September 29 is the day the U.S. Supreme Court justices will hold a conference and consider taking Attorney Fine's case. Information regarding Attorney Fine will be distributed to the justices for conference on September 29, 2009.
Check it out: Video made by Attorney Fine at a town hall meeting just before he got locked up. The governor has a duty to protect the people of his state; however, Arnold Schwarzenneger signed a bill (SBX 211) giving retroactive immunity to the judges who accepted the payments which Richard Fine has been trying to get returned to California taxpayers. Judge Yaffe jailed Attorney Fine soon after, and he's been trying to get released ever since! His writ of habeas corpus was denied. His Certificate of Appealability is pending in 9th Circuit Court.
Attorney Fine has committed no crime, yet he's been kept in jail since the beginning of March... on false contempt of court charges. This is nonsense! The governor was wrong to sign a bill giving the judges immunity from prosecution for accepting the illegal payments. SBX 211 was snuck into a budget package which the governor approved in February of 2009.
Attorney Fine has committed no crime, yet he's been kept in jail since the beginning of March... on false contempt of court charges. This is nonsense! The governor was wrong to sign a bill giving the judges immunity from prosecution for accepting the illegal payments. SBX 211 was snuck into a budget package which the governor approved in February of 2009.
A story at the Metropolitan News-Enterprise explains. Justice Patricia Benke reversed a lower court's grant of summary judgment to the county; and on December 24, 2008 the California Supreme Court denied a review of that decision...Merry Christmas! The authority to determine compensation for the judges belongs with the state legislature, not the county.
I sent an email to Governor Arnold Swarzenegger, asking him to release Mr. Fine. This country is desparate for a return to law and order. Our government officials, right along with large corporations, are the biggest violators of our rights!
I sent an email to Governor Arnold Swarzenegger, asking him to release Mr. Fine. This country is desparate for a return to law and order. Our government officials, right along with large corporations, are the biggest violators of our rights!
