9th Circuit Appeal - Dkt 9 - Supplement To Emergency Motion For Immediate Release

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1 RICI'IARD 1.FINE,lnProPer 2 Prisoner;ID #182436*7 5

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8 RICHARD 1.FINE, 9 AppellantandPetitioner, 10 vs. 11 12 U.S.DISTRICT COURT,

13 AppelleeandRespondent. 14 SC RIFFOFLOSANGELES 15 COUNTY 16 (Rea1Partylnlnterest) 17

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SUPPLEG NTTO EMERGENCY MOTION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFROM UNLAWFUL W CARCEM TION SHOWING IRREPARABLEAr IM= DIATEINJURY Ar UNDUE FWANCIALHARDSHIP, INCLUDING THELOsSOFHlS HO= Ar ONGOING

PHYSICALPAIN Ar SUFFERING

FjupRujes23(b)(3)and23(d)

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Appellant(ççFine'')hasbeen,andcontinuestobe,irreparablyinjuredby

24 hisunlawfulincarceration,whichbeganonMarch4,2009. 25 26 27 28

Hewasdeprivedofpersonalliberty,whichforcibly subjectedhim to undueandsteadilymountingfinancialhardshipandcatastropheasadirectresult ofbeingpreventedfrom eamingaliving.

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1 He has been prevented 9om addressing the legalissues in this case 2 beyondhispersonalmemoryofapplicable1aw asaresultofhishavingbeen j .W njeiacreo any N xsot= U me i 4

5 Theexpenseofretaining counselto adequately addressthesemattersis 6 prohibitive,and hecannotavailhimselfofany assistanceasapauperasthat

7 wouldentailfu11financialdisclosure,thesubjectofwhichisalsothethrustof 8 theunderlyingcontemptorder. 9 10 11

Hisseveresnancialhardshiphas1edtotheimminentlossofhishome, whichisnow wellintoforeclosure.

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Fine'sincarcerationhasalsoresultedinhisneedlessly sufferingphysical pain arising from medicalconditionswhich werecontracted astheresultof incarceration atLA County Men'sCentralJail. Finehasdeveloped a staph infection,backpain,andswellinginhisfeet,anklesandlegs,al1inviolationof theFifthandFourteenthAmendments,duetohisunlawfulincarcerationandthe

17 deliberaterefusalandfailureoftheDistrictCourttoabideby28USCj2243in 18 proceedingwiththePetitionforWritofHabeasCorpus. 19 20

Thesedelayshavesuspendedthettprivilegeofthewritofhabeascorpus''

21 inviolationofArticle1,Section942)oftheU.S.Constitution. 22 23 24 25 26

AsthisCourtisaware from therecord, the DistrictCourtunlawfully delayed in ordering RespondentSheriffto answer, and did notenterthewrit WhentherespondentSheriffdidnotanswer. TheDistrictCourtalsounlawfully ççdirected''theLA SuperiorCourtand JudgeYaffeto answerwithouthaving jurisdiction overthem,gaveeachatimeperiodbeyondthetwenty(20)days

27 (originallysetfortheSherifgallowedby28USCj2243,anddidnotenterthe 28

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l writwhentheydidnotopposeorcontestanyofthegrounds,factsorclaimsset 2 forthinthe Petition. 4

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5 thantwenty-five(25)daysafterthePetitionisfiledandsummarilydecidethe 6 case,orearlierifthegroundsorfactsinthePetition areundisputed,asinthis

7 case,assetfort hin28USC j2243,theDistrictCourtwaitedfor103daysto 8 renderitsdecision(Dkt#30),atwhichtimeitdeniedtheunopposedPetition. 9 10 11

TheDistrictCourt'sdecisionshowedthatneitherit(JudgeWalter)northe Magistrate Judge (Judge Woehrle)had even read the fullPetition. (See MagistrateJudge'sReportandRecommendationtçGRepolf'lDkt#26,page10,

12 line13,throughpage11,line1,whichstatesthePetitionhadonlyfivegrounds. 13 ThePetitionhad,infact,sevengrounds.Page13,line27,throughpage14,line 14 15 16 17 18

4,oftheReportstatesFinewasnotchargedtmderB&PCodej6126,acriminal count. TheOrderto Show Cause,atpage 3,paragraph 16,attached tothe Petition showsthischarge. Atpage23,line 1,throughpage24,line 16,the

Reportagainignoresthecriminalcontemptchargewhichwasneverdismissed.)

