Cheryl Kelmar wrote:

I am a law student with a real property case in Santa Cruz, which involves nine easements in dispute. One party I am suing is Santa Cruz Title. SCT filed a demurrer in which they claim as escrow holder, they had no duty and that they were not named in the lawsuit. However, they were listed in my complaint properly and according to the law they do have a duty as escrow holder. However, Judge Samuel Stevens ruled in favor of their demurrer and I appealed a writ. However, my writ was AMAZINGLY denied without any explanation. What are my options now? ..will the California Supreme Court deny to hear such a case?Another amazing ruling is that even though I considered settling with my past realtor Alan Melikian and Bailey Property for a small amount of money, no settlement was reduced to writing. In fact, their attorney Hamerslough never even exchanged documents with me. However, Judge Stevens ruled in favor of attorney Hamerslough’s settlement motion without hearing any of the terms of the settlement and without any written agreement. I have not accepted any money for settlement, and won’t. I appealed this decision and it was denied without an explanation.

Is the court really that discriminatory that Judge Stevens can just make AMAZING rulings with no requirement to follow the law, and have the appeallate court uphold those rulings?

In 2007, before Judge Stevens was assigned, because Attorney Bosso did not like one set of interrogatories, Judge Burdick STOPPED all discovery making my case delayed for almost one year. What this enabled Bosso to do was unethically withhold the fact that his clients the Bowden’s were unlawfully using another non-deeded easement on my land (which they knew).  If the settlement had gone through, I would had unknowingly given up my rights regarding that additional easement; which would had been discovered through discovery.  Subsequently, Judge Burdick excused himself from the case.

During the judicial settlement conference, Judge Burdick did not discuss the merits of my case; but only told me ‘you are pro per,’ ‘pro pers never win.’

I will be discussing this case and the amazing rulings of the Santa Cruz court on YouTube in about three weeks.

Recently, a head hunter called me and told me that before Judge Stevens was a judge, and was an attorney in Santa Cruz in the 80s, he was this man’s attorney. This man told me that Judge Stevens told this man that the Santa Cruz courts are such a good old boy system that he would be better off if he could get his case out of Santa Cruz County.  Does this corrupt system still exist?

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