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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
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HAROLD STURGEON, ) Case No: BC351286
11 Plaintiff/Petitioner ) Honorable James A Richman, Justice of
) California Court of Appeals, 1st District
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) PRO SE FILER JOSEPH H ZERNIK’S EX
13 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ET AL ) PARTE APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER ON
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Defendants/Respondents ) THE CLERK OF THE COURT TO ALLOW
14 ACCESS TO COURT RECORDS IN
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and ) STURGEON V LA COUNTY PURSUANT TO
15 NIXON V WARNER COMMUNICATIONS,
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ) INC (1978); FOR DECLARATORY ORDER
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CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF ) THAT THE ONLINE “CASE SUMMARY” IS
17 LOS ANGELES, ) NOT THE REGISTER OF ACTIONS, AND
Intervenor ) FOR LEAVE TO FILE PAPERS IN SAME
18 ) CASE AS AN INTERESTED PARTY &
____________________________________ ) [PROPOSED] ORDERS
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DATE: TO BE NOTICED
20 TIME: TO BE NOTICED
DEPARTMENT: TO BE NOTICED
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22 TO THE COURT, PARTIES, AND COUNSEL OF RECORD Please take notice:
23 Following directions by the court of Justice James A Richman, Pro Se Filer Joseph H Zernik
24 (“Dr Zernik”, “Zernik”) files hereby an ex parte application for leave to file papers in Sturgeon
25 v LA County as Interested Party. Further notice regarding date and time of hearing would be
27 The ex parte application is based upon the attached Request for Leave to File Papers
14 By: _________________________________
Joseph H Zernik, Pro Se Filer
15 1853 Foothill Blvd, LV CA 91750
Tel: 323 515 4583; Fax: 801 998 0917
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Email: jz12345@earthlink.net
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21 TABLE OF CONTENTS
22 I. Table of Contents 2
23 II. Table of Authorities 3
24 III. List of Exhibits and Attachments 3
25 IV. Request for Orders ........................ 3
26 V. Memo of Points and Authorities ........................ 7
27 VII. Declaration of Joseph Zernik ........................ 13
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16 3) Copy of an old pre-1985 Register of Actions from the Hill Street underground archives.
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REQUEST FOR: 1) AN ORDER ON THE CLERK OF THE COURT TO ALLOW
19 ACCESS TO COURT RECORDS IN STURGEON V LA COUNTY PURSUANT TO
20 NIXON V WARNER COMMUNICATIONS, INC (1978); FOR DECLARATORY
ORDER THAT THE ONLINE “CASE SUMMARY” IS NOT THE REGISTER OF
21 ACTIONS, AND FOR LEAVE TO FILE PAPERS IN SAME CASE AS AN
22 INTERESTED PARTY
23 On or about July 27, 2009 Pro Se Filer Joseph H Zernik (“Dr Zernik”, “Zernik”), called
24 the San Francisco Court of Justice James A Richman, to explore the possibility of filing papers
25 in the then pending Motions for Summary Judgments in Sturgeon v LA County. The reason for
26 such unusual request was in evidence that became available only in recent few weeks regarding
27 the conduct of Defendant in instant case - County of Los Angeles (“LA County”) jointly with
28 Intervenor in instant case - Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles (“LA
21 1. In Nixon v Warner Communications, Inc (1978) the U.S. Supreme Court re-
affirmed Common Law, First, Fifth (here Fourteenth), and Sixth Amendments
22 rights to access court records to inspect and to copy, to publish such records, and
that the right for public trial and for due process are in part hinged on such rights
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24 The background to the Supreme Court’s decision was in impeachment trial of the
25 President of the United States, and criminal litigations involving some of his staff. In the
26 course of such events the infamous tapes (voice recordings) were filed in court. Warner
27 Communications, Inc, was interested in gaining access to such evidence in order to make use of
28 such materials of interest to wide audiences in its business. In its decision the U.S. Supreme
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4. The reasoning provided to Dr Zernik for the denial of access “Sustain is privileged-
11 for the court only” is alleged to be on its face in violation of the law – as an
12 Unpublished Rule of Court.
13 The rule that was made up and communicated to Dr Zernik by Supervising Judge Gerald
14 Rosenberg is alleged as severe violation of the Rule Making Enabling Act. It is first – a Local
15 Rule of Court that is unpublished, and second – a rule of court of tremendous significance,
16 which was never posted for public comment and challenge as required by California law.
