#159a, Drano Series

Some Surprises on the Docket Sheet of
Barb's Appeal of Justice Spina's Judgment of Disbarment
to the
Full Panel of the Massachusetts
Supreme Judicial Court
~~~~~~~~~
There are two documents in this file:
One, the cover letter to the Clerk.
The other, Barb's appellate brief.

~~~~~~~~~
NOTE that Drano ##159, 160, and 161 were sent to the
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth, where the full panel (minus the judge who sat in the single-justice) will hear the case.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NOTE that Drano ##162, 163, and 164 were sent to the
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County, where every month a different SJC justice is assigned to sit as a  judge  in the single-justice session.
Amongst the many types of cases heard by a "Single Justice" are petitions invoking the "SUPERINTENDENCY" of the SJC and
Board Discipline cases.

~~~~~~~~~

People have written me, "What can I do to help you?"
It is unlikely anything will help the inevitable,
however, anything is worth trying. 
The "anything" might be letters to the Court:

Supreme Judicial Court
John Adams Courthouse
One Pemberton Square
Boston , MA 02108

________________________________________

Supreme Judicial Court
Justices
(click on names and see photos and profiles)
Send letters by snail mail or email of both.
Snail mail address above.
Email addresses below.

Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall chiefjustice.marshall@sjc.state.ma.us margaret.marshall@sjc.state.ma.us
Justice John M. Greaney john.greaney@sjc.state.ma.us	Justice Roderick L. Ireland roderick.ireland@sjc.state.ma.us
Justice Francis X. Spina francis.spina@sjc.state.ma.us	Justice Judith A. Cowin judith.cowin@sjc.state.ma.us
Justice Martha B. Sosman martha.sosman@sjc.state.ma.us	Justice Robert J. Cordy robert.cordy@sjc.state.ma.us
Keep the letters going to the Court. I was there on October 6th to file my appeal.   One of the clerks said the letter file was a few inches thick. Whether the judges will ever read them is unknown, but they are sure to know that they are there.  I'll inquire as to whether a "reader" has been assigned. Let's also try emails.  The judges' secretaries will certainly let them know how many are coming in.

          And still another Surprise !!!  _1/20/07
Go to the docket sheet of Barb's appeal:
http://www.ma-appellatecourts.org/search_number.php?dno=sjc-09866&get=Search

Then click on Prosecutor Crane's name, which brings you to
http://www.ma-appellatecourts.org/display_attorney.php?ano=5729098

And you will see :

1

ATTORNEY DETAILS
Name	Daniel C. Crane
Address	Board of Bar Overseers - Office of Bar Counsel 99 High St. Boston, MA 02110

Daniel Crane had been Bar Counsel. the head of the Office of Bar Counsel ["OBC"}, allegedly the private prosecutorial arm of the SJC.  He was also the titular plaintiff of the petition against Barb.   The Board of Bar Overseers ["BBO"}is the private adjudicatory arm.  That Crane is listed on the SJC website as being "with" both the OBC and the BBO shows that the plaintiff, the prosecutor, and the "judge" are one and the same.  What do you think of that as a separation of powers?  Appearance of impropriety?  Conflict?

  Another Surprise !!! _1/20/07
Go to the docket sheet of Barb's appeal:
http://www.ma-appellatecourts.org/search_number.php?dno=sjc-09866&get=Search

Then click on Prosecutor Weisberg's name, which brings you to
http://www.ma-appellatecourts.org/display_attorney.php?ano=26570798

And you will see :

ATTORNEY DETAILS
Name	Susan A. Strauss Weisberg
Address	Board of Bar Overseers 99 High Street Boston, MA 02110
Phone	617-728-8724 x24
Fax	617-482-2992

Susan Strauss Weisberg has been the OBC prosecutor, an employee of allegedly the OBC, the private prosecutorial arm of the SJC.   That Weisberg is listed on the SJC website site as being with the BBO shows that the prosecutor and the "judge" have the same "boss"!  Do you find a problem with that? 

       Surprise !!!  _1/11/07 1

At  http://www.ma-appellatecourts.org/search_number.php?dno=sjc-09866&get=Search
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court admits
it is an "Other interested party" in Johnson's case!

Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth

Other interested party

Barb will be filing a Motion to Supplement Issue 10 of her appellate brief to the full panel
 rather than a Motion to Disqualify the SJC from hearing her disbarment appeal.
This is just more evidence of a conflict of evidence.
How may the Court hear it if it is a party?
How about a trial de novo in front of a jury?!!

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT
for the Commonwealth
Case Docket

---

IN RE: BARBARA C. JOHNSON
SJC-09866

---

CASE HEADER
Case Status	Blue brief(s) filed, awaiting red	Status Date	12/22/2006
Nature	miscndct	Entry Date	11/13/2006
Appellant	Plaintiff	Case Type	Civil
Brief Status	Awaiting red brief	Brief Due	03/02/2007
Quorum
Argued Date		Decision Date
AC/SJ Number	BD-2006-039	Citation
DAR/FAR Number		Lower Ct Number	BD-2006-039
Lower Court	SJC for Suffolk County	Lower Ct Judge	Francis X. Spina, J.
Route to SJC	Direct Entry: Appeal from Single Justice Order/Judgment

INVOLVED PARTY	ATTORNEY APPEARANCE
Bar Counsel Plaintiff/Appellee Awaiting red brief 66 Days	Susan A. Strauss Weisberg, Ass't Bar Counsel Michael Fredrickson, Board Counsel Daniel C. Crane, Bar Counsel
Barbara C. Johnson Respondent/Appellant Blue brief & appendix filed 18 Main Br., 18 App.	[Redacted name of counsel who was never counsel on this case]
Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth Other interested party

DOCKET ENTRIES
Entry Date	Paper	Entry Text
11/08/2006	#1	Entered. Notice to counsel.
11/08/2006	#2	MOTION to file her appeal of the judgment of contempt as an indigent and her affidavit of indigency filed for Barbara C. Johnson, Pro se. *Fee waived only.
12/22/2006	#3	SERVICE of brief & appendix for Respondent/Appellant Barbara C. Johnson by Barbara C. Johnson, Pro Se.

< Top

As of 01/03/2007 01:02

(2007-01-11 11:18:20)