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Re: Do you know a bad judge?
Posted by Barbara on 4/28/08

    I have a story about a bad judge in Maury County, TN:

    On April 10, 2008, I witnessed a terrible bias against a plaintiff in a
    termination of parental rights/adoption case in this jusge's court. The
    grandparents have had a child in their custody for almost three years. They
    rescued this child from an abusive and neglectful parent, who has never paid a
    penny towards the child's care, and have spent almost $9,000 of their
    retirement money on litigation. They have spent even more on medical,
    psychological, and educational teatment for this child. Judge Jones showed
    immediate bias to the plaintiff just prior to the hearing in the hallway
    outside his office. Although he could have gone around her, he stared her down
    and ordered her to move out of his way. The plaintiff had never seen the judge
    before in her life. Despite over 600 pages of documents and seven witnesses
    consisting of 3-therapists, 3- teachers, and the defendants own brother, Judge
    Jones admonished the plaintiff for "hiring the law firm with the largest
    advertisement in the book and you are back to square one." He refused to reset
    the case for trial and declared the defendant indigent although she has a job
    and just purchased a $21K car. Although the plaintiff's attorney erred in his
    quest to locate one of the parents, Judge Jones failed in that he failed to
    appoint a guardian ad litem in this case, which had been on the calendar for
    several months. He was also way out of line to show bias towards the
    plaintiffs' attorney. Judge Jones job was to give these plaintiffs the right
    to have their evidence heard and to make a fair judgment based on that
    evidence. He had no right to decide, before listening to one shred of
    evidence, that the case has no merit and that the abusive mother should be
    allowed to seek remedy through juvenile court.

     
     

 
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