney. This is not legal advice or legal commentary. It is a recitation of facts attributed to the people who wrote legal complaints, whether private or public.
A William Z. White was found guilty of charges against him listed on the Arkansas “Court Connect” website, twice for traffic violations and once for a criminal charge referred to as “Hot Checks”.
A William Z. White was found guilty of “Hot Checks”, WC 97-2786 in July 1997. He was 20 years old, indicating a birth year about 1977. It looks like he did not accept the invitation to court, as the docket says “NO PLEA” and “GUILTY – BOND FORFEITED”.
A William Z. White born about 1977 was found guilty of speeding on the I-630 on July 21, 2003. Oddly, the docket entries were not made until 2015.
A William Z. White born about 1977 was found guilty of speeding, Ark. Code. Ann. 16-17-136 in 2019. A docket entry says:
| front moving opposite direction. was in left lane passing other vehicles and had a white SUV behind him. By the time I got up to this vehicle, the white SUV was 2 cars behind him. He tried to say that I clocked the speed of the other car, |
William Z. White apparently rethought this defense, waived appearance and pled guilty.
There is an attorney named William Z. White who I allege filed a completely bogus lawsuit against me. I allege he is shaking me down with a malicious prosecution. Unfortunately, there is a judge named Susan Kaye Weaver who appears to me to be colluding with Mr. White, who goes by Zac.
Interestingly, there is a “Susan Kaye Weaver” AKA “Susan Young” who also got a speeding ticket in Arkansas in 1997, the year William Z. White was writing hot checks. She was 18 years old, meaning born around 1979. Judge Susan Kaye Weaver was also born about 1979.
A Susan Kaye Weaver AKA Susan Young also born about 1979 was ticketed for speeding in 2000. But the officer Rhonda Hance requested no prosecution. [UPDATE 1/17/2022: Birth year attributed to story by Tammy Keith in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, June 17, 2012 and not an official record. See next paragraph.]
I don’t know how or why the Court Connect filed the Susan Kaye Weaver violations under the name Susan Young. My investigative reporter mind immediately wonders if Judge Susan Kaye Weaver’s position working for the government gave her the ability to somehow change the name in the search field. [UPDATE 1/17/2022: A story published in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette on June 17, 2012 in which Tammy Keith interviewed then District Court Judge Elect Susan Kaye Weaver said Susan Weaver “who married at 21 and divorced less than two years later…” It is possible Ms. Keith did not fact check and that the brief marriage was from 1997 (18 years) to 2001 (22 years). There was a suit for divorce filed by a Susan Young in Faulkner County in 2001 showing on Court Connect, without images of documents. This writer will try to find paper records.]
Regardless, while researching William Zac White and his apparent cohort, Judge Weaver, I came across a complaint filed against Mr. White for allegedly committing legal malpractice. It seems like a complaint my readers might find useful. (Sorry I could not put spaces between the paragraphs.)
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF HOT SPRING COUNTY, ARKANSAS
CIVIL DIVISION
MARION D. SPENCE II PLAINTIFF
VS. CASE NO. __
WILLIAM “ZAC” WHITE DEFENDANTS
COMPLAINT
Comes now the Plaintiff, Marion D. Spence II, by and through his attorneys, The Brad
Hendricks Law Firm, and for his Complaint state as follows:
PARTIES, JURISDICTION, AND VENUE
- The Plaintiff, Marion Spence is a resident of Hot Spring County, Arkansas whose
current address is 23555 Highway 51, Malvern, Arkansas 72104. - Defendant, William “Zac” White is an Arkansas attorney whose address is 706
West Quitman Street, P.O. Box 1087, Heber Springs, Arkansas 72543. - This Court has jurisdiction to hear this matter and is the proper venue for this
Complaint.
RELEVANT FACTS - The Defendant attorney was hired by Plaintiff to pursue a claim against Plaintiff’s
employer, Union Pacific Railroad Company (“Union Pacific”) under the Federal Employer’s
Liability Act (“FELA”) for shoulder injuries sustained while on the job and due to the Union
Pacific’s negligence. See Engagement Agreement, attached as Exhibit 1. - Mr. Spence’s attorney, Mr. White, filed the Complaint in United States District
Court for the Western District of Arkansas on September 1, 2017. The case was Civil Action No.
