Complaint against Stutz, Artiano, Shinoff & Holtz, Daniel Shinoff, Kelly Angell Minnehan, and Cheryl Cox |
Perjury Michael Carlson and atty Deborah K. Garvin |
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“This subdivision does not make privileged any communication made in furtherance of an act of intentional destruction or alteration of physical evidence undertaken for the purpose of depriving a party to litigation of the use of that evidence, whether or not the content of the communication is the subject of a subsequent publication or broadcast which is privileged pursuant to this section. As used in this paragraph, "physical evidence" means evidence specified in Section 250 of the Evidence Code or evidence that is property of any type specified in Section 2031 of the Code of Civil Procedure.” (Italics added.) |
FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION 15. On or about May 14, 2004, BOYD, HERSH, TUCKER, WATSON, CVE AND CTA, knowing that they were committing perjury (either directly or by suborning perjury), did intentionally prepare a false declaration (Exhibit 1) to be signed under penalty of perjury by VIRGINIA BOYD and filed in San Diego Superior Court case number GIC 781970. 16. On or about May 14, 2004, BOYD knowingly signed the false document under penalty of perjury and HERSH, TUCKER, WATSON, CVE AND CTA suborned the perjury thus committed. BOYD, HERSH, TUCKER, WATSON,CVE AND CTA filed the document in San Diego Superior Court case number GIC 781970, and served the perjured document on plaintiff. 17. Defendants’ conduct as alleged in this cause of action constitutes an unlawful act in violation of Penal Code section 127, which states, “Every person who willfully procures another person to commit perjury is guilty of subornation of perjury, and is punishable in the same manner as he would be if personally guilty of the perjury so procured.” 18. The perjured declaration signed by BOYD on May 14, 2004 stated that BOYD’s notes of a February 12, 2001 meeting CVESD meeting regarding plaintiff were accidentally lost or destroyed (Exhibit 1). In fact, the notes were intentionally destroyed by BOYD, TUCKER, WATSON, HERSH, CTA AND CVE, either directly or by conspiracy to destroy the notes, on or about May 14, 2004. These notes constituted "physical evidence" as specified in Section 250 of the Evidence Code or evidence that is property of any type specified in Section 2031 of the Code of Civil Procedure.” 19. In or about October of 2004, WATSON, BOYD, TUCKER, HERSH, CTA AND CVE, through subornation or false testimony under oath, committed perjury again in furtherance of this act of destruction of documents and in order to deprive plaintiff of the use of this evidence. 20. The double felony of spoliation and perjury was committed by WATSON, BOYD, HERSH, TUCKER, WATSON, CVE AND CTA to hide crimes by WATSON and Robin Colls Donlan. In 2000, WATSON had received information from an arrest record illegally obtained by Robin Donlan, and in 2001 WATSON took part in a conspiracy to violate Labor Code 432.7 against plaintiff. WATSON demanded that her illegal actions against a fellow member of CVE and CTA be concealed by CVE and CTA. BOYD and CVE thereafter filed a grievance on WATSON’s behalf to keep her actions secret, and to deprive plaintiff of the use of that evidence. 21. Defendants BOYD, TUCKER, WATSON, CVE AND CTA conspired to file a grievance on WATSON’s behalf, and the grievance was filed by CVE, in order to conceal WATSON’s actions. The grievance demanded that Assistant Superintendent Richard Werlin of Chula Vista Elementary School District deny that he made a statement on February 12, 2001 to the effect that two teachers called him at home on the previous Saturday night. Werlin agreed to change his story and to say that only one teacher called him. Werlin kept to the agreement, and committed perjury in 2002 and 2003 regarding this matter. BOYD, after destroying her notes, or giving them to HERSH to destroy, apparently forgot about the agreement to conceal this detail, and three years after making the agreement, BOYD stated under oath that Richard Werlin announced on Feb. 12, 2001 that two people had called him at home regarding plaintiff. 22. LINDA WATSON committed perjury when she denied under oath that she had called Werlin, but changed her story when asked if she minded if her Saturday February 10, 2001 phone records were checked to see if she called Richard Werlin at his home around 8:30 in the evening. 23. Evidence of the truth about WATSON’s actions was contained in BOYD’s notes of a meeting at Chula Vista Elementary School District on February 12, 2001. All defendants conspired to destroy these notes. 24. At the root of all these misdemeanors and felonies were the original misdemeanors of Robin Colls Donlan and her brother Michael Carlson in or about September of 2000, in which they conspired to obtain and disseminate, in violation of multiple California Codes, the record of an arrest that led to neither charges nor a conviction. BOYD, then-president of Chula Vista Educators (CVE), was a long-time friend of Robin Donlan, and for that reason decided to commit multiple felonies to cover up Donlan’s and WATSON’s misdemeanors. 25. As a proximate result of defendant’s conduct as described in this cause of action, Plaintiff and students and teachers of California have suffered from a damaged educational and legal system caused by the blatant violation of both civil and criminal statutes by DEFENDANTS WATSON, TUCKER, HERSH, BOYD, CTA AND CVE. |
SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION VIOLATION OF PENAL CODE SECTION § 127 27. BOYD did not write a single word during an August 13, 2001 meeting at CVESD regarding plaintiff, but sat silent and unmoving during the entire meeting. Instead of taking notes, BOYD made a tape recording of the August 13, 2001 meeting. 28. After the meeting, BOYD prepared notes of the meeting, cherry-picking items she wanted to include and items she wanted to leave out, thus altering a document that was blank, and creating a bogus document. 29. BOYD, TUCKER, HERSH, CVE AND CTA destroyed the tape recording made by BOYD at that meeting in order to deprive plaintiff of the use of that evidence. 30. TUCKER, HERSH, CVE AND CTA prepared a false declaration for BOYD to sign (Exhibit 2) regarding the “notes” and the tape recording made at the August 13, 2001 meeting. 31. BOYD signed the false declaration in furtherance of the act of destruction of evidence and the alteration of evidence, thus committing perjury on June 28, 2004. This perjury was suborned by TUCKER, HERSH, CVE AND CTA. 32. Defendants’ conduct as alleged in this cause of action constitutes an unlawful act in violation of Penal Code section 127, which states, “Every person who willfully procures another person to commit perjury is guilty of subornation of perjury, and is punishable in the same manner as he would be if personally guilty of the perjury so procured.” 33. As a proximate result of defendant’s conduct as described in this cause of action, Plaintiff and students and teachers of California have suffered from a damaged educational and legal system caused by the blatant violation of both civil and criminal statutes by DEFENDANTS WATSON, TUCKER, HERSH, BOYD, CTA AND CVE. THIRD CAUSE OF ACTION 35. BOYD, TUCKER, CVE AND CTA created a hoax grievance (Exhibit 3) in 2001 to fool plaintiff into thinking they were representing her, when actually they were representing WATSON, and doing everything they could to hide WATSON’s crimes. This grievance constituted "physical evidence" as specified in Section 250 of the Evidence Code or evidence that is property of any type specified in Section 2031 of the Code of Civil Procedure.” 36. In or about October of 2004, this grievance was destroyed by BOYD, TUCKER, CVE AND CTA in order to deprive plaintiff of the use of that evidence. 37. In or about October of 2004, HERSH, TUCKER, WATSON, CVE AND CTA committed perjury during testimony under oath San Diego Superior Court case number GIC 781970 in furtherance of this destruction of evidence and in order to deprive plaintiff of the use of this evidence. 38. Defendants’ conduct as alleged in this cause of action constitutes an unlawful act in violation of Penal Code section 127, which states, “Every person who willfully procures another person to commit perjury is guilty of subornation of perjury, and is punishable in the same manner as he would be if personally guilty of the perjury so procured.” 39. As a proximate result of defendant’s conduct as described in this cause of action, Plaintiff and students and teachers of California have suffered from a damaged educational and legal system caused by the blatant violation of both civil and criminal statutes by DEFENDANTS WATSON, TUCKER, HERSH, BOYD, CTA AND CVE. FOURTH CAUSE OF ACTION CONSPIRACY TO DESTROY EVIDENCE AS TO DEFENDANTS WATSON, TUCKER, HERSH, BOYD, CTA AND CVE 41. On or about September 23, 2004, BEVERLY TUCKER, MICHAEL D. HERSH, VIRGINIA BOYD, CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, CHULA VISTA ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION and each of them, knowingly and willfully conspired and agreed among themselves that they would destroy the notes taken by BOYD during a meeting at CVESD on February 12, 2001. These notes constituted "physical evidence" as specified in Section 250 of the Evidence Code or evidence that is property of any type specified in Section 2031 of the Code of Civil Procedure.” 