17 The California Rule Making Enabling Act, CCP §575.1 says:
18 575.1. (a) The presiding judge of each superior court may prepare,
with the assistance of appropriate committees of the court, proposed
19 local rules designed to expedite and facilitate the business of the
court. The rules need not be limited to those actions on the civil
20 active list, but may provide for the supervision and judicial
management of actions from the date they are filed. Rules prepared
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pursuant to this section shall be submitted for consideration to the
22 judges of the court and, upon approval by a majority of the judges,
the judges shall have the proposed rules published and submitted to
23 the local bar and others, as specified by the Judicial Council, for
consideration and recommendations.
24 (b) After a majority of the judges have officially adopted the
rules, they shall be filed with the Judicial Council as required by
25 Section 68071 of the Government Code and as specified in rules
adopted by the Judicial Council. The Judicial Council shall
26 prescribe rules to ensure that a complete current set of local rules
and amendments, for each county in the state, is made available for
27 public examination in each county. The local rules shall also be
published for general distribution in accordance with rules adopted
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by the Judicial Council. Each court shall make its local rules
13 One of the most severe alleged violations of the law involved in the operation of Sustain at
14 the LA Superior Court in the past quarter century is that the system, by definition, as a
15 computer program, is an assembly of rules. And since in this instance the program is a case
16 management program, the system is in fact an assembly of Local Rules of Court, albeit - an
17 assembly of unpublished Rules of Court.
18 As described in the attached motions, in the past quarter century, the LA Superior Court
19 never bothered to update its published Local Rules of Court on some central issues, including,
20 but not limited to the Entry of Judgment. The outcome is that the Published Rules of Court are
21 irrelevant at best, but in fact are false and deliberately misleading They would convince any
22 naïve reader and even a legally competent reader that particular Rules of Court govern the
23 Entry of Judgment at the LA Superior Court in compliance with the California Law, and that
24 public records are provided for inspection of entered Judgments. That is not the case at all.
25 On the other hand, the court developed Unpublished Rules of Court, albeit, such rules may
26 be applied at will and in a very flexible manner. For example – while Dr Zernik believes that
27 he knows at least the outline of the current unpublished secretive Rule of Court in re: Entry of
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13 special project on “open records”, since transparency is known as the most effective safeguard
14 against corruption. Therefore, Dr Zernik expected that in Sturgeon v LA County there would
15 be no denial of access to public records. Dr Zernik was surprised to realize that Judicial Watch
16 in most likelihood never say the true litigation records of Sturgeon v LA County to this date.
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18 7. Dr Zernik included the request for an order to allow access to records in the ex
parte application, since it is a pre-requisite for substantiating his claims in the
19 attached motions with complete detailed evidence.
Following careful review of accessible records, Dr Zernik is convinced that the LA Superior
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21 Court engaged in alleged fraud in litigation records of Sturgeon v LA County. However, Dr
Zernik was only able to estimate the outline of such frauds. For example, it is very likely that
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the Register of Actions would provide evidence for alleged fraud in re: the nature of Justice
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24 James A Richman involvement in instant case.
In order to make his position in the attached motions reasonable, Dr Zernik considered
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himself compelled to gain access to the Register of Action prior to the hearing of such motions.
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27 Shortly after gaining such access Dr Zernik would notify the court if he believes that he would
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9 step in much needed reform in the LA Superior Court compliance with the law. In case that the
10 court denies such elementary requests, Dr Zernik requests that the Court provide reasonable
11 explanation for such denials. Dr Zernik believes that rulings that are on their face contrary to
12 the law, and come with no explanation at all maybe deemed upon review as willful misconduct.
