I continue to report rampant judicial corruption of ALL levels of Illinois Court system which Democratic Party Speaker Michael Madigan (father of IL AG Lisa Madigan) and Alderman Edward Burke (husband of IL Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke) flooded with their cronies, under patronage of Chicago Board of Elections, who are perfectly aware WHO are judicial candidates they place on IL benches; and their close relationship with Madigan and/or Burke families.
Madigan/Burke cronies (about 80% ++ of all sitting judges in Cook County, Appeal and Supreme Court) usually obtain judicial seats through IL Supreme assignments and later purportedly get “elected” (which is a farce to mislead not-so-well-connected lawyers about their chances to be judges in our Court to collect from them millions of filing fees and donations ). Cronies who lost judicial election (regardless how many times) get to the Court through an Associate Judge Positions, like Thomas R. Mulroy, Jr. and James E. Snyder, both of whom lost April 2008 judicial Elections and in August 2008 were Associate Judges.
After those cronies obtain judicial seats, they start to mislead IL public about their options to find justice in IL Court to collect billions in filing fees; and hundreds of millions from IL budges to fund judicial paychecks and benefits, while they serve their parties of interests, especially those who pay judges directly; and fix cases in favor of parties of interests: banks, insurance companies and corporations, all with total impunity. IL judges are absolutely confident that Lisa Madigan and IL Judicial Inquiry Board will always cover and support their corruption.
On of text-book examples of judicial corruption in Cook County Court is Law Division Judge John C. Griffin who started to obstruct justice and lie to me from the bench from day one in my case, which he fixed in the most corrupt manner while concealed his personal connections with my Defendants from whom Griffin received election money (like CNA Insurance Company) and my defendants’ lawyers, like Hinshaw&Culbertson LLP.
I have substantial evidence demonstrating that Judge John C. Griffin is a corrupt judge who makes decisions based on his personal interest, not the law.
Griffin obtained his position of public trust in an unethical manner and has personal connections with defendants in my case which he concealed to defraud me.
Moreover, Judge Griffin repeatedly makes false statements from the bench that he does NOT know his election donors , one of whom was CNA insurance company lawyer Anthony McMahon; several top partners from Corboy&Demetrio, a well-connected law firm who regularly appears in Law Division ; other well-connected lawyers; insurance and real estate companies, whom Griffin claimed he “does not know”. Griffin also insists that that he does not know that his law Firm and his family were his donors, which is a blatant lie.
Judge Griffin is did not earn his post by merit but through personal connections. He first attained his seat at the judicial bench through assignment.
The election that followed for him to keep his position was not free or fair. Griffin comes from a family of professionals with long-time ties to the Cook County court, including his father James L. Griffin, who was a judge; his aunt Helen Griffin, who worked for the Chief Judge for 25 years between about 1960-1985; and his uncle Joseph P. Griffin, who worked as a Treasurer Speaker Michael Madigan and later served as a Commissioner of Court of Claims.I have absolutely no doubt that John C. Griffin’s 2008 appointment and election were procured through personal ties. Judge Griffin’s election donors are on public record.
The records show that Griffin’s campaign employed vote buying from political organizations to obtain his judicial seat. For example, on September 21, 2009, Judge John C. Griffin’s Committee donated $500.00 to the Chicago Federation of Labor & Industrial Union Council PAC. The Union reciprocated the favor on June 16, 2010, by contributing $9,758.68 to Griffin’s campaign and giving him an official endorsement. It’s easy to guess that they reasonably expected a significant return on their money in the form of judicial favors from John C. Griffin.
On September 11, 2009, Griffin donated $1,000.00 to Local 399 Political Education Fund, who in return also endorsed Judge Griffin to the bench.
In addition, Judge Griffin donated $900.00 to Judicial Retention Committee in 2016 to keep his judicial seat despite Griffin’s highly adverse personal records, a transaction that looks like a bribe rather than an altruistic donation to the organization.
