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Cleaner44
02-04-2012, 01:01 AM
Hopefully most people here know that Donna D'Errico is a Ron Paul supporter. (see video below) I saw she was asking for some help with a judge up for re-election and I suggested get involved here. Below is her post.


I'm asking all of my Facebook friends on here to join my page to prevent the re-election of Judge Thomas Trent Lewis. Go and read about the terrible things he has done on my page. Please join!!

I think she is in the Los Angeles area. Can anyone assist with her efforts?

She may start posting here so any L.A. people that can help would be fantastic.

Donna D'Errico's Endorsement of Ron Paul for President

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTGXpX-_GtA

Cleaner44
02-04-2012, 01:21 AM
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-the-Re-Election-of-LA-Superior-Court-Judge-Thomas-Trent-Lewis/161589510620370
Stop the Re-Election of L.A. Superior Court Judge Thomas Trent Lewis
http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/157911_161589510620370_127026636_n.jpg

low preference guy
02-04-2012, 02:39 PM
bump

Cleaner44
02-06-2012, 05:38 PM
Who here is in the Los Angels area and can help spread the word? Twitter bombs? Ideas?

Maybe Donna can tweet about this and then we can all retweet it.
@DonnaDErrico

mosquitobite
02-06-2012, 05:40 PM
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-the-Re-Election-of-LA-Superior-Court-Judge-Thomas-Trent-Lewis/161589510620370
Stop the Re-Election of L.A. Superior Court Judge Thomas Trent Lewis
http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/157911_161589510620370_127026636_n.jpg

Facebook page needs more "info" on the info page. What are the main points of contention with the judge?

Cleaner44
02-06-2012, 05:45 PM
Facebook page needs more "info" on the info page. What are the main points of contention with the judge?

Not sure at this point but I think she will be chiming in here a bit later.

Donna D'Errico
02-06-2012, 07:32 PM
I would like to take a moment to express my most sincere desire to
help prevent his re-election by any and all lawful means. *Judge Lewis
has presided over my Family Court case since the year of his
appointment in 2006. *He has presented prejudiced, distorted decisions
and has consistently failed to weigh evidence or render decisions in
a fair and balanced way.

Over the course of the past 5 1/2 years that Judge Lewis has presided
over my Family Court case, I have come into contact with multiple
other single moms of limited financial means who also have Judge Lewis
presiding over their own Family Court cases. *In each of them, as my
own, Judge Lewis has deprived them of their access to balanced justice
without prejudice, ruling in favor of those parents - most often
wealthy fathers - who have dominant financial means, and in favor of
those attorneys with political or personal connections.

Judge Thomas Trent Lewis largely relies not on paperwork that is
submitted to him, but upon his favored side to lead the discussion.
He comes to court and looks to the favored attorney to lead him
through a preordained charade in transcript after transcript. *The
favored attorney is then invited to write the orders after hearing as
that favored attorney sees fit.

Judge Thomas Trent Lewis routinely prejudges cases against the
disfavored side on the record before even having a hearing on the
matter at hand. *He parrots back the same words, arguments, and
baseless accusations used by the favored attorney, to whom he gives
the most uninterrupted discussion time on the record. *He routinely
cuts off the disfavored attorney in mid-argument, simply saying,
"That's enough".

Judge Thomas Trent Lewis is routinely unlawfully punitive toward the
disfavored side whenever they attempt to assert their rights or bring
up valid concerns about the favored side. *He wrongly demands multiple
unnecessary and frivolous paperwork filings, such as the writings of
multiple unnecessary and lengthy briefs, etc. for the sole purpose of
postponing a ruling and bankrupting the disfavored side, usually the
single mom with limited financial means (often in Pro Per). *Most
often, the matter at hand involves either a request by the disfavored
side for fair and necessary child support, or a request by the
disfavored side that the favored side contribute to their attorney's
fees. *Knowing that the disfavored side is clearly in financial need,
Judge Lewis continues to postpone a ruling month after month after
month, while continuing to request unnecessary paperwork filings,
written briefs, etc. His directive in doing this is to cause the
depletion of the disfavored side's financial "war chest", complete
financial ruin, and ultimately force them to give up. *Once he has
achieved that, Judge Lewis then passes down written, scathing
diatribes of unbelievable length (one was 25 pages long), replete with
unsubstantiated accusations and "findings" against the disfavored
party. *Much of the written diatribes are the favored attorney's
baseless arguments verbatim. *Judge Lewis knows that by that time, the
disfavored party is completely bankrupt and will be unable to appeal
his clearly biased, baseless rulings, many of which are made in
writing and on the record without ever even having had a hearing.