42. BEVERLY TUCKER, MICHAEL D. HERSH, VIRGINIA BOYD, CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, CHULA VISTA ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, each acting individually and giving encouragement, collaboration, and assistance to the other, conspired to destroy the notes taken by BOYD during a meeting at CVESD on February 12, 2001. 43. Defendants BEVERLY TUCKER, MICHAEL D. HERSH, VIRGINIA BOYD, CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, CHULA VISTA ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, and each of them, did the acts and things herein alleged pursuant to, and in furtherance of, the conspiracy and above-alleged agreement. 44. The February 12, 2001 notes were destroyed by BOYD or HERSH on or about May 14, 2004 in furtherance of the conspiracy and in order to deprive plaintiff of the use of the evidence. 45. As a proximate result of defendant’s conduct as described in this cause of action, Plaintiff and students and teachers of California have suffered from a damaged educational and legal system caused by the blatant violation of both civil and criminal statutes by DEFENDANTS TUCKER, HERSH, BOYD, CTA AND CVE. FIFTH CAUSE OF ACTION CONSPIRACY TO DESTROY EVIDENCE AS TO DEFENDANTS TUCKER, HERSH, BOYD, CTA AND CVE 41. On or about September 23, 2004, BEVERLY TUCKER, MICHAEL D. HERSH, VIRGINIA BOYD, CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, CHULA VISTA ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION and each of them, knowingly and willfully conspired and agreed among themselves that they would destroy the tape recording made by BOYD during a meeting at CVESD on August 13, 2001, and alter a document to create fake “notes” of that meeting. This tape recording and notes constituted "physical evidence" as specified in Section 250 of the Evidence Code or evidence that is property of any type specified in Section 2031 of the Code of Civil Procedure.” 42. BEVERLY TUCKER, MICHAEL D. HERSH, VIRGINIA BOYD, CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, CHULA VISTA ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, each acting individually and giving encouragement, collaboration, and assistance to the other, conspired to alter a document and to destroy the tape recording made by BOYD during a meeting at CVESD on August, 2001. 43. Defendants BEVERLY TUCKER, MICHAEL D. HERSH, VIRGINIA BOYD, CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, CHULA VISTA ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, and each of them, did the acts and things herein alleged pursuant to, and in furtherance of, the conspiracy and above-alleged agreement. 44. The August 13, 2001 tape recording was destroyed by BOYD or HERSH on or about June 28, 2004 in furtherance of the conspiracy and in order to deprive plaintiff of the use of the evidence. 45. As a proximate result of defendant’s conduct as described in this cause of action, Plaintiff and students and teachers of California have suffered from a damaged educational and legal system caused by the blatant violation of both civil and criminal statutes by DEFENDANTS TUCKER, HERSH, BOYD, CTA AND CVE. SIXTH CAUSE OF ACTION CONSPIRACY TO DESTROY EVIDENCE AS TO DEFENDANTS TUCKER, HERSH, BOYD, CTA AND CVE 40. Plaintiff realleges and incorporates Paragraphs 1 through 13, inclusive, of the General Allegations, as though fully set forth herein. 41. On or about October of 2004, BEVERLY TUCKER, MICHAEL D. HERSH, VIRGINIA BOYD, CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, CHULA VISTA ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION and each of them, knowingly and willfully conspired and agreed among themselves that they would destroy the 2001 hoax grievance (Exhibit 3) to fool plaintiff into thinking they were representing her, when actually they were representing WATSON, and doing everything they could to hide WATSON’ s crimes. This grievance constituted "physical evidence" as specified in Section 250 of the Evidence Code or evidence that is property of any type specified in Section 2031 of the Code of Civil Procedure.” 42. BEVERLY TUCKER, MICHAEL D. HERSH, VIRGINIA BOYD, CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, CHULA VISTA ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, each acting individually and giving encouragement, collaboration, and assistance to the other, conspired to destroy the 2001 hoax grievance (Exhibit 3) to fool plaintiff into thinking they were representing her, when actually they were representing WATSON, and doing everything they could to hide WATSON’s crimes. 43. Defendants BEVERLY TUCKER, MICHAEL D. HERSH, VIRGINIA BOYD, CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, CHULA VISTA ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, and each of them, did the acts and things herein alleged pursuant to, and in furtherance of, the conspiracy and above-alleged agreement. 44. The 2001 hoax grievance was destroyed by BOYD or HERSH on or about October of 2004 in furtherance of the conspiracy and in order to deprive plaintiff of the use of the evidence. 