19 TheDistrictCourtleftitselfwith only CountsOne,Two and Fiveto 20 decide. 21 22

AstoCountOne,theReportdidnotcitetoCaperton.etal.v.A.T(Massev

23 CoalCo.,etal,566U.S. (2009)decidedJune8,2009,whichheldthata 24 largecontributorto acampaigncommitteeofajudgeby alitigantwitha 25 prospectivecasebeforehim mandatedthejudge'srecusalfrom thecaseasa 26 27

denialofdueprocess.Caperton,supra,mandatedthegrantingofthewritbythe DistrictCourtbecauseJudgeYaffehad received an illegalpayment9om LA

28 Countyequalto28% ofhisstatesalary(asubstantialsum)andthenmadean orderinfavorofLA CountyandagainstFinewithoutnoticetoFineandwithout -3 -

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1 Finepresentatthehearing. Hethenrefusedtorecusehimselfinthecontempt

2 caseandthereafterçjudgedhisownaction,''aviolationoftheholdingofInRe -

4 W wvj .onj#4#Vtjt-N jfjFjtjjvy ikus#-tV G v-faveprevktW on .-4 CountOne,baseduponU.S.SupremeCourtprecedent. 5

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AstoGroundTwo,theDistrictCourtandtheMagistrateJudge'sReport içmadeup afalserecord''. Withoutcitationtoany record,theReportstatesat page21:çEfherecord showsthatJudgeYaffegavePetitioneramplewarning aboutpossiblecontemptcharges''and atpage22,lines23-25:tç...thatJudge YaffewaspatientandprofessionalindealingwithPetitionerwhilecanyingout

11 hisjudicialdutiesandvindicatingthepropertyauthorityofhiscourt.'' 12 13

ThewritshouldthereforehavebeengrantedonGroundTwo.

14 The District Courtand the Magistrate Judge's Reportreferenced no 15 review ofthelastrecordbeforetheStateCourttodetermineifthettdecisionwas 16 based on an unreasonabledetermination ofthefactsin lightoftheevidence

17 under28USCj2254(d)(2).''NeithertheRespondentSheriff,theLA Superior 18 19 20 21

Courtnor Judge Yaffe produced the trialtranscripts,the exhibits or any pleadingsofthecontempttrial,exceptthattheLA SuperiorCourtproducedthe March 4,2009,trialsentencingtranscript,theRemand Orderand aduplicate copy ofthe March4,2009,Judgment,signed by Judge Yaffeon March24.

22 2009.twentydaysafteritwasfiled(comparetheCourt'sfilestampdate,Dkt 23 #1,pg.34,toJudgeYaffe'ssignamredate,pg.47). 24 25 26 27 28

Fine produced the December 22,2008,and January 22,2009,trial transcriptsandMinuteOrders,theNovember3,2008OrdertoShow Causeand Declaration ofJoshuaL.Rosen,trialexhibits 1A,9,14,21,and SenateBill
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l Based upon the above,Fine was denied constitutionalrights which 2 supportedthePetitionandgrantingofthewrit. ' i 4 M tlm te+ inth-c-ir=i&viG terthe-Fmhund-FouA enth-e' ndments

5 andArticle1,Section9(2),oftheU.S.ConstitutionwhenitacceptedFine's 6 EmergencyPetitionforHabeasCorpusfiledJune3,2009,renamingitaPetition 7 forWritofMandategrohibitionincaseno.09-71692,anddelayeditsdecision 8 untilJtme30,2009. TheNinthCircuitignoredthefactthattheDistrictCourt

9 hadrefusedtofilethePetition(SeeNinthCircuitDecision,page1,paragraph1), 10 andtheNinth CircuiterroneouslyclaimedthattheMagistrateJudge'sJune 12,

11 2009,ReportwasthedecisionoftheDistrictCourt. (SeeDecision,page1, 12 paragraph2). TheDistrictCourt,however,didnotissueitsdecisionuntil 13 Jtme29,2009(Dl d#30). 14 15 16 17

Asoccun' edwiththeDistrictCourt,itappearsthattheNinthCircuitpanel alsohadnotfullyreviewedtheEmergencyPetition,whichplainlyshowedthat

theDistrictCourthadviolated28USC j2243anddeniedFinedueprocess.

