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AppellantandPetitioner,
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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
Answer''and
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 Sincetheççfacts''ofthePetition werenotcontested,literally a11ofthe

2 ççfacts''intheMagistrateJudge'sReportapprovedbytheDistrictCourt(Docket
3 #30)areinvalidandwrong.Theèorrectfactsareshownintheççobjections
4 IncludingMemorandum inSupportofObjectionstoMagistrateJudge'sReport,
5 DemandforlmmediateRelease''(Docket#29)(ttobjections'').
6 Inadditiontotheabove,theMagistrateJudge'sReportstates,atpage10,
7 line13throughpage11,line1,thatthereareonlyfivegroundsforrelief.The
8 Petition statesseven grounds. Clearly,neithertheMagistrate Judgenorthe
9 DistrictCourtJudgereadtheentirePetition.
10 Thisttfailuretoattendtobasics''alsomanifesteditselfinthèMagistrate
11 Judge'sandDistrictCourt'sdenialofdueprocessbyfailingtofollow28USCj
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13 AsshownintheObjections(Docket//29),inappealcaseno.09-71692,
14 andintheEmergencyMotioninthiscase,theywaited19daysafterthePetition
15 wasfiledbeforeorderingSheriffBacatoanswer,didnotorderthewritwhenhe
16 didnotanswer,extendedthetimebeyondtheoriginal20daysgiventoSheriff
17 BacafortheLA SuperiorCourt/ludgeYaffetoanswer,anddidnotimmediately
18 enterthewritwhentheydidnotopposeorcontestthegrounds,factsandclaims
19 and, essentially, the Magistrate Judge and the District Courttook from
20 March19,2009,whenthePetition wasfiled,untilJune29,2009,todeny an
21 unopposed Petition. Under28 USC j 2243,such denialhad to occur
22 immediatelyiftheCourtthoughtthatFinewasnotentitledtothewrit.
23 SincetheCourtorderedtheOSCunder28USC j2243,ithadmadethe
24 decisionattheoutsetthatFinehadovercomethebarrierofnotbeingentitledto
25 thewrit.28USCj2243statesinrelevantpart:
26 ççA courqjusticeorjudgeentertaininganapplicationforaw'
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1 appearsfrom theapplicationthattheapplicantorperson detainedisnot

2 entitledthereto.
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tshallbereturned within tltree daysunless forgood cause
4 additionaltime,notexceedingtwenty days,isallowed. Theperson to
5 whom thewritororderisdirectedshallmakearet '
urncertifyingthetrue
causeofdetention.Whenthewritororderisreturned,adayshallbeset
6 forhearing,notmorethanfvedaysaftertheret' urnunlessforgoodcause
7 additionaltimeisallowedunlessthe application forthewritand return
presentonlyissuesoflaw thepersontowhom thewritisdirectedshallbe
8 requiredtoproduceatthehearingthebodyofthepersondetained....The
9 courtshallsummarily hearand determinethe facts,and dispose ofthe
matteras1awandjusticerequire.''
11 Asshownherein and inthereferenceddocuments,theMagistrateJudge
andtheDistrictJudgedidnotobey28USCj2243.Nor,forthatmatt er,didthe
13 Sheriff,who did notG tcertifylingjthetruecauseofdetention''. Neithera
representative ofthe LA Superior Courtnor Judge Yaffe's did so either.
Further,theMagistrateJudge'sReportstatedatpage10,lines6-10:
<&Atthe sentencing hearing Petitioner indicated thathe would go on
refusing to answer Commissioner Gross's questions untilhis habeas
corpusactions(includingthepresentcase)weretçentirelyfinished,''but
wouldanswerquestionsifhelostinthehabeasproceedings.(Sentencing
transcriptat9-111Todate,Petitionerhasnotcompliedwiththecontempt
order and remains in custody atLos Angeles County Jail for civil
contempf'.
Since (jailing'' Fine was not going to ilcoerce''him to answer
CommissionerGross'questionsasJudgeYaffeknew thatFinewouldanswer
such ifhelostthehabeascorpusproceedings,theremusthavebeen another
reasontoincarcerateFine.
FinesubmitsthatthereasonisthatFinewasthefirstlawyertochallenge
the now illegaland unconstitutionalpayments from LA County to the LA
SuperiorCourtjudges.TheLA SuperiorCourthasbeenretaliatingag>instFine
forsuchcontinuouschallenges.Throughitsjudicialofficersithasgonetothe
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1 CaliforniaStateBarand soughthisdisbarmentforhisbringing substantively