In spite of these negative public records, John C. Griffin has been able to maintain his position as a judge due to his network of well-connected cronies.
Below is my Motion to Reconsider Judge John C. Griffin’s Order where he denied my Petition to vacate his void Orders, with more details regarding case 14-L-3632, Fedorova v. Chicagoland Community Management, Inc.
I once again respectfully demand IL Judicial Inquiry Board and IL Board of Elections to impeach corrupt judge John C. Griffin and stop supporting rampant judicial corruption in our Court system and public offices.
Respectfully submitted,
Elena Fedorova, ProSe litigant
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
COUNTY DEPARTMENT, LAW DIVISION
Elena Fedorova, ProSe
Plaintiff/Defendant in 14-CH-11573 ) Case 14-L-3632
vs.
Chicagoland Community Management, Inc. et.al )
Defendant/Plaintiff in 14-CH-11573
PLAINTIFF’S FEDOROVA’S MOTION TO RECONSIDER
1. Plaintiff Fedorova files this Motion to reconsider Judge Griffin’s Order denying her Petitions for relief from the void orders and void judgments in purportedly consolidated cases 14-L-3632 and 14-CH-11573.[1] On May 24, 2017, Fedorova filed a Petition where she specifically stated Judge John C. Griffin’s lack of jurisdiction to rule in Cases 14-L-3632 and 14-CH-11573 given that both cases were pending in Appeal Court. Furthermore, Fedorova demanded redress from Griffin’s decisions, which were influenced by his personal connections with the cases’ Defendants.
2. On June 28, 2017, Judge Griffin denied Fedorova’s Petition. Ignoring the fact that he lacked jurisdiction in the cases, Griffin continued to obstruct justice and defraud Fedorova from the bench. He again made false statements about his personal relationship with Fedorova’s defendants and his election donors, one of whom was CNA Insurance Company lawyer Anthony McMahon whose job as CNA lawyer involved coverage for litigations [2][3] . Ex. 1. CNA/Continental Casualty Co. is a Defendant in Fedorova’s case who covers legal bills for several other Fedorova’s Defendants.
3. Fedorova demands reconsideration of Judge Griffin’s decision since she found additional evidencedemonstrating that Judge John C. Griffin is a corrupt judge who makes decisions based on his personal interest, not the law. Griffin obtained his position of public trust in an unethical manner and has personal connections with Fedorova’s defendants. For these reasons Griffin is unqualified to hear Fedorova’s case. To the present day he continues to use his professional position to rob Fedorova of honest services in the court. Fedorova has ample evidence that Judge John C. Griffin is not qualified to hear her case.
4. Judge Griffin is did not earn his post by merit but through personal connections. He first attained his seat at the judicial bench through assignment. The election that followed for him to keep his position was not free or fair. Griffin comes from a family of professionals with ties to the Cook County court, including his father James L. Griffin, who was a judge; his aunt Helen Griffin, who worked for the Chief Judge for 25 years between about 1960-1985; and his uncle Joseph P. Griffin, who worked as a Treasurer Speaker Michael Madigan[4] and later served as a Commissioner of Court of Claims. Fedorova has absolutely no doubt that John C. Griffin’s 2008 appointment and election were procured through personal ties. Griffin not only concealed his family connections when running for office but has vehemently denied to Fedorova that he knows his election donors. This is a lie.
