Two Wichita state senators raised some serious concerns about the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services during the confirmation hearing of Don Jordan as SRS secretary, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported. Republican Jean Schodorf (pictured) said she was concerned with employee burnout due to high caseloads and with patients falling through the cracks. “We’ve all heard the stories of someone being put off for months and months until something terrible happens,” she said. Democrat Donald Betts said that after hearing complaints from constituents frustrated with an SRS office, he personally visited the agency. “I was treated like a second-class citizen until they found out who I was,” Betts said. Jordan responded that it was his goal for staff members to treat one another and the people they encountered with respect. “I want to focus on doing the job right,” he said.
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you need to put a dead line on how long you help people . and they should only pay for 3kid or they need to get fixed. to many young people are goting on srs that dont need it. and people like me that are working it we need it we can not get it . I know to many people that need it and can not get it or they are mentaly handy cap and only getting $30 a month .every one can work but SRS makes it to easie to get help so why work. cuts should be made to SRS not raising taxes. we are sick of paying for every ones kid when they can work.they have to many places here in town that can help with food ,rent ,clothing,but the tax payers suffer becouse we work I got layed off 4 years and i have 2 kid and you guys would not help me. i made to much that what they said . WE need smarter people in SRS to see what is realy happen
Priorities, priorities…being treated rudely by state agencies is almost a job requirement. Has Betts ever been to the DMV or the Social Security office? Why aren’t they asking questions about the constantly botched child asbuse investigations. Oh, I forgot…the elections are over so it’s no longer important. And abused children can’t vote anyway.
Senator Betts said he was treated like a second class citizen until they found out who he was. What did you expect, you are “black” after all.I suspect that many employees suffer from burn out because they simple develop the same attitude that Carol has.
This has less to do with ‘employee burnout’ as it does with low quality employees.
No matter HOW much an employee feels pressured, they need to treat the client with respect – or be fired. Period.
There is never an acceptable reason to treat the people you are supposed to be serving as lesser than you.
I don’t care if they are black, pink, green or yellow – they are humans and should be treated thusly.
That said – when there are too few employees – and too many clients – there will be waiting times that cannot be avoided.
SRS needs to implement a volunteer program whereby citizens who care – perhaps organized by local churches are allowed to do the initial paperwork with the client – alleviating some of the work for the staff.
And SRS should think of hiring non-degreed workers and implementing a training (or apprentice) program. If we have staffers acting like witches – it is obvious that a degree in Social Services is NOT guaranteeing a quality employee.
Fire rude employees. Hire nice ones. Train those without degrees. Bypass Ivory Tower mentality and fix the problem.
This posting is about the long standing corruption of Sedgwick County Kansas. Many years ago my ex collaborated with feminist officials in Sedgwick County to file knowingly falsely sworn oaths concerning child support.
They issued a warrant and I was arrested based upon the officials and my ex bearing false witness. I refused to plead guilty all those years ago and was released & returned with the Court’s knowledge to my home in another state.
During the last nearly eight years that have passed, these same officials have consistently proceeded wrongly under the color of law.
I guess my point is that Sedgwick County Kansas cannot be trusted with the lives of the citizens who are already born.
I cannot fathom how these corrupt,unjust & vile officials could deal with the issues concerning the life or abortion of an unborn child.
Fortunately,both of my children from the domestic issue have reached the age of majority and cannot be hurt any further by my ex or the blatant wrongdoing of Sedgwick County officials.
The profit motive mentioned in this letter refers to money in interest and charges which would have yielded between 14% to 19% to Sedgwick County. Additional revenue is guaranteed by the matching of federal funds,dollars for dollar collected.
During the years,these officials unlawfully grossly inflated the amount owed by 21% to ensure a greater windfall of federal matching funds.
They finally lost this issue in 2006 (eight years later) wholly because of an inquiry by my home state Governor.
If there is any profit motive for them,Federal & State law are simply abandoned. No unlawful or wrongful act is off limits to these vile persons,their actions are knowingly and maliciously criminal,they are nothing more than a white washed sepulcher full of dead bones.
This is a copy of a communication sent to officials in Sedgwick County. Alterations were made to remove the specific names of those involved:
I contacted your office today and they told me you had the day off. I called again and left a voice mail. I am writing to let you know of significant developments throughout the last year and somewhat beyond.
My youngest son,of your long standing child support issue,came to live with me the day before his 18th birthday. He came from a homeless shelter because his mother,(your Sedgwick County client)had left him homeless for many months during calendar year 2004 before he reached the age of majority.
Members of my family went to Kansas in the summer of 2004 while he was 17 and homeless to bring him to me,his Father. He would not come during the summer of 2004,because he feared his mother more than being homeless.
I know,in retrospect,that my son knew your corrupt county and his mother would perpetrate some drummed up charge of kidnapping or child abduction against me,so he remained homeless rather than taking that risk.
My youngest son had first hand knowledge of your unique brand of “justice.” His circumstances reminded me just how diabolical,and unlawful both your officials and his mother have been these many years.
Some years ago your client,the ex,orchestrated a four year embezzlement scheme from her employer. She hid the proceeds of her crime throughout the house. Her odd behavior of hiding of money throughout the house has carried over to the current day.
My son told me that his mother would hide money throughout the house and then challenge him that he could have the cash if he was clever enough to find it.
My son was apparently more than clever at this “game” as he located her pass code and ATM card and withdrew about $180. His own mother contacted your prosecutor and prosecuted my son to the fullest extent possible.
The woman stole multiple thousands from her employer over years. Her Father and I,in mercy,paid a debt we did not owe to keep her from going to jail years earlier…yet she and your prosecutor made a wreck of this boy’s life.
In true Sedgwick County Kansas fashion he was prosecuted and denied his civil & constitutional rights. The ex,your prosecutor,and various assorted Kansas officials portrayed that my son’s Father was “unknown” or another man at proceedings in both calendar year 2001 & 2003.
State records reflect that your prosecutor,and the Kansas SRS knew very well I was this boy’s Father. He was denied the right of parental notification to the only parent (me) who really loved him. The many falsely sworn oaths in the child support matter had failed to yield the desired results, so your officials purposely hurt my son.
He was jailed for nearly two and a half years. During those years he joined a loosely organized group known as the White Odinist pagans,which most closely aligns in ideology to the pagan beliefs from Germany during the second world war. This shows what can be expected from Sedgwick county and the State of Kansas in dealing with youths.
I would have suffered the corruption of your falsely sworn oaths,your vile and unlawful acts to protect my son,yet your prosecutor and officials hid my identity from the juvenile Court,I never knew of the proceedings. Your officials knew that my past custody of my sons would endanger their profit motives for your state treasury.
An examination of the ex and her husband,their reprehensible acts toward the children,coupled with questions to the children would have resulted in the worst case scenario for the Sedgwick County profit motivation—outright custody of both sons to me,their Father.
The proof of the fabrication of the identity of my son’s Father is amply available in your own Court’s juvenile records & documents…of course your pursuits towards me continued before,during and after these events.
The calendar year (2006) started off with events which are the unique trademark of the Sedgwick County Kansas culture. I am sure the events of the holiday season of last year,culminating with the main event on 4 January 2006 would gladden even the heart of the unethical Kansas SRS attorneys.
I was stopped on two minor traffic citations here in my local area on 9 December 2005. The officer contacted your Sedgwick County Sheriff’s department and the demeanor of the whole traffic stop changed.
When the matter went to Court (February 2006) I was found not guilty of both citations because of Constitutional violations by the officer. The officer testified his actions were influenced by contact with your Sheriff’s office.
I wasn’t surprised,Constitutional violations and wrongful acts under the color of law equals Sedgwick County Kansas.
I knew the summer of 2005,through contact with the Sheriff’s office,that this had been changed to a Kansas only matter. The actions of the officer here were predicated on the inspiration of your Sheriff’s department.
In the past,their point of contact had violated the law in his actions,and I can certainly imagine him telling an officer to rough me up or deny me rights guaranteed to all Americans…all part of the Sedgwick county experience. I had previously filed a complaint with Sheriff about their point of contact and his actions.
On the morning of 4 January 2006 this same local town officer and another cop stopped a friend’s vehicle in my driveway and pointed a loaded weapon at me. I yelled for my wife to call the Sheriff.
When they realized the Sheriff was really en route,both local town officers left without citation,ticket,or arrest. The next month the lead local officer testified under oath,in Court,that his actions had been motivated by your Kansas officials.
My subsequent phone conversations with the town’s Chief of Police yielded the results of eliminating the threat of escalating weaponry by the town police force in support of your Kansas objective.
This is after all,my home and State,not the corrupt environs of your county. It is always the same story with every office of government & law enforcement. First they rush to assist your objective,then I present the facts,evidence,and documents and they abandon your wrongful and unlawful conduct.
I have written hundreds of emails and countless letters describing in detail how you operate in Sedgwick County. I have contacted legislators in your own state who responded in recognition of the propensity for wrongful acts by your Court & government officials in Sedgwick County.
My new goal for this year is to develop the evidence in brevity and send two correspondence per day illuminating your county corruption in full.
I ordered and received most of the Court and state documents this past year except of course for the hidden files & documents which were buried by your officials. It was a quite a task getting any documents from your little secret society down there. I was perplexed that there was no Court transcript since a Court reporter had been at the various proceedings,another crooked Kansas Court tactic I would surmise.
The documents revealed the long trail of knowingly falsely sworn oaths controverted directly by other Court documents.
Your side incurred heavy losses when the light of a Governor’s inquiry forced the revelation that there were years of falsely sworn oaths,false balances,wrong amounts,and the obvious intent to commit fraud.
Your client,arm in arm with prosecutor,in the summer of 1998 swore affidavits that I should be charged with non support from 1988 to 1998. Court records proved that I had Kansas Court ordered custody of the children from 1989 to 1991.
Your prosecutors and the ex lied under oath to both the Governor of Kansas & my home State in these matters. Later that year,the complaint was amended to a period ranging from 1996 to 1998,another falsehood since payments were remitted during the specified period of allegation.
Eight years of falsely sworn oaths by Sedgwick County officials and the ex herself fell by the way side this past year when your own Court documents were scrutinized and evidenced no child support was owed for periods for which they all had falsely sworn in violation of 18 USC 1001.
I was amused that not even the Kansas SRS attorney wanted to go in to Court proceeding with a briefcase full of falsely sworn affidavits from your officials. The Kansas SRS hasn’t fallen asleep at the switch though,they have been instrumental in ensuring false credit reporting in violation of the FCRA. Kansas SRS documents revealed incorrect employment information,documents sent to the wrong state,and complete falsehoods.
I know that one rep of the my home State CSRU who fabricated this State’s payment record (in support of your county) showing no payments from 1996 to 1999 wasn’t laughing when the Governor’s office made inquiry.
The Kansas record showed payments when this rep “conveniently” swore under oath there were no payments from 1996 to 1999. This State’s CSRU rep got caught for purposely fabricating that I still had to pay current monthly support in late 2005.
She did this to make it appear that this was a live,current CSRU case and not about arrears. Both States had accurate documents showing current support ended no later than October 2004. I am sure she was hoping that an incident like January 4 2006 would lead perhaps to my summary execution by “well meaning” law enforcement officials.
The unthinkable in your world happened to this rep of the child support empire. SHE GOT CAUGHT,committing criminal acts for no other reason than that I was a Father and she was supporting the previous wrongful acts of her sister Kansas officials. These wrongful acts are the product of the misery and suffering in their lives,at some point it obscures the line of lawful conduct.
She never knew that I was a single parent who only relinquished custody of my young children to serve this ungrateful country. She never realized I broke my neck and struggled against devastating & crippling injury. She only knew I was the enemy and that both my life and my sons lives’ had to be destroyed.
She failed and so will you,the “you lie and all swear to it” mentality of Sedgwick County quickly falters outside the borders of your county.
I would be remiss to omit the July 1999 warrant from Sedgwick County and your crooked judge. I was particularly entertained that the clerk swore her oath before the judge’s assistant to avoid the penalty for lying directly to a District Court judge. These women knew the difference between a convicted felon and a pre trial release person.
They knowingly and falsely swore and affirmed to ensure the worst possible treatment by law enforcement and no extradition hearing before another state’s Court. This was the penalty for refusing to plead guilty to their falsely sworn charge.
They knew very well the case was based on falsely sworn testimony. The female ADA desperately wanted a male victim for the newly passed Federal child support laws in 1998. I am sure they thought we will destroy one from the herd with no connection to Kansas and without resources. I was not the reed blowing in the wind or the lamb to the slaughter this corrupt ADA had hoped for…No one could have imagined that nearly eight years later not only would stand against your vile officials,but would take ground from the very Goliath sent to destroy my family and I.
My daughter and third child unaffected by your corruption has flourished,while my sons in Kansas have been devastated by the ex and your county.
I will send exculpatory evidence to persons within Kansas and other states to ensure that in accordance with the Brady decision exculpatory evidence does not go unexamined. I have in times past thought of sending you the exculpatory evidence,to force you to testify truthfully in proceedings,but alas the falsely sworn oaths of the past destroyed any credibility or faith I would have in your office.
Your Kansas Statutes state that any recognizance or probation cannot exceed the life of the domestic order per KSA 21-3605. Your office,the DA,and Judge abuse the law to continue this pursuit because you believe you are above the law,which you are not.
I have rejoiced at each and every victory when the ADA was reversed due to her obvious feminist agenda,when the judge was voted the worst judge in the 18th judicial district.
I knew long ago through personal experience the findings of the July 23rd 2006 Kansas poll on ethics and fairness which were confirmed by the newspaper & public awareness.
This system will never again have the benefit of the lawyer I had as defense,a man who violated the Sixth Amendment by transferring my attorney-client privileged narrative to the prosecution. It is very sad,I knew this attorney for over 25 years and he was too frightened of your system to provide an adequate defense.
I have stood firm through 3 Governors,several judges,multiple prosecutors,over zealous police,a defense attorney who gave my defense narrative to the prosecution,and the consistent falsely sworn oaths of your officials & the ex.
When you jailed me,I fasted and prayed. When I was poor the family of Christ uplifted me,when I defended this country,you conspired to bear false witness against me. When I was sad,you took unlawful actions,when I would not bow,you hurt my son.
It is my understanding that a new Family Law became involved with this matter. His position or beliefs will not absolve him from standing before a much greater appellate,the Judge on that day will not suborn or allow falsely sworn oaths to prevail as your judges do.
I raise my voice in praise to God,who has for yet another year (now approaching eight years) delivered me from the unjust of Sedgwick County Kansas. The false premise that child support owed authorizes unlawful conduct by Court & government officials,yet again soundly defeated,not by thousands spent to line the pockets of Kansas attorneys,but by the effectual fervent prayer of a sinner,saved by the blood of Christ,who prayed against tyranny. We indeed fight not against flesh and blood ,but against powers & principalities,who drunken with power and evil,search for whom they may devour.
I am thankful to have been delivered these many years from the unjust of Sedgwick County who call darkness to be light and evil to be good.
I will never forget the day in December 2004 when I was literally tossed from a jail cell,after praying and fasting for victory over your corrupt forces…that day I remembered visiting Tarsus,years before,where the Apostle Paul was born.
I understood in some small way how he felt after release & victory over the Roman empire…it is a good day when God hears the cry of the afflicted against any corrupt government and empire. The Kansas case about child support filled with rampant and multiple Constitutional violations,wrongful criminal acts by Kansan officials,and an abundance of falsely sworn oaths could and will never bear the illuminating light of a justice.
GSheridan,I really like your take on the problem and would suggest e-mailing Schodorf and Betts your ideas.
I am really surprised to see such outrage over mistreatment by the Kansas SRS. The entire organization has been built upon abuse to the public.
Laws and ethics are simply impediments to their goals. The Constituion and U.S.civil rights documents are simply the toliet paper to wipe their collective butts,a purge by Federal authorities is needed,especially concerning rogue attorney Timothy Givan!
Oh trust me, it wasn’t merely because Betts was black (I love that guy by the way- even have a picture of me with him and wish he was my own representative).
EVERYONE gets treated that way, regardless of why you’re there.
The office case managers are the worst. Some of the field workers are better.
And when you call for medical assistance, it’s just as bad. Someone needs to fix that whole mess as well. They screw you around on what you’re supposed to get.
There are some people in there who really did care at one time, but the system saps them dry of being able to do anything and they get burned out really bad.
I bet it’s a lot like nursing. You shut up, do your job, and go home. Don’t try to actually make a difference.
ameridad, you actually SENT that letter to someone?
I feel you need to be in Larned.
