Fraudulent Arrests of Dr Shelton by Corrupt Police
BRIEF DETAILS OF CORRUPTION BY STATE AND COUNTY OFFICIALS AND POLICE IN REPEATED FALSE ARREST OF, MALICIOUS PROSECUTION OF, RETALIATION AGAINST, AND DEFAMATION OF DR. LINDA SHELTON
CRIMINAL HISTORY – LINDA SHELTON, Ph.D., M.D. – 11-24-09
CASE NUMBERS CHARGE ARREST DATE
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WRONGFUL CONVICTION: COOK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
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05 CR 12718-01 720 ILCS 5.0/12-4-B-6 AGG BAT/CORRECT OFC 05/18/05
Disp: Guilty by jury verdict August 23, 2007 , ON APPEAL
Sentenced December 3, 2007 – two years IDOC, presently on MSR in custody of IDOC Parole Division, in violation of Cunningham v. California, which would have required sentence of probation under Illinois law.
$100,000 bail, bonded out from CCDOC 5/27/05 with $10,000 D-Bond (10% cash)
Incarcerated 10/10/07 to 3/31/08 at CCDOC then Dwight Correctional Center then One year mandatory supervised release until 3/27/09
Circumstances: Unlawful arrest and malicious prosecution for battery of correctional officer – in fact officer falsified records after attacking Shelton. There was no attack on officer and Shelton is innocent. Conviction was secondary to extreme judicial corruption and misconduct and Nifong-like prosecutorial misconduct. See details written in Shelton’s blog: illinoiscorruption.blogspot.com Pending appeal.
Habeas petition denied for failure to exhaust state remedies by Fed. Judge David Coar and 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Coar ruled exhaustion of state remedies WAIVED by State due to ILLEGAL actions of Illinois Appellate Court in impeding appeal by denying four Motions to Compel Court Reporter to produce and file transcripts due to indigency status of defendant, then reversed his decision illegally. U.S. Supreme Court previous holding says IL has no appeal process for denial of habeas so state remedies exhausted – i.e. Judge Coar violated U.S. Supreme Court holding in Woods v. Niersheimer (1946) 328 u.S. 211, 66 S.Ct. 996, 90 L.Ed 1177. Read about it here.
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ARRESTS NOT CONVICTIONS: COOK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
All Wrongful Arrests and All Malicious Prosecutions
In Retaliation for Whistle Blower Activities and Legitimate Complaints
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2002-MC5-001557-01 720 ILCS 5.0/21-3-A-2 CRIM TRESPASS TO LAND 02/11/02
Disp: Not Guilty by jury trial on October 17, 2003
$1,000 bail = $100 D-Bond (10% cash bond)
Held in custody in Oak Lawn Lock-up 2/11/02 while booked and bonded out from police station.
Circumstance: Unlawful arrested and malicious prosecution for trespass at Advocate Christ Hospital after Shelton complained about the malpractice, medical battery, false imprisonment, and civil rights violations perpetrated on her and her patients at Advocate Christ Hospital due to corporate corruption. Felony obstruction of justice committed by CEO Carol Schneider in lying to the police, by nursing administrator Susan and by Dr. Daniel Girzadas Jr. in lying to the police.
Hospital used the wrongfully to revoke physician privileges for “interrupting hospital operations”, gave false information to IDPR investigator Duhig, resulting in suspension of medical license which was on non-renewed status due to medical problems and unlawful legal siege by corrupt officials and police. This has wrongfully resulted in the destruction of career and defamation of Dr. Shelton, essentially a civil death.
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02 CR 28530-01 720 ILCS 5.0/12-4-B-6 AGG BAT/PEACE OFC 720 ILCS 5.0/12-4-B-6 AGG BAT/PEACE OFC
10/22/02
Charges Amended 04/05/04
720 ILCS 5.0/12-3 BATTERY
720 ILCS 5.0/31-1 RESIST PEACE OFFICER
Disp: Not Guilty, at end of prosecution case in chief, during Bench Trial on 8/23/2005 before Hon. Judge Rhodes, who declared that Dr. Shelton “thoroughly impeached the State’s witnesses [two Sheriff Deputies – Doran and Caliendo]” at Markham Courthouse
$10,000 bail and added illegal charge of violation of felony bail for above trespass charge (previous trespass was a misdemeanor class B not subject to a felony charge of bail violation) of $7,500 bail, taken to CCDOC and bonded out of CCDOC. Total of $1,750 D-Bond (10% cash bond) A separate charge of violation of bail is not allowed on a class B misdemeanor or less. Appropriate increase in bail on the above trespass charge would have been from $1,000 D-Bail to $2,000 D-Bail – NOT new felony violation charge with $7,500 bail. The judge setting bail violated his oath of office by adding the violation of bail charge. Violation of Bail charge is Statute 720 ILCS 5/32‑10 and only applies to felonies and class A misdemeanors.
Pre-Trial incarceration at CCDOC 10/22/02-10/23/02
Arresting Agency: Cook County Sheriff
Circumstance: Unlawful arrest and malicious prosecution when Deputies Doran and Caliendo who violated the ADA and refused to assist Shelton with briefcase on wheels at security entrance to Bridgeview Courthouse. They pushed Shelton causing her to flail her arms and nearly fall, then falsified their records, committed perjury on the stand, committed felony violation of civil rights under color of law, conspired to violate rights under color of law, committed aggravated battery of a handicapped person, and attempted to prosecute Shelton for aggravated battery to an officer – later reduced to simple battery. SA Devine to cover-up their misconduct refused to prosecute the officers for perjury and aggravated battery of a handicapped person, as well as official misconduct in violating the ADA.
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2003-MC1-260574-01 720 ILCS 5.0/21-5(a) CRIM TRESP TO ST SUP LAND 06/25/03
Disp: SOL on 07/09/2003 then Dismissed Nunc Pro Tunc 18 mo later in 2004 or 2005
Bail $1,000 I-Bond, bonded out from station (personal recognizance)
Held overnight at CPD 1st Dist Woman’s Lock-up – Medically Neglected and Kicked by Officer After passing out – required removal to hospital by ambulance
Battery by police and excessive force ignored by Office of Professional Conduct
Circumstance: Unlawful arrest and malicious prosecution by investigator at IL AG office where Shelton had gone to serve AG with higher court pleadings as required by law. Receptionist refused to accept pleading and investigator unlawfully arrested Shelton falsely claiming she bypassed security in retaliation for Shelton asking to speak to a supervisor of receptionist. This was felony interference with constitutional rights to due process by the AG’s office. This was perjury by AG Inv. Sledge in falsely stating that Dr. Shelton bypassed security. Shelton’s name was written in entry log by CMS officer Baker and this can be verifed by looking at log book. So she was properly checked-in. AG Lisa Madigan and her staff condoned this felony official misconduct and violation of Shelton’s rights.
