#4. Continuances , Continuances, & Few Continuances

 

                When you step into the hallowed halls of DE's Family Court working from the premise of manipulating the state to gain revenge for the whole "scorned woman" routine,  it's time to relax & stop worrying about maintaining the guise of the perpetual victim. You're in favorable hands. You've found a friend.  You've just gained a team of comrades willing to expend their integrity & credibility in the service of your goal. The judiciary & the prosecution are a lock step unit & from what I've seen of the ODS (Office of Defense Services) , they're not going to do anything that keeps them from being invited to the Xmas party. One of the tactics they employ is the seemingly innocuous "continuance".

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        Now, there are rules & guidelines for continuance motions that actually seem fairly reasonable barring an actual emergency. And I have to admit that the Sussex County Courthouses do a great job at providing access to a cursory amount of information on the most common motions , petitions, answers , & orders. The necessary forms greet you as soon as you pass through security. If you spend 5 minutes just inside the joint  you're going to see the wall full of folders & if you're like me , you're going to read it & then you're going to put that knowledge to use. But, like New Castle County ,the do horrendous job of adhering to & following the rules .... By contrast , New Castle County does a terrible job. One of the rooms in the cavern of 300 or so rooms serves as HQ for filings. Nobody (read the poor bastard who changes tires 10 hrs a day ,slapped with throwaway charges, & just wants to get the Hell out of there)  knows anything about it because no tells them about it. It seems the wing of DE's Family Court likes to keep respondents in the dark.

           The blank filings on display aren't even the most commonly used by pro se actors, they're titled in legalese , & there's no logical reasoning or order to how they're displayed. While I'm not a big fan of Steven Pinker , one of his currect articles "The Single Reason Why People Can't Write, According to A Harvard Psychologist " ...touches on the problem of becoming immersed in professional lingo. It separates people. It gives those that aren't mindful the delusional impression they're somehow superior by virtue of knowing what amounts to field specific slang. The Church pulled this stunt in the Middle Ages , the justice system pulls it today, & they both have the same intent. Pinker doesn't put the spear point on it like I do but, take a few minutes & give it a read .

      Anyway, conspicuously absent is the filing for a "Request for Review of a Commission's Order". You have to know what you're looking for & you have to have the confidence to assert what you want. A complaint is not an appeal & an appeal is not a complaint. They will not let you interchange them willy-nilly, so don't let them get away with it. I had someone from the court staff giggle when I filed a "Review of a Commissioner's Order" on one of these nefarious continuances & stating it wasn't an order. "It was JUST a continuance." I explained that it was indeed an order & it says so on the ORDER. Furthermore,  if it was denied & I didn't show up , I would have a warrant placed on me for defying the summons. Finally, take into account the planning ,accommodation, rescheduling ,time , effort , & lost incomes of people well beyond the litigants. It's not JUST a continuance, is it ,Giggle Boy???*^. So, it all seems more & more like design. 

     
          So, a malicious plaintiff with an exceeding amount of past experience can conjure a truly Hellacious amount of mischief with the use of continuances designed to delay, create confusion, buy time, levy more false charges, harass , deplete resources , & balloon expenses.

         On Sept 16th , this clown started off  trying to have a hearing she didn't have to be at continued

   
       On Oct. 25th,  I was informed of the first continuance when I was approximately 5 minutes away from the Georgetown Courthouse. The only legitimate reason for this would be a medical emergency or some kind of serious accident. 

      ...Wait...  We need a little background on who we're dealing with since you don't have access to this information like the DoJ & the Family Court does.

Pinpoint any ISP address ,anywhere on the globe

   
        Our plaintiff has been playing the continuance game for years. I watched it first hand & it's documented by the courts.  Well, this actor strung out a DUI for over 5 years. Somehow the dates always seem to coincide with a desperately needed medical procedure that never seems to take place. And so it was on Sept. 30th & Oct. 25th. 

     
         Now, when I finally became fed up enough to complain , the date didn't show up in system. The court had no record of the case being on the docket. Now this is odd because the date was marked in my calendar,  I cleared the work day over two weeks prior, it was marked on my supervidor's calendar,  my attorney called on the morning of the 25th, everyone in the vehicle heard the cancellation over the speaker, & the God damn DELGIS phone calls were coming in 5 times a day. 

     
         I had a problem here because I tossed the notice. Now ,when I became acquainted with the ins, outs, & blatant dishonesty, months later, I had nothing to show the events of this day ever happened. Big mistake on my part. Learn from it. Keep & archive every document & piece of correspondence they send to you & go over every dotted "I" & crossed "T". Mark every event inside & outside the courtroom in your calendar. 

