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Cause No. DC-14-04053 LNV CORPORATION, § ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, § IN THE DISTRICT COURT Plaintiff, § § v. § § § § DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS SAMUEL G. BREITLING, § JO ANN BREITLING, § GMAC MORTGAGE, INC., § NORTHWEST MORTGAGE, INC., § PINNACLE REALTY ADVISORS, INC., § and PALISADES ACQUISITION V, LLC § § Defendants. § 134TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT DEFENDANTS MOTION TO RECUSE AND TO DISQUALIFY JUDGE DALE TILLERY To the attention of the Honorable Presiding Judge Mary Murthy of the 134 th  District Court  Now comes defendants Samuel G. and JoAnn S. Breitling and motion this court under Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 18b to recuse Judge Dale Tillery from reviewing our Motion to Vacate Void Order for Summary Judgment Favoring LNV and from hearing any other matters pertaining to this case. GROUNDS FOR RECUSAL Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 18b states: A judge must recuse in any proceeding in which: (1) the judge‟s impartiality might reasonably be questioned;  (2) the judge has a  personal bias or prejudice concerning the subject matter or a party. DALL 8/18/2014 GARY F DIS

LNV vs. Breitlings: Breitlings Motion to Recuse and Disqualify Judge Dale Tillery

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LNV vs. Breitlings, DC-14-04053 Dallas County Court 134th District: Breitlings Motion to Recuse and Disqualify Judge Dale TilleryTexas Rule of Civil Procedure 18b states: “A judge must recuse in any proceeding in which: (1) the judge‟s impartiality might reasonably be questioned; (2) the judge has a personal bias or prejudice concerning the subject matter or a party.”Judge Dale Tillery has demonstrated such actions that his impartiality might reasonably be questioned, and this is amply explained with specificity in the Breitlings' Motion to Vacate Void Order for Summary Judgment Favoring LNV.Judge Tillery admitted in court that he had not seen or reviewed the Breitlings' answers and motions which they had timely filed with the court. He denied Jo Ann the opportunity to make any argument in their behalf or in any other way be heard by the court. LNV had the burden of proof yet Judge Tillery acted against the mandates of law and took as true all evidence favorable to the movant (LNV) while he ignored and completely disregarded all evidence favorable to the Breitlings, the nonmovants. Any reasonable person would conclude that Judge Tillery blatantly and intentionally violated the Breitlings' right to due process under the Texas Constitution and their rights to due process and equal protection of the law under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.

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  • Cause No. DC-14-04053

    LNV CORPORATION,

    ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, IN THE DISTRICT COURT

    Plaintiff,

    v.

    DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS

    SAMUEL G. BREITLING,

    JO ANN BREITLING,

    GMAC MORTGAGE, INC.,

    NORTHWEST MORTGAGE, INC.,

    PINNACLE REALTY ADVISORS, INC.,

    and PALISADES ACQUISITION V, LLC

    Defendants. 134TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

    DEFENDANTS MOTION TO RECUSE AND TO DISQUALIFY

    JUDGE DALE TILLERY

    To the attention of the Honorable Presiding Judge Mary Murthy of the 134th

    District Court

    Now comes defendants Samuel G. and JoAnn S. Breitling and motion this court under

    Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 18b to recuse Judge Dale Tillery from reviewing our

    Motion to Vacate Void Order for Summary Judgment Favoring LNV and from hearing

    any other matters pertaining to this case.

    GROUNDS FOR RECUSAL

    Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 18b states: A judge must recuse in any proceeding in

    which: (1) the judges impartiality might reasonably be questioned; (2) the judge has a

    personal bias or prejudice concerning the subject matter or a party.

    FILEDDALLAS COUNTY

    8/18/2014 10:42:08 PMGARY FITZSIMMONS

    DISTRICT CLERK

  • Judge Dale Tillery has demonstrated such actions that his impartiality might reasonably

    be questioned, and this is amply explained with specificity in our Motion to Vacate Void

    Order for Summary Judgment Favoring LNV.