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2004-MC1-303654-01 720 ILCS 5.0/21-3-A-2 CRIM TRESPASS TO LAND 11/04/04
Disp: SOL on 11/30/2004, reinstated and Dismissed 10/26/2005 for lack of probable cause
Bail $1,000 I-Bond – bonded out from station (personal recognizance)
Held overnight at CPD 1st Dist Woman’s Lock-up – Medically Neglected and eventually removed by ambulance to ER. Day after release diagnosed with untreated concussion.
Circumstance: Unlawfully arrested and maliciously prosecuted by security staff at receptionist’s desk at building housing offices of Ruff Weidener & Reddy, a law firm representing Advocate Christ Hospital. Police illegally arrested Shelton, who had come to RWR office building to deliver court documents, during the middle of an asthma attack when she was trying to treat herself with equipment and medication from her portable medical bag. They grabbed her asthma medications out of her hands, pushed her to the floor causing brief unconsciousness and a mild concussion, handcuffed her, threw her in a paddy wagon and when she fell unconscious took her to the NMH ER to be cleared prior to booking her. Prosecution by security staff was in retaliation for Shelton insisting that her rights be honored and was maliciously induced by RWR attorneys in an act of felony retaliation against a witness.
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04 CR 17571-03 305 ILCS 5.0/8A-3-a VENDOR FRAUD 07/14/04
Disp: Not Guilty by jury verdict 2/24/09
Bail $10,000 I-Bond, bonded out from courthouse at arraignment. Raised excessively to $100,000 composite with battery case (05 CR 12718-01) $10,000 D-Bond (10% cash).
Bonded out 5/27/05 after incarcerated 5/13/05 for criminal contempt and judge stayed criminal contempt sentence.
Bail raised illegally without notice, without hearing, without counsel, without formal charge for allegedly not showing up at court on 12/8/05, despite court being given notice on 12/7/05 that Shelton had filed habeas petition in federal court and Judge Filip had scheduled hearing on 12/8/05 at same time. Bailed unconstitutionally raised to “No Bond”. IL Appellate Court overturned judge’s orders and reduced bail to $10,000 I-Bond on 12/31/05 after petition by Shelton for review of bail.
Judge Pantle again increased bail to $500,000 Bail or $50,000 D-bond (10% cash) on 1/6/06 claiming Shelton had “lied to Appellate court” without notice, without hearing, without counsel, and without formal charge or due process. Il Appellate Court again ordered bail reduced on Petition for review of bail by Shelton. She was released 1/20/06. However IL Appellate Court illegally reduced (actually raised bail from pre-incarceration bail of $100,000 composite to $100,000 independent from 05 CR 12718-01). Bail cannot be raised legally without due process hearing. Increase from $10,000 I-Bond ordered by Appellate Court on 12/31/05 to $100,000 D-Bail independent from other case required due process hearing which was NOT provided by Appellate court order. Shelton’s family again posted an additional $10,000 D-bond and Shelton released 1/20/06.
Illegally incarcerated 4 times for alleged criminal contempt or without formal charges by Dishonorable Judges Kathleen Pantle and Jorge Alonso – see “petty offenses” on
5/10/05 to 5/27/05, 12/13/05 to 12/31/05, 1/6/06 to 1/20/06, and 4/13/07-4/20/07
Medically neglected, battered and abused during incarcerations. Hospitalization or ER visits required after each release.
Circumstances: See federal suits pending available on PACER website: Habeas Corpus 08 C 4627 and tort 1:06-CV-04259 both pending and fairly complicated. For more information see Shelton’s website: http://illinoiscorruption.blogspot.com/ – where evidence of government corruption involving police, judges, prosecutors, state and county officials, and corporations is being detailed – after it has been turned over to the U.S. Attorney and FBI.
Essentially Shelton prosecuted without prosecutorial authority, in violation of the federal Medicaid Code and the Supremacy Clause, with a legally insufficient indictment, in violation of statute of limitations and speedy trial statutes, in a case of ID theft by two employees/co-owners of the group who were counselors and running a branch office.
These women fabricated patient encounters, sent bills to the billing agents with their names as counselors and the billing agent without knowledge of Shelton or CEO Glass substituted Shelton’s name on instructions from the Medicaid Provider Service Unit (that all bills must be under a doctor’s name) without knowledge of the two women. The billing agent did this because she was ignorant and mistakenly thought that her contract to do billing allowed her to write the doctors names on any form. Billing agent actually forged Shelton’s signature on power of attorney and alternate payee forms.
Bills were sent to Medicaid by billing agent the year before Shelton began working at Right Frame of Mind & Associates and while she was recovering from extensive surgery on her spine for congenital spinal stenosis causing paralysis and dysfunction. Shelton had given corporation her Medicaid number so billing agent could pre-register her so that after she recovered she could work at the group.
Billing agent had committed fraud on the CEO because she held herself out at an expert on billing but really didn’t know well what she was doing. She also has continued to commit Medicaid Fraud for over 10 years because she bills by percentage (8%) which illegally ties her fees to the services of the doctors instead of to her services. (8% of a $50,000 heart surgery procedure is not the same as 8% of a $150 pediatric office visit, when both fees should be the same for processing one bill)
AG Lisa Madigan has participated in this criminal conspiracy to deny mental health care to persons on Medicaid and retaliation against whistle blowers who are mental health service providers including Dr. Maisha Hamilton, Naomi Jennings, Dr. Linda Shelton, and Vernon Glass.
Asst AG John Fearon and MFCU Director Patrick Keenan committed discovery violations and contempt of court by telling witness John Singley of IDPA NOT TO TALK WITH DEFENSE COUNSEL! This is an offense that should make the ARDC revoke John Fearon’s law license as it is forbidden by the attorney code of ethics and the Illinois Supreme Court Rules.
