Sacramento Superior Court Racketeering Allegations Eerily Similar to 1994 San Diego County Court Corruption Scandal

An alleged racketeering organization composed of judges and local attorneys who work in the family law division of Sacramento County Superior Court bears striking similarities to criminal activity uncovered in San Diego County in 1994.

A recently unearthed editorial from the Los Angles Daily Journal provides a firsthand account of the court corruption that sent San Diego judges James A. Malkus and G. Dennis Adams to federal prison, and put judge Michael Greer on federal probation for three years. The editorial is embedded at the end of this post.

Sacramento Judge Serial Code of Judicial Ethics Violations Against Disabled, Indigent Litigants Without Lawyers Remain Ignored by CJP

Larscheid, Buchanan & Zeff family law attorney Timothy Zeff requested and was granted an unlawful $920 child support order by Judge Matthew J. Gary. Zeff's partner, Scott Buchanan, is a family court judge pro tem. The order financially devastated 52-year-old disabled, single parent Susan Ferris. Evicted from her Sacramento home and now homeless, she sleeps on the couch of a Bay Area friend.  

A Sacramento County judge who engaged in continual violations of state law and the California Code of Judicial Ethics remains unaccountable and unpunished three years after the misconduct occurred. 

The victims of the misconduct were indigent, disabled pro per litigants who could not afford an attorney and faced opposing spouses represented by veteran family law lawyers who also worked as part-time judges in the same court.