correctFederalcivilrightscaseschallenging thepaymentsand disqualifying
judicialofficerswhoreceivethepayments.TheStateBardisbarredFine.A
PetitionforWritofCertiorariispresentlybeforetheUSSupremeCourtincase
no.08-1573. The questionspresented relate to whetherCalifornia Supreme
Courtjusticeswhoreceivedunconstitutionalpaymentsfrom countieswhile
superiorcourtjudgesandhavereceivedretroactiveimmunityfrom criminal
prosecution,civilliabilityanddisciplinaryactionshouldrecusethemselvesfrom
presidingoverthesameissueinthedisbarmentcaseandtheFirstAmendment
righttofiletruthfulpleadings,amongotherthings.
The contempt proceeding and the incarceration of Fine is the latest
retaliationasFineshowed in thecontemptproceedingthat,in theunderlying
case,the vote ofthe LA County Board of Supervisors was illegaldue to
contributionsbythedevelopertotwoBoardmemberswithintwelvemonthsof
thevote.FinethenshowedtheillegalpaymentstoJudgeYaffefrom theCounty
andJudgeYaffe'smakingillegalordersinfavorofLA County.
Thedocumentssubmittedforjudicialnoticehereinshowthattherulingsof
theLA SuperiorCourtjudgesin favorofLA Cotmty asan effectofthe
paymentsfrom LA Countyisrampantandhasdenied10millionresidentsofLA
Countymeaningfulaccesstothecourtsandafairjudicialsystem.
lnanormalsituation,ajudgewouldhavestayedtheexecutionofsentence
inthiscasetoallow thewritproceduretoproceed. JudgeYaffeknew thata
PetitionforWritofHabeasCorpuswasbeforetheCaliforniaSupremeCourton
March4,2009,andthatalsoachallengeastotheirabilitytohearthePetition
wasbeforethem.Healsoknew thatFinewouldgointotheFederalsystem.The
solereasontoincarcerateFinewasretaliation.JudgeYaffehadbeenççexposed''
favoringLA CountyasaneffectoftheillegalandunconstitutionalLA County
paymentstohim.HeretaliatedandincarceratedFine.
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1 111. RequestforOrderlmmediately Setting Fine Freefrom LA County

Jail
FinehasbeenunlawfullyincarceratedsinceMarch4,2009.
JudgeYaffecouldnotjudgehisownunlawfulcriticizedconduct.ltiswell
establishedthattçnomancanbeajudgeinhisowncase''.Caperton.eta1.v.
W.T:MassevCoalCo..etal,566U.S. (2009),decidedJune8,2009,Slip
Opinionpage10citingInReMurchison,349U.S.133,136(1955).
lnthiscase,JudgeYafferefusedtorecusehimselfandsatinjudgmentof
hiscriticizedunlawfulconductoftaldngillegalandunconstitutionalpayments
from LA CountyandthenmakingdecisionsandordersinfavorofLA County
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(SeetrialtranscriptofDecembèr22,2008)whichincludedtheJanuary8,2008
OrderforFinetopayattorney'sfeesandcoststoLA Countyanditsco-applicant
foran E1R inviolation oftheCalifomiaPublicRçsourcesCodeandwithout
noticetofineandwithoutFinebeingpresentatthehearing.(SeeTrialExhibit
14).JudgeYaffewaslaterdisqualifedonApril8,2008,from theunderlying
case(SeeTrialExhibit21)andcouldnolongeract.
Thesefactsandtrialexhibitsareuncontested. NeitherCaperton,supra,
northesefactswereaddressedintheMagistrateJudge'sReportortheDistrict
Court'sapprovaleventhoughtheywereawareofsuch.
Additionally,underCaperton,supra,the $46,300peryearpaymentto
21 Judge Yaffe f rom LA County, which is approximately 28 % of his
approximately$179,000peryearStatesalary,wouldmandatehisrecusalasLA
23 County's itsignificant and disproportionate influence -- coupled with the
temporalrelationship...loflthependingcase''kçofferapossibletemptationto
25
theaverage...judgeto...leadhim nottoholdthebalancenice,clearandtrue''.
26
Lavoie,475U.S.at825;Tumev,l73U.S.at532.(Caperton,supra,at16.)
27 Finally,basedupontheretroactiveimmunity giventoJudgeYaffefrom
28 criminalprosecutionunderSenateBillEESBXZ11''7basedupontE
thegroundthat
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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,

BY:
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PROOFOFSERVICE
STATEOFCALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OFLOSANGELES

Iam Greg Mcphee. My businessaddressis2450N.LakeAvenue,PMB 227,

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CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY,REQUEST FOR ORDER IMMEDIATELY
GM NTING WRIT OFHABEASCORPUSON ALL SEVEN GROUNDSBASED UPON
NO OPPOSITIONANDWOLATION OF28USCj2243BYDISTRICTCOURT,AND
REQUESTFOR ORDERIMMEDIATELY SETTING APPELLANT FREE FROM LOS
ANGELES COUNTY JML on interestedpartiesinthisaction by depositing atruecopy
thereof,whichwasenclosedinasealedenvelope,withpostagefullyprepaid,intheUnitedStates
Mail,addressedasfollows:
AaronMitchellFontana KevinM.Mccormick
PaulB.Beach BENTON,ORR,DUVAL&BUCKINGHAM
LAWRENCEBEACHALLEN& CHOI,PC 39N.CaliforniaStreet
100WestBroadway,Ste.1200 P.O.Box1178
Glendale,CA 91210-1219 Ventura,CA 93002

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USDistrictCourt,Courtroom 16 USDistrictCourt,RoybalBldg,Crtrm640
312N.SpringStreet 255EastTempleStreet
LosAngeles,CA 90012 LosAngeles,CA 90012
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