Los Angeles Superior Courts Probate Department 11 Corruption

I am currently involved in a Probate case in the Los Angeles Superior Courts Department 11. The judge on my case now is  Judge Michael I. Levanas . He has allowed a criminal trustee/conservator to continue to steal hundreds of Thousands of dollars from my mother's estate and send it out of the country to pay for his house and living expenses in South Africa. He has also allowed a corrupt court appointed attorney to remain as my mother's court appointed PVP attorney after I have filed transcripts in court of the perjuries that she made in court to hide the crimes of the court appointed conservators over my mother. 


This PVP attorney Andrea Van Leesten, is currently under investigation by the California BAR Association. I am trying to get the FBI to investigate this corruption and file criminal charges.

There has been a recent article that was published in the Los Angeles Times Newspaper about another case under Judge Michael I. Levanas, that reflects similar corruption that he is practicing in my case. 


Just click on this link below to see the article:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-kabbalah-20120718,0,2574125.story

This article by Harriet Ryan, of the  Los Angeles Times that was published on July 18, 2012 reports that  
"The Los Angeles County probate judge who oversees an elderly heiress' trust fund approved $50,000 in compensation Tuesday for a Kabbalah Centre official who is under criminal investigation for his handling of the woman's financial affairs."

"Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael I. Levanas, signed off on John E. Larkin's payment request without comment. The money covers work that Larkin, a veteran Hollywood financial advisor, performed last year as a trustee for an $11-million family trust fund benefiting 88-year-old Susan Strong Davis. The probate court approves such payments because the trust fund was set up by Davis' mother's will."

Corruption In The Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services: The Wateridge Offices

     As an employee of the  Los Angeles County Department of children & Family Services (DCFS), we see a large sign that is posted in every lunch room in every field office and posted in other areas of DCFS offices. This sign reflects the Los Angeles County Policy of Equity as listed below:

The purpose of this Policy is intended to preserve the dignity and professionalism of the workplace as well as to protect the right of employees to be free from discrimination, sexual harassment, unlawful harassment (other than sexual), retaliation and inappropriate conduct toward others based on a protected status. Discrimination, sexual harassment, unlawful harassment (other than sexual), retaliation and inappropriate conduct toward others based on a protected status are absolutely contrary to the values of the County. Discrimination, sexual harassment, unlawful harassment, and retaliation are also illegal under local, county, state, and federal law.

The County will not tolerate discrimination, sexual harassment, unlawful harassment (other than sexual), or retaliation. As a preventive measure, the County also will not tolerate inappropriate conduct toward others based on a protected status even if the conduct does not meet the legal definition of discrimination or harassment.

You can read this policy in full on the LA County Equity Oversight Panel Website:
http://bos.co.la.ca.us/AboutUs/ExecutiveOfficeoftheBoard/CountyEquityOversightPanel.aspx

      Almost a year ago I came to present to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors a report of a very obvious case of retaliation against me that involved my Assistant Administrator, two supervisors and several  female co-workers. These DCFS Children's Social workers had submitted falsified affidavits that contained accusations against me about how I conducted myself during a "Detention" as we call it or otherwise known as removing children from their parents home. These affidavits that were signed under the penalty of perjury contained very idiotic, petty and conflicting accounts of what had occurred before, during and after the detention. 

    It is very obvious that they were just trying to "frame me up" on very shaky evidence that if it was all true, would also prove that they were in violation of LA County policies and Child Welfare laws!!!  If a proper investigation had been done on these original documents, it would have provided even more evidence that the accounts given in the affidavits were falsified!

     About six months before I gave this first report to the LA County Board of Supervisors, I had complained to the Director of LA County DCFS about how acts of retaliation and violations of county policy as well as violations of our  M.O.U. contract had been ignored in complaints that I had made to the offices of Affirmative Action Compliance, Employee Relations and to our Deputy Director Eric Marts. 

     After I reported their criminal misconduct to the LA County Board of Supervisors almost a year ago, I have been the target of continued retaliations and harassment by being subjected to constant  "Disciplinary Duress" that, I believe,  has been ordered by the Director of DCFS Eric Marts and his gang of Cubicle idiots that include the Regional Administrator of the DCFS Wateridge offices Iris Courteney, an the Assistant regional Administrator Edward Bielecki, two supervisors and several co-workers. All of these idiots were dumb enough to give false testimony at my Civil Service hearings this year while I was recording them in digital audio.................. To be continued. 

