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What Do Moms Do When Their Children Are in Danger?
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Contra Costa County Moms and Dads Take on More Judges

​They Lift Cars in the Air.
​They March in the Streets.
​They March Down to the Schools.
​They Camp Out in the Hospital.
​And when Family Court Judges become so complicit and brainwashed as to take children from their mothers simply because of fancy lawyers and corrupt politicians, they serve and recall judges.

​Law enforcement agencies that traditionally protect judges over the public couldn’t even stop these moms from serving a judge who was ducking the required personal service. These determined moms got to the judge anyway and now have a record of 5 and 5.

​In Contra Costa hundreds of parents are organizing social media and recall campaigns agaist judges who acted in the county as presiding judges, where a culture has been created to label parents fighting for their children as disgruntled, crazy and vexatious. #VexatiousMoms are celebrated everywhere in society, except family court. Women restrained from their own children have turned their fight against the judges who have allowed this to happen. Mocking mother judges who are a disgrace to motherhood , like Judge Jill Fannin.

​Meanwhile Santa Clara County activist , with all of their money and judicial corruption couldn’t even get 1 for 1 without 100,000 signatures and a special election on Judge Aaron Persky- Shameful.

​HERE IS THEIR 5 FOR 5 RECORD:
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Judge Cynda Riggins-Unger SUCCESSFULLY SERVED With Notice of Intent to Circulate Recall Petition, SOLANO COUNTY “FIVE IN FIVE” After evading service of recall petition by summoning Solano County Sheriffs to block advocates from service, Judge Cynda Riggins-Unger was successfully served with the notice of intent to circulate recall petition.
Unger evaded service twice: once at the Superior Court, and a second time when a process server was commissioned to serve her. The process server was finally able to serve the documents to the Clerk for Department 5.

This is the fifth time in five years that advocates have attempted to recall a Solano County Family Court judge, for failing to protect women and children from documented cases of physical and sexual abuse, a landmark issue advocates are naming “Five in Five”.
2013 – Judge Daniel Healey, who was subsequently publicly admonished by the Commission on Judicial Performance and moved out of Family Court.
2014 – Judge Cynda Riggins-Unger, who still serves on the Family Court bench
2017 – Judge Christine Carringer, who still serves on the Family Court bench
2017 – Judge Garry Ichikawa, who immediately announced his retirement
2018 – Judge Cynda Riggins-Unger, served again

Over three dozen litigants have written formal complaints to the Commission on Judicial Performance about the judges’ behavior, alleging violations of the California Code of Judicial Ethics. The Commission on Judicial Performance is currently under heavy public and regulatory scrutiny for what is statistically documented to be a failure to address warranted complaints.

The Protective Mothers of Solano County have gathered more than 150 women impacted by an alleged dangerous bias in Solano County Family Court that disregards evidence of sexual and physical abuse and punishes women for speaking out.

Not all impacted litigants are mothers, women who have a romantic relationship, but no children, are also required to pursue protective orders through family court. This, advocates claim, further harms women who need protective orders.

In 2016 Judge Garry Ichikawa refused to provide a protective order to Kenesha Jackson, a Department of Rehabilitation employee who hand-wrote her pleadings. Shortly thereafter, Everett Highbaugh, the man from whom she was seeking protection, allegedly murdered Jackson in her home while her children were present. The case currently awaits trial.

Advocates claim this is one of many cases where judges blatantly refused to consider credible evidence of abuse and habitually ruled against the victims of domestic violence.

In one case, Judge Garry Ichikawa officially ordered the destruction of evidence.

“The most difficult part about this is building awareness. People always look for what the woman did to cause this, they don’t believe that judges are biased,” Advocate J.C. claims.

Advocates have been attempting to address the problem in family court for more than five years. Advocates claim that the problems with the judges are well known throughout the Solano Superior Court, Domestic Violence Agencies, as well as local attorneys. But no one has actually stepped up to address the issue.

With #metoo gaining steam and the public starting to raise awareness of issues of sexual and domestic abuse against women, as well as pervasive abuse of power shielded and protected by enablers, advocates are hoping that finally, people will begin to listen and help address the issue in Solano County.

Women and children are literally dying.

Release regarding Unger’s evasion of service at: http://recalljudgeunger.com/evades
Release regarding Unger’s recall at: www.recalljudgeunger.com/release



For more information, contact:
Protective Mothers of Solano County
Committee for the Recall of Judge Cynda Riggins-Unger
PH: 707-430-5095
FAX: 707-637-8730
EMAIL: info@recalljudgeunger.com
For a series of articles addressing the problem in Solano County: http://solanofamilies.org

Full article here: https://www.janeandjohnqpublic.com/blog/epidemic-of-judge-recalls-moms-can-lift-cars-and-recall-judges-to-save-their-kids-as-mainstream-media-sleeps

FAIRFIELD — A group calling itself the Committee for the Recall of Judge Cynda Riggins-Unger issued a press release Thursday announcing they have notified Unger of their intent to launch a recall campaign against her.

