Difference between revisions of "Georgia Ethics Code Does Not Apply To Fulton Judges"

Beginning in May of 2020, Jackson had been making payments toward the purchase of a home located in The Country Club of the South. As is known, home values have been skyrocketing since at least September of 2021 and, at some point amidst this modern day gold rush, the seller decided he no longer wanted Jackson to buy the home and subsequently hired a company to stage an eviction, which was inevitably botched resulting in what appears to be an array of backdoor dealings among Fulton County Superior Court Judges, the Sheriff and lawyers—or is it all just one big coincidence? Let's review the facts, and you be the judge.

==The Country Club of the South: Fulton County’s Very Own Mar-a-Lago==

Though the McCrackens hired a property manager to execute an eviction, this was obviously not a typical landlord-tenant case—with an alleged rent of $15,000 per month after a $100,000 down payment under a Purchase and Sale Agreement. Having committed to removing Jackson as their buyer, the McCrackens’ property manager refuses to drop the case despite having failed to deliver proper legal notices before initiating the eviction (or "dispossessory") process. At the time the case was filed the real estate market was getting exponentially warmer and it appeared to be in the McCrackens’ interest to pocket Jackson’s investment and seek a new buyer. Jackson offered multiple times to simply pay off the running balance and continue with the purchase, to which the McCrackens’ attorney has repeated "Not a chance!" Clearly, it was never about rent, it was about the sale. But why?

"As an experienced landlord-tenant attorney—often times defending tenants—I have been privy to witnessing behavioral patterns of many landlord attorneys and judges that are complicit with these tactics, and it is very sad to say the least. Whether you have flat out corruption or if you have a judge who simply isn’t paying any attention to detail, it's a very scary situation." McMaster continued: "The other judges turned a blind-eye when we sought removal of Judge Leftridge and relief from what we perceived to be blatant impropriety in Jackson's case. It was almost as if they were saying 'It doesn't matter what the law says, we aren't going to remove our friend from the bench.'"

*On May 25, 2020, Derrick Jackson gave an additional $15,000 for The Country Club of the South homeowners' membership, though Jackson later learned that the actual Club cost was only $7,500, which meant Mike McCracken misrepresented the actual costs resulting in a net profit to McCracken of $7,500 on the transaction.

On March 23, 2023, Derrick Jackson filed a Petition for Writ of Mandamus and Writ of Prohibition demanding, among other things, the recusal of the entire Fulton County Superior Court bench after two of the judges (including Judge Leftridge) failed to recuse themselves from the eviction case despite conflicts, two judges (one in the eviction case and one in the Quiet Title case) refused to recuse Judge Leftridge, and three judges (including Judge Leftridge) all refused to appoint a special master, whose appointment is mandated by Georgia law in the Quiet Title case. To illustrate how the circumventing of checks and balances is done by Superior Court Judges, Navigating Justice developed the following chart based on court documents in Jackson's cases highlighting the key players and their respective roles:

*Independent (left): Jury, Special Master, and Bankruptcy Court.

 

*Superior Court Controlled (right): Judges, Sheriff, and Court Staff.