Demonstration Against Corruption in The San Bernardino Courts

     The justice channel traveled to the city of San Bernardino to cover the Demonstration against the Probate court there by a group of citizens that are victims of our courts. 

     Some video  interviews were done by The Justice Channel of the victims of the San Bernardino courts. Many of these victims were involved in litigations in the court of Judge Welch.

Probate Demonstrators in San Bernardino

     Demonstrators then came to the courtroom of Judge Welch to monitor a Probate hearing that involved a court appointed fiduciary by the name of Melodie Scott, who has had several criminal complaints filed against her from other cases that she has been appointed to. She is seeking to take the house from someone that the conservatee SOLD the house to, twenty eight years ago. This is another example of her corrupt professional conduct toward an elderly lady  that she was appointed to care for with the help of Judge Michael Welch.  

Victim of Judge Michael Welch's Probate Court

     The judge decided to conduct discussions with the lawyers in the case in his chambers in secret because of the presence of the court monitors and demonstrators.

More information about this event is coming soon on The Justice Channel Blog as well as a featured video of the interviews of some of the victims of the Probate Court and the Family law courts.

The Death Penalty in America

Report From the Front Lines of 'Lawfare' in Riverside, CA

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Today in Riverside Superior Court, Department 8, I attempted to execute a citizen’s arrest of an attorney. Toni Eggebraaten, the attorney for the Family Trust for which I am a beneficiary, filed an accounting in which she attempted to obscure her embezzling thirty thousand dollars. Alarmed at the accounting, I had contacted a lawyer who surveyed the accountings and confirmed for me that she had, indeed, embezzled thirty grand and had attempted to hide her crime. The court opened for business at 8:30 this morning. Probate Judge Thomas Cahraman announced he was going to shuffle the order of the docket and call the Phelan case first. He began by complimenting me on my writing ability, saying, “You must have some education.” He began to wax on about the cadence and lift to my writing style. He then noted that I had filed no objections to the petition by Eggebraaten. Correction, I said. I wrote in my pleading that she embezzled thirty thousand dollars and that there is absolutely no point to my filing objections. I wrote that you always find against me, no matter what I present to the court. That’s not true, protested the judge. “I have made many decisions in your favor.” Not a single one, I replied truthfully. And then I switched into high gear. “Toni Eggebraaten has embezzled thirty thousand dollars and I am therefore executing a citizen’s arrest. Bailiff, take Ms. Eggebraaten into custody." The judge began to rattle on, ignoring what I had just said. "Excuse me", I said, "I am executing a citizen’s arrest. I am exercising my legal right to do so. Bailiff, please take Ms. Eggebraaten into custody." “If you keep on this way I will revoke your right to appear by court call”, said the judge. I repeated that I was executing a citizen’s arrest. “Nothing you file ever has legal merit,” cried the judge. “Really?” I said.” Look at my current filing. I have attached as an exhibit proof that the Trustee is attempting, through her accountant, to affix liability onto me for the taxes on the income to the Trust. This is a violation of Title 26 Section 641 of the US Code. Is that also lacking legal merit?” "I am terminating this hearing," said Cahraman and hung up on me. The pleadings in front of the judge delineated a number of laws violated in this case, including embezzlement, deprivation of rights under color of law and violations of the IRS code. By so obstructing my efforts to execute a citizen’s arrest on Toni Eggebraaten, the judge committed misprison of felony and obstruction of justice. He could also be considered an accessory after the fact to the thirty thousand she illegally pocketed. The citizen’s arrest of Toni Eggebraaten will be taking place at a later date. There will also be an attempt to execute a citizen’s arrest of Judge Thomas Cahraman for his part in this pretense of justice. One can play nice only so long. Like so many who are attempting to exact justice out of a turnip court, I have gone to court over and over only to be deprived of my rights to due process and of my rightful inheritance. The fact that at the core of this case lies a murder; the murder of my mother, Dr. Amalie Phelan, who was under a conservatorship overseen by this court, takes the issue to another level. Title 18 Section 242 of the US code, Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law, may mandate the death penalty for a judge who so violates an individual’s rights. The deprivation of rights by a Riverside Superior Court judge resulted in my mother’s death. Also potentially invoking the death penalty is a murder committed in the course of another crime, such as theft. The continuing efforts by the court to cover up this murder and also to whitewash the theft of funds, which have gone to pay off Judith Phelan for her part in the murder of her mother, escalate this case into a death penalty matter -- for the involved judges and the lawyers who are stealing to pay off matricide. Judith, by the way, has changed her name to Anna Bloom in order to mitigate unwanted attention since she made off like a bandit. Judith/Anna is now residing in the San Francisco Bay area. http://elder-abuse-cyberray.blogspot.mx/2011/04/judy-phelan-makes-deal-with-devil.html Here are the closing remarks in the pleadings that were in front of the judge today: “At some future date, historians will look back on this period in the United States as the equivalent of a Dark Ages in terms of political oppression, evidenced in part by corruption of the legal system. Indeed, some authors, such as Morris Berman and Chris Hedges, are already so declaring this. The actions by this particular court in this specific case aptly demonstrate the genteel brutality of a Pretender Court, a court which is operating in violation of the Constitution of the United States of America. It is a court of privilege and abuse, of murder and theft, not a court of law. I declare under penalty of perjury that this court is rogue and is not operating as a lawful, unbiased and honorable court of law. Its decisions and actions do not reflect the law of the United States of America or the State of California. The proceedings are sham proceedings. The theft and abuse, however, are quite real.” The time has come for the citizens of the United States to rise up against judicial oppression. I strongly suggest that community groups come together and start executing citizens’ arrests of judges, magistrates and commissioners who violate the Constitution. The time is long past for pleadings and prayers to courts which are hell-bent on murder and theft. Read other articles by Janet C. Phelan  HERE  See article on activistpost.com RELATED ACTIVIST POST ARTICLE: Occupy the Courts! Janet Phelan is an investigative journalist whose articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The San Bernardino County Sentinel, The Santa Monica Daily Press, The Long Beach Press Telegram, Oui Magazine and other regional and national publications. Janet specializes in issues pertaining to legal corruption and addresses the heated subject of adult conservatorship, revealing shocking information about the relationships between courts and shady financial consultants. She also covers issues relating to international bioweapons treaties. Her poetry has been published in Gambit, Libera, Applezaba Review, Nausea One and other magazines. Her first book, The Hitler Poems, was published in 2005. She currently resides abroad. You may browse through her articles (and poetry) at janetphelan.com