P_Mom, you’ve hit the nail on the head, methinks. Part of the problem is burnout caused by too many cases for too few workers (at least here in Wichita). My office is in a building directly North of the Finney State Office Building, and I’ve had the opportunity to meet and talk with some of the folks who work for SRS at lunch and other times. It is interesting, and a bit disheartening, to watch how quickly a “newbie” goes from talking, with some passion, about a case or cases, trying to assist the individuals involved, to a “just get it over with” attitude because of the great number of cases the individual is working, or at least that’s how it appears to me.
I really have no substantive suggestions on how to remedy this; GSheridan makes some interesting suggestions, some of which might work, IMHO. Higher budgeting for more employees might also be beneficial as well.
To GS Sheridan, I would be very much interested in talking with you about the corruption in Sedgwick County. You can visit my website and contact me through it http://www.achildsrights.comThere is so much corruption with the courts, district attorney’s, srs, juvenile proceedings and the list goes on. I have formed a new organization in Wichita to bring awareness to the corruption and work towards changes to ensure the people are afforded their rights.
Polmom. RIGHT ON.The only time that my family needed assistance, we were given an ethnic case worker who treated us whities like SHIT.She did our paperwork wrong, causing the state to question the measley pittance of food stamps we were recieving.When we went to her superior, he agreed that what was going on was wrong, but surprise, nothing was corrected.In the end the state took our money at tax time, even though we were in the right and the supervisor said so.Of course, when you depend on food stamps, you can’t afford to press the issue.
Politicalmom,
You bet I sent that letter to more than one official and you should be delighted to know that that the corruption of your State doesn’t play elsewhere.
I must admit I do zealously believe in God & Christ which often influences what I write. I graduated from one of your more prestigious universities.
I certainly recognize you are probably an ultra feminist,who thinks any measure to collect funds for Kansas is OKAY.
I only wish during my 3 tours overseas in service to this country,that I could have exempted feminst like yourself!
By the way politicalmom I wish you were in Iraq instead of the heroic men & women that deal with corruption from States like yours!
Politicalmom,
Tell you what I will do,instead of posting without names I will start posting who did what and when,I have all the documents,its no problem!
AmerDad: Please do exactly that. Your case/situation is parallel to several involving a man named John Michael Hirsch in Sedgwick County that has been on-going for 30+ years, and is still going on. Incidentally, I am copying everything you have written to forward to Mr. Hirsch, as I have been unsable to locate him by phone yet today.
political-mom, I have traded e-mails with Betts, I think he’s good at getting things done. I think he is well suited for this task.Most people probably are treated badly by the employees. I wonder if their calls with clients are monitored? SRS employees don’t have a lock on being rude with people they are suppose to serve. I have a friend who had to get medical treatment from Hunter Health Clinic and had a bad experience with an employee. The employee was an ex-cop and he treated her like she was a drug addict when all she wanted to do was get more medicine that had been prescribed to her. I called the clinic to complain, because is was so upset, and they said they had many complaints about that employee and he would be talked to about his treatment of my friend. They must have done it because she said she notice his attitude had changed the next time she went.
Vaughn: As much as I hate to disagree, my friend, I’m afraid that it is going to take a lot more than throwing money at it to improve the SRS/CSE division, and the DR division of the DC. When they collectively ignore orders of the KSC, and then want a hearing on the issue in the Court of one of the judges banned by the KSC from hearing any issue related to the case in question … I’m missing something here ?
Uh, rm, we’re not in disagreement there. I should have been more precise earlier; I was thinking more of the overload on case workers in SRS NOT involved with CSE.
SRS/CSE is …how can I say it… a special case of incompetence, based upon my limited dealings with the said department.
rm6046:I am thrilled a blog could help another person. The system in Sedgwick County Kansas long ago decided it was above both State & Federal law.
My contact with officials of our Federal government has revealed that these persons are NOT THE TEFLON “gods” they thought they were.
These corrupt Sedgwick County officials used every tactic,they lied under oath,they suborned perjury.
Sworn Court & official State documents (in their own Courts) refuted their actions,yet they thought themselves above the LAW.
I have been blessed to have contacted certain folks within our government who DO NOT condone the 18 USC 1001,42 USC 1383,& 42 USC 1385,and Constitutional violations which are the cornerstone of the vile Sedgwick County system.
I make no excuse for being a zealot. I make no excuse for my faith in Christ…at times it was all I had since I was so badly injured and disabled due to a broken neck.
I would be glad to help any other person,woman or man,against these reprehensible individuals.
P_MOM,
I notice you have posted on almost every blog and topic for Wichita. I would bet you work for the Wichita Eagle,and you beg at the steps of the Court house to crooked judges for leads.
You are not objective,simply a well trained seal of the crooked 18th JD…do they let you grovel in person or is it accomplished by proxy?
AmerDAD: Actually, PMom’s all right, most of the time. :)She has had quite a lot experiences and difficulties in her life, not all of her own making, and her life is, it would seem, a balancing act. She does not work for the Beagle nor the 18th. I believe she’s actually a nurse.
Anyway, as I said earlier, I am copying your posts to forward to Mr. Hirsch. It seems you two share many mutual experiences, and not in any manner diminishing your plight, Mr. Hirsch’s travails have involved crimes involving child abuse and torture, drug and alcohol abuse, and, eventually, what would now be classified as capital murder. I have considered actually writing a book about it, but it’s not over even now, after over 30 years … and I’m not sure anyone would believe it without including the five (at last count) large, loose-leaf binders of court records, some of which have “mysteriously” disappeared, but luckily, Mr. Hirsch’s copies have not and are safely stored at a secure third party institution.
rm6046,
I do not know Mr Hirsch. I simply suffered at the hands of a rogue child support system gone both wild and illegal.
I have no experience with harming any child,or capital crimes. I simply stood against a system which would not listen.
I do know men have committed suicide over wrong assessments of child support. I know men have been imprisoned after being POWS who had no way to pay a STATE.
I know a man in New Mexico who paid for years for a non existent child,and unfortunately there have been persons who under great duress,kiled themselves & others.
I would NEVER harm someone over C/S,I would simply move overseas and never come back!
GSheridan – SRS/Youthville, Sedgwick county DA, and Judges do not care about the child – it’s all about winning and money. I too know of a case where lies were told in court – evidence not produced, oaths sworn with perjury – all with the knowledge of the judge and juvenile DA. The child was taken from the mother because she reported what the child told her about the abuse he was suffering at the hands of his father and the mother was charged with emotionally abusing her child. The DA collaborated with the father and gave all of the information about the mother to the father without the mother or her lawyer being present. Our lawyer was also threatened with disbarment during the proceedings for bringing out the corruption and all motions for the child and mother’s constitutional rights were denied by the judge – they do not abide by the laws of the state of kansas – statutes were broken by law enforcement and the DA is aware of those statutes being broken. The system was created to protect children and this system in Sedgwick County is broken. I’ve been told that there is Federal Law, State Law and in Sedgwick County, Local Law. That says it all and it’s time for a change starting with the DA and Judges..
I’m not implying that you or Mr. Hirsch harmed or killed anyone, especially a child, or committed any crime, for that matter. Those are simply elements of Mr. Hirsch’s case vs. a system which, to this day, when faced with overwhelming evidence contrary to their position, will not let the truth be heard. Your mention of the man in New Mexico shows this problem is not unique to the 18th … but , st times, it seems the 18th DR Dept. and KSRS/CSE are writing the textbook for the others.
Mr. Hirsch has been called everything from an anarchist to a zealot over the years. A man doing life without parole in the maximum security prison in Nevada has told a judge, a prosecutor, and a former Las Vegas detective that if he ever escaped, all he wanted to do was kill Mr. Hirsch and me (and I’m simply the chronicler of the events, as they have happened over these many years), and then, he wouldn’t care if he was captured.
Mr. Hirsch has lost his health, his income, his security … everything but his children, who are all grown up now, of course … and is still fighting for the truth to be revealed. I fear it will not, if ever, be in his lifetime, or mine.
I have spent some time writing these WE blogs and I realize that you folks are conditioned to the corruption of your county.
I only hope you have the common sense to vote Pilshaw out of office in 2008. She was voted the worst judge of the 18th JD by her own peers.
I am glad P_mom spoke up and thought I was crazy,it made me realize that no one in Sedgwick County would EVER think that ANY GOVERNMENT official WOULD EVER,EVER do anything wrong.
The comments from rm6046 would correlate my thirst for justice with a troubled soul who apparently committed a capital crime.
It is neither wrong,crazy or the equal of capital crime to resent GOVERNMENT corruption which only exists to yield profit for a county and its employees.
Many years ago I lived in Wichita,the Sheriff was busy arresting pilots whose planes served mixed drinks over your air space,since it was a dry county.
The former State AG (Kline) used money from State funds to send glossy autographed photos of himself to your citizens. It was on the link for the Kansas AG website,what a bloated ego,a legend in HIS OWN MIND!
My dealings with your county reveal the depths of depravity of your system of county government, the citizens are the forlorn,the sheep to be fleeced,without voice or justice.
I lived many years in countries overseas and your plight is much WORSE.
One judge in your county is an ultra feminist,another believes he is or soon will be a “god” by the color of his undergarments. He has a “secret name” for entrance to his divinity!
I am glad I wrote to these blogs as an outlet. I am glad I don’t have to live there and that on every occasion these corrupt officials have LOST to this “crazy” man from another State!
I do not need to pray God will curse the wrong doing of your county officials,its already done!
rm6046,
Please tell me plainly what happened to Mr Hirsch?
That conversation, my friend, will take hours. Please e.mail a contact number to cavamann@hotmail.com, and I will be happy to call you at any time that is convenient for you, and, if he is available, setup a conference call between you, me and Mr. Hirsch himself.
That conversation, my friend, will take hours. Please e.mail a contact number to cavamann@hotmail.com, and I will be happy to call you at any time that is convenient for you, and, if he is available, setup a conference call between you, me and Mr. Hirsch himself.
rm6046,
Pls at least tell me did his issue involve CSE or was it the Court in general?
It was the Court in general. Actually CSE has only been a troubling, incompetent bit player, who did not even come into the picture until the kids were at or very near majority. It all began in the 1970’s and the battle lines were drawn in the sand, as it were, around 1981 or 1982, when Mr. Hirsch sued six Eighteenth District Court Judges, and the seventh, The Honorable Owen Ballinger subsequently recused himself from hearing the case and stated “on the record”, he could not hear the case because Mr. Hirsch was right!
It was the Court in general. Actually CSE has only been a troubling, incompetent bit player, who did not even come into the picture until the kids were at or very near majority. It all began in the 1970’s and the battle lines were drawn in the sand, as it were, around 1981 or 1982, when Mr. Hirsch sued six Eighteenth District Court Judges, and the seventh, The Honorable Owen Ballinger subsequently recused himself from hearing the case and stated “on the record”, he could not hear the case because Mr. Hirsch was right!
Damned ‘bot’s ! I hope they get their software problems worked out.
AmerDad,
Actually, PMom is quite a responsible person, and from my dealings with her, would likely agree with some of your points.
that said, you seem almost zealous in your anger towards your ex-wife, which you have turned towards ALL women in your posts. Let me assure you, many of us struggle with much of what you deal with as well.
I am a single mother. I do have a court order for child support, of which I have not recieve a single dime, although said court order has been in effect for over two years. I have requested assistance from various entities to no avail. My son’s father does work, and i do know he is capable of paying said child support. But he does not pay it. And I have to still allow him to take my son every other weekend, per said court order, even though he has a past (and current during the time of this court order) history of drug and alcohol abuse, and has even spent several months in FEDERAL prison for probation violation on charges related to the above mentioned problems. And STILL I cannot get assistance in getting my child support. Let me assure you that it is not just MEN who suffer these difficulties. I in fact had to get a new attorney, because my prior attorney was more interested in granting my ex rights than in protecting my own. In fact, he failed to even file the final child support order for over a year, and it finally took a threat to approach the KS Bar Assoc to get the order filed…
wendy-So, this guy was a user and you had a baby with him and he doesn’t pay support and you are surprised? He sounds like a loser and you sound like a loser lover.
wendy-So, this guy was a user and you had a baby with him and he doesn’t pay support and you are surprised? He sounds like a loser and you sound like a loser lover.
So I would guess he tried to sue in a pro se’ motion. I don’t know Kansas law from that era,but I do know judges have immunity that cannot be pierced.
There is no real way to sue a judge,you can appeal to the higher courts.
Prosecutors however have suffered career ending losses. There was a woman who worked for Foulston who was fired over too many reversals.
ADA Ladner has lost on reversal due to her closing arguments which were probably too much of a representation of her ultra feminist viewpoints.
There was a judge in another state who masturbated during a trial,and there was a defense attorney who slept thru the trial of a capital offense client.
This Nifong prosecutor (Duke,N.C.)issue will be interesting,he behaved like the Sedgwick CountyDA’s office does.
Prosecutors are not supposed to bury exculpatory evidence. The Supreme Court in Brady dictated that the DA MUST release exculpatory evidence to the defense.
L.A. County has a whole “Brady” department devoted to catalog and computerizing exculpatory evidence to ensure no defendant is wrongly convicted.
The equal in Sedgwick County is one morbidly overweight civil servant who has the job to bury or shred any evidence that might defer profit from fees of fines from any defendant.
Rumor has it this clerk hides the evidence in the great cavern of her buttocks to ensure the exculpatory info is never found!
No sir, it was, nor have the subsequent suits, been pro se actions !
While a Judge’s immunity is difficult to pierce, it is not impossible, at all.
Wendy,
Thank you for your comments,I know how it is to be a single parent. I was a single parent with my sons when they were very young b4 I went overseas during Desert Storm.
I can understand how you feel,my ex stole money from her employer for 4 years. I ended up paying for her embezzlement and was left for months with no money to even eat while overseas.
You see I gave all my advance pays to pay for the civil settlement. I sent her home with my last credit card and toughed it out alone.
I am sorry,I know it may sound that I despise women,but I don’t at all. The main problem is that the Court does not see any of us as people.
I have for many years read posts from women and sometimes it will seem very anti-male,when in reality,it is one specific person and not the whole gender.
The only people who win in divorce are the lawyers and we all suffer due to the Courts.
These damned bots. I’m ready to give it up for the day. What I intended to say was, it was NOT pro se, nor have been the subsequent actions in the matter.
rm6046,
Wow,that really peaks my interest,what were the grounds or precedents? Did they dismiss the case with or without prejuidice?
Did the judges get summary judgment dismissal? So many questions–
do you think “fleettwood” from above is judge fleetwood? If it is polytheism is a LIE
No, I’m Judge Dread.
Wow,you look nothing like Stallone
It’s this computer monitor lighting.
No, the Fleetwood here is not Judge (using the term loosely) James Fleetwood. Judge Fleetwood is a Mormon, who was a “Bishop” of his “Ward”, when he first took the bench and quit the bishophoric a couple weeks later, stating he was “too busy”. I only know that because a buddy of mine is Mormon, and he quit that “Ward” because of Fleetwood.
I’ll be glad to get you all the case numbers and information necessary for you to order the files, but you better have your checkbook out as there are at least a couple thousand pages, and, at least, a hundred different decisions for and against Mr. Hirsch, including two different SC orders assigning out of county judges, after which the 18th JD-DR Department continued to operate as if neither order even existed.
Ameridad- my assessment comes from the vile you spoke about SO many people, from your ex wife, to the police officers in your own county, the entire system and not ONE of them agreed with your side.
That makes me believe that you’re leaving a very big part out- as in- what your role was in all of this as well.
If your letter was meant to be persuasive, it merely came across as a loony rant-even if every word you said was true.
As far as your attacks against the feminist agenda. Let me tell you that yes, I am a feminist. I’m also happily remarried to a wonderful man, so it’s not like I hate men. And I do know there are some women who jack the whole child system too.
However my experience has been that the women get screwed over far far and away more than the men do.
Granted the system is far from perfect.
I’m quite a bit like Wendy, my daughter’s father is a real loser (yes he really is enema does that make you happy). Even with his drug convictions and known to be involved in heavy violence, SRS was going to FORCE him to have visitation with my daughter. The man had never seen her before and had no desire till SRS was going to force him into his obligation for child support. I had no evidence that he would hurt her, except maybe take her along to a shooting, so the courts would not have prevented this.
His motive by asking to see her- was to get me to stop asking for child support. And I did. Once I did I didn’t hear from him again. I never received a dime from him.
And I made the right decision, because he’s in prison for raping his second daughter right now. But my daughter was spared because I KNEW he was bad for her to be around, and I would have fought tooth and nail to prevent it.