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2005-MC1-092079-01 720 ILCS 5.0/21-5 CRIM TRESP TO ST SUP LAND 01/14/05
Disp: Dismissed for lack of probable cause on 8/15/06
Bail $1,000 I-Bond (personal recognizance)
Held overnight in CPD 1st Dist Woman’s Lock-up – medically neglected, collapsed in police station and taken to ER, battered in ER police room by police and ignored by ER staff because CPD staff covered up by telling ER staff Shelton was “faking” her medical problems. After return to CPD collapsed, released to ambulance and required treatment at a different ER.
Circumstances: Unlawfully arrested and maliciously prosecuted at office of Illinois Medicaid Inspector General in Chicago who invited Shelton to come to office and deliver documents regarding Medicaid vendor fraud case then gave receptionist memo that Shelton was a “danger to the building” in an act of defamation and ordered that they have her arrested for trespass when she showed up.
State agents in Medicaid OIG committed perjury in stating to court that they did not have a copy of the memo. This past year they produced an e-mails where they talk about the memo in discovery on Medicaid vendor fraud case. The e-mail was written Daniel Fitzgerald, Director of Chicago officer of Medicaid OIG. Their attorney Gerstein approved participated. Medicaid OIG acting director Wyona Johnson directed her staff to prevent ANY calls from Dr. Shelton from reaching her and to inhibit any attempt by Dr. Shelton to make a meeting to discuss the issues or to do anything but submit “evidence” of her innocence and reason to 03/03/06 Dan Fitzgerald instructed staff to prevent Dr. Shelton from bringing to their offices 54 patient charts that proved her innocence. This was condoned by AAG John Fearon, Patrick Keenan, and Derrick Moscardelli, (chief of the bureau of internal affairs) along with John Singley (fraud and abuse investigator Medicaid OIG).
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2006-MC1-221401-01 720 ILCS 5.0/26-1-a-1 DISORDERLY CONDUCT
720 ILCS 5.0/21-3-a-3 CRIMINAL TRESPASS TO REAL PROPERTY
03/03/06
720 ILCS 5.0/12-3-A-1 BATTERY
03/04/06
Disp: DISORDERLY CONDUCT charge SOL on 4/14/2006
BATTERY Nolle Prosequi 12/7/07
Bail: $1,000 I-Bail (personal recognizance)
Held overnight at CPD 1st Dist Woman’s Lock-up where officers assumed because of previous defamation and lies by their senior officers that Shelton always fakes her medical problems. Battered by lock up aid when upon release Shelton tried to take her medication when it was returned to her. Documented by ER staff when Shelton taken to ER after beating. Medically neglected and when released had difficulty standing and no transportation – just thrown out in the cold, despite disability and condition at about 2 a.m. in inner city neighborhood. Officers when they found Shelton sitting on sidewalk next to police station in cold having difficulty because of medical condition then took Shelton to NMH ER claiming she was trying to take an overdose in order to harass her and cover-up their misconduct.
Circumstances: Unlawfully arrested and maliciously prosecuted when Shelton attempted to read transcript at office of Clerk of Administrative Law Court at Thompson Center Office of IDFPR.
Unlawfully re-arrested and maliciously prosecuted for battery of lock-up aide at CPD 1st Dist lock-up when CPD Aide Shell battered Shelton when Shelton was released and still in station at time Shelton –up attempted to take her medication from her medical bag that had been returned to her. Lock Aid falsely claimed Shelton kicked her at this time. Shelton claimed she went into a flashback after being battered by Shell and doesn’t remember this – but if she did it was in self-defense.
Initial interference with review of transcripts and arrest directed by Adm Law Judge Fox, now chief of all employees at IDFPR, and George Jones, former FBI agent and now chief of investigations for IDFPR. This revealed bias by ALJ Fox which should have made him recuse himself.
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2006-MC1-223632-01 720 ILCS 5.0/21-5-a CRIM TRESP TO ST SUP LAND 03/15/06 720 ILCS 5.0/26-1-a-1 DISORDERLY CONDUCT
Disp: SOL on 4/14/2006
Lock-up?
Circumstances: Unlawfully arrested and maliciously prosecuted when Shelton attempted to read transcript at office of Clerk of Administrative Law Court at Thompson Center Office of IDFPR.
Orchestrated by ALJ Fox and George Jones to interfere with Shelton’s defense of her medical license against false allegations.
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2006-MC1-223628-01 720 ILCS 5.0/21-5-a CRIM TRESP TO ST SUP LAND 03/21/06 720 ILCS 5.0/26-1-a-1 DISORDERLY CONDUCT
Disp: SOL on 4/14/2006
Bail: $1,000 I-Bail (personal recognizance)
Held in Thompson Center Lock-up by State Police for booking. Taken to Rush Hospital for acute asthma attack and treated. Returned to lock-up. Taken to Mt. Sinai on petition for involuntary admission as ALJ Fox and George Jones fraudulently stated that Shelton was mentally ill so that they could fraudulently suspend her medical license. Released by Mt. Sinai without involuntary admission as no mental illness. Released on I-Bond from Thompson Center State police lock-up.
Circumstances: Unlawfully arrested and maliciously prosecuted when Shelton attempted to read transcript at office of Clerk of Administrative Law Court at Thompson Center Office of IDFPR.
Orchestrated by ALJ Fox and George Jones to interfere with Shelton’s defense of her license.
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Disp: SOL on 12/06/2006
Excessive bail $3,000 issued and taken to CCDOC where medically neglected and abused overnight until able to bond out. Paid $300 D-Bond (10% cash)
Arresting Agency: Evergreen Park Police Department
Circumstance: Unlawfully arrested and maliciously prosecuted for entering a building which had been Shelton’s office and had been illegally ½ sold to GoIn Realty – Joe Varan in a Sheriff’s lien sale. Then the Sheriff illegally gave a full deed to the building to them. Then the Sheriff allowed Varan to obtain an illegal eviction of Shelton from the building but then allowed Varan, the Evergreen Park Police, and Sheriff staff to steal a million dollars of property from the building which was being rented by other persons including a person who had bought the contents of Shelton’s office including all business records, syringes, drugs, patient records, personal medical books and tools of the trade, priceless historic documents from a professor at the U. of C, and other personal and business property including a $15,000 diamond ring, three fur coats, Elija Mohammed’s violin, the largest collection of African psychology books in the country, and evidence of corruption of state and county officials owned by renters. Shelton actually owned nothing in the building.
