It was a good morning Tuesday. Will not share all the minutia of my court date/case, but am in a state of relief. Albeit, temporarily. Briefly .....(pun intended for you lawyers and law scholars) Am in the appeals process of a wrongful foreclosure suit against my mortgage company. My appeal schedule is still pending in Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (because my forma pauperis is on appeal). So Deutsche Bank circumvented the foreclosure firm named in my suit and brought in another firm to evict me. You see, as I proceed through the front doors of Sixth Circuit exercising my rights of due process guaranteed under The United States Constitution, they came in the back door to push me out. Last month in 61st District, the judge agreed with the plaintiff and despite my well worded defense pro se (do have learned law scholars coaching me) he upheld the eviction and ordered me out on November 4th. I hired a lawyer. Now before you say, she finally hired an attorney, good. let me reiterate that had I a divorce attorney worth his salt, I would not be in this conundrum. And before before you say, she should have sued her divorce attorney for malpractice. finding representation to do that is like building the great pyramid at Giza. So todays proceedings leaned in my favor. I can stay pending my appeal. I thought I would lose. That judges posturing was a travesty. If one investigates the meaning of that word, judge, the definitive does not include Judge Judy. No matter what your purpose, when you enter a courtroom your state of mind should not be one of fear and trepidation. Truthfully unless you are a guilty party, your state of mind should be one of assurance, knowing justice will prevail. It was in divorce court I realized, I was outside the triangle of justice. That triangle consists of a judge at the apex and attorneys at the corners. I should have been inside. So courts and proceeding for me, are as bit of a facade. No Perry Masons. No Abraham Lincolns. No Clarence Darrows. Today the judge was condescending and rude, especially to the parties preceding my hearing. It is my human belief, that deferential behavior does not belong in society at all, let alone from a sworn officer of the law. I was appalled at his abuse of power. After much ado about nothing, he finally, sort of let it go my way. Questioning whether the statute stating, you cannot have a proceeding in one court when the case is on appeal in another so to speak, was even sound. Without admitting he may have erred originally. Pontius Pilate take a back seat. The strength I cull from this part of my life is empowering and scary. Despite it all, I am not bitter. If I am not successful in my quest, someone else will benefit from my experience. But I want you to know, that all in not always what it seems to be. Dont you be the judge. Then to complicate matters....it snowed a hell of a lot. I was stuck in my street, but was only three minutes late for court.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 17:28:46 +0000