Haditreviewedtheentiredocllment,itwouldhaveissuedthewritofmandate 18 immediately. lnstead,itdeniedthewrit,causingfurtherunlawfulincarceration 19 anduniqueandirreparablefinancialandphysicalhardship. 20

21 ln summary,Finehasbeen deniedliberty andtherighttoearn aliving 22 sinceMarch 4,2009,resulting in severe financialand physicalhardship in

23 violationoftheFifthandFourteenthAmendments,andArticle1,Section9(2)of 24 25 26 27 28

theU.S.Constimtional. TheDistrictCourtknew ata11timesthatthePetition hadmeritandwasunopposed,yetitunlawfully delayedanddeniedFinedue processandthewrit. AndtheNinth Circuitknew atalltimesoftheDistrict Court'stmlawfulactionsincaseno.09-71692,yetitdelayedanddeniedFine dueprocessanddeniedthePetition. -5-

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1 Now,theunlawfulincarcerationhasextendedtoalmostfivemonthsdue 2 solelytotherefusaloftheFederalCourtstoactappropriately.

---k T-hednse t-Motion-hasoot-been-opp%ed. The-petilionv-as-shewnk-was5 alsonotopposed. 6 7

TheactionsoftheDistrictCourtinthiscaseareidenticaltotheactionsof thesameMagistrateJudgeandDistrictCourtJudgein caseno.CV-08-29056 8 JFW (CW),Finev.StateBar,etal,inwhichtheydelayeddecidingaMotionto 9 Dismissfortenmonths,thendecidedtoabstain,andthen deniedanunopposed 10 MotiontoSetAsidetheJudgmentwhich showedthattheCaliforniaSupreme 11

Courtjusticeswerebiasedinasmuchastheyhadalsoreceivedillegalpayments 12 9om countieswhiletheyweresuperiorcourtjudgesandhadreceivedretroactive 13 14

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immunityforcriminalactsunderSenateBill(.uSBX211,,. ItappearsthatthebaniertograntingthewritiseitheranunwrittenCdcode

16 ofprotection''withinthejudiciarytoinsulatejudgesreceivingillegalpayments 17 despiteU.S.SupremeCourtholdingstothecontrary,orthatnojudgeisreading 18 theEmergency Petitionsin theirentirety. Neitheroption speakswellofthe 19 Courts'abilitytofollow theConstitutionandlaw. 20 21

lnthemeantime,Finehasbeenmadetosuffergreatlybecausehehonored

22 hisoathandactedasanofficerofthecourtinobjectingtojudgeswhohad 23

received moniesfrom LA county who refusedto disqualify themselvesfrom

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fivemonthswouldhavebeenentirely avoidedifSupremeCourtprecedenthad beenfollowed.

24 decidingcasesinwhichtheCountywasaparty.YetFine'sinjtlriesofthepast

27 Furtherdelay isunconscionable. Fine should be setfreeand thewrit 28 granted.Thereshouldnotbeanybond,asthePetitionwasnotopposed. -6-

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PROOFOFSERW CE STATEOFCALIFORNIA,

lam Greg Mcphee. My businessaddressis2450 N.Lake Avenue,PMB 227, Altadena,CA 91001. OnJuly28th,2009,IservedtheforegoingdocumentdescribedasSUPPLEMENT TO EMERGENCY MOTION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM UNLAWFUL INCARCEM TION SHOWING IRREPAM BLE AND IMMEDIATE INJURY AND UNDUE FINANCIAI,HARDSHIP,INCLUDING THE LOSS OF HIS HOME,AND ONGOING PHYSICAL PAIN AND SUFFERING on interested partiesinthisaction by depositingatruecopythereof,which wasenclosedinasealedenvelope,withpostagefully prepaid,intheUnitedStatesMail,addressedasfollows: KevinM.Mccormick BENTON,ORR,DUVAL&BUCIUNGHAM 39N.CaliforniaStreet P.O.Box1178 Ventura,CA 93002 MagistrateJudgeCarlaM.Woehrle USDistrictCourt,RoybalBldg,Crtrm640 255EastTempleStreet LosAngeles,CA 90012

AaronMitchellFontana PaulB.Beach LAWRENCEBEACHALLEN& CHOI,PC l00WestBroadway,Ste.1200 Glendale,CA 91210-1219 JudgeJohnF.Walter USDistrictCourt,Crtrm 16 312N.SpringStreet LosAngeles,CA 90012

Clerk,U.S.DistrictCourt 312N.SpringSt.,Rm G-8 LosAngeles,CA 90012

1certifyanddeclare,tmderpenaltyofperjurytmderthelawsoftheUnitedStatesof AmericaandtheStateofCalifornia,thattheforegoingistrueandcorrect. Executedonthis28thdayofJuly,2009,atAltadena,Califonlia. A*

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