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Judge John Patton of Cleveland; a dumb crook, ethical gimp
Judge John Patton of Cleveland unfortunately sat on the Common Pleas Court for many years.
After Judge John Patton retired in 2001, his mentor, Chief Justice Thomas Moyer appointed him as a visiting retired judge through 2006. Fortunately, for the overtaxed citizens of Ohio, and more importantly, for those seeking justice, Judge John Patton died in 2007.
Being the unethical gimp that he was, immediately upon being appointed to active status as a retired visiting judge by Chief Justice Thomas Moyer, Judge John Patton embarked on a campaign to defraud the taxpayers of Ohio.
More importantly, Judge John Patton saw fit to defraud the taxpayers of Cuyahoga County (Cleveland), Summit County (Akron), and Erie County (Sandusky) by billing for hours he never worked.
Judge John Patton was a compliant member (aka, lackey, bootlicker, and ass-kisser) of Chief Justice Thomas Moyer’s “hit team.” This “hit team” was assembled by Chief Justice Thomas Moyer for the sole purpose of punishing Chief Justice Thomas Moyer’s real/perceived enemies and/or to reward his contributors.
It must be said that the relationship between Chief Justice Thomas Moyer and retired Judge John Patton was that of an employee-at-will (that’d be Patton) and an employer (that’d be Moyer). Put simply, in accordance with Ohio law, Chief Justice Thomas Moyer was endowed with the sole power to appoint retired judges to active duty. Without Chief Justice Thomas Moyer’s appointment, a retired judge could not earn a dishonest living, I’m sorry I mean earn an income.
Chief Justice Thomas Moyer repeatedly assigned Judge John Patton to sit on the 8th District Court of Appeals in Cleveland. These repeated appointments by Chief Justice Thomas Moyer presented Judge John Patton with an ongoing opportunity to defraud the taxpayers of Ohio.
During the period of September 22, 2003 through October 1, 2003, Judge John Patton defrauded the taxpayers of Ohio by billing for hours he never worked when assigned to the 8th District Court of Appeals in Cleveland by Chief Justice Thomas Moyer as set forth in the text box below.
1 8th District Court of Appeals Case Numbers – Cuyahoga County
2 Oral argument limited to 15 mns. Per side = 30 minutes per case
3 Oral argument waived in Case No. 82564
4 Oral argument waived in Case No. 82573
5 Oral argument waived in Case No. 82582
6 Oral argument waived in Case No. 82661
On March 12, 2005, I filed an ethics complaint with Jonathan Coughlin, Chief of Ohio’s Disciplinary Counsel regarding the fraud (theft-in-office) committed by Judge John Patton. Subsequently, I received a written response from one of Mr. Jonathan Coughlin’s lackey’s claiming that the complaint was without merit because the hours claimed by Judge John Patton included time he spent reviewing appellate briefs and preparing for oral arguments.
With the knowledge that Jonathan Coughlin was a die-in-the-wool enabler and apologist for Judicial Misfits and that he was an acknowledged lackey, bootlicker and celebrated ass-kisser for Chief Justice Thomas Moyer, I fully expected to receive said reply.
However, unbeknownst to Ohio Disciplinary Counsel Jonathan Coughlin, I did not mention in my ethics complaint that Judge John Patton had specifically billed numerous hours for time he claimed to have spent reviewing appellate briefs and preparing for oral arguments. Put simply, being the intellectual dwarf that he is, Ohio Disciplinary Counsel Jonathan Coughlin readily fell into my trap.
The evidence above proving without any doubt that Judge John Patton was a “serial thief,” was submitted to Chief Justice Thomas Moyer in early 2005. Due to the fact that Judge John Patton was a compliant lackey who was more than willing to “dispense with justice” rather than actually “dispense justice” pursuant to directives emanating from Chief Justice Thomas Moyer, Moyer continued to appoint Judge John Patton to cases wherein he was directed to punish Moyer’s enemies such as E.J. Baxter of Sandusky, Ohio.
Again, Chief Justice Thomas Moyer determined that this Judge’s egregious misconduct “merited” his retention as a visiting retired judge in Ohio.
Conclusion
Clearly, some of you would question the efficacy of exposing the egregious misconduct of a “dead” judge. In this Dawg’s opinion, such a conclusion is unwarranted. This is especially true given Chief Justice Thomas Moyer’s years-long (ca. 1987-2009) efforts in perverting justice in Ohio to assure a result that is favorable to his friends (aka, contributors) and/or to punish his enemies (aka, whistleblowers).
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