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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