The majority of women I see are abused by their husbands terribly, and then they use the children as tools to try to manipulate the women more. Does it work the other way around, sure sometimes it does, but overwhelmingly it’s the women who get screwed.
I have to question why the police would feel it neccessary to draw down upon you unless they had felt they need to.
You don’t like the fact that your child is a pagan (in the big scheme of things, this isn’t such a bad thing- have you learned anything about paganism? Maybe you should), but each child is different, and maybe he would have turned out the same with you. Obviously your other children have different DNA.
Also, my father would have said many of the same things…that I turned into a wild teen because he wasn’t around. No, I would have been far worse had I ended up with him. I don’t know what was going on with your son when he was homeless, but I know when I was that age, my mother did the right things, and I just wanted to do my own thing. Maybe this is why he chose not to go with you, and he didn’t want to hurt your feelings.
I thought you were just kidding.The judge only has one “t”.That makes him a dope.
I knew Fleetwood was a Mormon,I read his bio,went to BYU,etc and I still say polytheism is a lie.
You can tell by his picture he doesn’t drink coffee,maybe he should start.
rm6046,i will try to contact you and get the case numbers. I can probably access some of the case files online. I will get ahold of you Sat morn if you are avail.
We can all tell stories of the corruption of the Juvenile Court, the DA’s office, Nola and her lying staff, SRS, EMCU, The Sheriff’s Office, and the staff of Youthville. Extortioist lawyers that will sell you out in a heartbeat if they are doing a favor for the DA’s office.
This crooked system that allows lies and hearsay without evidence in Juvenile Courts. None of them care about the children.
We can all see that we have a problem….what are we going to do about it?
I suggest that we all contact Alberto Gonzalez the Attorney General of the United States. The Justice Department would be interested in the strange system we have here. Regardless we are American citizens and we are entitled to due process and a fair hearing in court. Call the ACLU. Someone has got to be interested in seeing justice in Kansas.
We not only need open courts but open records. The DA’s office needs to held accountable for the things they do as well as SRS and EMCU and Youthville.
Judges who suborn perjury and allow hearsay as the truth should be impeached for the good of the citizenry. Nola Foulston has been in office too long and she has become above us all. Laws do not take precedence over whatever Nola wants.
As far as throwing more money at the system, the child protection system DOES need more money. They do not have the resources to staff foster care, and the foster families receive very little.
They are begging for more families. But till that happens, we need some group homes.
Privatization has not done very well since they enacted it.
I was lucky when I was in the system, as far as having parents who loved me and wanted me, I wasn’t abused. I just didn’t want THEM at the time. I kept running away from home, and the state took me as a child in need of care.
You have to remember at that time, the programs were such that if you had a child who had troubles, you had to relinquish them to the state. And that’s what my parents did. From that point on, they could only stand by and watch what the state did with me.
Today they have programs that will allow help in the family, the SED waiver is enomously helpful in cases like mine, where the family is good, but the child has issues. This does nothing when it’s the family that needs to be removed from the child.
What we have to look at are the OUTCOMES- which can’t be measured really until the kids are grown.
SRS’s policy seems to be- work hard to save the kids you can save, and the others, give up on them. I can think of about 6 people off the top of my head whose kids should be completely removed from their family- and SRS won’t do a thing about it, because they know they’ll keep those kids in the system till they’re 18.
P_mom,
First,there were numerous folks who agreed with me,primarily folks from the federal government,not in Kansas.
Second,I never raised my hand,ever to my kids or the ex.
Third,my son became a White Odinist pagan. Go look at the website “Stormfront” and you will get an idea what that means…he became a white supramacist,is that why you find acceptable? I do not.
Fourth,the action of the local police here was reported to the Governor & Senator and guess what,no more problem because of Kansas.
Fifth,since I defended the Constituition of this land in places you would not even fly over,I resent when any government official uses position to violate the law of the land.
Sedgwick County is as corrupt as it gets,your whole system needs serious federal intervention,its just like the old south from the 60’s!
No I was not aware they were supremists, pagans are usually very earthly, not hateful like that. How sad.
AmerDAD: Saturday morning will be fine. I plan to be resting up for what will probably be another boring Super Bowl next weekend. :) BTW, don’t let me forget to tell you why Vern Miller arrested those stewerdess’ (stewerdi?) those many years ago — sometimes things are not as they seem, friend.
TelTheTruth: Several attempts have been made over the years to investigate the 18th JD-DR, I am told … and the “stonewall” is put up and they’ve gone nowhere. Then, rotation sets in, and maybe one Judge gets moved in and another moves in, and everything just gets lost in the wind, as it were. You are absolutely right about open records. Change is definitely in order for the DA’s office, but nobody seems to actually want the job. I suspect that, at some point, Nola will resign and anoint her successor, who will subsequently run as an “appointed incumbent”, and it will be another case of “the more things change, the more they stay the same. Thanks for you input.
P_Mom,
I know it was a stunning & crushing blow. I read all about paganism,the first rule is supposed to be something like do no harm to another.
When he came to my home he bought weapons of violence to harm other people,the jail experience changed him and it will take years if ever to undo the damage.
I was in the military,but I am uncharacteristic,because I saw what weapons can do to people and I would not allow weapons in my home.
One of the reasons I had trouble with a cop here was because the cop was young and they had just got new weapons which they were anxious to use.
If my rant is vile it is because their mother would have never got them back if I would not have had to go overseas during Desert Storm.
She and her husband didn’t beat them,they left them to their own devices from 13-18 years old with no guidance and that was a disaster.
AmerDAD-
Please tell the story about the young cop.Did I miss it?
This is the story of the young cop,bear with me.
Two months after my youngest son turned 17 he was released from juvenile detention.
His mother left him homeless and he called me on the phone.
My family went to get him and he had a girl friend who was 16.
My ex wife realized my son wanted to come to my home,but she tried to use the situation as a trap. She was going to pay for bus tickets for both of them to come to my home in another State.
She had already made arrangements for the 16 year old girl’s mom to report her as kidnapped after she left the state.
Since both kids were minors,her plan was to entrap my wife and I in a felony abduction situation. My son found out and I could not let him come to my home with this young girl.
When he did come to stay,his jailhouse demeanor drew police attention.
During one such encounter a young cop got somewhat annoyed with me and empathized with my son (Aug 2005)who sometimes carried a sword or concealed weapons.
I kind of figured this cop was on the outs with his own Dad,and I had not told the police of my son’s white supremacist beliefs.
During this little encounter with the young cop,my son told him I owed money for child support arrears as a retaliation for me not allowing him to keep a Bowie knife at the house.
They got ahold of Kansas who according to testimony,knew an arrest could not transpire since it was all post majority money.
Our friends in Sedgwick County however put in the “good word” to the local young cop to rough me up or do anything possible to harm me.
I live in a rather small town so the young cop waited many months and one night followed a friend’s vehicle into my driveway,I was the passenger.
When I got out of the vehicle one cop asked my friend,the driver for his license and registration.
The young cop from b4,pulled a fully charged tazer on me in my own driveway.
My wife called the Sheriff and the cops left when they found out the Sheriff was enroute,no ticket,no citation,no arrest,just good ol boy harassment.
The next day I filed a complaint with the Governor and told the town Chief of Police. The Police Chief told me they just got these new tazers and were excited to have em.
Many who carry tazers have had it used on them to understand its effects. This young cop wanted to electrocute me with 50k volts,mainly in support of the “fine folks” in Sedgwick County.
I filed a report with evidence and documents here and poof no more problems with local cops.
This blog and the comments pro and con were a good exchange…it helped me to realize that no matter what neither the Sedgwick Court,the DA or the Kansas SRS have any interest in proceeding in lawful or appropriate manner.
I believed for a long time that their wrongful behavior under the color of law was because I was an out of state resident or military.
Your posts have certainly reflected that your own citizens suffer and these officials hide behind immunity.
The recent acts by Nifong (DA)in N.C. may bring about change,we all can only hope for the best.
I wish I would have known years ago as one post stated,that the attorneys rarely stand up for their clients in the adverserial process.
The press in Wichita apparently does not stand as a pure forum,and so the unchecked behavior of these persons will always continue.
There are alot of persons who have concerns with the Sedgwick County systems. One Kansas legislator I contacted said they use observers and they are aware there is a continuing problem.
I have inspite of my admittedly zealous and Christian slanted narratives drove them from being able to harm my family by violating the very law they are sworn to uphold.
I will never come to Kansas or Sedgwick County so their day in the sun is over.
Many events have been revealed and they were forced to admitand correct some of their misconduct.
I know this only happened because thankfully I am not from Kansas and could present facts to other forums that would not turn a blind eye.
I don’t know what I would have done if I were a Kansan. I am very thankful I did not have that cross to bear.
I lived in countries overseas which had skewed Court systems,where unlawful acts by government officials was a way of life.
All military members accepted that as a fact of life while in those countries.
We avoided or were restricted from countries where injustice was so prevalent that we could not travel through or to that country. The State department would issue written advice and direction.
Someone needs to issue a national advisory concerning Sedgwick County Kansas to ensure avoidance of this county.
The story is the same,only this county and its corrupt officials are located geographically in the U.S, instead of middle east.
ArerDAD,
Just a reminder that you need to tell another story. The shame in Wichita is that if mistakes are not corrected we just keep repeating them..
BTW, don’t let me forget to tell you why Vern Miller arrested those stewerdess’ (stewerdi?) those many years ago
You know the problem with blogs is that so few people are involved.
If only some brave soul from the newspaper or television would take up the charge and investigate the arrogant agencies we have named.
I challenge the newspaper or the TV investigative reporters to take this on. You could be a hero. There is plenty of evidence and people would talk if they could be protected from retaliation.
See, Ameridad, this is where your story becomes unbelieveable…
“Our friends in Sedgwick County however put in the “good word” to the local young cop to rough me up or do anything possible to harm me. ”
I happen to know that none of an exchange like this would ever happen. Not only would it be incredibly stupid of one police department- even IF corrupt- to do so. Not only that but there is no way you could have known what was said.
But also the Sedgewick county police have bigger fish to fry than someone who has no history of violence – to do such a thing.
The other option remains…why do they think you’re a threat to police officers?
Now let me say this, I can totally believe SOME of what you are saying. I know the system can be crooked at times, I’ve seen it in regards to how judges treat abused women.
I’ve seen it in how attornies pick who they want to represent (the poor always get screwed).
But I do not believe that everyone in this story is brutal and corrupt to the point of it being something they were willing to include many other departments in.
And the story always favors the person telling it.
TelTheTruth: It was not AmerDAD that made that remark. It was me. Do you know how and why that arrest happened? Do you know in which “jail” that flight crew spent the night? Were you even born yet?
The media has been approached, more than once, to investigate. They begin digging, gung ho, verify what we have given them, and more, and then, suddenly, six, eight, ten weeks into it, the WORD comes down to “drop the story, there’s nothing there” … if, of course, you (the investigative reporter) wish to remain employed as you are. And, like Puff the Magic Dragon, is just goes away for a few years, and then it’s “deja vu, all over again”!
PMom: “Sedgwick County Police?” There is no such thing. There is the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Department. The Wichita Police Department, Derby Police Department, Valley Center Police Department, Park City Police Department, etc. But there isn’t a Sedgwick County Police Department…never has been, never will be. Or is it one of those, “Whatever, ‘they all look alike anyhow’ things”?
Sorry PMOM,You wrote:The media has been approached, more than once, to investigate. They begin digging, gung ho, verify what we have given them, and more, and then, suddenly, six, eight, ten weeks into it, the WORD comes down to “drop the story, there’s nothing there” …
Where did the “word” come from? Who has that kind of power? How can we limit it? It obviosly isn’t the attorney general of this state. The governor doesn’t seem that interested. A senator? A state representative? We need to know who is limiting a free press.
That’s a $1 million question. In one instance, it was a now-retired police chief. But, he is long-since out of power and the interest he was protecting is no longer an issue. Where has it come from all the other times? I don’t know. I do know that an enthusiastic contact was made by one of the the local television stations affiliates (he initiated the call, not us), he was given some direction, several more enthusiastic contracts were made over the next several weeks, although he was warned up front what the end result would be), and then, suddenly, everything went cold … and two weeks later, we received a brief, curt, 30 second phone call. “Sorry, guys, no story there!”Investigative reporter ——–>News Director——————>Station Manager—————->Corporate Office—————>Owners————————->????????????????????????????????As I said, $1 million question.
Forgot to mention, this was less than 60 days ago.
Ok, you folks want names?How about this one:
Joel Bradshaw!
Bradshaw once entered a home for the purpose of an SRS inspection in a Child in Need of Care case.Bradshaw, a radical atheist who wore his beliefs on his sleeve, pointed to a crucifix on the wall and said, “That crap doesn’t impress me much, you know!” —Apparently assuming that the crucifix went on the wall just prior to his visit, the egomaniac!
The mother in question, who’s husband was out of town, asked if she could bring a Catholic Priest to a hearing, as she did not want to go alone. “Sure, but those Priests are as guilty of sexual abuse as anyone else.”"I’m sorry, but I didn’t know I was being accused of sexual abuse!” replied the woman involved.Later, we were told that x-rays had to be performed on at least 3 children, who had been removed from the home, before the children could be returned to the family.This was some years ago, and just before Christmas.Bradshaw told us that he could not get all 3 children in on the same day, so we would have to wait until after Christmas.Bradshaw also resisted using PPO approved doctors and hospitals, knowing he was sticking a higher bill to the family that way, by deliberately going “out of network.”A quick phone call to a family friend, a medical doctor with some strings to pull, and we proved Bradshaw to be a LIAR! This doctor told us it would be no problem at all to schedule the required procedures.We scheduled x-rays at a local hospital, got the appointments verified, and let Bradshaw know that we would present that evidence to the judge in the case if he did not back down!Surprise!Bradshaw backed down!—-By the way, part of the reason that SRS is so backed up is because Kansas protects false accusers way to much.It seems a local nurse had two of her children in this accused woman’s day care.These two kids were a huge discipline problem, and the nurse-mother refused to support the daycare provider in her requests for help with these problems.The nurse’s two kids were subsequently kicked out of daycare.Shortly thereafter, one of the accused mother’s children broke her arm in an playful accident with another child.The malicious nurse found out and called the SRS.We only found out who made the accusation because the nurse bragged about it.We have no recourse.Those who make a false complaint to the SRS are protected.They can’t be touched.They say the purpose of this blanket immunity is to protect the children involved.However, if false reports contribute to huge caseloads, dont false reports hurt kids?Isnt there some trauma involved with removing kids from the home?—-Knowingly False and Malicious SRS reports should be punished, just like any false police report.False SRS reports hurt kids!
I wanted to provide an answer for P_Mom:
Please remember I have had the misfortune of dealing with some of these folks for eight years.
If you look back at my original post I reflected THREE major contacts with the local cops here.
The 1st contact with the young cop was with my son in August 2005.
The 2nd contact with the young cop was in December 9,2005 over the two minor traffic tickets.
I was in his car and heard his portion of the conversation during this traffic stop.
I was held for over an hour for two minor tickets which represented a 4th Amendment violation.
The January 4,2006 tazer deal was the third and last encounter.
The young cop testified in Court in Febraury 2006 that his aggressive action in Dec 2005 was due to contact with Sedgwick County.
The tickets were dismissed because of the 4th Amendment violations.
The Sedgwick County matter has always had the same point of contact at the Sheriff’s department for 8 years.
This same deputy delayed Court orders,kept a bench warrant open which he knew should be closed,and got jammed when a Judge here,during a Court proceeding,caught this Sedgwick County deputy doing some funny business on the nationwide computer…by the way,that was a great day!
The Judge here stopped the proceeding and had them call and nail the little weasel deputy from Sedgwick County!
Just for the record my entire “criminal” record is DUI over twenty years ago,and writing a bad check for $40,which I paid and made good as soon as I knew there was a problem,still had to go to Court over it back then.
I live in a small town and have seen the same cops for the last 5 years,and was only briefly negatively impacted by the good ol’ klan network from SG County!
Hey Paul.
I meant to continue…where have you been hiding.
SRS has too much power and seems to be full of people who no longer have any ideals or ethics. I agree that false reports are the cause of a lot of misery for children and their parents. But what to do about it? If everyone who made it through the system and reaches majority would file against them for their lies and lawbreaking, the years of misery and suffering that a family went through….then maybe they would think twice before they get on a vendetta caused by false reports or hearsay. We need to hold them responsible for what they do. Then the “Joels” of the system who want to project their personal values and opinions on to others would be curtailed. We have to use the system against them. Perjury is still a crime.