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2006-MC5-012028- 720 ILCS 5.0/21-3-A-2 CRIM TRESPASS TO LAND 11/9/06 720 ILCS 5.0/21-1-1-A CRIM DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
Disp: SOL on 12/06/2006
Bail excessive at $3,000, bonded out from CCDOC next day, paid $300 D-Bond (10% cash) Medically battered and abused at CCDOC
Arresting Agency: Evergreen Park Police Department
Circumstance: Unlawfully arrested and maliciously prosecuted for entering a building which had been Shelton’s office and had been illegally ½ sold to GoIn Realty – Joe Varan in a Sheriff’s lien sale. Then the Sheriff illegally gave a full deed to the building to them. Then the Sheriff allowed Varan to obtain an illegal eviction of Shelton from the building but then allowed Varan, the Evergreen Park Police, and Sheriff staff to steal a million dollars of property from the building which was being rented by other persons including a person who had bought the contents of Shelton’s office including all business records, syringes, drugs, patient records, personal medical books and tools of the trade, priceless historic documents from a professor at the U. of C, and other personal and business property including a $15,000 diamond ring, three fur coats, Elija Mohammed’s violin, the largest collection of African psychology books in the country, and evidence of corruption of state and county officials owned by renters. Shelton actually owned nothing in the building.
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2007-MC5-000072-01 720 ILCS 5.0/21-3-A-2 CRIM TRESPASS TO LAND 01/04/07 720 ILCS 5.0/12-3-a-2 BATTERY
720 ILCS 5.0/26-1-a-1 DISORDERLY CONDUCT
Disp: Nolle Prosequi
Bail excessively set at $20,000 – bonded out from CCDOC next day – $2,000 D-Bond (10 % cash) Taken to CCDOC overnight until bonded out next day. Immediately taken to ER due to severe untreated asthma attack, dehydration, and medical neglect. Ambulance called at entrance to jail by friend who picked up Shelton.
Arresting Agency: Evergreen Park Police Department
Circumstances: Unlawfully arrested and maliciously prosecuted for going to the Evergreen Park Police station, asking for incident reports, then complaining about incompleteness of reports she had bought from them. Arrested when she asked for appointment with the police chief or to speak to chief of detectives about their failure to investigate above thefts and about their complicity in the crime of theft. Officer pushed Shelton who nearly fell and slightly brushed an officer in the chest with some papers she was holding, then arrested her for battery for hitting him in on his bullet proof vest on the chest with a few pieces of paper (see the incident reports).
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2007-MC1-272967-01 720 ILCS 5.0/21-5-a CRIM TRESP TO ST SUP LAND 06/28/07 720 ILCS 5.0/12-3-a-2 BATTERY
720 ILCS 5.0/31-1-a RESIST PEACE OFFICER
Disp: Nolle prosequi on 12/7/07
Bail $1,000 I-Bond, bonded out from Sheriff’s Lock-up (personal recognizance)
Arresting Agency: Cook County Sheriff Courtroom Services
Circumstances: Unlawfully arrested and maliciously prosecuted by a Cook County Sheriff Courtroom Deputy Robinson for refusing to leave the Daley Center and trying to go to the library on the 29th floor after leaving the courtroom of Judge Epstein who had committed gross misconduct against Shelton and ordered her to leave the building after she had left his courtroom in retaliation for her annoying him and pointing out his misconduct (she didn’t hear the order herself and Judge Epstein has no jurisdiction over the building outside his courtroom). Deputy grabbed Shelton as she was trying to enter an elevator and told her to leave the building (without saying she was under arrest). Shelton tried to push his hand off of her arm feebly with her hand and say stop assaulting me – he then arrested her for battery.
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2007-MC1-206817-01 720 ILCS 5.0/21-5-a CRIM TRESP TO ST SUP LAND 10/10/07
Disp: Nolle prosequi on 12/ /07
Bail excessive at $25,000 – paid $2,500 (10 % cash)
Immediately incarcerated at CCDOC, bail revoked on battery conviction where Shelton was awaiting sentencing.
Arresting Agency: Cook County Sheriff Courtroom Services
Circumstances: Shelton successfully came through security at 555 W Harrison courthouse to go to clerk’s office to pick up paper (shown on video surveillance). Unlawfully arrested and maliciously prosecuted for “failing to go through security” when deputies in retaliation for previous suits against their friends falsified their records and arrested Shelton. Deputy right committed perjury on the stand stating that the Magnetometer beeped when Shelton passed through it. Video proves this didn’t happen as lights that flash when magnetometer beeped clearly did not flash. Judge Petreone and other judges (Judge Joseph Kazmierski and Illinois Appellate Court) in acts of misconduct refused to this day to look at the videotape proving officers committed perjury.
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2009-MC1-223774-01 720 ILCS 5.0/21-3A-2 CRIM TRES TO REAL PROPERTY 4/1/09 720 ILCS 5.0/26-1-A- DISORDERLY CONDUCT
720 ilcs 5.0/31-1(A) RESISTING A PEACE OFFICER
Disp: Pending
Bail $1,000 D-Bond-paid $100 (10 % cash)
Arresting Agency: Cook County Sheriff, complainant A/C Nolan badge 202
Circumstances: Shelton tried to present a petition for indigency status to have service fees waived by the Sheriff to Judge Budzinski at the first hearing on a lawsuit Shelton has against an emergency room doctor., 2008 L 013288. Judge Budzinski refused to hear it, although she had the power to do so, instead transferring it to presiding law division Judge Maddux instanter, stating Judge Maddux had a “rule” that he hear all indigency petitions. She refused to produce the rule. Shelton later received a copy of the “rule” (appended to this document) form Clerk Brown’s Chief Deputy Clerk, Mr. McNamara. However the rule only applies to NEW filings, not complaints that have previously been filed, as was the situation in Shelton’s suit.
Shelton went to courtroom of presiding law division judge, Judge William Maddux, with a petition to sue as an indigent person and to have fees waived. Judge Maddux ordered the Circuit Court Assistant Clerk to violate statutes that require the Clerk to “promptly” provide the litigant with the order form the judge granting or denying the indigency petition. It is common practice in every courtroom for the Clerk to immediately, in the courtroom, give all attorneys or pro se counsel on a case, a copy of any orders signed by the judge. Instead Judge Maddux ordered the Assistant Clerk to carry the orders to the Clerk’s law division office on the 8th Floor of the Daley Center and specifically NOT to give the litigant a copy of the order in the courtroom and NOT to inform the litigant of the disposition of the order. The litigant then has to go down to the 8th floor law division office and ask the clerk there for a copy of the order. Days later Shelton went to a supervising assistant clerk in the law division office and the clerk insisted that Shelton “pay” for a copy of the order.
