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Richard Fine 9th Circuit Request For Certificate of Appealability & Immediate Release
Richard Fine 9th Circuit Request For Certificate of Appealability & Immediate Release
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2 1. RequestforPertificateofAppealability
3 Appellant (hereinafter ççFine'') filed a Request for Certificate of
4 AppealabilityonJuly 1,2009,intheUSDistrictCourt.Asofthepresenttime,
5 theUSDistrictCourthasdonenothinginresponseotherthanfiletheRequestas
6 aççNoticeofAppeal''
7 GiventhehistoryoftheUSDistrictCourtofviolatingstatutesinthiscase,
8 isdoubtfulthattheUSDistrictCourtwillactontheRequest.
9 FinerespectfullyrequeststhatthlsCourtimmediatelyissuetheCertificate
10 ofAppealability.
11 IfthisCourtdoesnotimmediately act,thiscasewillbe unnecessarily
12 prolongedashasalreadyoccurredbythisCourt'sfailuretopromptlyactincase
13 09-71692.
14 Insuchcase,FinefiledanEmergencyPetitionforWritofHabeasCopus
15 inthisCourtallegingthattheUSDistrictCourtviolated28USC j2243.The
16 DistrictCourtrefusedtotilethePetition. ThisCourtfileditasaPetitionfor
17 WritofMandate/prohibitiononJune3,2009.ThisPetitionwasseparatefrom
18 thePetitioninUSDC caseno.90-CV-1914(Docket#1)asthenew Petition
19 allegedviolationsoftheDistrictCourt.ThePetitioninUSDC caseno.09-CV-
20 1914allegedviolationsbyJudgeYaffeandtheLA SuperiorCourtinacontempt
21 action,resulting in the incarceration ofFineto tdcoerce''him to respond to
22 questionsabouthisassets.FinechallengedJudgeYaffe'srighttopresideatthe
23 contempttrialandjudgehisownactions,amongstotherthings.
24 Incaseno.09-71692,thisCourtdelayeditsdecisionuntilJune30,2009,
25 which wasthe day afterthe DistrictCourtapproved the MagistrateJudge's
26 ReportandRecommendation(ttRepolfi)overFine'sObjections(Docket#30).
27 ThisCourtmistakenlyrefen-edtotheMagistrateJudge'sReportdatedJune18,
28 2009(Docket#25)asthedecisionoftheDistrictCourt. ThisCourtnever
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1 addressedthedueprocessviolationsoftheDistrictCourt,violating28USCj
2 2243. HadthisCourtactedpromptly and addressedtheDistrictCourt'sdue
3 processviolations,theWritofMandatewouldhaveimmediatelyissuedandthis
4 casewouldhavebeenover.
5 Now,almost50dayslater,thestat'
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6 same. TheDistrictCourthasstillviolated28USC j2243. Fineisstill
7 incarcerated. SheriffBacadid notanswerthePetition andtheDistrictCourt
8 deniedhisiG
MotiontoDismiss''(Docket#12)asmoot(Docket#30).Docket
9 #12 wasaGtMotion to DismissPetition orin theAltemativeDirecttheReal
lo PartiesinlnteresttoRespond.,,TheLA.SuperiorCourtandJudgeYaf. çedidnot
11 moveto inteNene,didnottileaçWoticeoflnterested Parties''andwerenot
12 named asitinterested parties''in the çWotice oflnterested Pàrties''filed by
13 SheriffBaca(Docket#11).
14 The LA Superior Courtand Judge Yaffe tileè an çç
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15 ççResponse''5butdidnotopposeorcontestanyofthegrounds,factsorclaimsset
16 forthinthePetition(Docket#15and16).
17 ThusthePetitionwasunopposed.
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19 II. RequestforOrderImmediately GrantingW ritofHabeasCorpuson
20 AIISevenGroundsBasedUponNoOppositionandViolationofUSCj
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2243byDistrictCourt
22 Asshownabove,SheriffBaca'sMotionwasdeniedasmoot. (Docket
23 #30) ThiseffectivelyretroactivelyremovedtheResponseoftheLA Superior
24 CourtandJudgeYaffe.(Docket#15and16) However,evenifsucharenot
25 consideredtoberemoved,theydonotopposeorcontestthegrounds,factsor
26 claimssetforthinthePetition.(Docket#1)AsSheriffBacadidnotanswer,the
27 Pdition'sgrounds,factsandclaimsareunopposed.
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1 In anappeal,neitherSheriffBacanortheLA SuperiorCourtandJudge
2 Yaffecouldopposeanyground,factorclaim inthePetitionastheyhavewaived
3 suchrightby failingto raisesuchintheDistrictCourt. They areeffectively
4 precludedfrom filingabrief.