I’m not saying that every social worker is a liar and a sadist but the majority appear that way. They are judgemental and have the facts straight in their mind before they even speak to you. They get “their facts” from a written report that could be a false report from a person who has a grudge against you.
The inbred system in Wichita is a real mess because the whole group is in bed with each other. You can’t find a lawyer who will stand up to them in Wichita. They say they will but in court the “Pit Bull” you hired transforms into a fearful teacup Chihuahua. They take your money and hang you out to dry. Where are the stand up lawyers? We need open records to hold them accountable.
We need to do vote out the politicians who won’t do their jobs. We need the legislators to make laws that protect parents who are unfairly targeted by false reports. We need two things in Kansas to rein in the SRS, EMCU, Youthville, DA’s Office, Sheriff’s Office and the Wichita Police Department. They are guilty of using their office as a way to supress evidence, not investigate and to withhold justice if it involves their friends or aquaintances.
Get in touch with your representative and legislators to ask them to sponsor these two things.1) OPEN RECORDS2) A Protective Parent Act.
To the tune of the Oscar Meyer song:
Corruption has a first name,its K-S-S-R-S,
Corruption has a second name,its 5-2-5- North Main,
They lie,you suffer every day,Sedgwick stinks in every way,Cuz corruption is the only way,According to your crooked D-A!
This is not only clever but true.
Nola is behind it as she does not require honesty or ethics in her assistant DAs. Just win at any cost.
Until there is accountability there will be corruption.
We need Open Courts and a protective parent law. I wish that people would begin to stand up for the children who have been mistreated by the system.
Good thing this case was not in Sedgwick County,the kid would have had to get a paper route to pay the Kansas SRS!
Friday, October 06, 2006
WARRENSBURG u A woman’s desire to get child support payments from the father of her young child landed her in jail Thursday, police said.
The Warrensburg mother’s trips to Warren County Family Court in recent weeks prompted court officials to investigate her claim further, allowing them to determine the person who fathered her child was 13 years old when he had sex with her, officials said.
That’s statutory rape under state law, accusations that led to the arrest Thursday of Kimberly A. Baker, 22, of 22 Evergreen Lane, on a second-degree rape charge, according to the Warren County Sheriff’s Department.
Baker’s arrest came about five weeks after she filed petitions in Warren County Family Court seeking child support for her 2-year-old daughter, Julianna.
She identified the father as a 16-year-old boy whom she told the court she had sex with on two occasions in September 2003, when she was 19-1/2, authorities said.
The problem is the boy would have been 13-1/2 at that point, well younger than the state’s age of legal consent of 17 for sexual relations. As part of the court proceedings, she gave a sworn affidavit admitting to having sex with the teen, officials said.
“But for her having made the application in Family Court, we never would have known about this,” Warren County District Attorney Kate Hogan said. “It was such an unusual way to have a case come forward.”
Baker’s child was born June 14, 2004. A birth announcement that ran in The Post-Star the next day did not list a father.
The teen’s name was not released, and he is being considered a victim in the case.
Hogan said the investigation began after Family Court Judge J. Timothy Breen referred the matter to her office and the Sheriff’s Department.
Paulette Kershko, the court attorney for Warren County Family Court, said Breen had no comment on the case. She would not say whether either party in the Family Court case had a lawyer.
Baker was arraigned in Warrensburg Town Court and was sent to Warren County Jail for lack of $10,000 cash bail or $20,000 bail bond.
The arrest was made by sheriff’s Investigator Edward Affinito.
Second-degree rape is punishable by up to 7 years in state prison.
I have just read today that now a State is considering curfews for men concerning the child support issue. The tactics of the “State” have all been accomplished before as referenced in the following excerpts of articles and information:
Ref 1: “Canceled citizenship and instituted the restrictions that forbid them to work for thegovernment,to be bankers,teachers and students and the number to work in professions was limited.”
Ref 2: “Took prisoners,confiscated property and imposed heavy financial punishments…and on the rest were cast economic restrictions.”
Ref 3: “The… laws deprived them of their rights of citizenship,giving them the status of subjects.”
Ref 4: The leader “became an official tasked with infiltrating and reporting to his superiors on their activities.”
Ref 5: The leader wrote a book,denouncing the ‘the enemies of the State’ as “parasites and laying the foundation for conquest.” Through the use of propaganda the ‘State’ became immensely popular with the people.
Ref 6: They used their propaganda machine not only to ‘acquire acquiescence but to convince citizens of their purity” and demonize the targeted group.
Ref 7: “Through a series of show trials,the defendants were sentenced.” Often using extreme tactics to extract confessions and agreeing on lenient sentences for a confession on false charges in the court,the court would turn on their word and exact the most severe level of punishment.
Ref 8: The enemies of the State were “forbidden to operate retail stores,mail order houses,or sales agencies,or to practice a craft.” “They cannot offer for sale goods or services,to advertise these or to accept orders at markets,fairs or exhibitions of all sorts.”
Ref 9: “They were forbidden to ride streetcars,go to the theater,play sports,go to parks,practice medicine,law or farming,and can only walk on certain streets.” They were forbidden to leave their homes except for a few hours each day.
They were forced to deposit all their money in banks,then forbidden to taker the money out. The money was confiscated by the State.” “Telephones were taken away,and eventually,they could not have pets,attend school of any kind,and had to give up extraclothing.”
Ref 10: “The life,the survival against the odds,the fixed viewpoint…the terror,that tightening noose,and the endless mounting chicanery of the State.” He was there day in,and day out with unwavering determination against the evil of the State.
These measures were indeed tried by governments in the past. The irony is that these are the same procedural tactics used by the ‘State’ against Fathers in this country. I am sure there are people,especially State officials,who think these things are just fine. I now reveal where the above references originate from and you may draw your own conclusion.
REF 1 & 2: Vichy law, Nazi Germany
REF 3: Nuremberg Race Laws,Germany,1935
REF 4-7: Hitler & Stalin in review
REF 8-10: Source: FAQfarm,Life in Nazi Germany
In the early seventies I visited a museum in Claremore,OK. The museum contained a lamp which had a lamp shade made from the skin of an American soliderby the nazis.
The nazis tanned the soldiers skin and hide to make alampshade and other items. I am sure these tactics would be very popular at State offices.
If a person died & owedchild support you could get a court order for the bodyand make products from the corpse of the debtor.
I am sure the Kansas SRS could come up with a clever Statemarketing scheme for such products.
These measures were indeed tried by governments in thepast. The irony is that these are the same proceduraltactics used by the ‘State’ against Fathers in thiscountry.
I am certain there are many State officials who think these things would be just fine.
HERE IS ANOTHER “GREAT” CASE THAT THE KANSAS SRS WHERE THE KANSAS SRS WOULD HAVE COLLECTED $$$$!:
GOV’T OFFICIALS TRY COLLECT CHILD SUPPORT FROM A “FATHER” WHO WAS THREE YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF CONCEPTION!
A young teen has been accused by Child Support Legal Service of abandoning his parental responsibilities.
“Tyler Holden, a 15-year-old school boy, received a letter from the agency demanding that he pay $550 for a DNA test, despite the fact that he is not sexually active and still lives with his parents.
“The agency claimed that Holden had fathered a child born on July 27, 1994, when he was THREE YEARS OLD.
“’It is scary for a 15-year-old guy to find out he is a father,’ Tyler told a News Ltd newspaper.
“The teenager told a News Ltd newspaper, ‘I’m just really worried about why they would accuse me of being a father at three. I haven’t even had sex yet and then I get this letter, so I’m thinking what is going on?
I just saw my name on the front of the letter and then I read it and thought, ‘what is going on?’
“He added, ‘I was just disgusted. If it happens to me it could happen to others. They need to take more notice of what they are doing.’
Legal Aid managing director Tony Parsons said that the letter was sent out by a junior ‘NAZI CS’ lawyer.
He told the Herald Sun newspaper, We made a mistake…
“Holden will not have to be DNA tested.”
The only thing that surprises me about this story is that they fixed the error.
But don’t count on that to hold–they often fix the errors and then the errors reappear later.
“…child support enforcement agencies are notorious for their bureaucratic bungling and incessant computer errors.
When law enforcement officials have published “deadbeat” parent lists…innocent people have been vilified and subjected to public ridicule.
“For example, when the Louisville Courier-Journal published the names and addresses of 1,000 alleged child support scofflaws in July of last year on behalf of Jefferson County Attorney Irv Maze, they listed James H. Frazier as a deadbeat who owes $57,000.
Unfortunately, they listed his name above the home address of James R. Frazier.
“WAVE 3 TV in Louisville reported that James R. Frazier and his wife Bertha–both of whom seethed at being publicly humiliated–had been erroneously targeted by Maze before, and had spent years fighting to straighten out the error.
“Maze’s office had previously acknowledged its mistake–and then went ahead and published the erroneous information anyway. In fact, as of October 1–over two months later–Maze still had not corrected the error on his list of 1,000 ‘deadbeats’ on the County Attorney’s website.
“ABC 7 KGO News in San Francisco, California has followed the saga of Alex Mendez, a childless man who has been mistakenly targeted for alleged overdue child support five times in the past three years by two different counties.
After embarrassing media coverage, local enforcement officials repeatedly pledged to fix the error but have failed to do so.
“The list published by the Commercial Appeal appears to have similar problems. Memphis’ News Channel 3 WREG quotes a juvenile court source as saying that some of those on the list may have already paid their child support.
Nicholas Burchett of WREG was shocked and angered to find his father listed as a “deadbeat”—the man has been DEAD for 14 years.
“Eyewitness News-WPTY reports that the Department of Human Services lost thousands of dollars of child support paid by Hugh Jones of Memphis, leaving Jones with a $10,000 child support arrearage.
According to WPTY, DHS cashed Jones’ checks six times but, despite Jones’ detailed documentation, has failed to credit his account.
Sorry for the typos: Should haveread:
HERE IS ANOTHER “GREAT” CASE WHERE THE KANSAS SRS WOULD HAVE COLLECTED $$$$!:
GOV’T OFFICIALS TRY TO COLLECT CHILD SUPPORT FROM A “FATHER” WHO WAS THREE YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF CONCEPTION!
What would you think of a local Judge who said “it could be a problem with the law but that’s my opinion in this court.”
This has got to stop. When the judges make the law in order to rule a certain way, we have problems. Why have laws if every man is right in his own eyes.
The lawmakers need to know that they are being ignored by the high and mighty judges who have usurped their authority. They don’t follow the law, they barely have a relationship to it. We are at the mercy of a court system that has gone renegade in Sedgwick County. There is no justice in the courts.
The following is a recent report concerning proposed legislation in Kansas:
“2-1-07 – A proposed bill may force some Kansas parents to pay child support until their child reaches age 23. The bill was introduced last week in Topeka by the judiciary committee.
It would require a parent to pay child support until the kids are 23 if they go to college. Right now, the law only requires child support until the children are 18.
There are some stipulations however. The child has to prove he is going to college by providing a transcript each semester.
The bill has yet to be discussed in a committee, but if it were to become law, it would only impact child support ordered after July 1st.”
The comments throughout all these posts have revolved around the same problem – MANIFEST INJUSTICE.
This idea is the “American Dream” for the government,the Court,and its various agencies. No longer will Mom or Dad direct the path of their children,the State will mandate and own your collective lives.
How many Fathers have tried to get an appropriate reduction due to economic downturn only to face the corruption of the system?
Once the State gains authority to collect until the child reaches 23 y/o,it will NEVER relinquish that authority under any circumstance regardless of college attendance or changing factors.
Kansans should recognize that the State will continue to collect dollar for dollar federal funding on each dollar paid through this prolonged payment idea.
Custodial parents (mainly women by the Courts design) will be forced to make payments for the additional five years. The entire lives of both men & women will revolve around the ego or whimsy of Court,State officials,and lawyers.
You will go to the Courthouse with your national ID card,the outcome already determined by officials in collusiion with attorneys to determine what of course to them is most important matter…the best benefit for the STATE.
This guy is lucky he was in New Mexico and not Sedgwick County Kansas. He’d probably have be forced by the Kansas SRS to pay for a college education for a Sedgwick County imaginarychild!
ALBUQUERQUE — Steve Barreras’ attorney said he had never seen anything like it.
After Barreras was hauled into court, peppered with threats and demands for money for a child he adamantly denied fathering five years ago and even paid out $20,000 to support, his ex-wife was under a judge’s order to produce the child.
So last week, Viola Trevino picked up a 2-year-old girl and her grandmother off the street, promised them a trip to see Santa Claus and $50 and took the girl to court, alleging it was her daughter.
“I have seen hundreds of jury trials and I have never seen anything like this,” said Rob Perry, Barreras’ attorney.
It was the latest chapter in a bizarre case that has prompted Gov. Bill Richardson’s office to call for a full investigation.
The elaborate ruse stretched over five years and involved fake DNA evidence, a forged Social Security number and birth and baptismal certificates, court records show.
Last week, state District Judge Linda Vanzi ruled the child did not exist.
After feeding the standin daughter and her grandmother hamburgers, it seems Trevino parked near the courthouse, where she left the grandmother in the car and took the child into court.
Only when the grandmother followed her into court did Trevino admit that the child was not hers.
The 52-year-old Trevino announced to a family-court judge in December 1999 that she gave birth to a girl fathered by Barreras that September.
Barreras, 47, who says he had a vasectomy in 1998, said it was impossible . The couple had two adult children, a son and a daughter.
Paternity tests were ordered, and, in February 2001, Barreras was ordered to pay Trevino child support . Barreras continued to protest.
Trevino was ordered to bring in a birth certificate, but she did not.
Her adult daughter was even fired from a hospital after she was caught attempting to create documents pertaining to the birth of a Stephanie Trevino , according to court records.
Then another DNA paternity test was ordered, this time done by a private doctor, but Trevino did not obey the court order and instead went back to the same company where the first test was done.
Court records show that both DNA tests were done by a friend of the couple’s daughter.
Because of the DNA matches, Perry said the Child Enforcement Division of the state Human Services Department garnisheed Barreras’ paycheck , forcing him to pay child support.
“How can this happen? It is like a plane wreck caused by a cascading series of events,” he said.
Betina Gonzales McCracken, spokeswoman for the department, said her agency is not to blame because the division was only enforcing a court order for payment of child support .
When the agency got a tip that there might be fraud in this case, she said officials investigated.
Meanwhile, Vanzi’s ruling that the child does not exist has prompted reaction from Richardson’s office.
“The governor’s office has asked the Human Services for a complete report on what happened to make sure this mistake is never repeated,” said Billy Sparks, Richardson’s spokesman.
Sorry for typo,should read:
This guy is lucky he was in New Mexico and not Sedgwick County Kansas. He’d probably be forced by the Kansas SRS to pay for a college education for a Sedgwick County imaginarychild!
“Deep slashes in the federal child-support enforcement program—included in Congress’ most recent budget cuts—have left states searching for ways to avoid scaling back.”
The cuts were made by eliminating a so-called double-dipping provision added in 1998 that matched incentive payments states receive for improving their programs with additional federal dollars.
Now that federal funding has been pulled back, states are faced with either reducing their staffs or coming up with more money to keep their programs running at current levels.”
I guess the Kansas SRS and CSE are going to end up just like Al Capone,all their crimes going unpunished,but at the last unable to escape the tax issues!
AmerDAD,Did it ever occur to you that you could have saved a bundle on attorneys and court charges (not to mention aggravation) by working out your differences with your wife, and not getting a divorce in the first place?
Jed,
I can say clearly that I never married to be divorced,but that is what happened,and I would even go so far as to say we made some effort to avoid the divorce outcome.I do know when I married all those years ago(over two decades)I ended up being “married” to dozens of Court and government officials who came after the divorce.
Most of these officials have their own domestic problems in life,and it affects outcomes.
One problem with divorce is no one is ever prepared for how ruthless government officials, and the Courts can be in their conduct.
People now have much more info about divorce than 25 years ago. One sage piece of advise I have is to try to ensure that you and the ex live in the same state when you divorce.
If your divorce order is in your ex’s home state,and you live in another state,they will always have home field advantage.
Each time you go to Family Court in another State,you are fighting a whole State rather than seeking a just outcome for both parents.
Everyone feels such empathy for the “poor (Kansas) in-state” ex,against the mean ol’ out of state resident. You lost any action,regardless of its merits,before you even made travel arrangements to appear in Court.