            Ahhhhhh, but someone at the ODS did have the motion for continuance that was allegedly filled out by DAG Kathryn Welch on the 18th of October. Well, the 18th is better than the morning of the 25th but, it's still not in compliance with their own rules. It's not 2 weeks prior, I wasn't given an opportunity to oppose it , there was no documentation of any procedure, & it looks like a judge never signed off on this until the morning of the 25th ,IF a judge laid eyes on it at all. 

         
           Curiously, the only writing on the newly surfaced motion & the notice is that of the DAG... There's no signature from a judge or commissioner.

Nobody else knows anything until the morning of the 25th 

          Now is a good time to point out that the state does an excellent job a providing a great brief on h (there was an attempt at January but, you see where this is going). And you'll note as of the 25th of Jan. , the prosecution has failed to comply with discovery. I'll have to drive 100 miles to file motions to compel , dismiss, & place sanctions ...

         Mind you , while these continuances are being granted in violation of the court's own rules, the plaintiff is steady rolling making new accusations, slandering like clown fired from Barnum & Bailey & filing new complaints ... 

       But hey, there's a big one coming the day after Xmas. Surely the courts have seen through this charade by now. 

Nah, they approved this botched attempt at coherence on Dec 16th , the very same day it was filed.

                        Here's a massive, glaring , sign we're not dealing with an honest player  ..."Can't contact" ??? Lulz ...

         So, I have about 2 or 3 dozen documented phone calls , messages , & voicemails that any rational human being who isn't part of the Cabal of Rejected Sisters would see as harassment ... 

         (Coming Soon: A voicemail of endless sobbing & whining with our plaintiff crying to me that her mother died in an attempt to have me arrested for a Breach of Release if I had answered. And of course there's a creepy follow up  where she denies the whole recorded episode & verified messages) 

           Here's a kicker that would be funny if wasn't done with malice ... Look at that massive Freudian slip in the lower right hand corner ... "Court of the Clerk"  ... 

        ...You can't make this up ... 

                      

I guess when clerks are signing off on the fiats & caprices of judges ,it really is the Court of the Clerk ...

          Finally , I have to include the absurdity of the continuance that I received on Jan. 3rd ... Well ,it was for a hearing on Jan 2nd. Now on the 31st , I was still receiving phones notices. Somebody backdated this bullshit notice & didn't get around to actually knocking it off the docket until Jan. 4th  ...

 

       It should be noted that, yet again, the notice is addressed to to my job on the letter ,yet it's sent to my address... This is an ongoing bit of malice that's unique to New Castle County & Commissioner  Mayo's offices in particular. They can't seem to find this address or any other when they seek to commence a coffee clatch to deem claims as hard evidence , impose sanctions , & catching a good laugh over  concepts like due process , due diligence, facing your accusers, & being given the opportunity to say your piece before the courts in front of an unbiased,  impartial judge ...  

           The continuance is used by one practiced in the art of deception & by now ,the staff at the courthouses can pick up on this with relative ease. So, failing to act on it & repeatedly crossing their own rules sends a message. And it's not a good one, nor is it conducive to a civil society. 

       Now, given the set of demonstrable facts you've been presented , what are the chances  that all of this is a consequence of inept, incompetent,  prolific, negligence ??? 

   It's just about impossible to have one court staffed with compotent ,educated, professionals , who are passionate about the pursuit of justice ... ... ... What other explaination fits this set of facts ??? I'm open to full examination of everything by anyone ... Why isn't this court open to a transparent examination ??? 

          We'll be taking a peek at a few of the completely absurd claims that Commissioner Mayo (a grown woman) accepted as factual with absolutely zero corroborating evidence ... 

          This conduct is an absolute disgrace & for all intents & purposes , unAmerican ... Commissioner's Sonya Wilson & Jennifer Mayo are indicative of the Age of Trump ... Now these two probably loathe the man & every position he takes & they probably have themselves convinced that they're somehow morally superior. This is a dangerous thing, that if left unchecked, can & will destroy the integrity & credibility of the  courts ...

  

       It's sad to see bourgeois ghouls use the seats of American justice for their own self interest their own pet political agendas ... 

      

              It all begs the question: Where the Hell is AG Kathy Jennings when she's not asking the president for the same corrupt, partisan, network, consideration he gave to Florida in regards to offshore drilling on behalf of Delaware. 

            This is what we've come to. The biases & corruption is so complete. That an AG publically asking a corrupt administration for the same biased favoritism it gave Florida is somehow seen as virtue. 

      Sure, there's motions ,petitions , & scientific studies that won't be read or weighed by judges who wouldn't understand them anyway. But in the end ,you'll send the State Police to arrest real people with real concerns, who really try to stop the desecration. 

