Another Possible Divorce Related Murder - Another Judge Not Identified.

From the LA TIMES:

it would be best if the LA Times identified judges in these "news" articles

"Court records also showed that Pamela Fayed tried to get a restraining order against her brother-in-law in 2003, but the request was denied because of "insufficient facts." She contended in court papers that he had harassed her and made "hateful, racist remarks" after being fired from the family business.

(There's no indication to date the murder was divorce related. However, as getting a divorce sometimes causes the vulnerable to be killed, it's always good to identify judges who refuse to grant restraining orders.)

NBC files a report identifying NEITHER Judge in Custody Matter

What is it with "reporters" who condense televised reports which identify judges, but lose the name for the web report, which lasts so much longer? Who blue pencils this relevant information? The producers? The Assignment editor? Tony Shin's televised report named one judge, Joseph P. Brannigan, (who should recuse himself from the case) but the web report lacked much in the way of relevant information. It's not "news" when half the information is missing remains a mystery.

Also not covered in this slapped together mess of a feature? The problem with San Diego Judges ignoring requests for restraining orders. www.FamilyLawCourts.com receives many complaints of the continuing problem of San Diego Judges willingly ignoring requests for restraining orders. Should NBC decide to conduct an investigation, those reports would be made available. Interestingly, one is from a different woman in Orange County, and a judge in Vista, Ca.

A Stack of Sealed cases

Although we remember the cover story in California Lawyer featuring elder and probate fiduciary abuse from the bench of the now deceased, Judge William H. Sullivan ...sadly, it now appears greedy minds think alike.

More examples from the State of Washington are posted at USAjudges.com - a site where empowered attorneys and members of the public bypass the largely ineffective state judicial commissions and restore transparency to government (and three cheers for these responsible citizens.)

OC Register's Kimberly Edds Misses it... AGAIN.

Spoke with editor Bill Diepenbrock two days ago, who agreed the judges in family court should be named when cases they've handled are profiled. After all, how is the public supposed to decided whether to retain them or not during an election year.

The Judge in this case is none other than the star-struck, Nancy Pollard.

However, don't look for this information to trickle down into the brain of Ms Edds, with her medium sized history of sloppy reporting, failure to check sources, and an apparent ability to grasp the overall picture. Readers of of Ms. Edds column can expect to remain uninformed. As such, assigning her to actual news events remains a disservice to readers.

Five Major Articles and Not ONCE is Judge Mentioned.

We've spoken to Salvador before. He agreed judges ought to be named. But so far it's been all hat, no cattle.

One has to wonder why the so called Fourth Estate continues to refuse to identify the family court judge who allowed the Lonnie Ramos family court matter to go on and on and on; ending only with an assault with a fire-arm, kidnap and international flight.

The name of the family court judge was not identified in the Orange Country Register, The LA Times, ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX.

How else are voters to determine which judges to retain during an election year if the press flat out refuses to identify a record of their rulings?