The lawyer you hire,who lives in the same State (Kansas) as your ex,will be fetching shrimp cocktail and cool drinks for the Judge days later to celebrate the big win over the “evil” out of state resident,and the big attorney fee that was gained.
Everyone at post trial gathering will share a hyena like laugh when your attorney tells the Judge how pathetic you were to believe in the Courts & justice,how you nearly broke down in anguish when you realized you could now rarely afford to see your own children.
The Judge & your lawyer will revile & mock recounting how stupid you were to think mandatory income tables would be used.
Like the adapted lyrics to a classic song says…”don’t trust your soul to no backwoods Sedgwick lawyer…cuz…
Jed,
BTW–there was apparantly some learning & benefit for my ex and her 2nd husband when they got divorced…I am told they left the whole lawyer,Kansas SRS,Child Support Enforcement,and Sedgwick County Court system standing at the altar…good for them! Too bad no shrimp cocktail or cool drinks for the folks at 525 North Main!
The Anna Nicole Smith judge has done more to show the public the moronic demeanor of judges,the demigod mentality and the absolute disregard for the law and rules of the Court and evidence than any blog could accomplish in months of statements!
I am right now a victom of the wichita srs they say im two years behind on child supportthe kansas payment centershows I have payed all checksthey took my tax checkfor back wow kansas payment center is the first place they should lookthats same as crimewheres my check?????
I just got through reading through this blog. I also just got back from kansas saturday night.On friday may fourth I was in court in wichita with my fiance. We stood before a slimy little arogant peuk.Judge Anthony Powell.At question was the custody of her two children.All my life I heard about the mid west morality and good honest people etc.This may be true of the every day people who live in kansas. But it is not true of what we experienced in Court room three of the family law in sedgwick county court house.I have been through this site and another very good one and read many things that are very familiar to our experiences.Although I was to young to go to vietnam and to old to go to the gulf. I did serve in the us army for four years three in germany during the cold war.I feel I earned my right to live in the usa and was more than willing to go to war. I am sickened by the behavior I witnessed in sedgwick county.We were at a final evidentuary hearing.Our lawyer Michael Foster had just with drew from the case and failed to notify us until april 27.His reasons being we did not like the case worker Don Hampton and a cronnie psycologist friend of his Dr. Larry Boll and demanded he put them on the stand and answer questions to solid proof we had of there wrong doings during the course of the case.Like I have read here and else where. He was afraid to go against the corrupt system there.We contacted Judge Powells assitant Rita and she told us to send her a e-mail telling our complaints and requesting the hearing be postponed until we could find another attorney.She called us back on the thirtyfirst a few days later. She told us it had been pushed forward to the twenty seventh of july.We took a deep breath and began looking for a lawyer to replace Foster. On tuesday may first she called us back and said it was back on for the fourth.Having dealt with corrupt officials in the past in Idaho and northern nevada. I could smell poop.We called unsucessfuly to find a attorney. I finaly got one to give me some advice over the phone for 50 bucks. He suggested we make a out line for my fiance to go buy and have her plead her case and show her evidence to Judge Powell.I spent over a thousand dollars for last minute plane tickets motel and car rental to appear with her before this little peuke of a excuse for judge and watch her get literaly railroaded. He would not listen to any evidence period staing it was the past. He would not let her play tapes of conversations as recent as 4 days prior and legaly admissable in court. But he listened to her ex husband and his new wife as they told a totaly twisted story about the particular phone call and of course many other things she wasnt allowed to defend herself against. Every time she tried to put forth any evidence he would interrupt and say thats the past.Upon entering the court room he had his assitant place a copy of the case managers report in front of us and the psycological evaluation done on her kids and her ex husband in front of us.How ever the court had ordered all parties to be evaluated. We live in nevada and were told we could get a evauation on my fiance done here which we did. It was promptly dissmissed as not important by the case manager. So I had paid to have my fiance evaluated there in kansas.Both evaluations contradicted the evaluation done on the children and her ex husband.The judge refused to look at either of them.The evaluation done on the ex husband and children went on at great length as to what a abusive mentaly ill person my fiance is.The problem with it is the psycologist has never met or spoken to My fiance and refused to do so when asked by her.It was based soley on what her ex husband told him and her brain washed children.My fiance was allowed to speak and silenced with thats the past any time she tried to refer to any evidence to do with the case.The whole proceeding only lasted about an hour. At the end my fiance was told she would get one month visitation a year.He then ordered her to sit down with her ex abuser and I mean a real life woman beating coward of a man and negotiate the travell for the vistations.My fiance was a victim of this human trash for ten years and victims dont negotiate with abusers.I had gotten up and walked out of the court room about ten minutes prior to this.My anger had risen to a point I was about to do something I would regret and made myself get up and leave.Powell told me to stop and tried to run his mouth at me. But I had the small satisfaction that I am a nevada state resident and although financing the case for my fiance. I have no legal rights in it but Powell and the corrupt system he so confidently uses to execute the law according to Powell have no power over me.My fiance followed shortly and we left. She did not go to the negotiation. So here I sit surfing the net and soaking up what I suspected I would find.During the course of the case we made many complaints about the case manager. These included lieing to us on a number of occasions. Not doing any thing about the repeated contempt her ex was doing ignoring court orders for visitation and interfering with phone calls.We complained about himn talking finding the psycologist for her ex and talking to him and quoting him to us before and during the evaluation.His report was not done impartialy and was based on no facts what so ever.It was pure assumption on his part and we had proof that wasnt allowed to be shown.We had done our best to get rid of this incompetant moron and knew he was corrupt ignorant and incompetant.But we had proof and expected to be able to show this during the final hearing.We were wrong.We realy did not know the system there was so corrupt until the stench that rose when the judge forced us to appear with out counsel.I cannot go on and on with details about the case with out writng a blog as big as a novel.But I assure you we have experienced evil in sedgwick county and have discovered many others have also.I want to make a couple of comments in here about something I read earlier.I was married to woman with two step children. The oldest was 11 when we met and she had some seriouys mental problems.She cost me thousands of dollars for psychiatrists and eventualy brought me into court for child abuse. It was dismissed to to lack of evidence.It was my first encounter with family court and I was shocked and amazed how much power cps had and how they did not have to follow any laws.I had a confrontation with a local police chief over the issue.This was in my home state of Idaho.After the girl was given abck to us we moved to northern nevada.The girl did good for a while but eventualy went back to her old ways. She was 15 when she made the false allegations in Idaho and was now a four months away from turning 18.When she started dating a bi polar drug user my ex and I put our foot down and told her to move out.The next day we were back in court and the night mare we had been through before began again.The cps worker told her lies like before and demanded money from me like before. I wont go into this and bore you but believe me I know all about cps to.Both my ex wife and I told them to get ahold of Idaho and review the case there.They had no evidence of the severe beatings I am supposed to have done to her the day before just like in Idaho but at cps kids dont lie period.Any way during the show cause hearing we were amazed to find out that they had contacted Idaho. But it seemed the only thing they wanted to tell the judge. Was that I am a right wing neo nazi and was a member of a malitia and extremely dangerous.I had more than a plate full to handle with the curcumstances at the time. But I was very angry and wanted to sue Idaho.Long story short a few days later the detctive involved in the case had my sister in his office. She had volunteered to speak to him.He made one mistake during his interview with my sister. He got up and left the room for a few minutes.he left his file on the desk in front of her. My sister promptly popped the file open and rummagged through it.This where we found out where the cps nazi got her info.Here were notes the detective made from a phone call to his counterpart in Idaho. Chief of police Brad kitchens in pinehurst Idaho.My sister read all about me being a right wing neonazi and member of a malitia. he cautioned them to be very careful when dealing with me because I was heavily armed and mentaly unstable.When I entered the court room I had two cops sitting behind me one at the court room door three on the stair well out side and two out side the court house.The case was threw out later when my step daughter broke down under cross examination on the stand and admitted she made up the whole story just like she had done in Idaho.I never had any affilation with any nazi or malitia group in my life.But the niave accusations I read in this blog where someone questioned the truth of cops in other states passing info made me laugh.Any one who dares stand there ground to a cop up to a judge and any official in between has just stomped on the whole systems big toe.You do not question there autority period unless you are ready for a fight and to endure every thing they throw at you.It doesnt matter what the problem was in the first place. Once you stand your ground and dont cower down to them like so many do. They take it personal and will spend thousands of tax payers dollars to squash you like a bug.They will ignore the laws they are hired to enforce and lie conspire and do there best to break you down. The more you resist the harder and more dishonest and corrupt they will get.They will do there best to bankrupt you and make your life miserable and break you down mentaly.They do it all the time in courts all over the usa.Most of the time people give up.Only the most determined ever succeed in defeating the system.You have to understand there is a chain of command from judges down to the cop.You mess with any in that chain from cop to judge you take them all on.But this time I live out of state and am not under the jurisdiction of any sedgwick county good ole boy.I am also experienced with the system and know to expect any thing and I believe every single word of what happened to the guy in here.I have seen the system and experienced it first hand. I am not a criminal.I was convicted of midimeaner assualt in 1989. I won a fist fight and the guy pressed charges.I lost and was on probation for a year and payed a fine.Other than that I am a vet and tax payer and have worked in my trade for thirty years. I am just like any other american. I work for what I got and I obey the law and I live a life oif live and let live.I thought my past experience with the system was history never to be repeated.I know for a fact there are inocent people in prison because I have seen how corrupt our legal system is and have been falsely accused in my past. I have seen how cops and judges cps workers etc. Once they know your innocent but you have pissed them off will go after you like a pack of wolves just because you dared to stand your ground and challenge them.I grew up in north Idaho in a small mining town where fist fighting was a common thing.I was as bad as any other redneck up there in my younger years.But one thing I learned from those days is that the fight aint over as long as you can get back up and keep fighting. It applies here to. I am pissed off and I am seeking others to band together and go after these tyrants in sedgwick county.I havce made a call to a Bill Kearney who has a site and waiting for a reply.We can start law suits with our pooled money and pressure attorney generals and goveners and senators and take out adds in the paper.You have to understand these good ole boy judges are elected officials.As long as it is true you can say what you want about them.They cannot sue you.I joined with others in elko nevada and we all went to the paper and got them to let us submit complaints about this judge who was on the bench for 12 years.We stood in front of the court house and talked to people going into vote also.He lost realy bad and I had the personal satisfaction of walking up to him and laughing in his face as he done to me when I told him the fat lady had not sang yet.Elko is a small town and there were only a few of us but it worked. I feel there are countless victims in the wichita area.If we all band together in the american way we can be a a financial force and a large voice that will be heard.Once we gather numbers we will be heard then the tv and news papers start covering what your doing. We can make the cockroaches in sedgwich county scurry and flush them out of there filthy nest and get rid of them and get some honorable people who believe in justice and due process that we all have a right to as americans.This guy Bill Kearney has a good site started up and it is a good place to focus on to get organized and clean up sedgwich county like he says.Its called child custody disscussion by state.Thanks for reading what I have to say thanks Dave Parsons
Dave Parsons,
Hi Dave,I am AmerDAD and I have just read your blog. There have been lots of updates since my last posting. I am glad you posted to this blog. The Court & State system of Sedgwick County Kansas simply laughed and scoffed at the idea of being responsible for their unlawful actions under the color of law.
I can guarantee you that as of this last week they are not laughing anymore. The system of Sedgwick County Kansas simply believes it is above the law and the Constitution.
I believe they are not above the law,and now there are over a hundred pages of written documentation to bring these officials into the exposing light of justice.
These corrupt Sedgwick officials really love to try to hurt veterans. I have no idea why,maybe some land dispute or friction with military brass decades ago,I really don’t know why they hate veterans,but they do.
Sedgwick County does not believe that the Constitution applies to any person who is from out of State,you were in a tough strait before you entered the Court room.
I know that some of these officials probably read these blogs so I just want to let everyone know that I know the difference between absolute and qualified immunity. What does that mean? It means that the clerks and admin personnel will be held accountable for wrongful acts under the color of law.
Judges and the prosecutor have absolute immunity,so when they told you that they could protect you,when you broke the law,THEY LIED.
These people with absolute immunity used you to break the law and they will abandon you when their actions,through you are exposed…you will be left to twist in the wind,simply judged a criminal dressed in the clothing of a government official.
There has been progress for the suffering in Wichita,Judge Pilshaw rec’d two public State reprimands for her conduct. She and her aide first established her motion procedure during the time of my SG experience.
Check out her reprimands by entering Judge Rebecca Pilshaw on your search bar and you will find out the specifics of her conduct.
I would recommend that you document everything,start today,list phone calls,emails,any interaction with SG county,keep a journal,record every event in military time and calendar date.
You don’t have to worry,crime is the SG official’s way of life,they become more brazen with time. Contact your and their elected officals,every once in awhile someone will actually read or listen and then progress can be made.
Do not become discouraged,be diligent and have faith that some day the light of justice will shine on these corrupt persons.
The Judge and/or prosecutor can be held accountable inspite of their demigod mentality…the Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications is in Topeka,not Wichita.
A sworn affidavit and evidence can be invaluable,remember to report only the facts and do not extend to opinions.
Remember,leave the falsely sworn oaths,false official statements,and flagrant lies to the officials of Sedgwick County.
They are well skilled at lying under oath and in official State documents…leave these criminal felony acts to the Sedgwick County officials,don’t worry they will fail by their own words.
Be sure to use the Freedom of Information Act to get every shred of paper from State and Court sources.
Amazingly,they love to lie in writing,could be a real gold mine.I believe their female personnel(at all levels) find it almost orgasmic to swear falsely under oath or lie if any male is involved in any capacity.
This penchant of their personnel makes them vulnerable for the shining light of exposure and the truth.
I wish you the very best and I will watch to see if you make further posts…I am AmerDAD
We were wounded to resolve transgression,we were brusied to correct inequity,the chastisement of this nation’s peace was upon us,and by OUR stripes
(the solider,sailor,airman,& marine-not lying government officials)
AMERICA IS HEALED,you are there with us Dave,I salute your service to our country regardless of time or era!
Hi again Dave,
I wanted to let you know how bad it got for me. First there was a Judge who allowed falsely sworn oaths and actually signed papers that I was guilty of a charge,without ever having a trial.
Next,during the money portion of child support issues they appointed a Judge who as part of his religious beliefs could not be unbiased.
Let me explain,this second Judge was for a better word an elder in his church and denomination.
This church has different levels of acceptance and alledged rank with God (sic) sort of like military rank and achievement.
His church will allow a murderer,rapist,or felon to rise to the next rank or level,however there are specific questions concerning child support which would disqualify any person if they owe child support arrears.
They ask these questions very specifically during their ceremonies for advance to the next level.
This Judge,before I ever filed any paperwork would consider me an infidel according to his religious beliefs. There is no doubt how this Judge would treat an “infidel” like me.
I am proud to be an infidel compared to these whole basket full of judges. I thought I would have to wait for the ultimate appellate before God concerning the corruption of the SG government officials.
God,throughout the centuries has always heard the voice of those afflicted by governments.
I know these crooked officials would have tried to sue God himself…you see its says that God owns the cattle on a thousand hills,and of course Jesus was raised by a poor carpenter and his wife.
I would love to see the fate of these officials in filing against God,I am sure it would be a Sodom & Gommorah experience for them!
I have been blessed not only to await the ultimate Court hearing for the future,but apparently will now have the chance to expose the wrongful acts of Kansas in shall we say a more earthly setting.
All the “rank”,”secret name” or undergarments in the world will not advance a person who on a daily basis calls evil to be good,and darkness to be light.