         

              I ,for one, won't be taking their negligent bourgeois nonchalance on the chin. I'll stand on the shoulders of giants & spit on injustice with contempt wherever I spy it ... 

       The forms ready made to enter motions, petitions ,& complaints have a space at the top for you to check off which of the three counties you're addressing. Well, the Family Court claims it's a statewide entity , so when I filed my complaint on Feb. 13th with copies of all the continuances & a copy of a"Request to Review a Commissioner’s Order" that apparently went missing after it was filed & I guess they hoped would disappear, I checked off all three. Because when you have two commissioners in different counties bold enough to lie right to your face, appoint themselves as a defense for a criminal , use the vague separation of criminal & civil to stand on either field that suits them at the moment,  & knowingly subvert justice in two counties ,it's a good chance it's happening in the third county. Their comfort level & apparent self satisfied smugness they operate with suggests they've been at this a long time without ever being held to account or being called out on this unAmerican nonsense. Well, at the very least , they're being called out this time . We'll see who gives a damn about the integrity & dying credibility of the courts & the justice system .

  Give me a call ... I'll buy you a bourbon & we'll discuss this mess ...

                    

                                  T.D. Jones Jr. 

   
      

           

#3 Double, Double ,Toil & Trouble

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Fire Burns & Cauldron Bubbles 

         On Sept 16th of 2019, my education into how the Family Court of Delaware operates began in earnest. I had a “case review hearing" at 1:30 in the afternoon. (the time becomes important later)

                          

Summer was still in the air. I was Sun kissed from working outdoors  throughout the Summer  at a wonderful resort  ,I felt terrific, I shook off an obnoxious ,dishonest, drama queen about a year prior, & I believed I was about to see the last of her...  I strutted into the halls of reason & justice confident that I would  put this matter to rest in 30 minutes. I held the assumption that surely the good people who staffed the Delaware Family Courts were educated, rational, actors who operated on logic & evidence. I believed I was going to speak to people who valued the basic principles that undergird our justice system. I was positive that these people were driven by a passion for justice. These would be people who dedicated their lives to upholding logical constructs like the “burden of proof”.

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      OK ,now don't get me wrong. I am in no way naive to the vulgar disparities built into America's criminal justice system. In the land of the free , we incarcerate a larger share of the  population than any other country. And the cannon fodder used to fuel this privatized bit of capitalist ingenuity for profit disproportionately comes from minority communities & people  without the resources to pay someone to navigate the twisted system of industry jargon & arbitrary procedure rules that are ever so slightly tethered to reason.

     I'm also well aware that a lot of police conduct themselves in a less than honorable fashion. If you've ever dealt with the police in any negative fashion , you can rest assured your rights were violated . But as I've stated before ,I'm sure the courts do good work when it comes to children & I concede domestic violence is a serious issue & women catch the short end of it by virtue of biology.

         

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          So, let the reviews begin. Case reviews are described in state literature as a meeting  of the minds , an arbitration/ mediation, where two people ,guided by a mindful staff ,who totally aren't biased activists ,can work together to solve their disputes & get on with building a kinder , gentler , America ... A place where Hawaii 5-0 can make a come back & Stage 5 clingers don't get away with accusing everyone of being Sid Vicious while actually being Nancy Spungen with a collection of police reports to go along with just about every person that crosses their path.  Delaware's  Family Court is a magical place where people like this can hold court & manipulate an entire staff dedicated to supplying all the attention & accommodation they need to get really creative with their unfounded nonsense ...



        Anyway, my case review consisted of the Deputy AG ,Kathryn Weller  asking me if I wanted to take a plea or go to trial ... That's it ... Seriously , a day off work & an hour & half wait for a question that could that could have been asked & answered with a 1 min phone call ... And that call could be fully automated to boot . In fact, the entire process could be replaced & improved by a robot.  It wouldn't even take a really complicated program. A claim could be analyzed for coherence.
  

      The supporting evidence could be plugged in & weighed against the protestation of that claim & the arguments used in support of the counter claim. 50% of the initial claims would probably never see the light of day. And,  the amount of decisions based solely on activism, discrimination, bigotry, Daddy issues, politics, logical fallacies, PMS ,& personal favors would drop down to zero ...That's a massive savings for taxpayers & justice gains a sounder footing. 

       And there's no argument for the necessity of a human mind to interpret the nuance of statute or procedure from I've seen. After hearings with commissioners like Jennifer Mayo in New Castle County & Sonya Wilson in Sussex County ,it's not so much an interpretation of statute & procedure as it is the ad hoc addition & subtraction of statute & procedure to arrive at their a priori conclusion.  The rules simply don't apply. 