This is a direct violation of statute and is also a violation of the U.S. Constitution’s due process and equal protection clauses as the United States Supreme Court has ruled in Griffin v. Illinois, 351 U.S. 12, 19 (1956), that when a court procedure is written into the statutes of a state, this invokes due process rights under the Constitution. Therefore, it is a violation of equal protection and due process to make a pro se counsel pay for an order outside of the courtroom and give an order free to a private attorney or state attorney in the courtroom. This is a violation of Clerk Dorothy Brown’s oath of office. It is a criminal act of aiding and abetting a felony civil rights violation for the Sheriff to refuse to enforce the law that the litigant must be “promptly” given a copy of the order.
Shelton requested the Sheriff deputies in the courtroom to stop the clerk from going down to the 8th floor and to order them to follow the law (statute 735 ILCS 5/5-105 “The clerk of the court shall promptly mail or deliver a copy of the order [application for indigency status – order] to the applicant”). The deputies refused. Shelton went to Sheriff Dart’s office, room 704 Daley Center and sat on a chair in the public lobby area of the office. She asked the secretary Lynn to ask for the Sheriff’s counsel to intervene. Mr. Kaufman said he would not intervene. Shelton then was harassed by Sheriff staff including Asst. Chief Sheriff Nolan, in charge of the courtroom services in the Daley Center, who also refused to recover Shelton’s documents (including her personal court file on the case – she had previously filed the complaint and had a date stamped copy that she had lent to Judge Maddux to review when considering her indigency petition – the Asst. Clerk had also illegally taken possession of this document and refused to return it when asked – this was a “theft”).
Therefore, Shelton called the Chicago Police and when they arrived asked them to take a complaint of theft and to go to the 8th floor and recover her documents (personal court file and her copy of order from Judge Maddux). They at first listened and then when A/C Nolan took them out in the hall, they came and said they would not intervene because that was court procedure. The CPD and A/C Nolan refused to produce any document stating this was “court procedure.”
Shelton then called Dorothy Brown’s office and spoke to her attorney in the office, Phillipe Akem, and asked her to intervene and recover my file and the order. refused. Then A/C Nolan arrested me when I said I was staying in the lobby of the office until the Sheriff or the Chicago Police, or the Clerk’s staff recover my court file and the order, give it to me, and take a criminal complaint against the Clerk’s staff for theft of my court file and obstruction of justice. Without the order and file-stamped copy of Shelton’s complaint to make copies of, Shelton was unable to serve the Defendants as the Sheriff’s staff refused to waive service fees without a copy of the order.
It is illegal for the Sheriff to arrest Shelton when she was in the public area of this office during normal business hours, quietly sitting on a chair, simply responding to their assault of her and exercising her right to have my Constitutional rights enforced, with legitimate business that HE was supposed to perform. It was illegal to arrest me in order to cover-up his criminal conduct of aiding and abetting violation of law and Constitutional rights (illegal penalty on the exercise of Constitutional rights). There was absolutely no probable cause for an arrest. This was also harassment of a federal witness as I have suits against Sheriff staff for excessive force, unlawful arrest, and malicious prosecution (two filed and several in preparation), and I have reported a long series of misconduct by Sheriff staff similar to this to the FBI. This is also official misconduct by the Sheriff staff, harassment, and obstruction of justice.
Several weeks later I went to Clerk Dorothy Brown’s office and one of her attorneys went down to the 8th floor law division office with me and despite the assistant clerk insisting I pay for copies of the records, she personally copied my file and the order and handed them to me without charge. Dorothy Brown and Chief Judge Timothy Evans have been fully informed of this matter and have none NOTHING to correct the errors of their staff or the unlawfulness of this arrest.
For more details see the Motion for Supervisory Order filed with the Illinois Supreme Court, asking them to enforce the law and order the Clerk to give litigants copies of orders without charge, promptly in the courtroom, and to order Judge Maddux to cease and desist his violation of law – they illegally denied this motion and therefore the only option is to take it for certiorari with the United States Supreme Court or to request an injunction from the Federal District Court, in order to enforce the law.
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2009-MC1-123821-01 720 ILCS 5.0/2105 CRIM TRES TO STATE PROPERTY 5/3/09 720 ILCS 5.0/26-1-A-1 DISORDERLY CONDUCT 720 ILCS 5.0/31-1(A) RESISTING A PEACE OFFICER
Disp: Pending
Bail: $1,000 I-Bond (personal recognizance bond)
Arresting Agency: Cook County Sheriff , complainant Sgt. Jennifer Griffith badge 1048
Circumstances: Virtually identical to above, except instead of going to Sheriff Dart’s office, Shelton sat on bench outside of Judge Maddux’s courtroom after Deputies refused to recover order illegally not given to Shelton in courtroom and instead taken down to 8th floor law division clerk’s office. Case number was a filed different suit 2008 L 013289. Again I called Chicago Police and they came and refused to recover Shelton’s documents. Again A/C Nolan illegally arrested Shelton. There was no resisting. Shelton could not walk and sat in hall because she was beginning an asthma attack and didn’t feel well. A short while later an ambulance had to be called to the lock-up due to the asthma attack. Refusing to walk was NOT resisting arrest.
Again it is unlawful for a Sheriff deputy to refuse to enforce the law and then to cover up their misconduct with an unlawful arrest. This is also official misconduct, violation of civil rights under color of law, and an illegal penalty on the exercise of Constitutional rights, as well as unlawful arrest and malicious prosecution.
