On Tuesday, I sent a PRA request to the California State Bar about an agenda item under closed session on this Tuesday's Board of Supervisor's meeting.
"2:30 PM - (CLOSED SESSION) Conference with Legal Counsel – pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1) to discuss an inquiry by the California State Bar, Case No. 22-O-03375"
I contacted the State Bar. You can't access any information about this case on the website.
Today, I received this response from Rick Coca, Senior Program Analyst (PIO), Office of Strategic Communications & Stakeholder Engagement,"We thank you for your inquiry. However, by law, we cannot comment. Let us know if we can help you with anything else."
I reported on this on January 6.
After my post, I contacted a local lawyer who told me, "If there is a filed case they will respond. If it just a complaint then no."
Another lawyer told me that after my post, they tried to search and got nowhere about this case. This lawyer is familiar with Humboldt, Los Angeles and California law.
This other lawyer said, "Despite their being a number, maybe the Bar has yet to actually file a State Bar Case. Those, as you know, are public records. If it is a complaint that has yet to be filed (those get case numbers too), my guess is it was on the Board's agenda because the attorney is asking for the county to pay for an attorney to represent an employee as they did for Duke and Angus. Complaints are confidential but recently every member of the Bar was sent a memo about the 150+ complaints that Tom Girardi had lodged against him. He is now disbarred."
https://www.calbar.ca.gov/About-Us/News/FAQ-Girardi-Closed-Cases-Disclosure
Is it about former Humboldt County Deputy Counsel Blair Angus or current Deputy County Counsel Natalie Duke? There is a better chance that it may be related to Deputy Conflict Counsel R.J. Leohner, Joe Hale, the Rory Kalin lawsuit, Humboldt County Public Defender office or Humboldt Superior Court Judge Gregory Elvine-Kreis .
Based on the State Bar's response and my coverage of all the above, I am not the only one who thinks this is somehow related the Kalin lawsuit, the Public Defender office and Elvine-Kreis. While the State Bar has no jurisdiction over Elvine-Kreis, local lawyers could be involved.
Based on what happened with Angus and Duke and corrupt California and agencies that oversee complaints, I am not holding my breath about justice and accountability and those who should be held accountable in Humboldt County, especially at 825 Fifth Street.
Whatever it is, the incompetence, lack of transparency and crickets on the first floor at the County level and second floor by the Humboldt Superior Court administration will continue. Humboldt County and Humboldt Superior Court should take notes on how to timely and professionally respond from the State Bar, California Judicial Council and others.
After the State Bar's response, will the den of evil be stupid enough to leak it to one of their local "media" tools?
Related post:
https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2023/01/state-bar-inquiry-listed-for-next-board.html?m=1
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