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News Release from Judicial-Discipline-Reform.org
Summarize For Newspaper
Your Judicial Misconduct Complaint in 350 or Fewer Words
Last September 27, the Committee on Judicial Conduct and Disability of the
Judicial Conference of the United States, held its one single hearing in
the whole nation to receive public comment on its draft rules governing
judicial misconduct complaint proceedings.
I presented graphs based on official statistics of the federal judiciary
showing that between October 1996 and September 2006, the number of
complaints against federal judges/magistrates filed with U.S. chief
circuit judges was 7,462, but the judges disciplined only 9 of their
peers! (http://Judicial-Discipline-Reform.org/retrieve-file/27sep7.pdf )
This proves systematic dismissal of judicial misconduct complaints by
judges that have compromised their integrity to protect their peers while
disregarding their duty ?to administer justice without respect to
persons?. (28 U.S.C. §453) They have turned the complaint process into a
sham and will disregard the draft rules as they have the current ones,
thus placing themselves above the law.
At the hearing, I met New York Post Reporter Janon Fisher, who expressed
interest in exploring judicial misconduct complaints. This opens an
opportunity for you to tell your complaint to a newspaper in a SUMMARY of
350 WORDS OR LESS. Make every word count. Do not ramble. Do not argue the
law.
First write what comes to mind to get a draft; then identify the most
important FACTS OF MISCONDUCT and order them in short paragraphs; check
them against your documents for accuracy. Write to convince, not your
friends or group members, but jurors, as it were, who do not know or trust
you. Appeal to their common sense to show that what happened in your case
is not how a judge should behave or is evidence of wrongdoing engaged in
or tolerated by the judge.
Rewrite to eliminate unimportant details. Revise to get rid of grammatical
errors. Run a spell-check and a word count until you have 350 or fewer
words. If your complaint matters to you, SWEAT OVER IT to get a polished
Summary!
Use this template
I am Name, of City, State,
[party type: parent, divorcing spouse, debtor/creditor in bankruptcy, etc.],
in Case Name/Docket #, in Court Name,
which concerns [case type: bankruptcy, child support or custody, probate,
etc.].
This case came before Judge Name, who showed [misconduct type: abuse of
judicial power, biased or prejudiced conduct, conflict of interests,
bribery or corruption, disregard for the rule of law or the facts, abusive
language, mental or physical disability].
State the most revealing FACTS of misconduct: No opinions or mere
accusations, no exaggerations, no arguments on the merits. Just ACCURATE
FACTS OF MISCONDUCT, with dates, names, and numbers. Be as fair to
everybody as you are asking them to be to you. Be a responsible advocate
of judicial reform, for your own good and that of all those who seek
?Equal Justice Under Law?.
If you filed a judicial misconduct complaint, state docket # and disposition.
State why Reporter Fisher and the New York Post should join Dr. Cordero in
investigating judicial misconduct in our courts.
Send your polished complaint SUMMARY to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and
DrRCordero-summary @Judicial-Discipline-Reform.org .
Forward this e-mail to everybody that may have a judicial misconduct
complaint.
Sample SUMMARY
I am Dr. Richard Cordero, Esq., of New York City, creditor in In
re DeLano, 04-20280, WBNY, in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, a voluntary
bankruptcy petition, now in the Court of Appeals, 2nd Cir., 06-4780-bk.
This case came before Judge John C. Ninfo, III, who supported or tolerated
a bankruptcy fraud scheme.
Mr. DeLano, a banker for 39 years, was an M&T Bank bankruptcy officer when
he and his wife filed their petition in January 2004 declaring:
1. that they had in cash and on account only $535, although they had
declared that their monthly excess income was $1,940; and in their
Financial Affairs Statement and 1040 IRS forms that in the three years
preceding their filing they had earned $291,470, still unaccounted for;
2. that their only real property was their home, bought in 1975 and
appraised in November 2003 at $98,500, their mortgage still $77,084, and
their equity only $21,416?after making mortgage payments for 30 years! and
receiving during that period $382,187 through eight mortgages!;
3. that they owed $98,092 on 18 credit cards, but valued their household
goods accumulated during more than 30 years at $2,810, less than 1% of
their earnings in the previous three years!
4. Only 2½ months after being discharged last February, they sold their
home for $135,000, a 37% increase in value in a down home market.
5. Their case is among the trustee?s 3,907 cases and their lawyer?s 525
before Judge Ninfo.
6. Judge Ninfo ordered an evidentiary hearing, but violating my discovery
rights under FRCivP 26 and 34, he, the DeLanos, the trustees, District
Judge David Larimer, and the Court of Appeals denied me every single
document, which would prove concealment of assets and their support of a
bankruptcy fraud scheme as part of their coordinated wrongdoing.
The newspaper should investigate judicial misconduct because judges,
protecting each other, have exempted themselves from any discipline.
Fearing no consequences from abusing their power, they wield absolute
power, which corrupts absolutely. Only a newspaper can expose them, cause
public outrage, and force the Executive and Legislative Branches and
presidential candidates to address the problem.
(http://Judicial-Discipline-Reform.org/Follow_money/DeLano_docs.pdf )
SUMMARY word count: 349
Make the most of this opportunity to tell a newspaper about your
complaint. I look forward to reading your summary.
Sincerely,
Dr. Richard Cordero, Esq.
http://Judicial-Discipline-Reform.org
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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