Thursday, January 24, 2013

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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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

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.

Friday, January 11, 2013

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.

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