Hello again to all here reading this.I have recently spoken with Bill McKean.I was suprised to find that there are some very influential people involved here and the number of people ready to expose the CockRoaches of sedgwick county court.But check this out. My fiance called to get the transcripts from Judge Powells little kangaroo court. We want to file a appeal.Ralynn was told by Tereasa Rose the clerk that she couldnt find the files.She said they were maybe still in the court room.She left the phone a while and came back stating she found them and it was a hour long and was going to cost 123.00.But she informed Ralynn that they would not be word for word trascripts. They would be a summary of what happened in the trial.Why is this no suprise. She also informed Ralynn that it would take over two weeks to get them.Ralynn then told her that we had only thirty days to file her appeal and that eight days had already gone past.She informed Ralynn that she did not need the transcripts to file the appeal.The cockroaches run all the way to the court clerk.I also found out today that chief cockroache Tony boy Powell leader of the wise guys cockroache gang has resighned his position and is going to another court.It appears that the cockroaches are beggining to scurry around in there flithy little nest and are going to do there best to cover there tracks.As with most dishonest criminals.They will scurry and when finaly cornered.They will start to pass the buck and its going to get interesting.The little cockroache Powell I am sure will do his best to cover his ass and skate by so it doesnt leave a bad mark on his record and hinder his politicle ambitions. But its to late he went to far and he is going to have to answer publicly for what he has done.I have to be at work next week my job is on the line but I so much wish I could be there to demonstrate with you all.If any of you want to use my name or Ralynns on protest posters or our case number or tell our story. I hope you feel free to do so and have our blessings and appreciation for doing so.My fiances name is Ralynn Teare the case is Teare verses Teare.The case number is 02dm3510.The first hearings were heard before drunken old leturous Judge Beasley. The last hearing before Fellow slease ball and cockroache Tony boy wise guy Powell.My phone number if any of you want to call me is 702-879-0676.I am home in the evenings after 5pm pacific 3 pm out there.Any thing we can do for any of you we will be happy to help. You just need to ask.I want to help in any way possible to expose the cockroaches.I will be writing my state officials here and see what they may be able to do also.I would like to ask a question here also. Can anyone there tell me if any one has taken out a add in the news paper and other places looking for other victims of the cockroache gang and a number to call to join forces.?Many people out there may be over joyed to find that we are organizing against the cockroaches and the more we have the more voice we have to be heard.I would be willing to pay my share for ads and would bet others would not mind kicking in also.The net is great but I did some serious surfing before I found this blog and the one Bill McKean has at yahoo.So I would bet there are victims out there that could be reached and many who have just given up and folded under the pressure.\To find there is a group of people banded together may give them strength and a will to join.All it takes is one man like Bill McKean to stand his ground and the rest will follow if they know about him and his mutual cause.Our ranks could swell and the bigger the crowd the more attention we will get.We will also have more people to testify before committes and in the news and on the streets.Dont any one forget these cockroaches are elected by the people.They can be voted out by the people also and it dont take much to spread the word and expose them and send them packing on election day.When people find out what they have been doing . They have children and some are grand parents and they stop and listen. I have seen it first hand and they will vote out cockroaches like Powell and the other cockroaches in the corrupt system they have going. There little mini mafia.You know well they are going to try and say we are just a few digruntled mental cases.The more people we get to join the cause the more the public will see through there lies.Thanks for reading this
Dave Parsons and Ralynn Teare
Hello all back again. I wanted to tell all of you something else.Although we are from out of state. Ralynn is from Kansas. She was born there in wichita.She graduated from Derby High school in 1987 and lived there until she moved to las vegas with her abusive ex husband in 1994.I met her in vegas four years ago.All of her family is still there in the wichita area.Her father works for a well known publishing company there in wichita.Her mother was a court clerk in derby and eventualy went to work for a law firm there in wichita and is on sick leave from there now.Her grand father was a deputy sherriff in wichita for many years.After retiring he started a buisness doing peoples taxes from his home there in wichita.Her other grandfather retired from boeing.Her grand mother worked in a bank in Haysville.All the generations before her grand parents were farmers around the wichita area.Her great great grand father imagrated to kansas from ireland.He established the small town of Clonmel and named it.Both Ralynns grandfathers fought in world war two and one of them had only a partial stomache from a war wound and her great uncle lost most of his fingers in world war two.One of her great uncles died in world war two fighting.Her relatives have fought in korea vietnam and the gulf.Ralynn misses Kansas but has avoided going back because of her ex husband and since we got together she has did her best to get me to move back there. I refused because the wages in my trade there are less than one third what I make here.I just felt it was important to let every one know that Ralynn is one of you and misses her home there.Also that her family all from there have fought died and been wounded in the wars I named and she is not sure about wars back past world war two.But being from kansas and irishmen there more than likely was a world war one vet or two and spanish american war or civil war vets. I dont know when her ancestors came here from Ireland.None of her relatives have ever been in prison or are drunks or bumbs.They all are respectable hard working every day people like you and I.People who worked and fought for freedom in this country and sent there sons and husbands off to war. People who helped make the usa what it is and kansas also.People who fought for Cockroaches like Tony boy Powell and his fellow cockroaches and slime bag attorneys who suck people dry.The cockroaches of sedgwich county are a travesty to the memory of Ralynns relatives who put there lives on the line to protect the freedoms of the cockroaches who so readily deny her and many others every day at the cockroaches nest there at sedgwick county court house.
Thanks for reading thisDave and Ralynn
Do not worry Dave & Ralynn,I told them long ago,I am not Rodrock,I am the Hard Rock,and to coin a phrase “I ain’t goin’ down no more!”
Just a quick shout to Givan of the SRS,WE WILL INDEED SEE WHO IS “GROUNDLESS & SPURRIOUS” at your explanation of wrongful acts under the color of law as defined by 42 USC 1383 & 42USC 1385!
Here is a little “light” reading for all those officials in Kansas who have been telling people they have “absolute” immunity.
It would appear many of you ARE subject to review,you the CSO,Kansas SRS employee,the CSE clerk or cop DO NOT have absolute immunity like a Judge or DA.
I have no personal experience with their “fine” case managers or social workers but this case specifically deals with the department heads of Social Services.
There is a great amount of case law that proves that wrongful acts under the color of law DO NOT qualify these types for “absolute” immunity,only qualified immunity at best and that does not give them a free pass to do WRONG:
“An injunction to prevent [a state officer] from doing that which he has no legal right todo is not an interference with the discretion of an officer.” Ex Parte Young, 209 U.S.at 159.
We agree with the District Court and hold, as we did summarily in our prior opinion, Heartland I, 335 F.3d at 691, that Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunityis not a bar to suit in this case.”
Don’t worry,there are ways to bring the Judge and DA into the bright light of justice which will be just as painful for them as their agency workers.
One of the best ways is to break the cycle of Sedgwick,per se to get a different venue than crooked ol’ Sedgwick County Kansas.
Topeka might work for some folks,or another State,or a trip to see our good friends at the Federal Courthouse…the folks at the Federal Courthouse seems pretty serious about that old piece of paper the Constitution.
There is no difference between Sedgwick County Kansas and the old Klan towns of the south. The Judge,your lawyer and the entire system is designed for you to lose.
It is strictly a seperate but equal mentality,do not stress another day because YOU WILL NEVER RECEIEVE FAIR DUE PROCESS OR JUSTICE IN SEDGWICK COUNTY KANSAS,IT DOES NOT EXIST.
Here is the case for all those “teflon” folks with ONLY QUALIFIED IMMUNITY:
United States Court of AppealsFOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT___________No. 04-2474___________Heartland Academy Community *Church, a Missouri Not-for-ProfitCorporation; CNS International *Ministries, Inc.
v.
Michael Waddle, in his individual and *official capacities,
David Parrish, in his individual and *official capacities; Patricia McAfee, in *her individual and official capacities; *Lewis County, Missouri; Missouri *Department of Social Services;
The Honorable E. Richard Webber, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Kennel Ayers, in her individual and official capacities,
Defendants.___________Submitted: March 16, 2005Filed: October 14, 2005___________Before ARNOLD, BOWMAN, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.___________BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Michael Waddle appeals from the judgment of the District Court1 granting injunctive and declaratory relief to Heartland Academy Community Church and CNSInternational Ministries, Inc. (collectively, Heartland). We affirm.
I.The facts leading up to this lawsuit are set forth in great detail in the DistrictCourt’s Memorandum and Order, Heartland Academy Community Church v. Waddle,317 F. Supp. 2d 984, 992–1085 (E.D. Mo. 2004). Briefly, in October 2001, Waddle,as Chief Juvenile Officer for the Second Circuit of Missouri, effected the removal of115 boarding students from Heartland Christian Academy (HCA), an educationalfacility owned and operated by Heartland.
Although Waddle had obtained ex parte probable-cause state-court orders to remove some of the boarding students (and alsoto remove some students who were no longer at HCA and others who were not even within the jurisdiction of juvenile authorities because of their ages), there were noorders of any kind to remove many of the students who were taken from the school that day.
The removal action was without notice to Heartland, the students, or theirparents and was taken because of several allegations of mistreatment and abuse ofstudents at HCA.
Soon after the removal, Heartland sought and received a temporary restraining order (TRO) in the District Court. After a hearing, the District Court entered a finalpreliminary injunction enjoining Waddle and others from “seeking or participating in any pre-hearing removal of all boarding children from HCA unless all boarding children at HCA are directly involved in the underlying facts that serve as the basis for such removal.” Heartland Acad. Cmty. Church v. Waddle, 335 F.3d 684, 688 (8thCir. 2003) (Heartland I) (quoting the District Court’s order).
On appeal, we affirmed.Id. at 691.In its third amended complaint, Heartland sought declaratory and injunctive relief against Waddle and others under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged violations of theFirst, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments. The District Court held a full trial on themerits of Heartland’s claims. The court found that “Mr. Waddle appears ready andwilling to once again remove the children from Heartland, if the circumstances werethe same as they were at the time of the mass removal on October 30, 2001.” Heartland Acad., 317 F. Supp. 2d at 1109. Because the court determined that
Waddle’s actions in October violated the constitutional rights of Heartland and itsstudents, the court granted Heartland a permanent injunction and declaratory relief.The injunction, in its entirety, reads:
Hereafter, Mike Waddle, or any juvenile officer acting at his direction,shall not cause or attempt to cause the pre-notice or pre-hearing removalof or take into protective custody any child or children from Heartland Academy or CNS International Industries, Inc., without reasonable cause to believe that each child for whom protective custody or removalis sought is in imminent danger of suffering serious physical harm,See D.C. Court of Appeals v. Feldman, 460 U.S. 462, 482 (1983); Rooker v.Fid. Trust Co., 263 U.S. 413, 416 (1923).threat to life from abuse or neglect, or has been sexually abused or is inimminent danger of sexual abuse.Id. at 1110.
Waddle appeals. We review the District Court’s findings of fact for clear error and its conclusions of law de novo. To the extent that the issues raise mixed questions of fact and law, we review de novo.
II.Initially, Waddle makes a series of arguments challenging the jurisdiction ofthe federal courts and contending that he has immunity from suit.
A.In the first appeal of this case, we rejected the challenge Waddle made tojurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine,which prohibits federal-court review of a state-court judgment.
We held that the injunctive relief Heartland wasseeking would “not interfere with a state-court judgment” and so “the District Courtdid not need to take on any issue actually litigated in the state courts or any claim’inextricably intertwined’ with such an issue” in deciding whether to grant therequested relief. Heartland I, 335 F.3d at 689.
That remained true at the subsequenttrial on Heartland’s request for permanent prospective injunctive relief. In thisappeal, Waddle acknowledges our holding but suggests that this Court “retract itsstatement.” Brief of Appellant at 34.
Nothing has occurred since the first appeal thatwould compel us to do so. We therefore reiterate our holding that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine has no effect on federal-court jurisdiction in this case.
B.Waddle argues that the District Court “should also have refused to hear this case on general principles of comity.” Id. at 34. He claims that the injunctioninterferes with his authority “and thus with the authority given to the juvenile court.”
Waddle then proceeds to make an abstention argument. (Neither comity nor abstention is discussed anywhere in the District Court’s Memorandum and Order).
The comity doctrine “teaches that one court should defer action on causes properly within its jurisdiction until the courts of another sovereignty with concurrentpowers, and already cognizant of the litigation, have had an opportunity to pass uponthe matter.” Rhines v. Weber, 125 S. Ct. 1528, 1533 (2005) (citations to quoted casesomitted).
Here, no one has sought to invoke the jurisdiction of the state court to address the federal constitutional questions presented. Heartland does not challenge any state laws or rules, state-court judgments or orders, or anything else that a state court should address in the first instance, so there are no issues of comity in this case.
And as we said in our first opinion, to the extent Waddle seeks federal-courtabstention on some other ground, we see no abuse of discretion. Heartland I, 335F.3d at 688 n.4; see Haw. Hous. Auth. v. Midkiff, 467 U.S. 229, 236 (1984) (standardof review).
C. Waddle also seeks Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity as a state officialsued in his official capacity, citing Ex Parte Young, 209 U.S. 123, 155–56, 159(1908). But the Ex Parte Young doctrine describes an exception to Eleventh Amendment immunity for a state official where the relief sought is prospective andnot compensatory. Pennhurst State Sch. & Hosp. v. Halderman, 465 U.S. 89, 102-03(1984).
A federal court may therefore issue an injunction to prevent state officials from violating the Constitution without running afoul of the Eleventh Amendment.Green v. Mansour, 474 U.S. 64, 68 (1985); see also R.W.T. v. Dalton, 712 F.2d 1225,1233 (8th Cir.) (”Although the juvenile officer may have limited immunity fromliability for damages, there is no reason to extend that immunity to liability forequitable relief.” (citation omitted)), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1009 (1983). “Aninjunction to prevent [a state officer] from doing that which he has no legal right todo is not an interference with the discretion of an officer.” Ex Parte Young, 209 U.S.at 159.
We agree with the District Court and hold, as we did summarily in our prioropinion, Heartland I, 335 F.3d at 691, that Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunityis not a bar to suit in this case.
D. In another claim not addressed by the District Court, Waddle contends that heis entitled to absolute immunity from civil suit because he is a child services worker.
In support of this proposition, he cites a case from the Ninth Circuit where the courtcompared social workers with criminal prosecutors and held that “social workers areentitled to absolute immunity in performing quasi-prosecutorial functions connectedwith the initiation and pursuit of child dependency proceedings.” Coverdell v. Dep’tof Soc. & Health Servs., 834 F.2d 758, 763 (9th Cir. 1987) (quoting Meyers v. ContraCosta County Dep’t of Soc. Servs., 812 F.2d 1154, 1157 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 484U.S. 829 (1987)).
We are not certain that the immunity afforded prosecutors for their work in bringing criminals to justice should be available to juvenile officers in civilremoval proceedings that are unrelated to detaining juveniles for reasons of delinquency or their caretakers on criminal charges related to the care of thejuveniles. But we do not reach that issue because Heartland is not challenging Waddle’s commencement of court proceedings per se.
Heartland’s complaints arewith the ex parte nature of the proceedings and the information presented to the statecourt to justify the removal orders (and, of course, a number of children wereremoved without benefit of even an ex parte order). Cf. Whisman v. Rinehart, 119F.3d 1303, 1308 (8th Cir. 1997) (holding that absolute prosecutorial immunity wasnot available to state juvenile officers who failed to investigate neglect allegations,detained the allegedly abused child, and delayed in filing post-seizure state-courtproceedings).
In any event, we conclude that the Ninth Circuit’s opinion is inappositehere. In Coverdell, the prosecutorial-immunity defense was raised in response to theplaintiff’s claim for damages, not in defense of the request for an injunction. Thedismissal of the plaintiff’s claim for injunctive relief was affirmed because it wasfound to be moot, not because the state actors were entitled to prosecutorialimmunity.
Here, Heartland is not seeking damages from Waddle nor to punish him for his past judgment in effecting the mass removal of students from HCA withoutnotice or hearing.
Instead, Heartland has sought and received only declaratory andprospective injunctive relief prohibiting Waddle, as juvenile officer, from acting inviolation of the Constitution when and if he removes (or directs the removal of)children from Heartland facilities in the future. See Supreme Ct. of Va. v. ConsumersUnion of the United States, Inc., 446 U.S. 719, 736 (1980) (noting that prosecutors,as state enforcement officers, are “natural targets for § 1983 injunctive suits”).
Waddle is not entitled to the absolute immunity he seeks.
E. Waddle further maintains that the District Court had no power to issue an injunction against him under § 1983 because he is a “judicial officer.”
That Waddle,as a juvenile officer, was appointed by, and may at times work at the behest of, the state circuit court does not mean he is entitled to judicial immunity from suit in this case.
We do not decide whether Waddle may be entitled to judicial immunity forenforcing a valid court order. Cf. id. (determining that a state supreme court and itschief justice were acting “in their enforcement capacities” when initiating proceedingsagainst attorneys pursuant to court rules and so were not entitled to judicialimmunity).
Heartland is challenging the manner in which Waddle obtained the orders (and therefore the validity of those orders) and his failure in some cases to obtaincourt orders of any kind.
Waddle was certainly not acting as the functional equivalent of a judge qua judge (not enforcer) when he used bad information toobtain ex parte orders and then removed all boarding children from HCA, includingthose for whom he had no court orders. See Whisman, 119 F.3d at 1309.
We affirm the District Court’s denial of judicial immunity.