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2009- MC1-258392 720 ILCS 5.0/2105 CRIM TRES TO STATE PROPERTY
720 ILCS 5.0/26-1-A-1 DISORDERLY CONDUCT
720 ILCS 5.0/31-1 RESISTING A PEACE OFFICER
720 ILCS 5.0/12-1(a) ASSAULT
7/6/09
Disp: Pending
Bail: $1,000 D-Bail – paid $100 (10 % cash)
Arresting Agency: Cook County Sheriff, complainant D/S Angela Dodson badge 1196
Circumstances: Shelton went to the Daley Center to deliver complaints for Supervisory Orders from the Illinois Supreme Court (process) to several judges and Dorothy Brown per Illinois Supreme Court Rules which require that Petitioner serve the Respondents. At the entrance after successfully passing through security D/S Dodson assaulted Shelton by grabbing her walker and stating that she had to wait for an armed escort as she was on a “list” of persons who could not be in the building without an escort. She claimed that Shelton was in the “book”. Shelton stated to cease and desist the assault and that there was no legal “book” and that she didn’t have to be escorted, there was no judicial order requiring such nonsense and that the deputy was violating the law, especially as Shelton was serving official process and therefore the Deputy was committing the crime of interference with a process server. 720 ILCS 5/31‑3, “Obstructing Service of Process”
Both senior Sheriff staff and the office of Chief Judge Evans have signed affidavits that there is no “book” or other list of persons not allowed in the Daley Center without an escort. This is fantasy made up by A/C Nolan and his senior staff and used for several months to purposely harass Shelton every time she came in the Daley Center. There was absolutely no legal reason to “escort” or tail Shelton while she was in the Daley Center. This also amounts to per se defamation of Shelton’s character.
Shelton was then unlawfully arrested for the above allegations, all of which are bogus. Again the Sheriff staff committed crimes including official misconduct, assault and battery of Shelton, interference with service of process., falsification of records, felony violation of civil rights, and an illegal penalty on the exercise of Constitutional rights.
Sgt. Griffin badge 1048 made false allegations of “assault” when Shelton, because Sgt. Griffin is constantly harassing and making false allegations against pro se litigants including Robert More and Shelton, said that she was going to “kick your ass in federal court when I sue you for civil rights violations!”. Sgt. Griffin falsified her records and wrote that Shelton threatened to physically harm her. This is beyond silly as Shelton is a weak disabled woman who uses a walker and has spinal cord injuries with a partial right hemiparesis and congenitally weak arms, while Sgt. Griffin is a stout, strong, and large woman, who is clearly younger than Shelton. Sgt. Griffin is a bully and uses her police powers illegally to harass and falsely arrest those she doesn’t like.
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2009-MC1-260540 720 ILCS 5.0/21-5(a) TRESPASS TO STATE SUPP PROPERTY 8/7/09
Disp: Pending
Bail: $1,000 I-Bail (personal recognizance bond)
Arresting Agency: Cook County Supervising Asst. Clerk Gloria Legette Criminal Clerk at 2650 S. California, 5th Floor Circumstances: Shelton had ordered the record on appeal to be prepared from the clerk’s office and came to the clerk’s office to pick up the record. This was for the vendor fraud case above for which Shelton was acquitted.
Shelton had filed a notice of appeal that she was appealing the pre-trial order denying her motion for dismissal due to lack of jurisdiction of the court on the grounds the vendor fraud case had an insufficient indictment, the Illinois Attorney General had no legal authority to prosecute this type of crime per law, and that there was no charge stated as the alleged act was legal per the United States Medicaid Code and the supremacy clause of the Constitution. The United States Supreme Court on four cases had previously ruled that an appeal can proceed in a case where there has been an acquittal if there was still a justiciable issue and if the double jeopardy clause would not be invoked. That is the case in this instance.
Clerk Brown had illegally, in violation of statute and her oath of office refused to transmit the notice of appeal to the Illinois Appellate Court so Shelton hand delivered a file stamped copy to the Illinois Appellate Court three weeks later.
The Illinois Appellate Court had illegally dismissed the appeal based on a few sentence motion from the State Appellate Defender that had been illegally appointed by the Illinois Appellate Clerk over Shelton’s objection as she was representing herself pro se. The SAD claimed a case where there was an acquittal could not be appealed. This is a violation of United States Supreme Court holdings and therefore a violation of due process.
Shelton was told that since there “no longer was a case” she had to pay $200+ dollars for the record on appeal even though Shelton was declared indigent by the court. Shelton objected and insisted on talking to the supervisor, Ms. Legette who wouldn’t budge on this issue. Shelton had a legal right to appeal the dismissal to the Illinois Supreme Court and then the United States Supreme Court. She obviously needed the record on appeal to appeal. Again this was a denial of Shelton’s due process rights.
Shelton sat on the benches in the public area of the office and called Dorothy Brown’s office to speak to her attorney to try to resolve the issue and obtain due process. Ms. Legette called the Sheriff’s office and had them tell Shelton to leave. Shelton was not interrupting anyone, but just had insisted on her constitutional rights as held by the United States Supreme Court, who had previously decided that indigent defendants have a right to waiver of fees in preparing records for appeal and transcripts.
Sheriff deputies came and told Shelton she had to leave and Shelton said she had business in the office so they arrested her illegally for trespass.
The Sheriff staff and Clerk violated their oaths of office, committed official misconduct, interfered with Shelton’s exercise of her Constitutional rights, conspired to violated Shelton’s Constitutional rights, assaulted Shelton, committed felony violation of civil rights under color of law, unlawfully arrested her and are maliciously prosecuting her.
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2009-MC1-261096-01 720 ILCS 5.0/26-1-A-1 DISORDERLY CONDUCT 8/31/09
Disp: Pending
Bail: $1,000 I-Bail (personal recognizance bond)
Arresting Agency:Cook County Sheriff, complainant Inv. Cynthia Sofus badge 547
Circumstances: Shelton went to the jail to pick up the property of inmate MH who was being transferred out at the request of the Social Worker Robinson and MH. Shelton had called the Sheriff’s office , the legal office, and the Executive Directors office and asked for an escort so she would not be falsely assaulted by staff and they all said there would be no problem picking up an inmate’s property from Division 3 during visiting hours. Shelton went to the jail on 8/27/09 and picked up half of the property (several paper bags of papers). She told them she would return in a few days for the rest of the property.
When Shelton returned on 8/31/09 she was assaulted by Lt. Prescott in Div. 3 who stated she could not pick up anything in Div 3 and who wouldn’t listen that Social Worker Robinson, etc., had arranged it and the pick-up was approved by all higher offices. Shelton was assaulted and battered by a number of deputies and told she couldn’t pick up the property. Shelton went into a syncopal episode due to her medical problems and an ambulance was called, but Shelton had recovered in the ambulance and declined treatment. When she tried to re-enter to pick up the property she was arrested. Inv. Sofus made a false report stating that there was no property to pick up. Prof. Coyne of the Kent School of law, assigned to represent MH after Shelton filed a habeas petition on behalf of MH came and picked up the remaining property a few weeks later, proving that Inv. Sofus LIED.