    Judge Tillery has demonstrated such a blatant bias and total disregard for the rule of law

    in his granting of LNVs summary judgment in this matter that any reasonable person

    who witnessed how Judge Tillery behaved toward me in his courtroom on August 4,

    2014 and how he arbitrarily denied all our motions and moved to grant LNV a summary

    judgment allowing them to move forward and deprive us of our property after he

    admitted he had not seen or reviewed our answers and motions which we had timely filed

    with the court; when he could therefore have not make any attempt to address our claims

    or review our evidence; when he failed to permit us to make any argument in our own

    behalf or in any other way be heard by the court; when he accepted as true, statements

    made by counsel Jeffrey B. Hardaway while he denied us any opportunity to challenge

    such statements; when he knew LNV had the burden of proof yet he acted against the

    mandates of law and took as true all evidence favorable to the movant (LNV) while he

    ignored and completely disregarded all evidence favorable to us, the nonmovants;

    wherefore any reasonable person who witnessed this would conclude that Judge Tillerys

    conduct must have either been criminally induced by the acceptance of a bribe or that

    Judge Tillery must have allowed some prior relationship with Daniel Andrew Beal, LNV

    or its counsel Hardaway or his employer Codilis & Stawiarski to influence his judicial

    conduct or judgment. No reasonable person would conclude that Judge Tillerys conduct

    was impartial.

  • VIOLATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS

    Any reasonable person would also conclude that Judge Tillery blatantly and intentionally

    violated our right to due process under the Texas Constitution and our rights to

    due process and equal protection of the law under the Fifth and Fourteenth

    Amendments to the United States Constitution.

    From the Texas Municipal Courts Education Center: One of the guiding principles of

    the American system of jurisprudence is the idea of an independent and neutral judiciary.

    In order to ensure the aims of justice and to protect the integrity of the judicial system, all

    judges must understand the law governing (1) disqualification and (2) recusal. While the

    terms disqualification and recusal are used interchangeably, such use is a grievous error.

    If a judge is disqualified under the constitution, he or she is absolutely without

    jurisdiction in the case, and any judgment rendered by him or her is void, without effect,

    and subject to collateral attack. The failure of a judge to recuse when recusal is

    appropriate can constitute a violation of the Code of Judicial Conduct. Failure to recuse

    may rise to the level of disqualification when it impacts a litigants right to due process.

    Again exactly how Judge Tillery violated our Constitutional rights to due process is

    amply explained with specificity in our Motion to Vacate Void Order for Summary

    Judgment Favoring LNV which provides memorandum of law in its support. We

    beseech the Honorable Judge Mary Murthy to read our Motion to Vacate Void Order for

    Summary Judgment Favoring LNV so as to understand the full extent of Judge Tillerys

    judicial misconduct and his violations of his oath to protect our Constitution. Judge

  • Tillery has committed fraud upon the court by the court. He has defiled the judicial

    office and violated public trust and confidence in our legal system. He has no jurisdiction

    to review this motion.

    The U.S. Supreme Court, in Scheuer v. Rhodes, 416 U.S. 232, 94 S.Ct. 1683, 1687 (1974)

    stated that "when a state officer acts under a state law in a manner violative of the Federal

    Constitution, he comes into conflict with the superior authority of that Constitution, and

    he is in that case stripped of his official or representative character and is subjected in his

    person to the consequences of his individual conduct. The State has no power to impart to

    him any immunity from responsibility to the supreme authority of the United States.

    WHEREFORE we pray Judge Mary Murthy grant our Motion to Recuse and Disqualify

    Judge Dale Tillery. We further pray that an investigation into whether Judge Tillery

    accepted a bribe or was otherwise influenced by financial incentive; and if he is found to

    have done so that he criminally prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

    ______________________________ ______________________________

    JoAnn S Breitling Samuel G. Breitling

    CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

    Made by fax and by certified mail to attorneys for plaintiffs

    Jeffrey B. Hardaway

    Robert L. Negrin

    Mary M. Speidel

    650 N. Sam Houston Pkwy.Ste 450

    Houston, Texas 77060

    Fax 281-925-5300