3:17-CV-3074 TLB. See Complaint, attached as Exhibit 2. - Union Pacific filed a Motion for Summary Judgment and Brief in Support on
January 18, 2019. See Motion for Summary Judgment, attached as Exhibit 3; Brief in Support,
attached as Exhibit 4 (pursuant to ARCP Rule 10(d), the Brief in Support is attached without the
large number, 229 pages, of exhibits). - An extension to respond was granted which made the Response to the Motion for
Summary Judgment due on February 8, 2019. - Mr. Spence’s attorney, Mr. White, failed to file a Response to the Motion for
Summary Judgment, despite being given an extended deadline to do so. - As a result of attorney White failing to respond, the Motion for Summary Judgment
was granted and Mr. Spence’s Complaint was dismissed with prejudice. See Memorandum
Opinion and Order, attached as Exhibit 5, and Judgment, attached as Exhibit 6. - Mr. White failed to hire an expert doctor to rebut the opinions of Union Pacific’s
expert doctors who opined that Mr. Spence’s shoulder injuries were not work related but were part
of the natural aging process. - The Memorandum Opinion explained that a plaintiff in a FELA case must present
expert testimony of his own to establish a causal connection between the injury and whatever
incident is alleged to have caused the injury. See Exhibit 5, page 4. - “The test of causation under FELA is much easier to prove than in state tort cases;
it is whether the railroad’s negligence played ‘any part, even the slightest,’ in the injury that is the
subject of the lawsuit.” Richardson v Union Pac. R. Co., 2011 Ark. App 562, 3, 386 S.W.3d 77,
80 (2011) citing Rogers v Missouri Pac. R.R. Co., 352 U.S. 500, 506 (1957). - An employee’s claim under FELA does not depend on showing that the injury was
caused by a particular act or a specific event, but can be caused by the cumulative effect of a series
of events or due to the employee’s weakened condition. Fletcher v. Union Pac. R. Co., 621 F.2d
902, 909 (8th Cir. 1980). The railroad has a duty to protect the employee from further injury. Id. - Mr. Spence needed an expert to opine that even if Mr. Spence’s shoulder was
degraded by age and years of use (like all older humans), it is the lifting of ties on the railroad that
caused the injury that required surgery and caused his serious problems. - The repetition of lifting and placing at least 1000 plates per day placed excessive
strain on Mr. Spence’s shoulders and he was made to continue doing that same work even after he
complained of extreme pain to the track foreman and even after an injury report was filed. See
Exhibit 2, page 4.
PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE - Defendant had a duty on behalf of his client to use reasonable diligence and skill
ordinarily used by attorney’s acting in the same or similar circumstances. - Defendant’s conduct fell below the generally accepted standard of practice when
he failed to hire an expert to rebut the opinions of the opposing experts. - Defendant’s conduct fell below the generally accepted standard of practice when
he failed to file a Response to the Motion for Summary Judgment. - As a result of the negligence of Defendant, judgment was entered against Plaintiff
and Plaintiff’s claim was dismissed with prejudice. - Plaintiff would have likely prevailed on the Motion for Summary Judgment and the
underlying case had he provided “even the slightest” connection between the injury and the work
at the railroad. - Defendant Union Pacific had already offered $100,000.00 to settle the case and, as
often the case, settlement negotiations were on hold pending the ruling on the Motion for Summary
Judgment. See Settlement Memorandum, attached as Exhibit 7. - As a result of Plaintiff’s attorney failing to hire an expert and failing to file a
Response to the Motion for Summary Judgment, Plaintiff suffered damages.
WHEREFORE, the Plaintiff prays for Judgment against Defendant for compensatory
damages in an amount greater than is required for diversity jurisdiction ($75,000.00); together with
any and all special, incidental or consequential damages to which Plaintiff may be entitled.
Finally, Plaintiff prays for attorney’s fees and costs and for all other just and proper relief.
PLAINTIFF REQUESTS A JURY TRIAL.