5 NormaytheywishtofileanybriefsastheDistrictCourtdidnotrelyon
6 any statementintheLA SuperiorCourt'sandJudgeYaffe'sResponsein its
7 MagistrateJudge'sReportwhichitapprovedonJune29,2009(Docket#30).
8 TheMagistrateJudge'sReportcitedtoexhibitsççB''andtEC''oftheMccormick
9 Declarationwhichwerenotpartofthetçrecord''ofthecontemptproceedingand
10 thereforecouldnotbeused.ltalsocitedtovariousiifacts''ofthetjudgment''
11 whichwerecontestedinthePetitionandwhichwerenotsubsequentlycontested
12 by SheriffBaca,whodidnotanswer,orbytheLA SuperiorCourtandJudge
13 Yaffe.Finally,theMagistrateJudge'sReportunlawfullycitedsourcesthatwere
14 notin thecontempttrial,and cited to attrecord''which did notexist. The
15 MagistrateJudgeççmadeup the facts''to suitherargumentand called itthe
16 çtrecord.''(Seepage21,lines24-26,page22,lines23-25ofReport.
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17 Thesoleiçrecord''beforetheDistrictCourtwas:
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1. The11/3/08OrdertoShow Cause;
19 2. TheDeclarationofJoshuaRosen(wjuoj
awasnotatrialexhibit);
20 3. TheTrialTranscriptsof12/22/08,1/22/09and3/4/09;
21 4. TheMinuteOrdersof12/22/08and1/22/09;
5. TheJudgmentandRemandOrderof3/4/09;
22 6. TrialExhibits1A,9,14,and21;and
23 7. SenateBillIGSBXZ11''.
24 NeitherSheriffBacanortheLA SuperiorCourtandJudgeYaffeproduced
25 anyédrecord''orpertinentdocuments9om thetrialexcepttheRemandOrder,the
26 March4,2009,Judgment(whichhadbeenattachedtothePetition)andthe
27 March4,2009,trialtranscript.
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1 thosebenefitswerenotauthorizedbylaw'',itisclearthattheactofreceivingthe
2 paymentswascriminal,aswastheactofpayment.
3 TheMagistrateJudge'sReporqwhilequotingtheimmunitypa14ofSenate
4 BillCtSBXZ11''atpage17,didnotdiscussthecriminalaspectoftheLA County
5 paymentstoJudgeYaffeandtheLA SuperiorCourt.
6 GiventheclearprecedentofCaperton,supra,andthecasescitedtherein,
7 andthecriminalactionsoftheLA CountypaymentstoJudgeYaffeandtheLA
8 SuperiorCo
. urtjudges,asshown by SenateBillCCSBXZ 11''5 dueprocess
9 requiredthatJudgeYafferecusehimselffrom thecontempttrial.
10 The OSC also charged Fine with ilattacking the integrity ofthe court
11 (JudgeYaffel''andtfattackingtheintegrityoftheLA SuperiorCourt''based
12 upon theLA County paymentstoJudgeYaffe andtheLA County Superior
13 Courtjudges.Fineclaimedtheactionsviolated18UCSjj1341,1343,and
14 1346(theintangiblerighttohonestservices),Finewasfoundit
NotGuilty''on
15 thesecharges.
16 ThisisinadditiontothesixotherunopposedgroundsinthePetition:
17 Ground Two - The Reportand Recommepdation made a itfalse
18 record''.Itdidflotshow thatembroilmentdidnotexist.
GroundsThreeandFour-TheOSC showedatpage3,paragraph 16,
19 thatacriminalchargeunderB&P Codej6126 wasbrought,thereby
20 showingthattherighttoajulytrialwasviolatedandthatdueprocessis
21 violatedwhenthelawyerforapartyprosecutesacriminalcontempt.
GrotmdFive-theDistrictCourtwasboundtoreview thelastrecord
22 beforetheStatecourt.ltdidnotdosuch.ltreferredtoitemsoutsideofthe
ca recordasabasisforitsdecision.
GroundsSixandSeven-TheDistrictCourtdidnotconsidersuch,as
24 itdeniedsuchgroundsexisted.
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26 Basedupontheabove,anorderimmediatelysettingFinefreefrom theLA
27 CountyJailisrespectfullyrequested.
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Datedthis FayofJuly2009 , Respectfullysubmitted,
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RICHARD 1.FINE,
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PROOFOFSERVICE
STATEOFCALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OFLOSANGELES
JudgeJohnF.Walter MagistrateJudgeCarlaM.Woehrle
USDistrictCourt,Courtroom 16 USDistrictCourt,RoybalBldg,Crtrm640
312N.SpringStreet 255EastTempleStreet
LosAngeles,CA 90012 LosAngeles,CA 90012
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juryunderthelawsoftheUnitedStatesof
AmericaandtheStateofCalifomia,thattheforegoingistnzeandcorrect.
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