There is a Chille Judge Lurking in  Every Courthouse
Channel: Susan Bassi
Date: 2024-04-02

Did this video while waiting outside the courthouse after two of our media requests were denied by Judge Eric Geffon in a case involving a San Jose City Councilman (Peter Ortiz) and a local journalist from the IG platform,  East Side San Jose Times @essjtimes. Geffon has serious conflicts of interest ( Similar to Judge Ann Zimmerman being married to a police officer) with Ortiz's attorneys from the McManis Faulkner law firm. Judge Geffon  also has conflicts because of the secret judge group ( BBMP) we recently exposed, which he attended with a core group of lawyers, cops and reporters from the San Jose Mercury News. 

The case today was about a motion to strike, or an Anti- Slapp lawsuit, filed against Ortiz's request for a restraining order against a journalist. Ortiz's request was  the government talking back to speech they do not like and it should have been thrown out of court. Instead a court commissioner, Johanna Thai Van Dat granted it and outraged the public and the legal community. 

Many similarities between Judge Zimmerman (Chille DeCastro judge) and Judge Geffon here in Santa Clara County. Only difference is Zimmerman allowed cameras in her courtroom and Judge Geffon did not. 

Today's hearing before Judge Geffon was haulted when the journalist's attorney filed a motion to disqualify the judge for bias.  Michael Mee, DeCastro's attorney should have done the same thing, but didn't, resulting in a very tainted outcome. 

There will always be judges predetermining a case , investigating outside the courtroom (Zimmerman watched DeCastro videos and Geffon was in a club with the San Jose Mercury Newspaper) and acting with bias. For this reason we need cameras in all courtrooms without judges able to switch the cameras off whenever they want.