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Re: Do you know a bad judge?
Posted by Window on 5/03/08

    Sorry to hear that Barbra. Some of these judges are just complete idiots, not
    all, but some sure are.

    On 4/28/08, Barbara wrote:
    > 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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