Sacramento Judge Thadd Blizzard Aids & Abets Criminal Child Abduction, Blocks Witness Subpoenas for Judge Pro Tem Attorney Richard Sokol

Leaked Court Reporter Transcript Catches Sacramento Judge Authorizing Criminal Child Abduction for Client of Judge Pro Tem Lawyer 

Hon. Thadd A. Blizzard

Hon. Thadd A. Blizzard is memorialized in this court reporter transcript approving a criminal child abduction and blocking witness subpoenas for the benefit of Sacramento Family Court judge pro tem attorney Richard Sokol. As the family law hearing transcript records, opposing attorney Archibald Cunningham of San Francisco was stunned by the judge's acquiesce to a clearly illegal, out-of-state move away in which the facts were not disputed. 

Sacramento Family Court has an established track record of collusion between full-time judges and judge pro tem attorneys who operate the settlement conference program on behalf of the court. Court watchdogs have documented that the temporary judges are compensated with favorable rulings and other perks when representing clients in the same court. 

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Tani Cantil-Sakauye Sacramento Family Court Alumnus Earns Worst Supreme Court Opinion Runner-Up Title

Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye Supreme Court Opinion Called 2nd Worst of 2012-2013 Term

A California Supreme Court opinion authored by former Sacramento Family Court Judge Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye was called the second-worst opinion of the 96 rulings issued over the high court's 2012-2013 term, according to an annual review published in the August issue of California Lawyer.

Complete story at Sacramento Family Court News: click here. 

Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye Responsible for Maintaining Public Confidence in Judicial Branch

Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye Entrusted with Legacy of Chief Justice Ronald George to Preserve Court Access for Financially Disadvantaged

Four years ago today an historic vote was held in the California Senate Judiciary Committee. The final vote tally was was 3-2, allowing Assembly Bill 590 to move forward in the legislative process. AB 590 included the Sargent Shriver Civil Counsel Act, which proposed to establish a pilot program for the appointment of legal representation for unrepresented low-income parties in civil matters involving basic human needs.

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Caught on Transcript: Justice Arthur G. Scotland Provides Misleading Character Witness Testimony for Judge Peter J. McBrien at CJP

Leaked Court Reporter Transcript Catches 3rd District Justice Arthur G. Scotland 2009 Deceptive Testimony for Judge Peter McBrien

To help Sacramento County Family Court Judge Peter McBrien avoid removal from the bench for misconduct, 3rd District Court of Appeal Justice Arthur Scotland misleads the Commission on Judicial Performance about McBrien's reversal rate in the court of appeal. Click here for the full story. 

Also included with the transcript is the felony charging document from McBrien's criminal case. Click here for more on 3rd District Appellate Court controversy. Click here for additional reporting on ethically-challenged Judge Peter McBrien at Sacramento Family Court News. Scotland is now Of Counsel at the high-power Sacramento lobby firm Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni LLP.

Court Records Show Sacramento County Court Clerks Play Favorites with Temporary Judge Divorce Attorneys

Sacramento County Court Clerks File Non-Compliant Documents for Judge Pro Tem Attorneys

Sacramento County Family Court watchdogs and whistleblowers allege that the public court is operated by, and for the financial interests of the Sacramento County Bar Association Family Law Section. The organization dictates court policies and procedures, including local rules, which work to the advantage of member attorneys and to the disadvantage of "outsider" attorneys and especially the 70 percent of litigants who cannot afford counsel and are self-represented. 

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Paula D. Salinger Violates State Law, Court Rules: No Enforcement by Sacramento Court Clerks and Judges - Judge Pro Tem Preferential Treatment

Sacramento County Judge Pro Tem & Divorce Attorney Paula Salinger Allowed to File Unlawful Documents with Court

Sacramento County Family Court watchdogs and whistleblowers allege that the public court is operated by, and for the financial interests of the Sacramento County Bar Association Family Law Section. The organization dictates court policies and procedures, including local rules, which work to the advantage of member attorneys and to the disadvantage of "outsider" attorneys and especially the 70 percent of litigants who cannot afford counsel and are self-represented. 

This responsive declaration filed by a pro per litigant details unlawful tactics used by SCBA Family Law Section attorneys. Divorce attorney Paula Salinger is a sworn temporary judge of Sacramento County Superior Court and a member of the SCBA Family Law Section. Sacramento Family Court watchdogs and whistleblowers have documented that court administrators and employees unlawfully provide preferential treatment for divorce lawyers who also serve as judge pro tems in the same court. This is the first document in a two-document set consisting of this responsive declaration and the companion memorandum of points and authorities. Click here to view the memorandum.

Jack Halpin Shasta County Judge Barred from Bench

Family Court Dispute Leads To Removal of Shasta County Judge Jack Halpin

A retired Shasta County Superior Court judge has been barred from the bench — possibly stemming from a complaint filed by a Mount Shasta attorney accusing the county court of abusing the state's system that allows him to handle some cases even after retirement, according to the Redding Record Searchlight newspaper.

It's unclear whether the notice barring Judge Jack Halpin from the Shasta County bench is related to the "quo warranto" lawsuit proceedings initiated by Mount Shasta attorney Barbara Kauffman. A quo warranto is essentially a motion to initiate removing someone from a public office, but the attorney general's office has to approve one before it proceeds — a step meant to safeguard officials against frivolous lawsuits.

Click here to read the full article at the Record Searchlight.