14 JOSEPH H ZERNIK
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By: _________________________________
19 Joseph H Zernik, Pro Se Filer
1853 Foothill Blvd, LV CA 91750
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Tel: 323 515 4583; Fax: 801 998 0917
21 Email: jz12345@earthlink.net
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DECLARATION OF JOSEPH H ZERNIK
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I , Joseph H Zernik, declare as follows:
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1. I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth herein which I know to be true and
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correct and, if called as a witness, I could and would competently testify with respect
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
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HAROLD STURGEON, )
10 Plaintiff/Petitioner ) Case No: BC351286
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) [PROPOSED] ORDERS:
12 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) 1. ORDER ON THE CLERK OF THE
) COURT TO ALLOW ACCESS TO
13 Defendant/Respondent ) COURT RECORDS IN STURGEON V
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14 and ) LA COUNTY PURSUANT TO NIXON
) V WARNER COMMUNICATIONS,
15 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ) INC (1978);
CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS )
16 ANGELES, ) 2. DECLARATORY ORDER THAT THE
) ONLINE “CASE SUMMARY” IS NOT
Intervenor .
17 ) THE REGISTER OF ACTIONS, AND
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3. LEAVE TO FILE PAPERS IN SAME
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CASE AS AN INTERESTED PARTY
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20 PRO SE FILER JOSEPH ZERNIK’s ex parte application for Court orders to in
21 Sturgeon v LA County, came for review before the Court on _______ , 2009.
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23 1. Order on the Clerk of the Court to allow access to court records in Sturgeon v LA County
24 pursuant to Nixon v Warner Communications, Inc (1978) is GRANTED: The Clerk of
25 the LA Superior Court is herein ordered to allow Dr Zernik forthwith access to litigation
26 records of Sturgeon v LA County (BC351286) which are the Register of Actions and
27 Minute Orders in Sustain, the case management system of the LA Superior Court.
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09-07-27 Email Correspondence with San Francisco Court of Justice James A Richman
Joseph,
Greg Drapac is the clerk at LA Superior Court who is working on the case.
Thank you,
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PRO SE FILER JOSEPH H ZERNIK’S EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR ORDERS
Case No. BC351286
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Joseph Zernik DMD PhD
Fax: (801) 998-0917 Email: jz12345@earthlink.net; PO Box 526, La Verne, CA 91750
Gregory Drapac
Superior Court of California
Administrator II
gdrapac@lasuperiorcourt.org
Mr Drapac:
The San Francisco Court of Justice Richman informed me that you are the local coordinator for
Sturgeon v LA County (BC351286). As such, I request that you coordinate direct access to
electronic litigation records of Sturgeon v LA County (BC351286) pursuant to Nixon v Warner
Communications, Inc (1978), where the U.S. Supreme Court re-affirmed the Common Law and
First Amendment rights of public access to judicial records to inspect and to copy.
Please let me know as soon as possible of the time and place where I will be provided such
access. Request is for access to inspect and to copy electronic records of Sturgeon v LA County
(BC351286) in Sustain, which are:
1) Register of Actions/Case History in Sustain, including Audit Data;
2) Minute Orders of the case – as they appear in Sustain;
3) Book of Judgments – if any exists in LA County, and in its absence – entry of judgment
registration in the Register of Actions/ Case History in Sustain, including Audit Data;
4) Index of All Cases – in Sustain;
5) Calendars of All Courts – in Sustain.
Furthermore, in order to allow reasonable reading of such records in Sustain, additional request
is for access to inspect and to copy the following LA Superior Court records:
1) Rules of Court, published in compliance with the law, which explicitly provide the Local
Rules of LA County Superior Court, today in force and effect in LA Superior Court, for
Entry of Judgment and for Notice of Entry of Judgment;
2) Rules of Court, published in compliance with the law, or in their absence – Sustain Manual,
which explicitly provide lists of words, or “Dictionary” for Sustain, i.e. which values are
valid entries for the various variables (E.g. Motion, Order, etc). In other words – which are
the valid menu options, recognized as valid entries by Sustain for the various field which are
variable for data entry.
3) Rules of Court, published in compliance with the law, or in their absence – Sustain Manual,
which explicitly provide explanation for the meaning of Date of Entry of Minutes such as
“00/00/00” or “33/33/33”.