Commentary On The Trayvon Martin Atrocity

The Trayvon Martin murder has broken out many issues in this country and opened many old wounds for Black Americans. It only demonstrates that in this year of 2012, that Black Americans still do not receive equal protection under Any laws! The “under cover” declaration of “open season” on Black Americans by the Bush Family Regime still continues and is becoming more blatant by law enforcement and our judicial system. This has been occurring all across this country and has become even more intense since the last Bush was in office. The fact that we have a Black American for President does not seem to matter at all! As far as I am concerned, this is just Bush’s 3^rd term.  

Now in 2012 we see this Presidential "TV Show Selection" of Republican only candidates, that have not said any thing at all about what they are going to do for Black Americans! Just before this sick Presidential “TV Show Selection” started last year, the whole country saw the lynching of Troy Davis, by our judicial system. Our Black American President Barack Obama, said nothing about it and took no actions to stop it. He was more concerned about releasing known illegal alien Mexican murders than with trying to prevent this atrocity against Black Americans! Even Clarence Thomas, the only Black American on the U.S. Supreme court said nothing about this judicial system atrocity! It is as though the Bush Family Regime has made sure that only their “type-cast” Porch Monkeys can only attain these high positions in America. These porch monkeys has turned their backs on Black Americans and are traitors to this country!

Please see article on Troy Davis: http://www.worldcantwait.net/index.php/home-mainmenu-289/7340-they-murdered-troy-but-we-must-never-forget-him

Obama -  Condoleezza Rice - Clarence Thomas 

The Trayvon Martin case is only one case that has received national attention. There are many others going on now in this country that have not gained exposure in the main stream media. In California we have seen similar  atrocities occurring on a regular basis. There is a case going on now in the city of Pasadena where a Black man was shot by police after an illegal alien gave false reports to 911 operators that he was armed. The DA refused to file criminal charges against this illegal alien and he was also released on his immigration violations and not deported! Before this one, there was the Oscar Grant murder by a BART Cop in Oakland, California. They moved his trial all the way down here to Los Angeles, California so our District Attorney Steve Cooley, could fix up the case for this dirty cop Johannes Mehserle. Mehserle was convicted for involuntary manslaughter only and only served one year in the Los Angeles County Twin Towers facility and was released. Years before that in 2005, there was the Devin Brown, murder by a LAPD Hispanic cop and Steve Cooley refused to even try to file criminal charges against him!