45. As a proximate result of defendant’s conduct as described in this cause of action, Plaintiff and students and teachers of California have suffered from a damaged educational and legal system caused by the blatant violation of both civil and criminal statutes by DEFENDANTS TUCKER, HERSH, BOYD, CTA AND CVE. PRAYER FOR RELIEF WHEREFORE, plaintiff requests judgment from defendants in the above causes of action as follows: 1. That the court order defendants to publicly apologize, both orally and in writing, to plaintiff, the students and teachers of Chula Vista Elementary School District, and Judge Nevitt and the San Diego Superior Court for perpetrating a fraud on the court, and for violating civil and criminal statutes of California, and to promise to discontinue such violations of statute. 2. Cost of suit; 3. Such further relief as the court deems proper. _____________________________________ MAURA LARKINS VERIFICATION I, MAURA LARKINS, am the plaintiff in the above-entitled action. I have read the foregoing complaint for violations of California Statutes regarding perjury, spoliation, and conspiracy, and know its contents. The same is true of my own knowledge, except as to those matters which are alleged on information and belief, and as to those matters, I believe it to be true. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. _____________________________________ MAURA LARKINS |
Link: Exhibit 3: Jim Groth's Hoax Grievance |
What should Linda Watson have done to repair the harm done by her crimes? She had two choices: either retract the allegations she made (on February 10, 2001) when she called Richard Werlin at his home, or come forward and make the allegations openly, so that Maura Larkins could respond to them. |
November 2006 Chula Vista Police Department 2005-06 hoax on behalf of Cheryl Cox to cover up CVESD crimes |
April 2007 Cheryl Cox gets away with suborning perjury, but gets young man indicted for taking time off work |
May 2007 Castle Park Teacher Robin Donlan sued for $7.7 million |
Link: Exhibit 2 Boyd's declaration regarding her tape recording on August 13, 2001 (which vanished) and the notes she later created (which were phony) (I'll scan this document and link to it as soon as I can!) |
This complaint involves a shocking number of acts of destruction and alteration of evidence by Richard Werlin and his lawyers, who were operating under instructions from Cheryl Cox and the rest of the CVESD board. |
Link: Exhibit 6 Rick Werlin's Hoax response to Jim Groth's Hoax Grievance (Groth was grievance chair at the time; later he became president of Chula Vista Educators) |
Richard Werlin's actual November 21, 2001 "First Interim Report" (which was also Werlin's one and only report) CVESD attorney Kelly Angell Minnehan ordered teacher Michelle Scharmach to walk out of her deposition in order to prevent the truth from being revealed. |
Link: Exhibit 4 Gretchen Donndelinger's notes showing that Robin Donlan prepared a report about Maura Larkins. The document was destroyed. |
Exhibit 1 |
Rick Werlin's altered "First Interim Report" prepared by Richard Werlin after Maura Larkins filed suit; This report was filed with the OAH by Mark Bresee after the original report had been submitted to PERB. |
Link: Exhibit 7 Tim O'Neill's hoax letter to Libia Gil about Jim Groth's Hoax Grievance (Tim O'Neill was executive director of Chula Vista Educators) |
Link: Exhibit 8 Libia Gil's Hoax answer to Tim O'Neill's hoax letter (Libia Gil was Superintendent of Chula Vista Elementary School District) |
Link: Exhibit 5 Werlin's admission that he had at one time possessed a police report about Maura Larkins. This report was destroyed. |
Exhibit 9 Richard Werlin's three statements on April 4, 2001 regarding a police report |
Rick Werlin's two-sided single-spaced original report about March 27, 2001 was destroyed. In fact, ALL Richard Werlin's notes taken at all meetings regarding Maura Larkins were destroyed. This exhibit is CVESD's response to Maura Larkins' request for documents. |
Exhibit 3 |
Exhibit 2 |
This page, as well as this pleading, under construction. |
Complaint expected to be filed in late July, 2007. |
Below is a page that was created in 2007 and has not been updated. The lawsuit was not filed. Other pages that may be of interest are: Gina Boyd deposition Linda Watson Deposition Spoliation Complaint against Stutz law firm (as it happened, this lawsuit was never filed) |
I filed this complaint on May 14, 2007, and worked hard to get an amendment finished in order to add defendants such as Stutz, Artiano, Shinoff & Holtz. |
I failed to get my amended complaint ready by July 13, 2007, so I planned to file a whole new complaint. I'll refile these causes of action in the new case. |