4) Rules of Court, published in compliance with the law, or in their absence – Sustain Manual,
which explicitly provide rules under which the LA Superior Court is allowed to modify or
alter the Case History/Register of Actions in Sustain, and notice to parties, if any, of such
nunc pro tunc alterations.
5) Rules of Court, published in compliance with the law, or in their absence – Sustain Manual,
which explicitly provide rules under which some cases at the LA Superior Court will lists
monies paid by parties as: “Filing Fees”, “Motion Fees”, “Stipulation Fees”, etc, while in
other cases, all such moneys are listed as “Journal Entry”. It is further requested that Rules
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of Court be provided as to the final disposition of funds that were originally designated
“Journal Entry”.
6) Rules of Court, published in Compliance with the law, or in their absence – Sustain Manual,
which explicitly provide rules under which some cases at LA Superior Court will list each
action with its corresponding termination, while other cases at the LA Superior Court will
allow all actions to remain unterminated.
Joseph Zernik
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By: Joseph Zernik
Pro Se Party in Interest
Tel: 323 514 4583
Fax: 801 998 0917
Email: jz12345@earthlink.net
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Re: Request for electronic access to pleadings in Sturgeon v. County of Los Angeles,
LASC Case number BC351286..
Yourfacsimile and email to Los Angeles Superior Court Clerk Gregory Drapac was referred
to me for response.
Motions in pending cases must be filed in writing in accordance withthe California Rules of
Court. California Rule of Court 2.118 provides that the clerkof the courtmustnot accept for filing
or file any papers that do not comply with the California Rules of Court, Rules 2,I00 to 2.119.
California Rule of Court 2.118(a). California Rules of Court may be accessed at:
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/rules/
Similarly, requests for court documents should be made in person 01' by letter. I do not
respond to email requests from other than court personnel. Such requests should also be submitted
in writing.
With regard to yourrequest for electronic access to pleadings in the Sturgeon litigation,
access to the court's electronic records aregoverned by California Rules of Court, Rule 2.500, and
following. Under those Rules the court may, but is not required to permit access to scanned
pleadings. When access to scanned pleadings is provided, Rule 2.506 permits the Court to impose
fees for such access,
In implementing these Rules, the Los Angeles Superior Court permits free access without
fee to paper files and available scanned pleadings at the courthouse where they are on file without
fee. Printed copies of either thepaperfiles or electronic copies are provided for a fee of fifty cents
a page. Alternatively, and as a convenience, you may view the court's registers of actions and
summaries of cases without fee on line at the court's web page, and may review, download and print
pleadings in most Central District Civil cases, including the Sturgeon case, by registering and
paying the fee therefor: httll://www.1asuperiorcourt,org!
rederick R. Bennett
Court Counsel
c: Gregory Drapac
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Joseph Zernik DMD PhD
Fax: (801) 998-0917 Email: jz12345@earthlink.net; PO Box 526, La Verne, CA 91750
Gregory Drapac
Superior Court of California
Administrator II
gdrapac@lasuperiorcourt.org
Tel: 213 974 5201
Fax: 213 625 8536
(by fax and by email)
Mr Drapac:
This is the second request to access the electronic Register of Actions of Sturgeon v County
(BC351286) in Sustain the Court’s case management system. You informed me today that Mr
Bennett , Counsel for the Court, responded on your behalf to my request earlier today.
Mr Bennett wrote extensively regarding scanned pleadings, etc, but nowhere in his letter did he
address the issue of access to Register of Actions in Sustain, the official litigation record of the
LA Superior Court in Sturgeon v LA County.
I again request that you inform me when and where I would be able to access litigation records
in Sturgeon v LA County (BC351286), which are the Register of Actions, Book of Judgments (If
any exists), Calendars of the Courts, and Minute Orders in Sustain, the electronic case
management system of the LA Superior Court.
