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| 1. On '''September 13, 2022''', counsel for Jackson filed a ''Demand for Jury Trial'' into the eviction case with Paramount.
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| 2. On October 21, 2022, Judge Leftridge's staff attorney informed the parties through email that there would not be a court reporter for the jury trial scheduled to take place on October 25, 2022 and that the Court would not delay the trial even if the parties could not secure their own court reporter. On '''October 24, 2022''', Jackson filed for Chapter 13 Bankruptcy resulting in an automatic stay of the eviction case.
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| 3. After the Bankruptcy stay was lifted, Paramount filed a motion for an immediate writ of possession ("eviction") and for the release of all funds that were in the Registry of the Court, which was estimated to be just over $115,000. Judge Leftridge's staff attorney informed the parties on December 21, 2022 that the Court was going to issue an order on Paramount's motion, which had only been filed the evening before, December 20, 2022. On '''December 22, 2022''', the parties were served an order signed by Judge Leftridge for an immediate writ of possession against Jackson, the release of the more than $115,000 held in the Registry to Paramount and ordering Jackson to pay $30,000.00 more into the Registry of the Court no later than December 31, 2022. Counsel for Jackson had emailed the Judge's staff attorney earlier that morning only to receive an auto-reply stating that she was on vacation.
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| 4. On December 27, 2022, Jackson filed a motion to recuse Judge Leftridge from the eviction case. Judge Leftridge signed a reassignment order on '''January 6, 2023''' in light of Jackson's recusal motion and the motion to recuse was subsequently assigned to Judge Richardson.
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| | As shown above, [1] campaign donors contribute money to an elected judge's campaign, [2] campaign donors then gain influence over the elected judge's decisions and, in turn, the judge caters to the desires of his or her donors. [3] Elected judges then use their campaign funds to influence the voters and the judge is therefore able to increase the likelihood of keeping his or her job in an election. [4] Taxpayer money funds the salary of the elected judge, though the taxpayers do not have influence over a judge's decisions because taxes are mandated by the government. |
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| ====Part-Time (Hourly) Senior Judges==== | | ====Part-Time (Hourly) Senior Judges==== |