III.Waddle next asserts that the District Court erred in concluding that Waddleviolated Heartland’s constitutional rights. Without question, some of Heartland’sconstitutional claims are stronger than others, but any single violation of Heartland’sfederal constitutional rights in this case would be sufficient to sustain Heartland’sclaim for injunctive relief under § 1983.
Heartland alleged violation of four constitutional rights.
A.Before considering the merits of Heartland’s claimed Fourth Amendment violation, the District Court reiterated its earlier ruling (which we did not address in the first appeal) that Heartland had “organizational standing” to bring such a claim.Heartland Acad., 317 F. Supp. 2d at 1088.
Waddle argues that the court was wrong and that Heartland cannot assert a claim for the alleged violation of its students’Fourth Amendment rights.Waddle cites two cases in his briefs for the proposition that associational ororganizational standing is not available to Heartland.
In the Eighth Circuit caseWaddle cites, we reiterated our earlier decision in the same criminal case that a searchby law enforcement officers was constitutional and that the cocaine evidence seizedwould not be suppressed. United States v. Washington, 197 F.3d 1214, 1216 (8thCir. 1999) (citing the law of the case doctrine), cert. denied, 531 U.S. 1015 (2000).
As an alternate holding, the Court noted that the defendant had no standing to challenge the search in any event because he had disclaimed ownership of the bag in question, and we did say, “Fourth Amendment rights are personal [and] . . . may notbe vicariously asserted.” Id. (quoting Alderman v. United States, 394 U.S. 165, 174(1969)) (alteration in Washington).
That statement in the context ofa case considering the applicability of the exclusionary rule, a remedy used for FourthAmendment violations in criminal cases but not in civil cases, is not controlling inthis § 1983 case.
The Supreme Court has never held (and neither have we) thatassociational standing is not available to § 1983 plaintiffs alleging Fourth Amendment violations. Cf. United States v. Salvucci, 448 U.S. 83, 87 n.4 (1980) (noting that the Court in 1978 had “discarded reliance on concepts of ’standing’ indetermining whether a defendant is entitled to claim the protections of theexclusionary rule”).As Waddle points out in his reply brief, the Ninth Circuit in Mabe v. SanBernadino County, Department of Public Social Services noted in a § 1983 case thata mother had no standing to claim damages for a violation of her child’s FourthAmendment rights when the child was removed from the mother’s home. 237 F.3d1101, 1111 (9th Cir. 2001). But the Mabe court cited a criminal exclusionary-ruleopinion for support of its statement. For the reasons just stated, we do not find thatcourt’s decision persuasive here.
We conclude that associational standing is legally available to Heartland on itsFourth Amendment claim, but we still must determine if the facts of this case qualifyHeartland to assert the Fourth Amendment rights of its students. To do so, we applya three-part test to those facts. See Hunt v. Wash. State Apple Adver. Comm’n, 432U.S. 333, 343 (1977).
First, it is clear that the individuals in question, the removed children, “havestanding to sue in their own right.” Id. Next, “the interests [Heartland] seeks toprotect are germane to the organization’s purpose.” Id. Indeed, the school’s verysurvival could depend upon its success in getting the injunction it seeks. As we notedin Heartland I, “On the face of the complaint, the corporate plaintiffs alleged injuryto themselves (the imminent shutdown of HCA) as a result of Waddle’s conduct.”335 F.3d at 689.
Additional mass roundups of students such as the one that tookplace in October 2001 could well result in a significant loss of students. Withoutstudents, there is no school. This Court is satisfied that Heartland has “a stake in theresolution of the dispute, and thus [is] in a position to serve as [Waddle's] naturaladversary.” United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 751 v. Brown Group,Inc., 517 U.S. 544, 555–56 (1996).
Finally, because Heartland seeks only declaratory and prospective injunctive relief, the participation of individual students who wereaffected by the mass removal of students in 2001 is not required. “[N]either the claimasserted nor the relief requested requires the participation of individual members inthe lawsuit.” Hunt, 432 U.S. at 343.
To the extent the District Court’s decision togrant associational standing depends upon findings of disputed fact, we see no clearerror. And we conclude that Heartland has demonstrated that it has associationalstanding to assert the Fourth Amendment claims of its students.We turn now to the merits of the Fourth Amendment claim against Waddle.
As for the students seized with ex parte court orders, the District Court found thatthose orders were obtained by Waddle and at his request with stale information,misinformation, and material omissions, provided (or omitted) by Waddle.
Because of the manner in which the removal orders were obtained, the court held that theseizures were unreasonable and that Waddle violated the Fourth Amendment inremoving the children referenced in the orders.
As for the children taken withouteven ex parte court orders, the court held that those seizures were not reasonablebecause there was neither probable cause nor exigent circumstances to justify thetaking of thirty-five children without court orders.
Upon review of the record in thiscase, we conclude that the court’s factual findings regarding the process employed byWaddle in obtaining the ex parte orders are not clearly erroneous. Likewise, upon denovo review, we see no error in the legal conclusions on the reasonableness of theseizures and the Fourth Amendment violation.
B. Waddle next challenges the District Court’s conclusion that he violated Heartland’s substantive due process right to family integrity under the FourteenthAmendment. Again, Waddle questions whether Heartland has standing to bring thisclaim in its name.
“We have recognized a right to familial relations, which includes the libertyinterest of parents in the custody, care, and management of their children.” King v.Olmsted County, 117 F.3d 1065, 1067 (8th Cir. 1997). And the Supreme Court heldin Pierce v. Society of Sisters that a private school could assert such a claim on itsown behalf. 268 U.S. 510 (1925).
The private school plaintiffs in that case challenged a state law that compelled the attendance of nearly all the state’s childrenat public schools. The Court noted that the plaintiffs had “business and property forwhich they claim protection,” id. at 535, as is true for Heartland.
And as with theprivate schools in Pierce, Heartland’s “interest is clear and immediate,” and “theinjunctions here sought are not against the exercise of any proper power” by the state.Id. at 536. Moreover, in this case, the students in question not only attend classes butalso live full time under the care and control of school staff, with the full knowledgeand approval of their parents or guardians. See Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57, 65(2000) (plurality opinion) (reiterating the liberty interest of parents and guardians “todirect the upbringing and education of children under their control”) (quoting Pierce,268 U.S. at 534–35).
Waddle proposes that the potential loss of students does not have an impact onHeartland (as it did in Pierce) because so many of HCA’s students pay little or nothingto attend. The record does show that the school is funded primarily by its owner, sothe impact of departing students may make little difference to the financial health ofthe school. But that fact is of little consequence to our decision here. A school, bydefinition, ceases to exist without students, regardless of how flush it may befinancially. We hold that Heartland has standing to bring this claim.
As for the merits, Waddle clearly interfered with Heartland’s right to family integrity when he removed all of the boarding students from HCA in October 2001.But the right to family integrity cannot be absolute when the state has a compellinginterest in protecting children from abuse. See Swipies v. Kofka, 348 F.3d 701, 703(8th Cir. 2003) (noting the state’s compelling interest in protecting a child).
This Court has determined that qualified immunity may be available for child abuseinvestigators who are defendants in suits for alleged violation of the right to familyintegrity “if their actions are properly founded upon a reasonable suspicion of childabuse.” Collins v. Bellinghausen, 153 F.3d 591, 596 (8th Cir. 1998).
Here, the District Court found that students were removed from HCA when there was noreasonable suspicion of child abuse. This finding is not clearly erroneous. On thisrecord, we cannot say that the court erred in holding that Waddle violated Heartland’sright to family integrity.
C. Waddle maintains in his briefs that Heartland alleged only substantive and notprocedural due process violations under the Fourteenth Amendment. Some of Waddle’s confusion on this point likely comes from the District Court’s opinion,which discusses both substantive and procedural due process violations as a singletopic so that the two distinct rights are sometimes blurred. We nevertheless think thata procedural due process claim was adequately raised.
Some of Heartland’sallegations of due process violations are plainly couched in the language ofprocedural due process jurisprudence. See, e.g., Third Amended Complaint para. 34(”Defendants have violated and continue to violate the federal constitutional rightsof individuals in the Heartland community, including but not limited to itsstudents, . . . not to be deprived of their liberty without due process of law . . . .”); id.para. 63(b) (requesting injunctive relief prohibiting pre-notice or pre-hearing removalof any children from Heartland in the absence of exigency).
We hold that thelanguage in the complaint, together with the actions that provided the impetus for thislawsuit—the mass removal of boarding students without notice and hearing in theabsence of exigency—were sufficient to put Waddle on notice that Heartland’sFourteenth Amendment claim included a claim for violation of Heartland’s proceduraldue process rights.
As to the merits of the issue, the District Court noted that Waddle did not havethe requisite reasonable suspicion of abuse or imminent abuse to circumvent theFourteenth Amendment requirements of notice and an opportunity to be heard before he seized the students. Heartland Acad., 317 F. Supp. 2d at 1101 (”Mr. Waddleeffectively prevented [Heartland] from ever receiving any due process related to theremoval of the children before and after their removal.”).
Again, we see no clear errorin the court’s findings of fact, and we hold that the court did not err in declaring thatWaddle violated Heartland’s procedural due process rights when it removed thechildren from HCA without notice and opportunity to be heard.
D. Heartland also claimed a violation of its First Amendment rights of associationas a result of the mass removal of its boarding students. As with other constitutionalrights, the right to expressive association is not absolute and can be abridged in theface of “compelling state interests, unrelated to the suppression of ideas, that cannotbe achieved through means significantly less restrictive of associational freedoms.”Roberts v. United States Jaycees, 468 U.S. 609, 623 (1984).
We do not quarrel withWaddle’s assertion that “[t]he State has a compelling interest in protecting children.”Brief of Appellant at 52. We take issue, however, with Waddle’s characterization ofHeartland’s associational rights as “the interests of an allegedly an [sic] abusiveorganization to associate with its victims.” Reply Brief of Appellant at 20.
The problem here is that Waddle effected the wholesale removal of HCA’s boarding students with ex parte orders or no orders at all in the absence of exigentcircumstances. The state interest in protecting children from abuse could have been”achieved through means significantly less restrictive of associational freedoms.”
That is, Waddle should have given notice to Heartland and scheduled a hearing in which Heartland could have tested and rebutted Waddle’s evidence that purportedlydemonstrated that mass removal was required under state law.
We see no error in theDistrict Court’s holding that Waddle violated Heartland’s First Amendmentassociational rights.
IV. We turn now to Waddle’s claim that “[t]he district court lacked authority to grant the specific relief contained in the judgment.” Brief of Appellant at 55.
Under this heading, he challenges the injunction itself as legally flawed.
A. Waddle contends that this injunction has effectively—andimpermissibly—rewritten state law or has “left state law intact but carved out a portion of the juvenile officer’s authority where a federal judge will be the gatekeeper to the state judiciary.” Id. at 56.
He declares that he is “barred from acting to protectchildren.” Id. at 57. According to Waddle, state law is broader than the injunctionand requires him to remove children from Heartland facilities in circumstances (hegives the examples of “imminent” emotional abuse or threatened harm that is not”serious”) where such a removal would result in a violation of the federal-courtinjunction.
But if Waddle was in fact applying state law when he removed all boarding children from HCA—an issue that was neither raised nor decided in theDistrict Court—then state law would be ipso facto unconstitutional, at least as applied by Waddle to Heartland in October 2001.
The federal-court injunction instructs Waddle on how to avoid violating the federal constitutional rights of Heartland and its students as he goes about doing his job in accordance with state law.
We frankly see no reason why Waddle cannot perform the job required of him by state lawwithout violating the United States Constitution.
He is merely to conform hisconduct to established federal constitutional law as determined by the United StatesSupreme Court.
The injunction does not, as Waddle intimates, strip him of his ability to make judgment calls to protect the welfare of the children at Heartland.
But he must exercise that judgment so as to protect the constitutional rights of Heartland and its students.
B. Waddle also says that the injunction is so vague that he is unable to fathom what the court expects of him (although he did not raise this dilemma with the District Court to give that court an opportunity to clarify the injunction for him).
For example, he purports to be confused about what sort of notice he is to give and towhom, and how extensive the required hearings must be. He apparently does notknow “whether ‘Heartland Academy’ refers to Heartland Christian Academy” and isbaffled by “what it means to remove children ‘from’ [the named] entities.” Id. at 59,60.
With these arguments, it seems Waddle purposely misapprehends the District Court’s injunction, notwithstanding his intimate familiarity with this case and theguidance set forth in the District Court’s voluminous Memorandum and Order.
Reading the injunction in the context of the facts and circumstances of this case, wefind Waddle’s claims to be preposterous.
We conclude that anyone acquainted withthis case knows precisely the behavior that the injunction is designed to prevent in thefuture—the behavior that violated the constitutional rights of Heartland and its students in the first place.
We will chalk this one up to an attempt at zealousadvocacy on the part of counsel and not to a fundamental inability to read andcomprehend.
C. Waddle also asserts, for the first time, that the injunction violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment because it fashions special rules thattreat the faith-based Heartland “better” than other such facilities in Missouri. Id. at 61.
According to Waddle, Heartland has “pro-caretaker rules” and everyone else has”pro-child rules.” Id. at 62. But the injunction was not entered because Heartlandoperates a faith-based school.
The injunction was sought and entered becauseWaddle violated the constitutional rights of Heartland and its students. TheEstablishment Clause is not implicated by the facts of this case.
V.Finally, a word about what the District Court’s injunction does not do.
Throughout his briefs, Waddle continually suggests that the injunction effects achange in state law as to the removal of children from abusive situations and that hewill be so intimidated by the requirements of the federal-court injunction that he willbe unwilling or unable to do his job.
As we have said, we do not see why that should be so. The injunction is specific to Waddle (and to those acting at his direction) andto Heartland only. It is the result of ongoing problems between Waddle andHeartland, not the least of which were a breakdown in communication and a mutual lack of trust, that culminated with a failure of judgment when Waddle removed allboarding students from HCA without notice or opportunity to be heard, using staleor inaccurate information, and without exigent circumstances.
As we see it, Waddlewill still have the ability—and the obligation—to protect the children at Heartlandfrom harm. But he may not do so by treading on federal constitutional rights.
