Lawrence W. Ford v. Anita L. Budde
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Whether the appellate court abused its discretion in mischaracterizing the trial court record and relying on erroneous facts
QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW , In United States v. Olano, this Court held that, under the fourth 3 , || Prong of plain error review, “[t]he Court of Appeals should correct a plain 5 ||forfeited error affecting substantial rights if the error ‘seriously affect[s] 6 ll the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of judicial proceedings.” 507 U.S. 725, 736 (1993). To meet that standard, is it necessary, as the Fifth g || Cireuit Court of Appeals required, that the error be one that “would shock 10 || the conscience of the common man, serve as a powerful indictment against 1 our system of justice, or seriously call into question the competence or _ integrity of the district judge?” In this case it is the Appellate court as 14 || well that comes into question, citing cases that argues against itself. 15 This is a case of first impression that not only raises an important, * unique, and interesting question affecting not only the integrity of our . judicial system, but also implicates the Due Process provisions of the Fifth 19 ||and Fourteenth amendments to the U.S. Constitution. 20 Questions: . 1. Ina standard of review as used by appellate courts, to review | 23 || discretionary decisions of lower trial courts, the appellate courts will find 24 || that the trial court abused its discretion if the decision was the result of a . mischaracterization of the trial court record, was made in plain error, and 7 ||the erroneous mischaracterized facts are then relied upon in its findings 28 |l and conclusions. However, what is the abuse of discretion standard PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI i 1 || used for review, in a case where the appellate court itself, upon reviewing 2 a trial court’s record, picks out an incorrect material fact, involving an important triggering date in the trial court’s record, a date that was never 5 ||raised or briefed on appeal, then erroneously places this out of order 6 |l triggering date in and at a point in the record six (6) months later, totally ignoring upon advisement, the true triggering date, and then, in reliance g || upon this incorrect triggering date, mistakenly imputes the incorrect 10 || triggering date into its findings and conclusions, thereby creating an error 1 of such a nature, that it impacts every aspect of the case, and to leave it _ uncorrected would result in damage to the integrity, reputation, and 14 || fairness of the judicial process? 15 2. What is the abuse of discretion standard used for review, where ve the appellate court ignores its own well-established directions and 17 18 guidelines regarding rules of professional conduct, and where a district 19 || court judge’s impartiality might reasonably be questioned where the trial 20 || court deliberately ignores a wholly briefed and crucial judicial misconduc . matter, where counsels are more likely to obfuscate the court with fraud 3 ||than enlighten the court? 24 3. What is the abuse of discretion standard used for review, where 2s the appellate court ignores its own well established directions and . guidelines regarding a the trial court which rendered its decisions based 28 || upon facts that were not supported by the record, and the subsequent PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI ii 1 || decision resulted in plain error, of the kind that a reviewing court . supposedly and normally seeks to avoid? This case also shows that the reviewing Nevada appellate court, has disregarded 5 || the clearly displayed logic of its own prior decisions, its State Supreme Court’s logic, © || and the well-settled logic of this U.S. Supreme Court. In a justice system that is designed to protect against cases fraught with fraud and unjust judicial district ) g |jcourts, and where all cases that are reviewed, are reportedly done so, based upon 10 || the reviewable facts of the trial court’s record, this court’s answer to the question(s) um presented will have enormous national impact. The Nevada Supreme Court, that _ state’s court of last resort, in its