Again this was official misconduct in filing a false arrest report, unlawful arrest, malicious prosecution, and assault on Shelton. This denied MH and Shelton the Constitutional right of equal protection as other inmates are allowed to have their property picked up. Also Prof. Coyne was allowed to pick up the property and later turn it over to Shelton. Sheriff staff cannot refuse to allow a person to do something legal that another person is allowed to do. This is also harassment of a federal witness (Shelton against Sheriff staff) as well as violation of rules of the jail.
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2009-MC5-007690-01 720 ILCS 5.0/21-3(c)(2) TRESPASS TO REAL PROPERTY 10/3/09
Disp: Pending
Bail: $1,000 I-Bond (personal recognizance)
Arresting Agency: Evergreen Park Police Department
Circumstances: Shelton was given a forwarding address for her son who is estranged from the family and mentally distressed in need of counseling. This address, 2829 W. 98th St in Evergreen Park is the home of Jeryl and Keith Kaminski and their son Donny. Donny is a “friend” of Shelton’s son. Donny was kicked out of Evergreen Park High School for tampering with the computer and has been mooching off his parents, refusing to work or get a GED. Shelton’s son has been incredibly stressed and distraught by his mother during the last ten years frequently being gone due to major surgery, multiple serious medical problems, and the above incredible wrongful attacks against her. He has fallen apart mentally and ran away after some inappropriate behaviors that harmed his mother and grandfather. This past year his grandfather has been paying for an apartment under the condition he would present proof that he was in school and obtaining mental health therapy. When he failed to provide the proof, refused to talk to anyone in the family for more than five months, Shelton and her father cut off the funds to push him to talk to them or seek help from mental health counselor.
Instead Shelton’s son moved in with Donny, who Shelton suspects has been brainwashing Shelton’s son and teaching him to commit fraud and deceptive practices. Shelton’s son has a very vulnerable and easily manipulated personality and his mother, Shelton, is quite worried about him. She went to Donny’s home on 10/2/09 and knocked on the door and no one answered. She came back and knocked on the door on 10/3/09 and no one answered. Since it was a nice day, Shelton walked to the backyard on the driveway to see if they were in the back yard. They were not so she went to her car, but first asked a neighbor if they knew when they might be home and the neighbor said: “No, they are very secretive.”
Shelton went to her car to write a letter to her son asking to talk and to Mr. & Mrs. Kaminski to ask to talk with them. The Evergreen Park police then assaulted her saying she had trespassed. She said that was impossible because she NEVER met or talked to Mr. or Mrs. Kaminski, had not talked to Donny in three years, her son never told her the address or spoke to her about this property or where he had moved, no one answered the door on 10/2/09 or 10/3/09 the only times she had ever been on the property, and therefore she had no notice. You can’t be charged with trespass unless you are given prior notice by the owner or occupant not to come on the property.
The Evergreen Park officer said that they had called her the night before and spoken with her and then changed his story and said he had left a message on her answering machine not to come on the property and then they arrested her. Discovery documents from the EP police proved they had called a different Linda Shelton (there are six in the Chicago area). In addition the police should know that the owner or occupant has to tell the person not to come on the property no the police.
Therefore, this is another unlawful arrest, malicious prosecution, and act of corrupt police. Clearly any prosecution by the States Attorney is without any basis whatsoever and amounts to attorney misconduct by the Cook County States Attorney.
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2009-MC5-008136-01 720 ILCS 5.0/12-3 BATTERY 10/21/09
Disp: Pending
Bail: Excessive $50,000 D-Bail – $5,000 paid (10% cash [Misdemeanor bail is generally $1,000, unless serious prior convictions where it might go up to several thousand]
Arresting Agency: Cook County Sheriff Courtroom Services (officers who are friends of Deputies Doran and Caliendo who committed perjury in case above and Sgt. McCollum who participated in above arrest where these deputies committed perjury.
Circumstances: Shelton was in courtroom of Judge Hyland and Bridgeview courthouse where she was defending a fraudulent trespass charge. Shelton was representing herself pro se and therefore had the right to speak up like an attorney. Judge Hyland may a statement that was an error of law and Shelton spoke up politely to provide a correction. Judge Hyland had a temper-tantrum and yelled at Shelton for speaking up (actually an assault by the judge on Shelton because she threatened to arrest her for contempt if she spoke and Shelton had a legal right as pro se counsel to object to false statements in the court) and then through her out of the courtroom.
When called back in Shelton held up a copy of a statute proving Judge Hyland had made a legal error and that Shelton’s statement correcting it was in fact legally correct. Deputy Norris then grabbed Shelton’s arm in an assault and apparent attempt to shut up Shelton. Shelton loudly stated “Stop assaulting me” and the Judge again had a temper-tantrum yelling at Shelton. Deputy Stanislawski then placed himself in front of Shelton’s walker bumping into it and falsely accused Shelton of ramming him with her walker. He said: “If you are charging her [Deputy Norris] with assault, I’m charging you with battery.” Then Shelton was arrested for battery.
When Shelton was in the lock-up she suffered an episode of choking, which caused respiratory distress and a brief inability to talk. The Sheriff staff called an ambulance and in an act of defamation told the paramedics that Shelton was a mental case. The paramedics abused Shelton along with the Sheriff staff and this caused Shelton to go into a flashback (she suffers from PTSD due to previous attack on her by Sgt. Salemi and becomes briefly out of touch with reality and flails her arm trying to protect herself from Salemi’s blows thinking she is being suffocated again – she also crys and cowers, she is a danger to no one in this condition because her arms are weak and she is not able to defend herself). The paramedics took Shelton to Palos ER where the doctor and nurses committed medical battery by immediately injecting her with an overdose of sedatives (to which Shelton is known to have adverse reactions) without checking into her medical history or allergies (medical papers were in her briefcase as always and her father and doctors were available by phone). They held her in the ER for 22 hrs repeatedly injecting her with these drugs producing adverse effects of confusion and agitation and terror (from repeatedly inducing the flashbacks).
