NY State Cimmission on Judicial Conduct Dismissal of Complaint vs Judge Carolyn Demarest + refusal to recuse
Chana Taub gave me permission to publish this. You can read that the Commission on Judicial Conduct dismissed the complaint vs Judge Carolyn Demarest even though 45 pages of legally prepared data along with 48 pages by Chana, all with much documentation included (some being from official court transcripts) were sent requesting recusal (resigning from case) -see next blog entry for some actual pages. YET, Commission claims "insufficient indication of judicial misconduct" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The judge's letter just below this Commission letter is misleading at best. The 3rd sentence states the jury concluded that cruel and inhuman treatment was not proved, but viewing the next entry's sample pages you'll see the jury was not allowed to hear critical information such as findings from 7 hours of interviews of Chana by a renowned expert domestic violence witness. In 1st paragraph on 2nd pg judge says she shouldn't recuse because the court system has been overburdened by protracted litigation caused by the parties. Hmmm..... Simon Taub is the one who has brought multiple side suits, etc. and whom this judge allowed to repeatedly postpone and stall hearings due to supposed ongoing health problems, but was called on it by a different judge & miraculously it hasn't happened since! The judge quotes from another case saying proving bias must be "based upon something other than rulings in the case." That defies common sense! In fact it makes no sense for recusals in general to be voluntary as that defies human nature. Few individuals or groups are good at policing themselves! The judge notes the case is now in bankruptcy court. She OMITS that she did not even award enough maintenance for Chana to pay her supposed share of the mortgage (& threatened to JAIL her), & didn't even enforce that & numerous other orders, including that husband take home out of foreclosure since she acknowledged he is the moneyed spouse, yet she contradicted herself by also commenting he couldn't pay.
Bankruptcy judge noted it seems Simon is worth $41million. With such wealth should there be foreclosures & bankruptcy?? Doesn't that hurt all creditors & ultimately,via ripple effect, all taxpayers? WHY are there thousands of complaints vs judges in every state, no matter the topic, yet hardly any recusals & impeachment is virtually nonexistent? Doesn't this tarnish our many good judges & impair the ability of the U.S. to lead?? Philip K. Howard, Esq., best-selling author of "The Death of Common Sense," has new book, "Life Without Lawyers- Liberating Americans from Too Much Law." He notes doctors waste billions in defensive medicine & excess litigation, costs, & awards, plus fear of suit increasingly negatively impact schools, businesses and families. A mockery is being made of our system. He says "All life is interconnected." He advocates balance & accountability & encourages ideas & involvement, some via websites, one is Lifewithoutlawyers.com. LACK OF LEGAL ACCOUNTABILITY IS A BIG PART OF OUR FINANCIAL CRISIS!
The judge's letter just below this Commission letter is misleading at best. The 3rd sentence states the jury concluded that cruel and inhuman treatment was not proved, but viewing the next entry's sample pages you'll see the jury was not allowed to hear critical information such as findings from 7 hours of interviews of Chana by a renowned expert domestic violence witness. In 1st paragraph on 2nd pg judge says she shouldn't recuse because the court system has been overburdened by protracted litigation caused by the parties. Hmmm..... Simon Taub is the one who has brought multiple side suits, etc. and whom this judge allowed to repeatedly postpone and stall hearings due to supposed ongoing health problems, but was called on it by a different judge & miraculously it hasn't happened since! The judge quotes from another case saying proving bias must be "based upon something other than rulings in the case." That defies common sense! In fact it makes no sense for recusals in general to be voluntary as that defies human nature. Few individuals or groups are good at policing themselves! The judge notes the case is now in bankruptcy court. She OMITS that she did not even award enough maintenance for Chana to pay her supposed share of the mortgage (& threatened to JAIL her), & didn't even enforce that & numerous other orders, including that husband take home out of foreclosure since she acknowledged he is the moneyed spouse, yet she contradicted herself by also commenting he couldn't pay.
Bankruptcy judge noted it seems Simon is worth $41million. With such wealth should there be foreclosures & bankruptcy?? Doesn't that hurt all creditors & ultimately,via ripple effect, all taxpayers? WHY are there thousands of complaints vs judges in every state, no matter the topic, yet hardly any recusals & impeachment is virtually nonexistent? Doesn't this tarnish our many good judges & impair the ability of the U.S. to lead?? Philip K. Howard, Esq., best-selling author of "The Death of Common Sense," has new book, "Life Without Lawyers- Liberating Americans from Too Much Law." He notes doctors waste billions in defensive medicine & excess litigation, costs, & awards, plus fear of suit increasingly negatively impact schools, businesses and families. A mockery is being made of our system. He says "All life is interconnected." He advocates balance & accountability & encourages ideas & involvement, some via websites, one is Lifewithoutlawyers.com. LACK OF LEGAL ACCOUNTABILITY IS A BIG PART OF OUR FINANCIAL CRISIS!
Carolyn Demarest has proven record of unfair treatment of Jews and ethnic minorities in her courtroom. She is a highly biased judge.
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You are right. I am amazed and scared that across the country it is nearly impossible to force a judge to recuse, muchless get them actually sanctioned or removed from the bench. Brooklyn appears to still be mired in the corrupt courts over which Judge Garson was jailed for ten yrs starting June 2007. There are many cases both in supreme court and family court in Brooklyn where clear evidence of abusive behavior by those before the court as well as various court actors such as guardians ad litem, judges, etc. either gets ignored or twisted. I continue to complain ( and my complaints are now going VERY high up and out of NY, no doubt partly because I am now in 6 Who's Who including Who's Who in America, etc. due to over 40 yrs of public advocacy; I keep getting invited into others, etc., etc. which indicates also that more are paying attention) and have reason to believe there may be a tad of light at end of the tunnel.
Brooklyn FC judge's order to award extensive overnight visitation and even consider custody of 5 children for father who had criminal court conviction of making sexual touches of some of the kids, etc, etc. just got overturned by appellate last wk. Fact that judge and guardian could even get as far as they got proves serious urgent need for reform. It is also horrendous beyond belief that a judge (in this case another female judge) in the United States in the year 2009 could knowingly sentence children to torture- I do believe that is the worst crime on this planet- surely it at least puts us on a level with the Taliban! But there have now been 6 NATIONAL custody crisis conferences in Albany, NY past 6 Januaries, but no major media coverage even though it has been requested and no note taken by senators, etc. (but brand new pres. post has just been started to address domestic violence- need not be physical, but always includes emotional abuse and very often financial abuse). Failure to acknowledge that abusive behaviors cycle and increasingly compound is akin to ignoring cancer which is about to metastasize.
But legal abuse is by no means confined to family issues, but includes health care and business, etc.- indeed every type issue that comes before any of our courts. Failure to est. checks and balances soon could be the ultimate undoing of the U.S. as there is increasingly little respect for the courts and huge expense which is one major component of our entire financial crisis. Note CA reported that just in the year 2001 they had 766 official complaints filed against their fed. judges, but only ONE got sanctioned (lightly)! You don't need to know anything to know that that result is absurd & very harmful to justice, ETC!!
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