COMPTON (2UG) – The legal case in the matter of election fraud allegations has resulted in a judge issuing a warrant demanding court transcribers appear to turn over official documents on July 17.
In June 2022, Judge Michelle Williams ruled voter fraud took place in the District 2 June 2021 General Election between former Compton Councilman Isaac Galvan against his challenger Andre Spicer.
Williams’ ruling declared Spicer the winner and removed Galvan from his seat.
Shortly after the ruling, Galvan filed an appeal through his attorney Albert Robles which is not complete without the certified court transcripts.
The court reporters are refusing to turn them over despite Galvan paying his share of the costs of the transcripts.
Court records show that in January of this year, Williams was reassigned from the case and a new judge took over.
A hearing was held on April 17 on why the official transcripts were not uploaded to the court’s website.
According to a source with knowledge of the case, the transcribers were allegedly sourced by Spicer’s attorney.
The court’s minute order details the judge gave the transcribers 15 days to provide the court with the transcripts from the case when it was under Williams.
“The Superior Court may issue an order requiring the court reporter to appear and show cause why they should not be declared incompetent to act as an official reporter under Government Code section 69944 and/or why sanctions should not be imposed”.
“Additionally, the court reporter’s name will be removed from the Court Reporters Pro Tempore Directory posted on the Los Angeles Superior Court’s website”.
A hearing was scheduled for May 17 for the court reporters to show up and they failed to do so.
The court documents list the court reporters as Robin Casillas and Yolanda Tanner.
Due to their failure to appear, the case minute order from May 17 shows the court imposed sanctions and has scheduled the matter for July 17 at 8:30 a.m.
Emilie St. John is a contributing writer for 2UrbanGirls.com and the Los Angeles Wave newspaper
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It is disheartening to hear about the warrant issued for the court reporters in the Compton voter fraud case. Transparency and accountability are essential in ensuring a fair legal process, especially in cases involving elections. The refusal of the court reporters to turn over the official documents, despite payment from former Councilman Isaac Galvan, raises concerns about their impartiality. It is crucial for the court reporters to fulfill their duty and provide the certified court transcripts to complete the appeal process. The scheduled hearing on July 17 will hopefully shed light on this matter and ensure justice is served in the case.
How many think Cynthia Macon should have been a consultant on this case?
She has indeed connected so, so, so many dots residents and onlookers from other communities should be able to see the “hidden” picture.
There is no doubt there are those in positions of authority who use their positions to either do wrong themselves or assist and sanction those who do wrong. Another local wrong doer has boasted my feet may be on the line but No one can prove my toes crossed the line. That statement alone should be alarming
We all have to consider such grand proclamations as a red flag ! We need to make certain we don’t loose sight of the reality that those we elect and pay should always have their feet firmly planted in truth, and transparency no where near misleading and behind closed doors making under the table deals.
Sadly the corruption club appears to have members at all levels of the “justice system” which makes it difficult for any of us to believe there are any in law enforcement, the District Attorney office or the Judges Chambers who are worthy of our trust and respect.
Kinda makes ya wonder if corrupt politicians and the attorneys and the judges who either enabled, turn a blind eye or assisted the corrupt elected were sent to jail would there be enough orange fabric to provide uniforms?
Sadly there are far to many paid “public servants” who believe they are above the law.
Maybe the FBI should recruit Ms Macon to head a corruption investigation department.
This entire case was as sham! Spicer’s team picked the court reporter and now they are MIA when it comes to providing the official transcript needed to file an appeal, the judge gets pulled off the case after she rules in favor of Spicer… Are you sure this wasn’t a courtroom from a hollywood set? The judge and the court reporters seem like they are some actors that was just around for this case. They got paid for the gig then disappeared. Hey UrbanGirl can you get a copy of the order the judge sent to the city removing Galvan and replacing him with Spicer? It may be the only proof this case actually exist in real life.
The question has always been asked how Judge Michelle Williams ended up with a case better suited for an election judge. Second, how Judge Michelle Williams who attended Loyola Marymount University (LMU) at the same time as former Compton Mayor now appointed City Attorney Eric Perrodin ended up with this particular case. Third, how Eric Perrodin, rumored and allegedly in a past relationship with the mother of Andre Spicer—the candidate who lost his bid for the Compton 2nd District election against Isaac Galvan by one vote—aided in taking Galvan to court to allege election fraud. Fourth, how the attorney for Andre Spicer is the same attorney handled a past election case, 20 years ago, between Eric Perrodin versus Omar Bradley for the Compton Mayor’s seat. Fifth, how the judgement rendered by Judge Michelle Williams occurred on a Friday and Spicer was rushed into the seat on Tuesday without the knowledge of the other members of the Compton city council with the notable exception of Mayor Emma Sharif. Sixth, how the Compton city charter calls for the seat to be first vacated before another person is inserted yet this was never done by city council. Seven, how if you request answers from the city on what documents were used to put Spicer into Galvan’s seat and what city procedures or ordinances were used to effect the switch, how the city says it has “no documentation.” Sound familiar. Eight, how the testimony given in the courtroom of Judge Michelle Williams did not yield one single vote by witnesses confirmed they voted fraudulently for Galvan, yet four were listed by Judge Williams in her decision who essentially had to “second hand guess” how people voted, a fact the county registrar in Norwalk does not to this day recognize. Nine, how the criminal court case against Galvan running simultaneously with the civil case, according to court testimony so far, has included mention of Eric Perrodin’s involvement as well as that of multiple disciples of former Mayor Aja Brown such as her PR person Jasmyne Cannick, her liaison Candace Leos and two other disciples, Nina or Lakeisha Childs and Alysia Richards. Not as “discovering and disclosing the case” but allegedly “interference and witness tampering” in the case. Ten, how Andre Spicer, who many have come before council to report has a two decade long known history as a drug dealer with no work record, should have never been permitted to be a Compton employee and liaison yet alone court-appointed city councilman given his breach of city ethics language, but dubious persons in high places sanction such insulting to residents shenanigans. Eleven and finally, how some from the former Compton Police Department credited with sowing the seeds of today’s rampant corruption grips the City of Compton showed up in droves to the overnight sudden inauguration of Andre Spicer, their new crown prince, who tellingly kept uttering that he “couldn’t believe it.” Neither can we.