    So, I explain to Mrs/ Ms Welch that I was under the impression that the insane, bogus, charges were being dropped by the insane , bogus ,Our Lady of Perpetual Victims. I was told that she couldn't drop them &  the state would be picking up the charges. To which I asked why would the state choose to persue a losing case with no evidence on behalf of a notorious liar ,prolific accuser, adjudicated abuser , with a collection of police reports coming from every relationship  (from family members to boyfriends) she's been involved in with.  I can't think of an exception.

             In fact , it  wasn't long after a round of ridiculously absurd claims that Our Lady of Perpetual Victims was at it again.  A few days after she was granted a continuance in violation of the courts own rules ,she is arrested for stabbing a guy in the neck with a pen & punching on him as he drove down a Sussex County Rd on Christmas Eve ...

      Rumor has it that this is the pen was given to her by the staff at the Family Court as a sign of solidarity ... Other rumors say she merely stole it from a commissioner she admires with dreams of wielding the same wrath with the same impunity as a kind of fetish or totem... 







        I have to admit , it did give me a little chuckle. I could almost hear some plaintiff ,whiny, country music playing in the background as some poor bastard  is trying to get away from this sagging lunatic by abandoning his car & flagging down other drivers as he ran down the road with an angry  stage 5 clinger leaving a trail of pills & pipes for the cops to follow. 

(more on the abuser profile that confirmed by Xmas Eve attack later )

           Anyway , back to the "case review". It's at this point that I ask DAG Kathryn Wells how I go about gaining discovery.  If we're going forward on a trial , I at least have to know & understand exactly what's being said. But what Wells had to say was a little less than honest . I was told to file a motion with the Attorney General's Office. Not the relevant police station, not, the local Justice Dept, no, make a request to the judge.............

     Or how about answering : "Me !!! "... "Hi, I'm Mrs/ Ms Wells , I am a Deputy Attorney General & you can forward your request to me. And I'll surely comply with the law & make sure you get your tax dollars worth."  She was the person to start with ... She was the one fielding this case , she was the one moving forward with it , & she was the person to see about discovery ...
     
        So, it seems to me something else is in play. What it is ,is hard to put your finger on.

  ..... "Hi, I'm Mrs/ Ms Welch, I am a Deputy Attorney General & you can forward your discovery request to me. And I'll surely comply with the law & make sure you get your tax dollars worth....

           Four days prior ,the plaintiff began harassing me with messages & calls from several platforms in violation of a no contact order. Here's the kicker , in its infinite wisdom, the legislature, while not explicitly stated,  gives a plaintiff the permission to carry out a harassment campaign with complete impunity.

        I didn't bother reading the initial order because I have fairly strong grip of logic. That was a terrible error in critical thinking. I assumed logic guided the law as hoped for by the founding fathers.

    Nevertheless,  here we are. And the here & now is what we have to deal with. I've always found that pining over long dead men & their ideas from another age before plumbing to be useless & whiny. But make no mistake , they did leave behind some protections from the govt that need to exercised or lost. And trust me , we're losing them at an alarming rate.

      Here's the thing , the insane ,scorned, woman , who feels she has a claim on you has a lobby & advocates on the bench in the prosecutors office that they can manipulate with great success.  These people tend to  conflate the "scorned woman"  with actual abused women. (which is a disservice to both).

 So, it stands that answering a text or a phone call can be construed as a crime.( I'll be posting the entire transcript)  Given that someone who actually faced abuse is unlikely to play bait & lure, gotcha, games ,this behaviour should send up red flags for anyone who works around these courts. But seeing these red flags & acting on them are two different propositions.

       Just like being legally guilty & morally guilty are two different propositions. A prosecutor's office & a judiciary that seeks justice first & foremost has to square the moral & the legal in every instance before them or they simply cannot be seen as pursuing justice. Mistakes can be made, judgements of character can be off. But the incident that follows leaves no doubt in the mind of any reasonable person that what I'm facing is a malicious prosecution.

            Two days after the fiasco at the courthouse, she did it again.
Next week ,I'll lay the lie bare. Cpl Sydnor of the New Castle County PD swore to demonstrable falsehoods in order to have me arrested on the whims of a documented ,severely, mentally distressed, with a long history in these matters.

        Some people have hard time believing they pulled this. They have a hard time believing law enforcement would put their credibility & integrity in jeopardy with such a blatant disregard for the facts for what appears to be personal reasons. But, I'll lay it bare in another installment coming soon.

                 The Harder They Come,
                  The Harder They Fall ...

                        T.D. Jones ... 

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