Judge Edward Moreton of Los Angeles; dimwitted loser

The state of California presented Edward B. Moreton Jr. with a law license in 1982 after she graduated from the University of Pacific McGeorge School of Law.

Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was duped into appointing Eddie as a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge in 2006. He didn’t receive the appointment because he was the most qualified attorney in the greater Los Angeles area. He received it because he had proven to be a reliable lackey for the local political hacks.

In one matter, Eddie was assigned to preside over a case involving Medipro Medical Staffing LLC (MMS) v. Certified Nursing Registry, Inc. (CNR) and its founder, Christina Sy, for business torts.

In his infinite ignorance, Eddie granted a request by Medipro to appoint a receiver in its efforts to collect on monies it claimed was owed to it by CNR and Christina Sy.

Subsequently, CNR and Ms. Sy appealed Eddie’s asinine ruling to the Division Two Court of Appeals, which vacated his ruling and in doing so made the following findings.

• “We hold that a trial court abuse that discretion if it appoints a receiver to aid in the collection of a money judgment where the record contains no evidence that the judgment debtors had obfuscated or frustrated the creditor’s collection efforts and no evidence that less intrusive collection methods were inadequate or ineffective?”
• “In light of the sheer number of enforcement mechanisms for collecting money judgments under the Enforcement of Judgments Law, which range from levies to liens to wage garnishment, the appointment of a receiver to enforce a money judgment is reserved for ‘exceptional’ circumstances where the judgment creditor’s conduct makes a receiver necessary—and hence ‘proper.”
• “This occurs when the judgment debtor has frustrated the judgment creditor’s collection efforts through obfuscation or through otherwise contumacious conduct that has rendered feckless the panoply of less intrusive mechanisms for [enforcing a money judgment.”
• “In sum, Medipro’s evidentiary showing demonstrated that it had, at most, encountered some difficulty in its initial efforts to collect on its money judgment.”
• “Judge Moreton abused his discretion in appointing a receiver “because there was no evidence—let alone the substantial evidence necessary to sustain a proper exercise of discretion…—that Certified or Sy had engaged in obfuscation or other obstreperous conduct to the degree that the other collection mechanisms available under the Enforcement of Judgments Law were ineffective.”

It goes without saying that Eddie doesn’t much give a damn when he’s overturned (rebuked in truth) by the appellate court since he is well aware that no California judge has ever been tossed off the bench for being an incompetent boob. In addition, he certainly isn’t concerned with the cost to the taxpayers of having his asinine ruling overturned.

As we speak (ca. May 2021), Eddie continues to practice his so-called brand of jurisprudence as a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge in Los Angeles, California.