Joseph Zernik
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By: Joseph Zernik
Pro Se Party in Interest
Tel: 323 514 4583
Fax: 801 998 0917
Email: jz12345@earthlink.net
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Superior Court of California
County of Los Angeles
Court Counsel
III North Hill Street, Suite 546
LosAngeles, California 90012
Telephone (213) 893-1224
Facsimile (213) 625-3964
FREDERICK R. BENNETT
COUIlT COUNSEL Superior Court oj California
111 NORTH HILL smm. SUITE 546
lOSANGELES. CA90012·3014
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Re: July28,2009, Request for access to litigation records in Sturgeon v. County of Los Angeles,
LASC Case number BC351286, and other cases.
Your attached facsimile to Los Angeles Superior Court Clerk Gregory Drapac was referred to me for
response.
In this communication, yourequest thatyoube provided direct access to electronic litigation records in
Sturgeon v, County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior COUlt casenumber BC3S1286, andothercases
under claimed Common Law andconstitutional rights of access to court records. You seekto inspect andcopy
thecourt's entire Sustain electronic databaserelated to the Register of Actions/Case history, Minute Orders,
Book of Judgements, Index and Calendars of all courts. Finally, you ask forpublished copies of'theRules of
Court, or in their absence, a copy of the Sustain Manual to assist you in understanding the Sustain electronic
databaseyou have requested.
These requests for court records arenot matters thatcan be resolved by the clerk forthejudicial officer
handling a specific case. Rather, public records requests such as yours should be directed to the custodian of
therecords, which is the Executive Officer/Clerk of theCourt, who hasrequested that I respond to your
requests on hisbehalf.
In responding to this inquiry, I have become aware thatyouhave made a number of othersimilar
requests relating to other cases overthe pasttwo years, many of which have been responded to by my
colleague, D. Brett Bianco. I also notethat youhave many pending cases in the Los Angeles Superior Court,
the Court of Appeal for the State of California, Second Appellate District, and at least one case pending in the
U.S. District Court against a number of Los Angeles Superior Court judges, personnel andothers, thatmay
relate in various ways to many of yourrequests. Reviewing the U.S. District Court docket forJoseph Zernik v.
Judge Jacqueline Connor, et al., U.S.D.C., Central District of California casenumber, CY08-I550, it appears
thatthe U.S. Magistrate recommended dismissing thataction on March 31, 2009, thatthe recommendation was
accepted by the District Court Judge on April 24,2009, andthatJudgement was entered on thatsame date
dismissing yourfederal claims withprejudice, andyourstateclaims without prejudice.
I have reviewed these matters to see if I could distill down more specifically whatyou were seeking
from the court so that I might be able to determine a feasible way to getyou what you are seeking.
Sturgeon documents: All of the pleadings, minute orders, andotherorders in the Sturgeon litigation
are public documents available for inspection andcopying by the public. A review of the matter does not
indicate thatanypleadings or orders have been sealed. Thepaper file for this case should be available for
inspection andcopying at the courthouse when the fileis not in useby thejudge, his clerk, or other members of
the public. In addition, those court records have also been scanned into electronic format and areviewable over
thepubllc electronic access terminals at thecourthouse, and copies of the pleadings maybe ordered. Finally, as
a convenience, you can also access the Register of Actions forthiscaseon line at the Court's web site,
LASuperiorCourt.org, which also presents a summary of all of thepleadings, orders and hearings in the case,
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Joseph July 28,2009, Request for access to litigation records in Sturgeon v. County of Los Angeles,
LASC Case number BC35 1286, andother cases.
July 29, 2009
Page: 2
andby registering andpaying the fee permitted by the California Rules of Court, youmay download andprint
copies ofthe pleadings andorders.
Inreviewing some of your pastcommunications to the court, it appears thatthere may be some
confusion as to the nature ofthe scanned electronic copies of thepleadings thatthe court makes available at the
public Sustain terminals andoverthe Internet, These documents were not electronically filed as permitted by
California Rules of Court Rules 2.250, and following. Thedocuments were filed as paper documents, andthen,
as is the practice formost civil cases in the Central District of the Court, butnot for other Districts, the paper
documents were scanned into electronic fermat, Asa result, andcontrary to a contention youhave made in
prior communications, these documents andcourt records are not governed by the provisions of California Rule
of'Court 2.254, or other provisions of Chapter 2 or Division 2 of the California Rules of Court. With certain
case specific exceptions permitted in certain complex litigation, which does not include the Sturgeon case, the
only pleadings thatare filed electronically in the Los Angeles Superior Court arecertain small claims actions.