Judge Thomas Trent Lewis routinely appoints minor's counsel to a case
whenever the disfavored side petitions for a custodial modification.
He unlawfully has ex parte communications with his chosen court
appointed minor's counsel, admitting to doing so on the record. *He
consistently selects counsel who he knows personally and who will help
to vilify the disfavored side and act in all respects as an additional
attorney for the favored side.

Judge Lewis wrongly and routinely gives thinly veiled suggested
courses of attack to the favored side, such as suggesting that the
favored side bring an allegation of Parental Alienation Syndrome
against the disfavored side, even when PAS has never before been
brought up by either side in that case. *"PAS" is not supported by
empirical data, not listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders, has never been recognized by the American
Psychiatric Association, and is not considered valid by most mental
health professionals. *However, Judge Lewis knows that an accusation
of PAS against a mother can afford him the means to strip a good,
loving, protective mother of custody with absolutely no need for
evidence. *Judge Lewis also knows that an accusation of PAS will
strike any single mom of limited financial means with a real and
terrifying fear of losing custody of her child, with absolutely no
recourse against it. *His directive is to rely on unfounded and false
allegations under the guise of protecting the child, when in fact
validating with force of law the preordained position of the favored
attorney with whom he is in collusion. *A common situation has been
shown to be the removal of children from the mother's custody, in
favor of the father, who typically has secured the services of a very
expensive family law attorney, without presentation of sworn evidence,
and in lieu of full evidentiary hearings.

Recently, Judge Lewis recused himself from a case in which he
conspired with the favored attorney to prevent the disbursement of
awarded settlement monies to the mom in the case. *Judge Lewis was
proven to have a financially beneficial relationship with the favored
attorney in that case. *Here is a link to an article about it:

http://www.examiner.com/la-in-los-angeles/judge-thomas-trent-lewis-recuses-him
self-from-the-isaacs-case

The pattern of Judge Lewis' behavior is then to censor, and ultimately
to sanction, evidentiary declarations of the party whose case he, as
well as his selected court appointed officials, has been incentivized
to oppose, and to prevent presentation of mitigating and supporting
evidence for the parties whose lives he has been given incentive to
destroy.

Judge Thomas Trent Lewis does not represent the just and lawful
interests of ALL the people of Los Angeles County. *His actions render
him unfit for office.

I sincerely appreciate you taking the time to read through
my post. *I humbly request any advice you can give me on what I can
do to prevent Judge Lewis from being re-elected on behalf of myself
and of all the other people whose lives have been adversely and
irreparably harmed by his actions as Superior Court Judge.

TER
02-06-2012, 07:52 PM
I hope someone here can help.

FrankRep
02-06-2012, 08:21 PM
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angelatc
02-06-2012, 08:29 PM
My friend in Indiana went up against a Judge with a similar modus operandi. Her husband owned a business. Worth millions. There was so much....and she ended up with child support in the amount of $100 per month. For 4 kids.

And she got nothing. Not any piece of the business, no alimony, no cash settlement, nothing. All because the Judge was a regular on the same cocktail / golf circuit her husband wrote off his taxes too.

I wish I knew the answer, but the elite don't care about what's right.

Pericles
02-06-2012, 09:37 PM
Don;t know how to do it, but you need to get the case moved to another court.

Donna D'Errico
02-07-2012, 12:59 AM
I wish I could, but I cannot. The bigger picture is that this judge should not get re-elected to continue sitting on the bench presiding over family court cases.

Donna D'Errico
02-07-2012, 01:01 AM
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-the-Re-Election-of-LA-Superior-Court-Judge-Thomas-Trent-Lewis/161589510620370?sk=wall

ryanmkeisling
02-07-2012, 02:06 AM
Bump.

He looks like a real spiffdick too.