5. Judge Griffin’s election donors are on public record. The records show that Griffin’s campaign employed vote buying from political organizations to obtain his judicial seat. For example, on September 21, 2009, Judge John C. Griffin’s Committee donated $500.00 to the Chicago Federation of Labor & Industrial Union Council PAC. The Union reciprocated the favor on June 16, 2010, by contributing $9,758.68 to Griffin’s campaign and giving him an official endorsement. It’s easy to guess that they reasonably expected a significant return on their money in the form of judicial favors from John C. Griffin. On September 11, 2009, Griffin donated $1,000.00 to Local 399 Political Education Fund, who in return also endorsed Judge Griffin to the bench. In addition, Judge Griffin donated $900.00 to Judicial Retention Committee in 2016 to keep his judicial seat despite Griffin’s highly adverse personal records[5][6], a transaction that looks like a bribe rather than an altruistic donation to the organization. In spite of these negative public records, John C. Griffin has been able to maintain his position as a judge due to his network of cronies. To note, no ordinary citizens have ever contributed to Griffin’s election campaigns. This alone disqualifies Judge Griffin from the bench and yet he continues to be the arbiter in Fedorova’s cases while Griffin conceals information about receiving election donations from Fedorova’se defendants.
6. In Fedorova’s case Judge John C. Griffin has acted corruptly from day one. In October 2014, when Judge Griffin first oversaw the case, he immediately created obstacles that prevented Fedorova from having a fair hearing. These include but are not limited to: (1) Griffin prohibiting Fedorova from collecting any information from her Defendants which could advance her case, like documents or records of inside communication, which was Griffin’s immodest support for well-connected lawyers and their corporate clients; (2) he denied a Motion where Fedorova demanded disclosures about her Defendants’ lawyers’ personal connections with judges, even though Fedorova has reasonable suspicion that these ties existed when on October 1, 2014, Judge James P. Flannery Jr. passed his seat to Judge Thomas L. Hogan, who then unlawfully consolidated Fedorova’s claim with frivolous “defamation” case 14-CH-11573 filed by Chicagoland Community Management while concealed information about numerous donations from Fedorova’s defendant’s lawyers Hinshaw &Culbertson, LLP; and (3) told Fedorova that he “does not even remember who are [his] election donors”.
7. This last statement - that Judge Griffin “does not even remember” his donors - was a blatant lie. The largest donor to Judge John C. Griffin’s campaign was himself, so it is absolutely impossible that he can “forget” the $31, 695.98 he contributed to himself. Furthermore, Fedorova believe that Judge Griffin lied that he does not rememberthat he received money from lawyer Anthony McMahon[7], who works for CNA/Continental Casualty Co., a defendant in Fedorova’s case; who covers for other defendants’ legal bills.
8. Judge Griffin’s malfeasance continued when on October 20, 2016, Defendants Kovitz Shifrin Nesbit P.C. informed Judge Griffin that they planned to file a Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order against Fedorova to preclude her from collecting any documents from them. The hearing was set for November 13, 2014. On November 12, 2014 in the afternoon Fedorova’s other Defendants’ Carl Sandburg Village Condo Association #1 (CSVCA#1) lawyer Newt Marshall emailed Fedorova identical Motion for TRO which was scheduled before Judge Griffin on November 19, 2014, or one day before Fedorova’s filing deadline, even though CSVCA#1 were aware of November 13th hearing in the morning and could easily present their Motion at the same time as KSN. Fedorova was already aware that Judge Griffin’s schedule is always filled at least two weeks in advance, so she had questions how her CSVCA#1 Defendants were able to secure a hearing for November 19th when it was requested with only 7 day notice. After the hearing on November 13th Fedorova went to the Clerk’s Office on 8th Floor to discover that Judge Griffin’s next available hearing date was November 26th. Under ordinary circumstances Defendants CSVCA#1 should not have been able to obtain the hearing on November 19th with Judge Griffin. These extraordinarily favorable circumstances for the Defendants created reasonable suspicion that they were able to schedule the hearing on short notice directly from Griffin’s chambers. Fedorova suspects this was a joint tactic between the Defendants and the Judge to disorient her by having hearings on short notice, giving her opponents the upper hand.
9. On November 19, 2014, Fedorova asked Judge Griffin how her defendants managed to secure a hearing on short notice when his calendar was already filled two weeks in advance. Judge Griffin instantly dismissed Fedorova’s inquiry telling her that he “does not know” how CSVCA#1 got the hearing for 19th. Griffin’s harried reply supported Fedorova’s suspicion that her Defendants are engaged in ExParte communication with Judge Griffin, who placed their Motion on his calendar from the chambers, not from the Clerk.
