🔈 Benton Court Supervisor

This is an audio transcript of my May 6th conversation with a Benton Court Supervisor about #GIJustice.

Transcript

Logan M. Isaac: [00:00:00] So the state has filed a response, which they didn't have to do, so I'm gonna go find out why.

Can I print out some motions or the latest documents? 

Benton Court Employee: I can do it for you. You can't print them from there.

Logan M. Isaac: Oh, okay. That's fine. 

Benton Court Employee: Do you have your case number? 

Logan M. Isaac: Yep. Okay, go ahead. 25 SC 06253 and 2 5 4. 

Benton Court Employee: Okay. And what did you want printed? 

Logan M. Isaac: The state has filed two responses and I'm confused and because. I'm. This is small claims that I filed. Applicable laws, statute, or chapter 46.

Benton Court Employee: Okay.

Logan M. Isaac: It's pretty plain and simple. Why don't I have a [00:01:00] hearing yet? I'm trying to find out why I don't have a hearing or why it hasn't been moved. Pursuant to my request, which is completely lawful.

Benton Court Employee: A move how, would mean moved?

Logan M. Isaac: I pass Linn County on my way here and go an additional eight miles.

Benton Court Employee: Okay.

Logan M. Isaac: The state law says "for the convenience of the parties." The other party is the state of Oregon. How they are inconvenienced by going to Linn instead of here hasn't been argued. Instead, they're applying ORS 14, which is not the same as, ORS 46. 

Benton Court Employee: You reside in Linn County?

Logan M. Isaac: I am in the city of Albany. I'm in a special district. That's the simplest way to put it.

Benton Court Employee: That's a new one for me? So this you're like sovereign territory? 

Logan M. Isaac: No. I mean I'm in Benton County. In the city of Albany. Just north of.

Benton Court Employee: Okay. That's why you filed here? 'cause it's Benton. 

Logan M. Isaac: I am technically Benton County.

Benton Court Employee: Okay.

Logan M. Isaac: It is less convenient to drive eight further miles. 

Benton Court Employee: You're the plaintiff?

Logan M. Isaac: Correct. 

Benton Court Employee: You filed here?

Logan M. Isaac: Yeah. Yeah, I understand that. 

Benton Court Employee: [00:02:00] Okay. So have you asked to have a transferred? 

Logan M. Isaac: Yes. Twice.

Benton Court Employee: Okay.

Logan M. Isaac: And the judge has a conflict of interest because the state of Oregon is his former employer. And instead of ruling on the merits, he's elevating his former employer contrary to state law. 

Benton Court Employee: Okay. That's my supervisor.

Logan M. Isaac: Okay. 

Benton Court Employee: She just took your case numbers and she's gonna get you what you need. Okay. I do divorces.

Logan M. Isaac: Oh.

Benton Court Employee: Small claims is not my territory.

Logan M. Isaac: Sure.

Benton Court Employee: So we will get you help. 

Logan M. Isaac: Okay. All right.

Benton Court Employee: She'll be right back.

Logan M. Isaac: Is there a chair somewhere nearby I could grab?

Benton Court Employee: You can actually come down and sit in this office right here if you'd like.

Logan M. Isaac: Oh, okay.

Benton Court Employee: And she'll come help you.

Logan M. Isaac: Okay.

Benton Court Supervisor: Did you get a copy of the respondent's response to the second motion? 

Logan M. Isaac: No. And it's in violation of the ORS they've already introduced. It's in violation of the. Conflicts of interest.

Benton Court Supervisor: Anyway, that is up with the judge if it has a meeting, him [00:03:00] ruling on it. So 

Logan M. Isaac: yeah, they've earlier introduced UTCR 1.010 subsection three, which doesn't require the judge to alert the other party, but for some reason he's giving them the opportunity to respond, but not me.

Benton Court Supervisor: You can respond to anything you want. 

Logan M. Isaac: I know I, maybe you haven't heard me. I am just looking to get it printed out. It, the Benton County judge that's been assigned is biased and that is. That's an interpretation, but he is privileging his former employer. 

