Letter to Chief Judge Joseph P. Farina

November 3, 2008



Chief Judge Joseph P. Farina
HAND-DELIVERED
Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida
Miami Dade County Courthouse
73 West Flagler Street
Miami, Florida 33130

Re: Judge Jeri Beth Cohen
Case No. 99-21062 CA 15
Baron’s/Lanson, et al. v. Kopplow, Cooper, Salkin, et al.

Dear Chief Judge Farina:

This is a follow-up to my October 23, 2008 letter to you regarding Judge Jeri Beth Cohen. I would like to backtrack to explain what prompted me to notify you of the transgressions of Judge Cohen in the first place. On October 14, 2008, I met with Sergeant Alois Stier, Detective Luis Robainas, and Detective Janine Robinson at the offices of the Miami-Dade Public Corruption Investigations Bureau. The reason for my meeting was to file a criminal complaint against the defendant attorneys, their counsels, and Judge Jeri Beth Cohen in the referenced action. During our meeting, the Sergeant and the Detectives asked if I had been in touch with Chief Judge Farina and/or is he aware of what is transpiring in Judge Cohen’s courtroom pertaining to this case. I answered in the negative, at which point, they suggested I contact you, so I did. Enclosed in my previous letter to you was a letter that I sent to various Federal and State Agencies; as a matter of fact you, Chief Judge Farina, were noticed as a recipient on the front page Service List of that letter.

As the Chief Judge of the Eleventh Circuit Court in and for Miami Dade County, you are charged with overseeing judicial conduct within the Eleventh Circuit. This includes correcting any judicial misconduct in violation of the Judicial Canons or any other State or Federal laws.

I need you to be aware that at the present time, I have a Civil lawsuit pending in the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida against Judge Jeri Beth Cohen, in her official capacity as well as her individual capacity under the Americans with Disabilities Act – Case No. 08-22009-civ-JORDAN. I also have a Judicial Qualifications Complaint, File Number 08411, pending against Judge Jeri Beth Cohen with the Judicial Qualifications Commission in Tallahassee, Florida. I also have met with and provided the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Miami Dade Public Corruption Investigations Bureau with documents relating to my allegations of criminal conduct on the part of Judge Jeri Beth Cohen. Judge Cohen is aware of all the steps that I have taken and will continue to take to bring her misconduct and illegal activity to the proper authorities.

I have asked Judge Cohen, three times, through Motions, to recuse herself from the case. She refuses to do so.

Chief Judge Farina, you have the entire docket of this more than nine year old case at your fingertips. I have all the transcripts of the hearings held before Judge Cohen in addition to videotapes of the last three proceedings, after I was allegedly granted accommodations at the July 14, 2008 hearing. I will provide you with the videotapes for you to see for yourself how Judge Cohen has presided over this case, which by the way, has only been since April, 2008. It will be crystal clear for you, after reviewing the attached Motion to Compel, and the videotape of the October 15, 2008 hearing (which will be provided upon your request) that Judge Cohen did not provide the accommodations requested but instead is using her “Black Robe” and her power to continue her bias/assault to further emotionally damage me, and to financially destroy all the Plaintiffs in this travesty of (in)justice lawsuit to protect unscrupulous lawyers.

I am requesting you to immediately take action and to take all necessary steps to protect my due process rights, and my Constitutional right to a fair and unbiased tribunal, and to immediately stop Judge Cohen’s conduct that is obstructing justice in order to protect attorneys, who happen to be the defendants in this lawsuit and their counsels.

I will be filing this letter with the Clerk of the Court to be made part of the public record.

Respectfully submitted,



Meryl M. Lanson, Pro Se

Enclosure: Motion to Compel, with attached Exhibits



Copies provided to those on the attached Service List, in addition to All Counsel of Record.







COPIES FURNISHED TO:

Special Agent Jeff Danik, FBI
Bill McCollum, Office of Attorney General
The Office of Inspector General, FDLE
Brooke S. Kennerly, Executive Director, JQC
Michael L. Schneider, General Counsel, JQC
Katherine Fernandez-Rundle, Miami-Dade State Attorney
Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink
The Office of Inspector General, Kenneth A. Chambers
John F. Harkness, Executive Director, The Florida Bar
Theodore P. Littlewood, Jr., Esq. The Florida Bar
Detective Luis Robainas, Miami Dade Public Corruption Investigations Bureau

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