The judgment of the District Court is affirmed.______________________________
Hello againI am trying to come in here daily if possible and write a few words.It helps get some of my anger out as well as let others know whats going on in sedgwick county.My fiance is filing a appeal.We realy dont think there is any way to actualy get justice in sedgwick county.But just as we went to the final hearing may fourth. We knew we were going to lose because we had the startling relization that We had just been forced onto a railroad conducted by Judge Anthony Powell.So our appearance was as much a evidence gathering mission as a plea for due proccess.Our due process had already been removed from us by the fact Judge Powell would not move the hearing date forward so we could retain another attorney.Our attorney had shown his courruption in his behavior prior to the trial and in his calculated with drawl days before the hearing.By the way the Attorneys name is Michael Foster.I can tell any of you some unbelievable stories about his misconduct during the time we had him retained.He is a very good team player in the sedgwick county family court system and as corrupt as they come.We have plans for him as well in the future. His deeds have not gone unnoticed and we have been documenting his behavior for a few months.After finding this blog and another one. I have had the pleasure of talking to ameridad who posts in here and a man named Bill McKean who both have been fighting a long time against this system in sedgwick county.These conversations have given us new insight into some of our issues and confirmed many supicions we have had for a long time concerning our Lawyers behavior.We long ago wanted to fire Michael Foster but had paid him three thousand dollars to do his job.But as the attorney before him.He was very defensive of Don Hampton the totaly incompetant dishonest case manager. Our first attorney had withdrawn over our pressure to get rid of him.We truly feel our first attorney Arlene Burrow was niave as to who and what Don Hampton is.She may have eventualy seen what we so desperately tried to tell her about him in time had we not pressured her so hard to get rid of him.It is possible she may be one of the only honest attorneys there in the wichita area.But Michale Foster is a another story and he is very deeply into the system there.We can only turn one stone at a time. But believe me we have documented evidence that he is going to answer for.He knows this and his withdrawl was a first act of trying to distance himself from the inevidable.He being a attorney knew his calculated with drawl just before the hearing would make it impossible for us to retain another attorney.He also knew. We had not prepared to go prosay because he had been hired specificaly to take this to trial.His reasonings for his withdrawl are because my fiance and I told him we planned to pursue Don Hampton after the case was over and force him to answer for his misconduct.He stated in his reasons for with drawl.We were attacking the case manager Don Hampton and his cronnie buddy Dr. Larry Boll.Both had written up negative reports against us.Isnt it odd that we wanted him to put them on the stand and discredit them. We feel they both could easily be discredited on the stand with the evidence we have and a very good witneses with impeccable credintials who is shocked with the behavior.I mean isnt it shocking that we actualy wanted him to argue against the other side.Isnt it even more shocking that we actualy wanted him to show our evidence from two evaluations done by psycologists who are not part of the cronnie system in sedgwick county.Evidence that directly contradicts both Larry Boll and Don Hampton.And to actualy expect him to present documents and tapes that expose both there incompetance and dishonesty.Would I be paranoid to assume that during the hearing to withdraw that Michael Foster and Judge Powell conspired to see to it we were with out representation.And would I be paranoid to say that Judge Powells refusing my fiance due process during this hearing refusing to let her submit any evidence or hear what she had to say.Could this make one wonder what went on between Michael Foster and Judge Powell.Would I also be paraniod in assumming that Judge Powell attempted to cover both Hamptons ass and Michale fosters.Could he have tried to literlay squash our will to go on.Makes one wonder dont it.Makes one wonder also what they are thinking now that they have discovered they cannot squash our will.Based on there behavior so far we feel we will get a appeal but will not win.Not in sedwick county at least.But we will pursue it any way just like the last hearing we went to.Judge Powell performed for us giving us evidence.Judge Powell is also aware of our complaints about Michael Fosters behavior and Don Hampton.I sent him a long e-mail about our concerns and he acknowledged it during the hearing.Of course he did it in a condesending sarcastic remark saying to me. Your the one who likes to send e-mails arent you.You betcha I am.I detailed our complaints to him.So our goal is to keep pursueing this case and eventualy be heard out side sedgwick county.We truly believe there will be no justice in sedgwick county in our case.But we can get them to perform for us like Judge Powell did.We will just suck it all up and expose it all.We are just going through the motions right now collecting evidence.We know we have a long road ahead and we have set our wills to start down it and see it through to the dying end. Then carry it forward to the public.We have recently contacted a very well known california based organization. They have agreed to help us as they have many others all over the nation.Sedgwick counties dirty little tactics are not new to them.Every professional we have ever spoken with is shocked at what we show them. Starting with psycologists not from sedwick county.We have yet to find any one who thinks we are not rightous in our pursuits.All of us blogging in here and others reading the blogs joined together are a voice and we will be heard.Alone we can do a lot but together we can do far more and faster.Our case manager Don Hampton is a retired IRS agent.Look back a few years ago at the IRS.It is no secret what a messed up organization it was. They stepped all over americans constitutional rights for years.But look what people just like us who were victims of there evil ways did. It took a long time but eventualy they brought them down and did away with there Nazi tactics. It is so Ironic that our case manager is now part of a system that steps all over peoples constitutional rights on a regular basis.The littel good ole boy system in sedgwick county is nothing to the size and power of the IRS.To think they can hide and carry on there ways and never be exposed and reprimanded is comical.People like us brought the IRS to there knees and we will bring down these small time power mad jokers also. That makes them losers to me especialy our case manager.
Thanks for readingDave Parsons and Ralynn Teare
Hello to every one.
We recieved some mail today that is interestsing.
We recieved a refund check of 154.50 from the balace of three thousand dollars I had paid Michael Foster.
According to his ledger he itemizes every thing down to the dollar. Including charging me for a phone call from My fiances ex to him suggesting some rediculous move he planned to make to las vegas.
Correct me if I am wrong but am I supposed to pay for off the wall phone calls from the opposing party.
If this is the case in the appeal ahead if he retains a lawyer. I think I will call him with some of my fantasies and run up his bill.
We have recieved sumaries of charges from Michael foster in the past with charges for services that are in this ledger that dont match.
The last summary of charges we had over six hundred dollars he still owed us. He has done nothing since that date.
Just some more of sedgwick county good ole boy behavior we will have to address later.
The most interesting thing we recieved though is the order for withdrawl.It was heard by and sighned by Judge Yost.
If you have read earlier we were lied to by Judge Powell and his assitant Rita.Judge Powell was supposed to have handled the motion for withdrawl. Judge Powells assistant Rita told us this and had us send a e-mail to be shown to Judge Powell contesting his withdrawl.
We also in the same e-mail asked that the hearing date be moved forward to gain time to retain another attorney if Foster was allowed to with draw at the date he calculatedly did.
What a joke.They are so obvious in what they did.Such small men in positions of power wallowing in there petty dishonest mess of a court system.
We have yet to recieve any documents from the court pertaining to the may fourth hearing.
The anger of may fourth still burns away but it is a different anger.Not the strike back anger from the shock of the unbelievable behavior of Judge Powell and Attorney Michael Foster But a new felt anger of realization and deep felt disgust that a system like this can exist and go on as long as it has.
The fact that these men are self confident and cocky and think nothing of the lives they devastate with there unethical dishonest conspiring ways.
My fiance is living with the fact that Judge Powell gave custody to a her ex husband.
A man who repeatedly beat her lived off her and after conning her to move away from her home there in kansas . He forced her into prostitution in lasvegas.
During these Years my fiance was still recovering from a massive brain injury and her Iq was 84. Her maturity level was that of a 15 year old and she suffered memory loss of her entire child hood.
As her brain healed and her iq rose and her memories started comming back she began to resist and eventualy found help to stand up against her abuser.
Her ex husband when told she would no longer be his whore packed up the children and left.He took what little money she had and she lived off the streets of las vegas for over a month.
She struggled until she got a daily weekly motel and found work and did her best to find her children who had been abondoned in arkansas at her ex husbands mothers.
It took her six months to find them and attempted to get them back to there home in nevada.
She has been through hell because of this man. He did his best to keep her from seeing them trying to sell her visits with them for money that she did not have.
He even tried to get money from her through me and told me he should have kicked my ass when I told him he would never see a dime from me.
He has lived off welfare and family members all his life running computer pyrimid schemmes and is not capable of holding a job.
He has never even though he is 47 years old developed any type carreer and is now on his third job in less than a year.
He told Judge Powell he is a contractor.When Judge Powell pressed him for specifics as to what type contractor he was.It came out that he is a paper boy. He delivers the paper in Salina where he now lives.
He has defaulted on loans been kicked out of so many rentals that his credit is usless.
He ignored almost every order of the court.And he mounted a campain of alienation of his girls to there mother.He did this with the full knowledge of the case manager Don Hampton and the Judges Beasly and Powell. Contempt charges were filed and Judge Powell dismissed them.
This useless scab on society sucessfuly portrayed him self as a abused man.He is 5ft 10 and around 200 pounds.Ralynn is 5ft8 and about 135 lbs.
Ralynns oldest daughter will look you in the eye and in matter of fact way tell you how at one time she watched him choke her mother until she gave him money.
The little girl is so brain washed that she says it is ok that he choked her mother because she had his wallett and would not give it back.
The little girl doesnt know that her dad never worked one day in a eight year period and her mother had no interest in his wallett.
The fact is he was choking her to make her give him the cash from her just cashed anuity check of 775.00. she recieves from a settlement from her brain injury.
The case manager knows this story and refuses to look into it.
My fiance still suffers from her injury. She has normal cognitive brain functioning. But she has a problem with thought to speach and is limited as to what she can do for a living be cause of it. But her evaluations show her to be very competant and with a Iq of 94.The same as her ex husband.
There is no proof of any abuse by her to her ex husband or towards her children other than what her ex husband has lied about.
He has also brain washed the girls to claim abuse although they have crystal clear memories of alleged abuse that was supposed to have taken place when they were two and three years old.
Ralynn and I have been together for four years. I am 5ft8 190 pounds.Smaller than her ex husband.I would think if she was so mean and tough that she would have been abusing me and kicked my ass good for me long ago.
We have a three year old together and she is a very inteligent healthy extremely well taken care of little baby.
The case manger has seen our baby and so has two pyscologists that contradict every thing the case manager says and the opposing sides cronnie psycologist, hand picked by the case manager.Also influenced by the case manager.
I have been a heavy eqiupment operator since 1976.I make close to 40 dollars an hour and have exellent benifits.I am the oldest of five children and was raised with morals and a deep belief in god.My parents were together until my fathers death about three months ago.
My ex wife left me about four years ago to go make something of her self as she said but would love me forever go figure.
But I raised her two daughters one from 11 years old and had some very serious problems. The other was 18 months old and I am the only father she ever knew and she graduated a valadictorian recieved sholarships and is now in Reno going to colledge.
I have good credit and provide a good home for my three year old. Ralynn is 38 years old and a exellent mother. She loves kids and is asked frequently to baby sit others children.
The funny thing about it all is she is known for her love of children here in nevada and how good she is with them.
Judge Powell and the case manager Don Hampton treated her like a village idiot.
She is a very feminine woman very clean and efficent in the way she runs her house.This village idiot drives with skill in las vegas traffic that is some of the worst in the united states.
I would bet my soul she keeps a more precise ledger of my finances and check book etc than Don Hampton or Judge Powell.
She uses this pc better than I do and has superior literary skills to mine.
I can show you Don Hamptons report that shows he has problems with spelling and is full of typos and generaly sloppy.
He did a psyciatric evaluation of Ralynn in his report that shocked Ralynns psycologist when she showed it to him.Don Hampton has no skills or training to do a psyciatric evaluation.
He also is so full of himself. He actualy rewords the psycologists report from Nevada to suit his less than amature findings.
This psycologist literaly begged Don Hampton to speak with her as to the specifics of what she needed to do for her report and he refused to speak with her.
He is so incompetant and was so desperate in his little witch hunt. He quoted and made his psyciatric evaluation of Ralynn based on a old report Ralynn sent him made in 1988.
Ralynn sent him that report so he could see the major difference between her evaluation of 1988 and how she is now.
The man is just to incompetant and not intelligent enough to be able to grasp onto the fact that it is not 1988. No matter how bad he wants her to be the person she was early in her recovery back then.
It just simply isnt so and she has proved it with two evaluations.
To sum up every thing. According to Judge Powell ,Don Hampton. Don Hamptons hand picked cronnie unethical Psycologist Dr Larry Boll.Who also has never seen Ralynn or spoken to her and flatly refused to do so when she asked him to.Ralynn is a village idiot. She is not capable of raising her girls and is dangerous and abusive to Her ex husband/pimp and her children.
So that makes me a dumb ass who lives with a village idiot that is dangerous to me and my daughter with her.
The two psycologists that have met and evaluated Ralynn contradict every thing they say.
What I say means nothing either and I am a liar.I witnessed the after math of several beatings done to Ralynn by her ex husband and did my best to get her to press charges.
She had bruises from her ankles to her ears marks on her arms where he had grabbed her and her throat.She had a bruise as big as a grapefruit on her hip where he had kicked her and even on her jaw where he had hit her.
I regret to this day not hurting her ex husband real bad. But resisted because Ralynn was just a aquatance at the time and she refused to press charges on him.
To have seen what I have seen and to know what I know about Ralynn as a person.It sickens me that a ex irs agent with no psycological skills can take it upon himself to do a psyciatric evaluation of his own and say a evaluation done by a psycologist with a wall full of degrees and many years experience. That her report means nothing because he doesnt know her is unbelievable.
To read his report and the report of his cronnie psycologist Larry Boll who was heavily influenced by Hampton before and during the evaluation and he made no secret of it by quoting Larry Boll to myself and my fiance.
It is extremely frustrating because the person Hampton describes does not exist.He isnt even vaguely close to knowing any thing about Ralynn much less having no qualifications to do any psyciatric evaluations on her and placing himself as a expert above the extremely qualified and heavily experienced psycologist that did Ralynns evaluation in nevada.
This is what you have operating in the sedgwick county family courts and believe me.The judges actualy listen to this garbage and base there decisions on it.
You had better not call a case manager on any lie he tells and believe me there are plenty. You better not question his competance either.If you dare to show evidence to contradict him you will be shut down immediately.You had better not make any attempt to question any of the courts cronnie psycologists either.
Any attempts to show any evidence that contradicts them will not be allowed. Your due process will be taken away from you and you will be told to shut your mouth and put away your evidence.
It happened on may fourth 2007 in court room three of sedgwick county family court before Judge Anthony Powell.
If any one doesnt believe me I am more than willing to play tapes for you show you all the evaluations and documents and prove that sedgwick county courts are corrupt unethical and will not give you your right to due process.
Later on when we recieve the transcripts I will post them all over the internet along with the evidence we tried to show.
My nieghbor is a young man very skilled with computers who has agreed to help me start a internet site that we will have up soon.
This site will be for the people railroaded in sedwick county to tell there stories and meet others and gather together for unity and help one another fight the corruption of sedgwick county.
In the years to come there are going to be elections and it is important for the people to know about these out of control good ole boys in sedgwick county.We can take away there jobs and send them packing by letting people know what they are voting for.
We can also get the laws changed and make the case managers responsible for there actions. We can also force some laws to educate case managers and make them competant.Remember all it takes to be a case manager is a 40 hour class.Our case is a perfect example of a egotistical incompetant self proclaimed wise man.He is in a position way above his head and is grossly incompetant and under qualified to be holding the power he does.
Any one in the state of Kansas is as qualified as this man.
Think about that.
Thanks
Dave Parsons
Now on to more pressing matters,my friend I told you I would place this info on the blog to publicize what transpired,the record should indeed speak for itself here is the email I rec’ddated 12 August 2005 concerning the NOW PUBLICLY REPRIMANDED PROCEDURE BY THE JUDGE,I have only replaced my name with “AmerDAD” concerning this matter:
(AmerDAD):
I received this e mail from Judge Pilshaw’s aide just moments after we spoke (see note below). I apologize that I misspoke regarding our pro se motion policy. Apparently, Judge has changed her policy.
Consequently, your motion has not been filed with the court as of yet. Judge will review your motion and send it back to us to be set up for hearing, or it will be returned to you if it has not been filed properly. Again, I am sorry for the misunderstanding. Thank you.
Crystal
TCC IV
(316) 660-5720
I’m not sure who I should send this to, so if you could, please make sure it gets passed on to the necessary people.
Any Pro Se Motions (whether they have a Notice of Hearing attached or not) that are being filed by defendant’s or litigants that require a hearing date from Judge Pilshaw, please do not accept filing immediately.
Please place the Pro Se Motion into our 11th floor box. Judge Pilshaw will review the paperwork to see if it complies with statutory requirements and local court rules.
If it does comply, it will be returned to the Clerk’s Office by me for filing along with a hearing date. If it does not meet requirements, I will prepare a letter returning the paperwork to the person who submitted it telling them it does not comply with requirements and that it will be reviewed again should they desire to submit further paperwork. Only paperwork that meets requirements will be allowed to be filed.
Judge Pilshaw believes in the long run it will save a lot of time for your office, the DA’s office and our office.
Thanks, Laura
Division 14
Judge Pilshaw’s Court———————–State twice reprimands judgeOne order says Rebecca Pilshaw mishandled a probation case; the other involves the filing of motions.BY RON SYLVESTERThe Wichita Eagle
The other order involved the judge not allowing a motion by a man convicted of kidnapping to be filed in the public court file.Pilshaw, “in this instance, followed an alternative procedure in which she apparently received the merits of motions in order to determine whether the motions should be filed with the clerk of the district court,” the commission wrote.
Motions are usually filed with the clerk before a judge hears them. “These are both procedural violations that judges are sensitive to,” Joseph said on the judge’s behalf.
Pilshaw is the third Sedgwick County District Court judge to receive the rare public orders during the past year, and the first to receive two.
I have done a little research and discovered that I am eligible for the award of three military honors:
1) Korean Defense Service Medal
2) National Defense Service Medal
3) Cold War Certificate and/or Medal
Maybe anti-military,anti-disabled,anti-veteran,and anti-male officials like Pilshaw,Fleetwood,& Foulston could show up at the awards ceremony and have some jack booted thugs point weapons at me during the ceremony.
It was certainly what happened in my own driveway,I am sure they would be “proud” to show their “true colors” during this future ceremony!
This is a posting to all Sedgwick County Kansas residents to inform you that Timothy Givan,Attorney,who worked for the Kansas SRS is no longer employed with the Kansas SRS…perhaps some of his conduct and actions were found to be “spurious & groundless!”
Main Entry: spu·ri·ousPronunciation: ’spyur-E-&sFunction: adjectiveEtymology: Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin spurius false, from Latin, of illegitimate birth, from spurius, noun, bastard
1 : of illegitimate birth : BASTARD
2 : outwardly similar or corresponding to something without having its genuine qualities : FALSE
3 a : of falsified or erroneously attributed origin : FORGED b : of a deceitful nature or quality- spu·ri·ous·ly adverb- spu·ri·ous·ness noun