Respectfully Submitted,
THE BRAD HENDRICKS LAW FIRM
500 C Pleasant Valley Drive
Little Rock, Arkansas 72227
(501) 221-0444
(501) 219-0608 (fax)
tkitchens@bradhendricks.com
BY: ________________________
LLOYD W. “TRE” KITCHENS, ABN 99075
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Coincidentally, I had Tre Kitchens agree to represent me in the case filed by Mr. White, before Judge Weaver’s bias became so apparent. Before collecting his retainer and after a slew of bad calls by the judge, such as ignoring Mr. White’s failure to respond timely to several motions, Mr. Kitchens refused to take a $5,000 check I offered to retain him. He took on Mr. White in the malpractice case above and may have prevailed at settlement, but no one really wants to take on City Hall. Especially in the backwoods, inbred culture in the Ozarks.
Judge Susan K. Weaver Appoints Attorney William Z. White KING OF THE COURT
Hear ye, Hear ye!
Searcy County Circuit Court Judge Susan Kaye Weaver has refrained from granting a motion to quash a ridiculous subpoena issued by Mr. White of Heber Springs. The subpoena demanded me to produce all tangible and intangible items that pertain to me or three trusts or my former partner since 2009.
I’m still scratching my head, trying to figure out how to produce an “intangible” and wondering how to print out all the blog posts, emails, receipts, contracts, letters, complaints and evidence, litigation documents and other items that were supposed to be produced in three days.
The effect of not ruling on my objection and motion to quash is that I am not required to produce the requested items. But it leaves it open. At any moment, Judge Weaver can deny my motion to quash. (She took 14 months to rule on a motion to compel arbitration, so the subpoena may become effective some time in 2032.)
On Friday afternoon, Mr. White decided to be obnoxious again. Here is part of his email to me:
“Also, please accept this as my only good faith attempt to resolve the production of the documentary evidence I have commanded you to produce via my subpoena. You have until 5:00 p.m. Monday October 25, 2021 to begin to produce the documents I have commanded you to produce. If you fail to begin producing the commanded documentation I will move forward with a petition for discovery sanctions and contempt charges seeking among other things your incarceration. I hope you have a good weekend.”
He has “commanded” that I produce the documents. Commanded.
Black’s Law Dictionary does contain the word “command”.
command n. (14c) 1. An order; a directive. 2. In legal positivism, the sovereign’s express desire that a person act or refrain from acting a certain way, combined with the threat of punishment for failure to comply.
Well, that makes Zac White the sovereign. I best bow down, genuflect and borrow a box truck to fill with items tangible and intangible.
Does anyone know where I put that dream I had on May 16, 2013?
Am I the Only One Who Notices Court Corruption?
In the last few months, Judge Weaver in Faulkner County and Searcy County has lied…flat out lied…she directed the Court Reporter to transcribe a hearing inaccurately and she has looked the other way while opposing counsel gets away with…not murder, but the unethical taking of a 40 acre property and threatening me, a 59 year old woman with incarceration.
Judge Charles Clawson in Faulkner County District Court had ex parte communications with an opposing party. He eventually recused from my case, but only after dooming it (barring one honest, just judge undoing the damage).
If they treat me this way, they must treat others like this. Please let me know your story. Send an email to bohemian_books@yahoo.com and let me know how much is confidential, or if something can be repeated but not attributed to you.
Thanks.
Is it OK for Judge Susan Weaver to Make Shit Up and Have the Court Reporter Add the Fiction to a Transcript?
This is what I believe happened in Searcy County Arkansas Circuit Court.
I am suing the judge for deprivation of my constitutional rights to due process and equal protection under the law.
Judge Weaver had a motion to dismiss filed, claiming that if what I claim is true, it is of no importance, because it is part of her judicial duties covered by absolute judicial immunity and I don’t have a constitutional right to an accurate transcript. I kid you not.
Here is my response:
Will Judge Susan Weaver Force Me to Produce My Dreams and My Poop?
[SPOILER ALERT: She did, after this post was written, but allowed 10 days.]
The most absurd subpoena was issued in Searcy County Arkansas. It requires me to produce “Any and all tangible and/or intangible financial documents and/or other items pertaining to:
a. Laura Lynn (Hammett) and/or any other alias names utilized by Laura Lynn (Hammett)” for the past 12 years.
The demand, a court order, was to produce these items in 3 days. Or else…(I’ve been threatened by the attorney, William Zac White, with contempt and being jailed.)
So, this is not limited to items in my possession. Even so, it is going to be a heck of a task to collect every birthday and Christmas card, receipt, letter, facebook post, email, video I’ve watched, legal document I’ve written (yikes!) toilet paper used, food in my cupboard, “all other tangible items”.
