{"id":16220,"date":"2014-10-21T16:12:33","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T20:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=16220"},"modified":"2022-10-12T05:11:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T09:11:25","slug":"federal-judge-all-but-nukes-the-doj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=16220","title":{"rendered":"Federal judge all but nukes the DOJ"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good day all. With the announcement that Eric Holder is resigning as Attorney General of the United States, there have been many people blasting how he has so politicized the Justice Department, that no one trusts them any longer.<\/p>\n

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To that list of people you can add one federal court judge. He found out about some very corrupt practices by the DOJ lawyers that he has ordered the recusal of every federal judge in the Eastern District of California. Here are the details from the New York Observer<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In perhaps the most stunning documentation<\/a> yet of abuses by Eric Holder\u2019s Justice Department, two former Assistant United States Attorneys spoke to defense attorneys and revealed appalling deceit and corruption of justice. This latest litigation time bomb has exploded from multi-million dollar litigation originally brought by the Department of Justice against Sierra Pacific based on allegations that the lumber company and related defendants were responsible for a wildfire that destroyed 65,000 acres in California. <\/i><\/p>\n

In what was dubbed the \u201cMoonlight Fire\u201d case, the tables are now turned. The defendants have discovered new evidence and filed a stunning motion. The new evidence and disclosures are being taken seriously by the Chief Judge of the Eastern District of California\u2014as they should be. In a shocking action, Judge Morrison C. England Jr. ordered the recusal of every federal judge in the Eastern District of California. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now I am not a lawyer, but when a judge tells every lower level judge to step aside, then there is something major going on here.<\/p>\n

In an extraordinary development, Judge England, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, ordered the recusal of all the Eastern District judges from the case because of serious allegations that the Court itself was defrauded by the government in the original prosecution.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"DOIJ\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Defrauding the court? Lawyers from the United States Department of Justice? A group of people who should be above reproach?<\/p>\n

To avoid any appearance of partiality, he has referred the case to Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski to appoint a judge from outside the Eastern District to handle the case going forward.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I looked up Judge England on Wikipedia. There isn\u2019t a lot there, other then he was appointed to the federal bench by George W. Bush. Oh yes. It appears that he\u2019s of recent African decent too. I\u2019m sure that the Progressive Liberals will start foaming at the mouth and accuse him of being a racist…Um Huh?<\/p>\n

Judge Kozinski<\/a> has excoriated prosecutors for failing to meet their legal and ethical obligations. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gee, like this is the first time<\/a> that Federal prosecutors have tried to rig a case. Not! Now the case in question, referred to as the Moonlight wildfire, revolves around who was responsible for a forest fire that burned some 65,000 acres of forest. According to the Sacramento Bee<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The allegations are contained in hundreds of pages of documents filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Sacramento seeking to wipe out a 2012 settlement calling for timber giant Sierra Pacific Industries to pay the federal government $47 million and deed it 22,500 acres of its land to compensate for the devastation of more than 40,000 acres in two national forests in Plumas and Lassen counties, as well as the U.S. Forest Service\u2019s firefighting costs. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"something-smells-fishy-and-it-certainly-isnt-fish\"<\/a><\/p>\n

So, it looks like we have another federal land grab here. They saw a company with money, not to mention some choice property, and decided to go after them. They didn\u2019t even wait for the fire to be put out.<\/p>\n

Even as the fire was in its early stages, federal and state investigators decided that Sierra Pacific was responsible for the blaze. They concluded it was started on Labor Day 2007 by sparks from the blade of a bulldozer hitting a rock. An employee of the logging company working in the area for Sierra Pacific was operating the bulldozer. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now that sounds rather odd. Yes, sparks could have come from the bulldozer, but the driver would have noticed the problem right away. I suspect he would have called for help and tried to put the fire out. At the very least he would have called it in. This is why the company fought the case so hard.<\/p>\n

Sierra Pacific, the state\u2019s largest private landowner, has heatedly denied responsibility for the fire and fought the government\u2019s 2009 civil lawsuit for three years before agreeing to a settlement after U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller<\/a> made a critical ruling against the Shasta County-based company. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I looked up Judge Mueller. She was appointed to the bench by our old friend, Barack Obama. That right there will make people wonder, although I can\u2019t see here risking her position by rigging a case. And according to Judge England, she didn\u2019t have to. The Department of Justice did all the work and gift wrapped the whole thing for her, and hopefully, without her knowledge.<\/p>\n

It appears that the case detonated against the DOJ when the original Lead Attorney, E. Robert Wright, was bounced from the case because he had some serious ethical questions on it.<\/i><\/p>\n

One of the documents Sierra Pacific filed is a declaration from a veteran former assistant U.S. attorney, who says he was forced to give up his position as the government\u2019s lead lawyer in the Moonlight case, apparently because he rebuffed pressure from a superior to \u201cengage in unethical conduct as a lawyer.\u201d <\/i><\/p>\n

