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• Judge Lindsey Courtney

  New Hampshire Circuit Court

  “Absolutely disconnected from the whole court room did not read over the whole trust and well there’s no possible way she could’ve because the first paragraph explains how the trustee in charge right now didn’t obey the…”

• Judge Katherine Hansen

  Superior Court of California, County of Santa Cruz

  “Beyond reproach. Katherine Hansen should not be allowed to represent the Judicial System, whatsoever”

• Judge Bryan Wilson

  North Carolina District Court

  “Judge Wilson treated me disrespectfully, he was highly agitated and was unprepared. He did not read the case documents and violated the law on his rulings.”

• Commissioner Gilbert Rosales Jr.

  Pima County Superior Court, Arizona

  “Ignored a report from a Court Appointed Advisor where Medical Child Abuse was reported. Stated he did not know what Munchausen by Proxy is. Ignored a recommendation from the CAA for psychological evaluation for…”

• Magistrate Judge Margaret J. Schneider

  U.S. Magistrate Judges for the Northern District of Illinois

  “This so called Judge discarded crucial evidence to deny my remand back to the SSA, these judges are thick as thieves, defending their own and denying a hard working individual their benefits.”

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