Family Court Corruption Protest - California Supreme Court - Judicial Council of California
Channel: Sacramento Family Court News
Date: 2014-04-06

Sacramento Family Court reform advocate Robert Saunders leads a protest at the William Ridgeway Family Relations courthouse in Sacramento, California. From the documentary Divorce Corp, featuring four family court cases from Sacramento Superior Court and designating the court as the most corrupt in the United States. 

As a result of an unlawful "no contact" child custody order issued against Robert Saunders by Judge Matthew Gary in 2009, Saunders has been prohibited from contacting his twin daughters, Julia and Laura. Judge Matthew Gary was subsequently ordered off the Saunders case by an outside judge for bias and misuse of contempt law against Saunders, yet he still has not been allowed to see his children. 

Saunders filed a complaint against the judge with the Commission on Judicial Performance, the state agency responsible for oversight and accountability of California judges. The CJP, run by Director and Chief Counsel Victoria Henley, dismissed Sanders' complaint and took no action against Gary. For Sacramento Family Court News coverage of Judge Matthew Gary's misconduct against Saunders: http://sacramentocountyfamilycourtnews.blogspot.com/2012/04/Hon-Matthew-J-Gary-disqualification-judicial-misconduct-contempt-Hon-Xapuri-B-Villapudua-judges-pro-per-Robert-Saunders-pro-se-Sacramento-Family-Court-Sacramento-County-Superior-Court-Family-Court-Accountability-Coalition.html

In November, 2013, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Thadd Blizzard authorized an illegal, out-of-state child abduction by April Berger, the mother of Saunders' children. While under a temporary custody order, Berger relocated the children to Hawaii without a final custody determination and without prior court permission as required by law. 

At the request of divorce attorney Richard Sokol, who also serves as a temporary judge in the same court, Blizzard after-the-fact approved the unlawful out-of-state transfer. Child abduction is prohibited by California Penal Code section 278.5, and under § 278.5(c) a custody order obtained after-the-fact does not constitute a defense to the crime. For Sacramento Family Court News coverage of the Blizzard ruling - including a leaked court reporter transcript from the hearing - visit this link: http://sacramentocountyfamilycourtnews.blogspot.com/2014/01/Judge-Thadd-Blizzard-Authorizes-Illegal-Child-Abduction-and-Out-of-State-Move-Away-for-Sacramento-Superior-Court-Judge-Pro-Tem-Attorney-Richard-Sokol-Sacramento-County-Bar-Association-Family-Law-Section-Member-Judge-Misconduct-Code-of-Judicial-Ethics.html

The 2014-2015 Sacramento County Superior Court Presiding Judge is the Hon. Robert C. Hight. Current and former Sacramento Family Court Judges include: Judge James M.Mize, Judge Bunmi O. Awoniyi, Judge Tami R. Bogert, Judge Steven M. Gevercer, Judge Thadd A. Blizzard, Judge Matthew J. Gary, Judge Sharon A. Lueras, Judge Eugene L. Balonon, and Judge Tani Cantil-Sakauye.

California Judicial Branch oversight and accountability is the responsibility of Commission on Judicial Performance Director Victoria B. Henley, California State Auditor Elaine M. Howle, Judicial Council Director Steven E. Jahr, Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, State Bar of California Chief Trial Counsel Jayne Kim, 3rd District Court of Appeal Justice Vance Raye, and U.S. Attorneys Benjamin B. Wagner and Melinda L. Haag. The officers of the Sacramento County Bar Association Family Law Executive Committee are Elaine V. Van Beveren, Fredrick S. Cohen, Paula D. Salinger, and Gregory W. Dwyer. 

Sacramento Superior Court whistleblowers allege that Sacramento Federal Court judges individually and collectively are responsible for helping conceal systemic civil rights violations, honest services fraud, and RICO racketeering by Sacramento County state court family law judges and judge pro tem attorneys against indigent, financially disadvantaged and disabled pro per litigants. The 2014 documentary film Divorce Corp exposed corruption in family courts throughout the United States, and designated Sacramento County as one of the most corrupt in the country. Sacramento court reform advocates charge and have documented that, for over 10 years, the EDCA has obstructed, impeded, and dismissed federal civil rights litigation against the RICO enterprise conspirators.

US District Court Eastern District of California judges: Judge William B. Shubb, Judge Edmund F. Brennan, Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr, Judge Carolyn K. Delaney, Judge Morrison C. England Jr, Judge Gregory G. Hollows, Judge John A. Mendez, Judge Kendall J. Newman, Judge Troy L. Nunley, Judge Allison Claire, Judge Dale A. Drozd, Judge Lawrence K. Karlton, and Judge Kimberly J. Mueller.