Steve Cooley

LAPD is totally corrupt now 20 years after the Los Angeles Riots! It is dominated by racist 1^st and 2^nd generation illegal alien Hispanic cops that are roaming around Los Angeles County framing-up, shooting-up and beating-up Black Americans! LAPD is blatantly practicing illegal discrimination in employment of its officers against Black Americans and has a majority of Hispanic officers that even out number Whites! These racist Hispanic cops are working in concert with the racist White officers like police chief Beck, to decimate Black American communities and only enforce the “Fascist Status Quo” all over Los Angeles County. This writer is a personal victim of LAPD crimes and has seen first hand how these Hispanic and White officers will refuse to accept my citizen’s arrest and will most often not even take a police report from a Black American Citizen.

Guardian crimes get 'cover' from government agencies

This is an article by investigative reporter Janet Phelan. She has been following the corrupt court proceedings in my Probate court case in the Los Angeles, CA Probate court Department 11 under Judge Levanas. My Probate case under Judge Levanas only confirms the allegations of Los Angeles County Superior Court Judges that were stated by attorney Richard I. Fine that I video taped back in 2009 just before he was jailed for contempt.

Janet Phelan Activist Post Recent admissions by government agencies pledged to provide oversight for those handling the affairs of the most vulnerable of American citizens -- the elderly and disabled -- point to  systematic 'cover' being granted professional conservators and guardians.  The degree of 'cover' provided those pledged to care for the elderly and infirm could be seen as providing absolute immunity for acts of criminal misconduct. Guardianships (also called conservatorships in some states) are generally initiated through court proceedings when there are allegations that a person is lacking capacity and unable to care for his own affairs.  Upon the appointment of a guardian, the alleged incapacitated person may lose all access to his property and assets and may also lose the rights to make his personal decisions, such as where he will live, whether or not he may see family and friends and whether or not he will receive medical treatment.    He also generally loses the right to hire an attorney to defend against this grave revocation of rights. It must be stressed that these guardianships are launched on allegations alone, and no proof of incapacity may be provided or required. Ernest Moore was alarmed when he received the reply to his complaint to the California State Bar. The Los Angeles man had provided proof to the State Bar that attorneys had lied to the court, misrepresenting assets belonging to his mother, who is under a conservatorship.  After denying the merits of his complaint, the responding SB attorney advised him that “the court where the matter is pending is the appropriate forum to determine whether either (attorneys named) engaged in improper conduct. If that court makes a specific factual determination of misconduct . . . you may contact this office with a copy of the court record for further consideration.” It has been the long-standing mandate of the State Bar to discipline attorneys. A call to the media representative for the California State Bar confirmed the suspicion that there was no legal basis for the statement made by the state bar attorney that the court was the proper venue for Moore's concerns. Moore's complaint, incidentally, included transcripts which backed up his contentions that the attorneys lied to the court. But Moore's complaint focused on attorney misconduct in the guardianship of his mother; and true to the mandates of 'cover' for those involved in guardianships, the State Bar denied his complaint.  Similar response letters have been issued by the California Professional Fiduciaries Bureau. When Janis Schock received a notice that her complaint about misconduct by professional conservator Ron Olund had been closed, she was equally surprised to learn that she, too, was advised that the proper forum for her complaint was the court where the proceedings took place.  The PFB was so embarrassed by the attention given this misstatement of law by their analyst, Angela Bigelow, that they reopened Schock's complaint. And shortly thereafter, closed it again. Schock was actually fortunate. Most complainants to the PFB find that they receive no notification that their complaints have been closed.  It was only after three or four requests for information as to the dispensation of his complaint that Joseph Quattrochi learned his complaint had been closed seven months prior. Jamie Lamborn received a phone call advising her that her complaint was being closed. Her requests that this be put in writing have not met with a reply. These illustrations are typical rather than the exception. The short history of the PFB has been marred by difficulties. ALos Angeles Times series in 2005, “Guardians for profit—when a family matter becomes a business” shocked its readership with disclosures of misconduct and predatory behavior by unlicensed fiduciaries and guardians. Responding to the public outcry, the California legislature passed a package of new laws.  