V3n
02-07-2012, 07:28 AM
What can we do beside letting people know he should not be re-elected?

Is there an opposing Judge we should be promoting instead?

Donna D'Errico
02-07-2012, 11:09 AM
I don't even know for a fact that he is indeed up for re-election this year. He was appointed by the governator in 2006, and I believe that they hold office for 6 years, then must be re-elected to remain on the bench. That would make this year the year of his re-election, but I can't find any info about that. If in fact he is NOT up for re-election this year, I'm not sure what can be done about removing him from the bench. I just found this current civil case against him, btw:

http://holdlewiaccountable.webstarts.com/index.html

pacelli
02-07-2012, 11:29 AM
Looks like you are on the right track. As far as the PAS thing, that's ridiculous and I might recommend getting a licensed psychologist to serve as an expert witness for your side of the case. That individual is licensed by the state so the idiot judge wouldn't be able to dismiss him or her.

Donna D'Errico
02-07-2012, 01:18 PM
That sort of thing costs money. A lot of money. And you need an expert attorney on your side to be able to examine witnesses properly up there, etc. I was bankrupted by this judge and forced to represent myself. In the end, I had no choice but to give up so that I could retain custody of my daughter. It's a horrible thing this judge does to good, protective parents. And now he's been appointed assistant presiding judge in LA. It's a tremendous set-back for Los Angeles.

Ronulus
02-07-2012, 01:27 PM
I wish I could, but I cannot. The bigger picture is that this judge should not get re-elected to continue sitting on the bench presiding over family court cases.

Try to talk to other judges in the area if possible. See if there is an election being held and who he is up against. Try and get into contact with one of the people running against him. Usually people really try and do a good job during election periods.

I know we have elections coming up for County Sherrif. My parents had their house broken into last year as well as having our business broken into with over 10,000$ in property stolen (from the business) and over 50,000$ in gold stolen from the home. Now that they are up for election we are finally getting some results. One sherriff came to meet with us and has really been in contact and even caught 2 of the people involved and has arrested them. We got some of the property back as well.

If elections are up you might be able to get that judge running against him to be a big help to you and in return he could use the unfair treatment done to you and other single moms to help his campaign against the presiding judge.


(You should be able to find out about upcoming elections at the county court house or your district place. Ask what offices are up for election this year and who is on the ballots).

V3n
02-07-2012, 02:10 PM
Try to talk to other judges in the area if possible. See if there is an election being held and who he is up against. Try and get into contact with one of the people running against him. Usually people really try and do a good job during election periods.

http://www.metnews.com/articles/2011/judg121311.htm


At least five local attorneys are exploring a possible run for the Los Angeles Superior Court bench next year, the MetNews has learned.

Deputy District Attorney Andrea Thompson, Deputy City Attorney Matthew Schonbrun and Woodland Hills private practitioner Laurence N. Kaldor have each established campaign websites, while Deputy District Attorney Eric Harmon has retained the services of Hal Dash of Cerrell Associates Inc. as an advisor.

I couldn't find the fifth one in the article. I don't know if these folks are running against Judge Lewis, or if they're competing for an open bench. I also don't know if any of them are in the same district as Lewis, but contacting them may give you a lead. Putting each name into Google came back with their election websites with a Contact page.

Keep us updated - if you meet one you like who is running against Lewis maybe we can throw some support behind them.

I feel bad for what you've gone through and I hope everything works out!

Cleaner44
02-07-2012, 06:13 PM
I don't even know for a fact that he is indeed up for re-election this year. He was appointed by the governator in 2006, and I believe that they hold office for 6 years, then must be re-elected to remain on the bench. That would make this year the year of his re-election, but I can't find any info about that. If in fact he is NOT up for re-election this year, I'm not sure what can be done about removing him from the bench. I just found this current civil case against him, btw:

http://holdlewiaccountable.webstarts.com/index.html

It looks to me like he must be up for re-election:
Elect Judge Thomas Trent Lewis
http://www.facebook.com/electjudgethomastrentlewis

Looks like he was appointed in Feb 2006:
http://www.lacba.org/Files/Main%20Folder/Sections/Family%20law/Files/Thomas_Trent_Lewis.PDF