10. Griffin continued to act in violation of the law when he ruled in both cases, 14-L-3632 and 14-CH-11573, after Fedorova filed her Notice of Appeal on November 17, 2014, of which Griffin was perfectly aware. Nonetheless, he ordered Fedorova to file a Fourth Amended Complaint in BOTH consolidated cases, even though at that point it should have been the First Consolidated Complaint, and demanded to Answer Case 14-CH-11573 after Fedorova appealed its consolidation with her claim. Such demands from Griffin were made with the intent to sabotage Pro Se Fedorova’s ability to meet his requirements and discourage her from pursuing justice in the case.
11. On July 17, 2015, Judge John C. Griffin, acting without jurisdiction, ruled in favor of Fedorova’s Defendants in violation of all applicable laws and binding precedents.
12. Fedorova filed a Petition where she demanded to reconsider Griffin’s decision. On January 20, 2016, Fedorova appeared before Judge Griffin to contest his void orders. During this hearing a court reporter was present. Nearly all of the Defendants were absent, except Continental Casualty insurance Company and Dickler Khan Slowikowski & Zavell Ltd.. This again supported Fedorova’s intuition that Judge Griffin had ExPartecommunication with her Defendants and informed them about the court reporter present, encouraging them not to attend in order avoid being on official record for this particular hearing. Griffin denied Fedorova’s Petition without any explanations or applicable laws in support, even though many of her defendants had not even showed up to this hearing; and all absent defendants were purportedly represented by ONE lawyer, Paul Sheldon, who was representing insurance Company who covered other defendants’ lawyers legal bills, which was a glaring conflict of interests.
13. More recently Fedorova has discovered additional evidence that Judge Griffin has multiple personal connections with her defendants’ lawyers, especially with Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP and its partner, Peter Sullivan. Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP represent Chicagoland Community Management in Fedorova’s case.
14. Fedorova has reason to believe that Judge Griffin’s father, Judge James L. Griffin, and Peter Sullivan’s father, Harold Sullivan, were close friends in their personal and professional circles. Fedorova also believes that Judge Griffin is a relative of lawyer Joseph W. Griffin who was a top partner to Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP. Here again Fedorova sees enough evidence to support Griffin’s recusal from her case for conflict of interest, which Griffin refuses to do.
15. Furthermore, Judge John C. Griffin failed to disclose his personal connections with his Judge Daniel J. Pierce, who was a major donor to Griffin’s election campaign. Pierce was the first judge in case 14-L-3632 (former 12-L7111) and acted highly prejudiced against ProSe Fedorova when she appeared before him in the court.
16. Given Griffin’s unlawful behavior and personal connections, Fedorova is absolutely confident that Judge Griffin fixed her case 14-L-3632 in exchange for monetary compensation commonly known as a bribe, defrauding her of honest services to have her case heard by an unbiased judge.
17. Fraud upon the court' is a basis for equitable relief. Luttrell v. United States, 644 F.2d 1274, 1276 (9th Cir. 1980); see Abatti v. C.I.R., 859 F.2d 115, 118 (9th Cir. 1988)[8] “It is beyond question that a [.] court may investigate a question as to whether there was fraud in the procurement of a judgment”. Universal Oil Products Co. v. Root Refining Co., 328 U.S. 575, 66 S.Ct. 1176, 90 L.Ed. 1447. The power [of the Court] to unearth such a fraud is the power to unearth it effectively. See Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co., 322 U.S. 238, 64 S.Ct. 997, 88 L.Ed. 1250; Sprague v. Ticonic National Bank, 307 U.S. 161, 59 S.Ct. 777, 83 L.Ed. 1184; and United States v. Throckmorton, 98 U.S. (8 Otto) 61, 25 L.Ed. 93.
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