The group now needs to gather thousands of signatures from Solano County residents in the upcoming months to get a recall measure on the ballot.

The press release claims a previous effort was made to recall Unger in 2014 and that other recall efforts were also undertaken against her family law peers Judge Christine Carringer and Judge Garry T. Ichikawa, who retired in 2017.

Earlier this month Unger, elected to a judgeship in 2000, learned that she will automatically be appointed to another six-year term after the November election since no opponent opted to challenge her by the filing deadline.

Full article here: https://www.dailyrepublic.com/solano-news/fairfield/group-announces-recall-drive-against-solano-judge/

In what seems to be a growing trend, a Solano County Family Court judge was served Thursday with a notice of intent to circulate a recall petition.

Friday’s action to recall Judge Cynda Riggins-Unger marked the fifth time in five years that advocates have attempted to recall a Solano County Family Court judge, according to the Protective Mothers of Solano County — a committee currently working to recall several Solano County Family Court judges.

Court Executive Officer Brian K. Taylor was unable to be reached Friday before press time. Judge Unger was also unable to be contacted for comment.

Unger was last served a similar notice of recall in 2014, according to the group. An effort to recall Fellow Family Court Judge Christine Carringer recently failed, as the group working the cause didn’t gather enough signatures.

Last year, Family Court Judge Garry Ichikawa was served a notice of intent to circulate a recall petition; he announced his plans to retire shortly after.

“The biggest problem has been judges excluding credible evidence of abuse and placing children with documented abusers,” said Jaclyn Qirreh, an advocate with the Protective Mothers of Solano County.

According to Qirreh, the current system leaves little options for individuals displeased with a judge’s orders and the facts and evidence in a case.

“The presiding judge can’t do anything,” explained Qirreh. “The District Attorney can’t, The Court of Appeals can’t reassess the facts and evidence. The Attorney General typically isn’t going to do anything about a family law case, and the Commission on Judicial Performance will not do anything about a judge’s orders.”

Qirreh, who has been working tirelessly on recall efforts for several Solano County Family Court Judges, believes there is no solution for misconduct from judges in Solano County.

“What we’re trying to show here is there is a pattern in Solano County of children being placed with known abusers and the judges discrediting legitimate abuse claims,” she said. “We’re not against judges. We have great respect for the judicial process. But litigants, attorneys and even judicial officers have become accustomed to not having anyone hold them accountable.”

Acknowledging that efforts for recalls are often futile endeavors, Qirreh says the committee is determined to continue to fight no matter the odds.

“We’re asking to be heard,” she revealed. “We want Solano County to address this issue once and for all.

Full article here: http://www.thereporter.com/general-news/20180223/family-court-judge-served-notice-of-intent-to-circulate-recall-petition

Santa Clara and Solano Counties have been in the news regarding the recall of judges. One recall has made it to the ballot, the first recall for a judge in CA in 86 years. Other recalls have made a point: protective parents and the #MeToo movement will not stand for bad judges. It is unclear if these recalls are all a product of the lack of transparency and discipline from the Commission on Judicial Performance since most of the complaints made about judges are dismissed regardless of the validity of the complaints as we have seen.

The Santa Clara Judge Aaron Persky recall has made it to the June 5, 2018 ballot after collecting 95,000 signatures. Judge Persky has previously sat on the family court bench, including being a judge for part of the family matter of Alycia Mesiti-Allen who was forced into custody with her abusive father who later murdered her.

Another recall that we are just hearing about is for Judge Cynthia Lie in Santa Clara. It appears the first papers were filed in this matter and more information will be forthcoming.

Solano County has a history of recalls though. In fact they have had five recalls in the past five years. The Solano protective parents are calling this their “Five in Five.” Here is a list of their recalls:

2013 – Judge Daniel Healey, who was subsequently publicly admonished by the Commission on Judicial Performance and moved out of family court
2014 – Judge Cynda Riggins-Unger, who still serves on the family court bench
2017 – Judge Christine Carringer, who still serves on the family court bench
2017 – Judge Garry Ichikawa, who immediately announced his retirement
2018 – Judge Cynda Riggins-Unger, served again and may be leaving family court
The 2017 recall of Judge Carringer did not get enough signatures to get on the ballot with the deadline being this past week. The process to get a recall on the ballot is cost prohibitive, but the point is made regardless. Protective parents are tired of abuse being dismissed in family court and children being forced into the custody of a named abuser.

Full article here: https://www.caprotectiveparents.org/recalls-on-family-court-judges-contiue