How does one produce their intangible items? Hope, laughter, anxiety, dreams, farts (are they tangible or intangible?), ideas?
I filed two Motions to Quash the Subpoena with Judge Susan Weaver. The three days has come and gone, and the good ol’ judge hasn’t given me a pass.
Could it have something to do with my filing that civil rights lawsuit against her because I allege she and Mr. White conspired and caused the court reporter to report a hearing inaccurately?
Just a guess.
Here is the subpoena:
Licensed Attorney Zac White Jumps to the Head of the Line
The nerve! William Zac White of Heber Springs has had two and a half years since he filed a nuisance lawsuit against this writer in which to request production of documents pursuant to Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure 34(a).
All of a sudden, the day after I filed a lawsuit against him and the presiding judge for allegedly conspiring with the court reporter to create an inaccurate transcript, big no-no, White asks the court to issue a subpoena. The subpoena asks for the same documents that are normally obtained through discovery. It give me 3 days to get together volumes of documents and videos. The normal procedure gives 30 days.
Even though Mr. White did not specify the reason for cutting to the front of the line, the court issued the subpoena after 7PM. White must have called them on the bat line and informed them of impending doom if his client didn’t get financial records from 2009 in the next 72 hours.
I lobbed a motion to quash subpoena back at em. Let’s see what Judge Susan Kaye Weaver decides.
Response to Motion for Recusal of Judge Susan K. Weaver in Searcy County Arkansas
Attorney Zac White out of Heber Springs has responded to the vast majority of motions I filed after their due dates. But the response to my motion for recusal of this judge, this was made lickity split.
It is no wonder. At the hearing of August 4, 2021, if we were in person instead of on Zoom, I think Judge Susan Weaver would have climbed into attorney Zac White’s lap and given him a big ugly smooch.
Here is his response in black, with my comments in red. Of course I would never write anything like this in an official court document. It is just between us, my friends.
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Comes now counsel for the Plaintiff who in support of this Motion for Order of Recusal,
and Brief in support thereof, states and alleges as follows:
- Laura Lynn (Hammett) is not a licensed attorney.·True. I taught myself law by reading and watching Youtube videos.
- Laura Lynn (Hammett) is a serial pro-se litigant and killer? with several current lawsuits
pending both at the state and federal levels. It is highly probably yes, he wrote “highly probably” Individual Defendant Laura Lynn (Hammett) is representing her husband in several of those matters while he claims to be a “pro-se” litigant. Zac could highly probably have seen the other plaintiffs listed on my cases and noticed that in all but one, I was the lone plaintiff. - The allegations contained within Laura Lynn’s (Hammett) Motion for Order of
Recusal are non-sensical and are hereby denied. You can read the motion by clicking here. - Pleading affirmatively, Laura Lynn (Hammett) is convinced that her rudimentary
legal knowledge is somehow superior to and controlling upon the parties, counsels of record,
administrative employees of the Court, and the Court itself. Pleading further, Laura Lynn
(Hammett) is attempting to engage in forum shopping because she simply does no.t like the fact
that the Court has issued rulings against her. Or that the transcript of our first hearing was substantially inaccurate, the Court ordered my counterclaim dismissed without any specific reason given, no motion to dismiss and obviously no opportunity to respond. Besides that this judge has granted a default judgment to William “Zac” White’s client on another case when no summons was served on the defendant. Coincidentally enough, Mr. White did not serve summons on me, either. I just happened to notice the complaint when I was doing research on another case.
WHEREFORE, the Plaintiff respectfully requests that this Court deny Laura Lynn’s
(Hammett) Motion for Order of Recusal of Judge Susan K. Weaver, award the Plaintiffs fees
and costs (including a reasonable attorney’s fee) for the necessitation of defending yet another
frivolous pleading, and grant any and all relief that the Plaintiff may be entitled. Oh, and can you throw in her house and car…and an all expense paid trip to Cabo?
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the
Plaintiff, Michael Pietrczak – Walter Pietrczak
Attorney-in-fact.
LL———–
William “Za White – Attorney & Counselor at Law
William Z. White (AR Bar No. 2007255)
706 W. Quitman Street (Physical)
Heber Springs, AR 72543
(501) 365-3934 Office
(501) 365-3935 Facsimile
E-mail: wzwhite@wzwhite.com
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