Judge Feerick illegally held a bond hearing while Shelton was in the ER and based on fraudulent statements from the Asst. States Attorney that Shelton was a mental case with a history of violence and four bail forfeitures she set a high and unreasonable bail. There are no bail forfeitures.
Shelton recently did an audit of over 35 criminal records in the Clerk’s office and found an error rate of about 37% regarding disposition reported to the Illinois State Police Criminal Database. Therefore, the rap sheets that he States Attorney uses to tell the judges prior history are totally unreliable as illustrated by the fact Shelton has NO bail forfeitures and the rap sheet says there are four. Four times Shelton was in hospital or the Sheriff failed to take her to a court hearing resulting in a warrant and preliminary order for bail forfeiture. All warrants and forfeitures were quashed but the Cook County Circuit Court Clerk failed to inform the ISP, as they are required by law, that the bail forfeitures had been quashed.
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Petty Offenses: Cook County Circuit Court
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03 MC5 002031-01 Municipal ordinance violation – disorderly conduct 3/4/03
Disp: Nolle Prosequi
Circumstances: Unlawfully arrested and maliciously prosecuted for coming to Clerk’s office at Bridgeview courthouse and filing and trying to file a pleading as a pro se defendant after Chief of deputies in the building had illegally told Shelton she could not come to the building except to the courtroom.
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04 MC5 Municipal ordinance violation of trespass, 10-5-7-3 4/29/05
Disp: Dismissed
Circumstances: Unlawfully arrested and maliciously prosecuted for delivering several subpoenas to offices at Advocate Christ Hospital after Judge Zelezinsky order Shelton in writing to deliver her subpoenas herself. ACH had written Shelton that she was banned from the property (in retaliation for complaints of their corruption and criminal acts) and Oak Lawn Police looking at Judge Z’s order for Shelton to deliver subpoenas stated “we don’t have to follow this order – your under arrest at the request of Christ Hospital”.
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ACC 050087-01 Criminal Contempt 5/10/05
Disp: Summary sentence of 30 days in CCDOC APPEALING
Medically neglected and abused at CCDOC requiring transfer to hospital on 5/27/05.
Circumstances: See federal habeas corpus petition and federal suits: 08 C 4627 and tort 1:06-CV-04259 available through PACER
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No case number Alleged violation of bail with no formal charge 5/13/05
Disp: Bail order of “No Bond” overturned by Illinois Appelalte Court on 12/31/-05 to $10,000 I-Bond and immediately released from CCDOC.
Medically neglected, battered and abused at CCDOC. Ill when released but able to self treat at home.
Circumstances: Judge illegally and unethically issued arrest warrant 12/8/05 when Shelton did not appear in court after Shelton on 12/7/05 had informed court in writing that she had a hearing in federal court and would be late on 12/8/05. Shelton called co-defendant’s on 12/8/05 after federal hearing and co-defendant told her that judge had failed to appear so they had re-scheduled hearing for 1/19/06. Judge came several hours late to court and despite agreement from co-defendant’s attorney and prosecutor to continue hearing to 1/19/06 and despite written notice of federal hearing, judge issued arrest warrant. and on 12/13/05 refused to vacate it and ordered Shelton held on “No Bond” without notice, counsel, hearing, or formal charge in violation of her oath of office and constitutional due process rights.
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No case number Alleged violation of bail with no formal charge 1/6/06
Disp: Bail order of $500,000 overturned by Illinois Appelalte Court on 1/20/06 to $100,000 bail separate from battery case and immediately released from CCDOC when bond paid.
Medically neglected, battered and abused at CCDOC. Immediately taken by person picking up Shelton from jail to UIC ER and admitted for severe dehydration, electrolyte imbalances, contusions and joint pain, and inability to stand.
Circumstances: Judge illegally and unethically raised bail to $500,000 form $10,000 I-Bond fraudulently stating Shelton had lied to Appellate Court and that she was incarcerating Shelton because she refused to answer questions at illegally ordered fitness exam (a statutory right where the court is not permitted to change bail to achieve the exam) without notice, counsel, hearing, or formal charge in violation of her oath of office and constitutional due process rights.
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ACC 070057-01 Criminal Contempt 4/13/07
Disp: Summary sentence of 30 days in CCDOC, APPEALING
reduced to time served on 4/20/07
Medically neglected and abused in CCDOC, requiring ER treatment.
Circumstances: Judge Alonso made summary finding of contempt when Shelton told him upon him taking over case from Judge Pantle who had been transferred to Chancery Division from Criminal Division that the vendor fraud case was illegal bullshit, and Judge Pantle was Dishonorable for illegally failing to hear Shelton’s fully briefed pleadings to dismiss case as void without jurisdiction for over two years.
The fact is that Judge Pantle had violated law extensively, was extremely corrupt, and the case against Shelton for vendor fraud was fraudulent, malicious, and state actors had consistently refused Shelton due process or a meeting for her to present evidence of such.
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Charge Threatened Arrested but released without charges
Judge Lawrence Fox 1/10/05
Circumstances: Judge Fox illegally ordered Shelton out of his courtroom during a hearing on the vendor fraud case for which she was acquitted. Sgt. Kennedy pushed Shelton out faster than she could walk. Shelton sat down in the hall outside the court and Sgt. Kennedy illegally had her arrested purportedly for trespass to state supported property, which would have been a bogus arrest. Shelton was released without charges.
Contempt charge threatened 12/05
Judge ? at Markham
Circumstances: A judge had Shelton taken into custody in the courtroom after Shelton legally and appropriately filed a petition for adjudication of criminal contempt against corrupt officers who had committed fraud upon the court. This was pure harassment and retaliation by the judge against Shelton for exercising her Constitutional rights. She was released hours later without charges.
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Contempt threatened Judge Kunkle 11/20/09
Circumstances: Shelton asked for substitution of judge as a right . By Statute this removes jurisdiction from the judge immediately except for allowing him to transfer the case to the presiding judge. Judge Kunkle illegally had deputies take Shelton into custody because Shelton objected when Judge Kunkle at first refused to transfer the case, wouldn’t listen to Shelton (a violation of judicial Canons [ethics] as judge are mandated to hear counsel in a case), and thereby abused his discretion and violated law. He then released Shelton when he brought her back into the courtroom after the arrest and granted her motion for SOJ as a right, only after Shelton vigorously spoke up despite Judge Kunkle repeatedly telling her to shut up.
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current as of 11/24/09