Electronic court records generally aregoverned by Chapter 2 of Division 4 of the California Rules of
Court, Rules 2.500 andfollowing. Unlike Rille 2.254, which deals with pleadings electronically filed by the
parties in lieu of paper pleadings, these rules deal with themore general subject of electronic records,
regardless of themanner in which It has been computerized. See Rule 2.502(2).
These Rules of Court generally require thatall electronic records be made "reasonably available to the
public in some form, whether in electronic or in paper form, except those thatare sealed or made confidential
by law." Rule 2.503(a). TheRules of Court do notrequire electronic records to be made available In all forms.
In fact, the Rules mandate thatmany electronic records be made available only at the courthouse andnot over
the Internet. Rule 2.503(c).
Generally, registers of actions, calendars, and indexes arerequired to be made available overthe
Internet "to the extent it is feasible to do so." Rille 2..503(b). "Feasible" is defined to mean thata court is
required to provide such access "to the extent thatit determines it has theresources and technical capacity to do
so." This Court has done thatandthese matters areavailable to the extent the court has determined it has the
resources and technical capacity to do so on the Court's web site: LASliperiorCourt.org.
Bulkaccess to electronic records: With regard to bulk access to electronic court records such as you
have requested, the Rules of Court provide thata court "may" but is not required to provide such access. Rule
2.503(g). In this regard, this court generally follows the holding of Westbrook v. County ofLos Angeles (1994)
27 Cal.AppAth 157. As thatcaseholds, there is a qualitative difference between obtaining information
from a hand search of court files, and obtaining information from electronic data. It is the aggregate
and easily collated and manipulated nature of electronic data that warrants its difference in treatment
from access to court files.
None of the cases or authorities thatyou have provided require the court to provide youelectronic
access to therecords youhave described. Nordo such authorities give youdirect access to the court's Sustain
system or bulk distribution of all or a significant subset of the court's electronic records. Accordingly, your
request in this regard is denied.
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Joseph July28,2009, Request fur access to litigation records in Sturgeon v, County of Los Angeles,
LASC Case number BC351286, andother cases.
July29,2009
Page: 3
Rules of Court: California Rules of Court may be accessed at: htto://wWW.coul1info.ca.govlrules/ The
Local Rules of the Court are available at: http://lasuperiorcourt.org/
Motions in Sturgeon or other cases: Motions, including ex parte motions, andmotions to intervene
in pending cases must be filed in accordance with the California Rules of Court andthe statutory fees must be
paid. California Rule of Court 2.118 provides thatthe clerk of the court must not accept for filing or file any
papers thatdo notcomply with the California Rules of Court, Rules 2.100 to 2.119. California Rule of Court
2.118(a).
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c: John A. Clarke
Gregory Drapac
D. Brett Bianco
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GregoryDrapac
Superior Court ofCalifomill
AdministmtorII
gdrapac@1l1/Juperiorco\ut.org
Mr Drapac:
TheSanFrancisco Court ofJustice Richman informed methatyou arethe local coordinator for
Sturgeon v LAConnty (BC35 1286). As such, I request thatyou coordinate direct access to
electronic litigation records ofSturgeon v LACounty (BC35 1286) pursuant to Nixon v Warner
Communications. Inc(1978), where the U.S. Supreme COUlt re-affirmed the Common Law and
FirstAmendment rights of public access tojudicialrecords to inspect andto copy.
Please let meknow as soon as possible of thetime and place where I willbe provided such
access. Request is for access to inspect and to copy electronic records ofSturgeon v LACounly
(BC351286) in Sustain, which are:
1) Register of Actions/Case History in Sustain, including Audit Data;
2) Minute Orders of the ease - as they appear in Sustain;
3) Bookof Judgments - if anyexists in LA County, andin its absence - entry ofjudgment
registration in theRegister of Aotionsl Case History in Sustain, including Audit Data;
4) Index of AllCases - in Sustain;
5) Calendars of All Courts - in Sustain.