Entitled the Omnibus Conservatorship Reform Act of 2006, the Act mandated the formation of a new agency, the Professional Fiduciaries Bureau. This new bureau, housed in the Department of Consumer Affairs, was charged with the responsibility of licensing fiduciaries and conservators and also investigating and disciplining allegations of their misconduct.  Governor Schwarzenegger signed the bill into law in 2006 then proceeded to line-item veto all funding for the new agency for two years running.  The PFB did not open its doors for business until 2008. A recent response to a public records act confirmed what had been suspected concerning the Bureau, which had, according to many complainants, been functioning without any apparent rudder or rationale in terms of its dispensation of complaints. In an email dated January 27, 2012, DCA press officer Russ Heimerich admitted that the PFB had no written guidelines in terms of a policies and procedures manual. The implications of that admission deserve further scrutiny. As the PFB deals with matters of alleged criminal misconduct, its functioning could be considered to be quasi-legal.  Imagine, for a moment, going to court to discover there were no procedures and no guidelines governing your case. Imagine calling 911 for assistance to find that the police had no guidelines for determining their response to your call. The result would be chaos. In addition to failing to produce written guidelines for its functioning, there are other notable gaps in the functioning of the PFB. The  board which is to oversee the PFB functioning has a glaring omission -- the seat on the board reserved for an elder advocate has remained empty now for years.  The other board seats, including professional fiduciaries and members of the public, are filled but the board has now met for session after session without the input of someone with the interests of the elderly foremost in mind. It gets worse.  Recent public records act requests by complainants have resulted in a curtain of secrecy being drawn.  Complainants who wish to see what sort of investigation and conclusions were conducted by the PFB are finding that their requests to see their files are being denied. A recent email by PFB chief Gil Deluna cited 6254 f of the Government Code as the justification for his denying the production of the file to a complainant.  However, 6254 f affirms the right of a victim to see his complaint file.   Deluna has not responded to repeated requests to discuss his interpretation of 6254. Press officer Russ Heimerich has only stated that the perception that a victim may get his file is “wrong” and adamantly refuses to discuss why. The annual report of the PFB confirms its dismal performance record. The report (http://www.dca.ca.gov/ publications/09_10_annrpt.pdf) states that for the fiscal year of 2009-10 there were zero criminal or civil actions filed.  There were zero cases initiated by the Attorney General and zero dollars ordered or received for consumer restitution. To its credit, the Bureau reports it did deny one license application for a professional fiduciaries license. Equally, the office of the California Attorney General recently returned a bundle of complaints by victims of California conservatorships. An email from the Executive office of the AG explained that the office does not cover probate. Requests for the legal authority allowing AG Kamala Harris to ignore crimes committed by conservators have not engendered a reply. If this all seems very technical, consider the overall picture. Someone goes to court and says that you can't handle your own affairs. There is no attempt made to prove this allegation, and, as a result, you lose all access to your money and cannot hire an attorney to get it back. In addition, you may not be getting medicine you need, or you may be getting medicine you don't need. You have no right to object to this, and if a family member tries to intervene, the guardian may have a restraining order issued against him.  You are subsequently isolated and may be withheld food and water, or you may be visited by a nurse with a hypo full of deadly morphine. This appears to have been the fate of a growing number of conservatees, including Corinne Bramson, Lawrence Yetzer, Elizabeth Fairbanks and Raymond Horspool, to name just a few. And after your funeral is paid for, out of your assets of course, the guardian and his attorneys go to the bank. Is this picture getting clearer? Read other reports by Janet Phelan here.  You can support this story by voting on Reddit:  http://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/qepek/guardian_crimes_get_cover_from_government_agencies/ Janet Phelan is an investigative journalist whose articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The San Bernardino County Sentinel, The Santa Monica Daily Press, The Long Beach Press Telegram, Oui Magazine and other regional and national publications. Janet specializes in issues pertaining to legal corruption and addresses the heated subject of adult conservatorship, revealing shocking information about the relationships between courts and shady financial consultants. She also covers issues relating to international bioweapons treaties. Her poetry has been published in Gambit, Libera, Applezaba Review, Nausea One and other magazines. Her first book, The Hitler Poems, was published in 2005. She currently resides abroad.  You may browse through her articles (and poetry) at janetphelan.com