Jonathan Turley: Herrera filed for divorce on June 6, 2012 and the case was randomly assigned to his court. He said that he was still trying to work things out with this wife, Melissa Carrasco. He said that they had emails trying to avoid litigation. However, on July 16, 2012, a lawyer representing Carrasco, Angelica Carreon-Beltran, filed a counterpetition for divorce. Herrera insists that Carreon-Beltran is a political enemy of his who improperly solicited his ex-wife as a client to retaliated against him. However, Carreon-Beltran insists that she is a long-time friends of Carrasco. She added that Carrasco told her that no one in the town would represent her because of her husband’s position. She also said that the wife said that she was being “railroaded.”
So Herrera kept control of his own case while trying to get his wife to do what he recommended for the divorce. That would seem more serious than just a reprimand-worthy offense.
In issuing a reprimand, the Commission found that Herrera “failed to comply with the law, demonstrated a lack of professional competence in the law, and engaged in willful and persistent conduct that was clearly inconsistent with the proper performance of his judicial duties.” Yet, Herrera insisted that “The fact that it was in this court made no difference. It stayed there. I wasn’t actively doing anything. Me and my former spouse were working on everything. She and I were working on everything carefully.”
While he admitted that it may have been “poor judgment” he concluded to insist “at that time there was no issue, there was no rush. There was nothing.” (read more)
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Bitch had it coming.
Is that too harsh?
The smarty pants who tried to have himself as a judge...
Luck be my old lady...
Seriously, if you are going to get a divorce, don't involve lawyers. Just go to a paralegal service with a supervising attorney. Talk shit out before hand and just be adults and get it done. That's what I did with m now ex-wife and it's fine. No hassles, no bullshit, and NO LAWYERS!!!
There is an old joke about the person who represents themselves as their own attorney has an idiot for a client.
Not sure how that works if you are acting as your own judge.
What Meth said.
ot: Camille!
"So the GOP is stuck with Trump, and through every fault of their own. Are we really hurtling toward a Trump-Hillary slugfest? If Bernie Sanders had gotten a hundredth of the press coverage lavished on Hillary over the past three years, he would have had an excellent chance of overtaking her. But thanks to the outrageous press blackout (Clinton Incorporated’s vast vulture-wing conspiracy), Sanders remains too unknown to too much of the electorate, particularly in the South. The now widespread claims that Sanders voters will automatically vote for Hillary in the general election aren’t true in my case: I will never cast my vote for a corrupt and incompetent candidate whose every policy is poll-tested in advance. If Hillary is the Democratic nominee, I will write in Sanders...."
I get this post. Our easy going, nice guy Lem's way of saying "FUCK YOU, Lawnboy and TOP!" Kudos, Lem.
The word you are looking for is "recuse". Do that, and you can still work on saving your marriage while also following the law. Since that word was lost or avoided, corruption seems more than just speculation.
Good advice, Meth. The problem is that usually at least one person in the marriage is going to want to press it up and hire counsel and then you're in it.
This in no way absolves this judge. Those feeling sorry for the judge should stop. This is a clear abuse of his power and his position. If you don't like special rules for Hillary Clinton and all the other Government Tools who profit from their positions then you don't like it for this guy.
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