Furthennore, in order to allow reasonable reading ofsuch records in Sustain, additional request
is for access to inspect and to copy thefollowing LA Superior COUlt records:
I) Rules of Court, published in compliance withthe law, which explicitly provide tile Local
Rules ofLACounty Superior Court, today inforce and effect in LA Superior Court, for
Entry of Judgment and for Notice of Entry of Judgment;
2) Rules ofCour!, published in compliance with thelaw, or in tlleU' absence - Sustain Manual,
which explleitly provide lists ofwords, or"Dictionary" for Sustain, i.e. which values are
valid entries forthevarious variables (E.g. Motion, Order, etc). In other words - which are
thevalidmenu options, recognized asvalid entries by Snstain for thevarious field which are
variable fordata entry.
3) Rules ofCour!, published in compliance with thelaw, or in their absence - Sustain Manual,
which explicitly provide explanation for themeaning ofDateof Entry of Minutes such as
"00/00/00" or "33133/33".
4) Rules of Court, published in compliance withthelaw. or in their absence - Sustain Manual,
which explicitly provide rules under which the LASuperior Court is allowed to modify or
altertheCase HistorylRegister of Aotions in Sustain, and notice to parties, if any, ofsuch
nunc pl'O tunc alterations.
5) Rules of'Court, published in compliance with the law, or in their absence - Sustain Manual,
which explicitly provide rules under which some cases at theLA Superior Court will lists
monies paid byparties as: ''FilingFees", "Motion Fees", "Stipulation Fees", etc, while in
other cases, all such moneys are listed as "Journal Entry". It is further requested tlmt Rules
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Gregory Drapac
Superior Court of California
Administrator II
gdrapac@lasuperiorcourt.org
Tel: 213 974 5201
Fax: 213 625 8536
(by fax and by email)
Mr Drapac:
This is the third request to access the electronic Register of Actions of Sturgeon v LA County
(BC351286) in Sustain the Court’s case management system. I received today by fax yet another
lengthy letter from Mr Bennett , Counsel for the Court, who responded on your behalf to my 2nd
request to access court records in Sturgeon v LA County.
Mr Bennett’s 1st response, dated July 28, 2009, just skirted the issue, and never addressed the
request to access the Register of Actions, the official litigation record of Sturgeon v LA County.
Mr Bennett’s 2nd response, dated July 29, 2009, again engaged in the same pattern, for example,
discussing at length the issue of access over the Internet, when in fact, I never requested Internet
access to records, I explicitly asked when and where I would be able to access the records,
willing to appear at any location of the court for that purpose.
Mr Bennett in his 2nd response went further than that, and included false and misleading
statements:
Finally, as a convenience, you can also access the Register of Actions
for this case on line at the Court's web site, LASuperiorCourt.org,
which also presents a summary of all of the pleadings, orders and
hearings in the case, and by registering and paying the fee permitted
by the California Rules of Court, you may download and print copies
of the pleadings and orders.
As you are fully aware, the Register of Actions of Sturgeon v LA County, or any other case
of the LA Superior Court, is NOT available online at LASuperiorCourt.org. The
information that is provided there, under the title “Case Summary”, is prefaced by a
Disclaimer by the Court, explicitly stating that the records presented online are NOT official
court records. Moreover, the information provided in such records online is vastly different
from the information in the Register of Actions in Sustain.
The Clerk of LA Superior Court attempted such misleading misuse of records in the past in
two other instances:
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Given such history, it is likely that Mr Bennett’s most recent response, and his statement
about the Register of Actions of Sturgeon v LA County being available online at
LASuperiorCourt.org, upon review by a competent court of jurisdiction, be deemed false
and deliberately misleading.