Benton Court Supervisor: If that's how you feel, put that in writing.

Logan M. Isaac: Okay. Oh, I have. 

Benton Court Supervisor: Okay. All that stuff is up with the judge right now. 

Logan M. Isaac: So a judge who has acted in ways that clearly partial make him partial to his former employer. Could I get those last two responses printed out like I asked for? 

Benton Court Supervisor: I'm sorry, 

Logan M. Isaac: the last two responses, can I get them printed out? They have not been served to me. 

Benton Court Supervisor: Okay, I'll give you copies, but that's. 

Logan M. Isaac: But I don't understand why there's a, but. 

Benton Court Supervisor: It's not gonna be a proper service. 

Logan M. Isaac: Yeah. None of this is proper. That much is [00:04:00] [00:05:00] [00:06:00] clear.

Benton Court Supervisor: So the only I'm seeing are your motion is dismissed. And then here's the current response.

Logan M. Isaac: This one was, this is several days old. Where's the date? You can have, yeah, 24. I don't need it, but there should be one other case. I wasn't finished. Two, five. Four as well. I'm sorry. The last three are two. Five. Four as well. There's another case. That's correct. He's holding two in his own courtroom to favor his former [00:07:00] [00:08:00] employer. Both of these have different named defendants. Can I pull up the thingy here or do I have to go back out?

Benton Court Supervisor: No, you gotta go down the hall to use the public computer.

Logan M. Isaac: Okay. I noticed that one is the state of Oregon. If he grants the same benefit in the other case, does that become a single case? Because there are two defendants?

Benton Court Supervisor: I only see that on one case. 

Logan M. Isaac: I know, but they've moved to the other one, and I can only assume that if the facts are the same, he would also name his employer as a sole defendant in the Brett Hanes case. It's

Benton Court Supervisor: I dunno.

Logan M. Isaac: You don't know.

Benton Court Supervisor: I don't know. 

Logan M. Isaac: How would I make sense of them?

Benton Court Supervisor: See, I see what in the computers, what they're doing. You're gonna have to contact the attorney. 

Logan M. Isaac: I don't have an attorney. That's the problem. That's why I'm in small claims. So how would I contact the attorney? 

Benton Court Supervisor: Do you know? It's on the paper. 

Logan M. Isaac: Oh, yeah. They don't answer their phones.

Benton Court Supervisor: Okay. I, all I can tell you is what I see is what you're gonna see when you go down the hall. 

Logan M. Isaac: So how do I. It is increasingly fair to say that judge is [00:09:00] acting partially. How do I get.

Benton Court Supervisor: If you think he's, then you need to write a letter or file a motion to an.

Logan M. Isaac: To who? To him case.

Benton Court Supervisor: I'm sorry. 

Logan M. Isaac: To him, to the judge? I already have, that's. 

Benton Court Supervisor: To recuse himself. I didn't see any paperwork in there on asking the judge to recuse himself.

Logan M. Isaac: When I filed my change of venue, it was right there in black and white. 

Benton Court Supervisor: It says it in the venue. 

Logan M. Isaac: That's correct. And he seems to be ignoring that. What? What recourse do I have?

Benton Court Supervisor: Just write him another letter.

Logan M. Isaac: Write another letter. Okay. I, what was the judge? 

Benton Court Supervisor: And I'm not an attorney. 

Logan M. Isaac: No, I know. You and I in the same boat. No, i'm trying to make sense of this. And it just looks like he's trying to pat his former employer on the back or something.

Benton Court Supervisor: Have you tried talking to Legal Aid? 

Logan M. Isaac: Yeah. 

Benton Court Supervisor: They give you some advice.

Logan M. Isaac: They cannot help. Okay.

Benton Court Supervisor: I'd look at your cases down the hall.

Logan M. Isaac: Okay. The response. Okay. Alright. Thank you.

Benton Court Supervisor: Uh [00:10:00] huh.