The declaration from E. Robert Wright says he was bounced out of the case by his boss, David Shelledy, chief of the civil division in the U.S. attorney\u2019s office, and replaced by a prosecutor with no previous experience in wildland fire recovery cases. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full story on the Sacramento Bee<\/a>. The documents found by Sierra Pacific on what the DOJ was doing are damning to say the least. And Mr. Wright wasn\u2019t the only lawyer to have an issue with this case. According to the New York Observer<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The Sacramento Bee<\/a> reported on the Defendant\u2019s filing. Indeed, the Defendants\u2019 motion informs us that a former Assistant United States Attorney came forward and disclosed that he believes that he was removed from the original prosecution by \u201chis boss, David Shelledy, chief of the civil division in the United States Attorney\u2019s office,\u201d because he \u201crebuffed\u201d pressure to \u201cengage in unethical conduct as a lawyer.\u201d Of course, like other former prosecutors<\/a> who were unethical<\/a>, Mr. Shelledy is to receive<\/a> Attorney General Holder\u2019s highest award for excellence\u2014this week. <\/i><\/p>\n

The defendants also reveal that another former federal prosecutor, Eric Overby, left the Moonlight Fire prosecution team also, stating: \u201cIt\u2019s called the Department of Justice. It\u2019s not called the Department of Revenue.\u201d According to the motion, Mr. Overby told defense counsel that in his entire career, \u201cI\u2019ve never seen anything like this. Never.\u201d <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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This is just standard operating procedure for the Holder Department of Justice. The corruption is the worst it\u2019s been since the Nixon administration. In fact, the level of corruption might actually surpass Nixon\u2019s DOJ. With Holder leaving, Obama has a chance to appoint someone who can come in and clean house. That will mean not only firing a number of lawyers, but also seeking disbarment and in a few cases, criminal prosecution. Of course, since this IS Obama, we know he will appoint another corrupt minion who will just keep on abusing the rights of American citizens and businesses.<\/p>\n

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With the new information that has come out in the Sierra Pacific case, Judge England made the right decision. I suspect that a new hearing will be ordered, the original judgment\/agreement vacated and when the hearing is done, Sierra Pacific and the other landowners cleared completely. Then I expect the next case will be Sierra Pacific and the others suing the pants off the federal government. I expect they will win too.<\/p>\n

Hats off to Judge England for making a tough decision. Now we can all hope that more documents will be found indicating that Eric Holder knew all about the problems with this case and pushed it forward with no regard to the law, Constitution or justice.<\/p>\n

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All Federal Judges In A District Recused From Case? 34 …<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Chief Judge ordered recusal of all the Eastern District judges from United States District Court for the Eastern District of California on the DOJ’s case against Sierra Pacific Industries. From the New York Observer, we learn: … Now, after receiving information from two former prosecutors on the case who quit in disgust over their boss’s unethical orders, Judge England now says the Court was defrauded by the governments prosecutors. Among other things, the prosecutors are said to …<\/div>\n
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Moonlight Fire: An Underreported Example of Injustice …<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Sierra Pacific Industries and other defendants were compelled to pay $55 million to the United States over a period of five years and transfer 22,500 acres of land to settle massive litigation brought against them by the United States alleging that … Judge England, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, ordered the recusal of all the Eastern District judges from the case because of serious allegations that the Court itself was defrauded by the …<\/div>\n
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Atheism Analyzed: Holder’s DOJ Is Now Under Investigation?<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
The New York Observer reports that two former Assistant United States Attorneys say the Holder Justice Department engaged in deceit and corruption of justice in connection with the DOJ’s litigation against Sierra Pacific Industries, a California lumber company. As a result of the … As noted, the chief judge of the District, Morrison England, Jr., ordered the recusal of all the Eastern District judges from the case due to evidence that the government defrauded the court. He referred the …<\/div>\n
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In brief, the Sierra Pacific Industries, a lumber producer, was accused by the federal government of starting a large wildfire, and fined $55 million, and compelled to hand over title to 22,500 acres of land. The only … In an extraordinary development, Judge England, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, ordered the recusal of all the Eastern District judges from the case because of serious allegations that the Court itself was defrauded by the …<\/div>\n
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Politics & Current Events: Digest for alt.politics.liberalism …<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
support the charge and a chief judge acts on the allegations and takes dramatic action. … In an extraordinary development, Judge England, Chief Judge of the United … The entire original prosecution against Sierra Pacific appears to have<\/div>\n
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charge and a chief judge acts on the allegations and takes dramatic action. … so bad that the Chief Judge of the Eastern District of. California has … In brief, the Sierra Pacific Industries, a … In an extraordinary development, Judge England,<\/div>\n
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Humboldt Republican Women: And Again: Another Lumber …<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
This latest litigation time bomb has exploded from multi-million dollar litigation originally brought by the Department of Justice against Sierra Pacific based on allegations that the lumber company and related defendants were responsible for a wildfire that destroyed 65,000 acres in California. In what was dubbed the … In a shocking action, Judge Morrison C. England Jr. ordered the recusal of every federal judge in the Eastern District of California…. KEEP READING ? The news about …<\/div>\n
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Open link thread – Overlawyered<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Same with Sidney Powell’s coverage of developments in the Department of Justice’s litigation against Sierra Pacific in the so-called Moonlight Fire case: In an extraordinary development, Judge England, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, ordered the recusal of all the Eastern District judges from the case because of serious allegations that the Court itself was defrauded by the government in the original prosecution. To avoid any …<\/div>\n
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