I again request that you inform me when and where I would be able to access litigation records
in Sturgeon v LA County (BC351286), which are the Register of Actions, Book of Judgments (If
any exists), Calendars of the Courts, and Minute Orders in Sustain, the electronic case
management system of the LA Superior Court, to inspect and to copy, pursuant to Nixon v
Warner Communication, Inc (1978), where the U.S. Supreme Court re-affirmed the Common
Law and First Amendment right to access judicial records to inspect and to copy.
Joseph Zernik
____________________
By: Joseph Zernik
Pro Se Party in Interest
Tel: 323 514 4583
Fax: 801 998 0917
Email: jz12345@earthlink.net
P.S.
Court Counsel Bennett 2nd Response can be viewed at:
http://inproperinla.com/00-00-00-la-sup-ct-sturgeon-v-la-county-09-07-29-court-counsel-bennett-response-
no2--req-access-to-records.pdf
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CC:
John A Clarke,
Executive Officer/Clerk of the Court
Phone: 213 974 5050
Fax: 213 621 7952
jclarke@lasuperiorcourt.org
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Joseph Zernik DMD PhD
Fax: (801) 998-0917 Email: jz12345@earthlink.net; PO Box 526, La Verne, CA 91750
00-00-00-us-la-sup-ct-sturgeion-v-county-09-07-30-drapac-req-#3-addendum
09-07-30- In re: Sturgeon v LA County (BC351286), Addendum to Request #3 to access judicial
records to inspect and to copy pursuant to Nixon v Warner Communications, Inc (1978)
Gregory Drapac
Superior Court of California
Administrator II
gdrapac@lasuperiorcourt.org
Mr Drapac:
Please accept the following as addition to my request #3: Mr Bennett, Court Counsel, made
some false and misleading statements in re: Litigation records. It also appears that Plaintiff,
which is Judicial Watch, Inc, is yet to gain access to the true litigation records in Sturgeon v LA
County (BC351286). Therefore, let me provide some clarification in re: Litigation records at
the LA Superior Court.
In Samaan v Zernik (SC087400), purported to be matter heard at the LA Superior Court, the
following records are available for viewing online:
1) The record that Counsel Bennett falsely and misleadingly referred to as the “Register of
Actions” at lasuperiorcourt.org, or “Case Summary”, can be viewed at:
http://inproperinla.com/00-00-00-la-sup-ct-case-summary-courtnet-08-11-30-s.pdf
The disclaimers that come with that record can be viewed at:
http://inproperinla.com/00-00-00-la-sup-ct-case-summary-online-disclaimers-s.pdf
2) The record that is the true Register of Actions in Sustain, is shown at:
http://inproperinla.com/00-00-00-la-sup-ct-register-of-actions-case-history-s-v-z-sustain-08-11-14-
certified-s.pdf
3) The differences between records 1) and 2) are summarized in a table form, as filed at the
California Court of Appeals, 2nd District (B203063 ), can be viewed at:
http://inproperinla.com/00-00-00-computers-&-the-courts-false&deliberately-misleading-court-records-
s.pdf
Additional discussion of the Register of Actions, and false records in it, can be viewed at:
http://inproperinla.com/00-00-00-computers-&-the-courts-register-of-action.pdf
4) The Minute Orders, as seen in paper court file, can be viewed at:
http://inproperinla.com/00-00-00-la-sup-ct-minute-orders-s-v-z-paper-court-file-s.pdf
5) The Minute Orders, as seen in Sustain, or electronic court file, can be viewed at:
http://inproperinla.com/00-00-00-la-sup-ct-minute-orders-electronic-case-file-08-11-14-full-certif-s.pdf
6) The differences between the records in 4) and 5) are summarized in a table form in the
following record, which can be viewed at:
http://inproperinla.com/00-00-00-la-sup-ct-minute-orders-table-summary-s-v-z-s.pdf
7) Short discussion of false and deliberately misleading litigation records at the LA Superior
Court, can be viewed at:
http://inproperinla.com/00-00-00-computers-&-the-courts-abstract-&-figures.pdf
Joseph Zernik
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____________________
By: Joseph Zernik
Pro Se Party in Interest
Tel: 323 514 4583
Fax: 801 998 0917
Email: jz12345@earthlink.net
CC:
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