I reported in May 2020 that Kreis was being invesigated by the CJP

 

To my local critics, harassers, retaliators and those who continually dismiss my reporting and scoops for petty and selfish reasons, do I really need to tell you what I think? To those who have lied and spread rumors about me, financially and socially retaliated against me and tried to silence me, do I really need to tell you what I think?

These are just one of the many posts I did on Kreis, on the CJP, on his disqualifications, on the scandal. You can search the blog. Ray Christie's lawyers and others who included my reporting in court documents were outsiders and objectively looking at who was reporting truth and what was being ignored elsewhere. Kreis dismissed those filings just as he dismisses other facts. Others anonymously opined about me out of fear and they  retaliated as cowards. Now the same egregious behavior and conflicts of interest are in a CJP document. I  provide documentation, use my name and say what I have to in public and to your face. Kreis did get a court clerk fired for telling the truth. FACT. Kreis did make an inappropriate AA remark about his buddy Deputy Public Defender in the courtroom from the bench. FACT. Kreis' rulings in family law cases were reversed on appeal. FACT. And, I wrote about all of them before today's CJP ruling. FACT.

False and misleading are key words repeatedly in the 34 CJP document. Anyone who believes a word that Kreis says, I have a bridge to sell you.

There are numerous examples in the 34 pages of CJP charges that I reported on before today.  It took hours of work, research and actual investigative reporting. No one handed me these scoops and people trusted me.

That includes the remark Kreis made about Kamada and the AA which I reported on April 2, 2021 because I was in the courtroom. Now Kreis is charged with violating several Judicial Code of Ethics canons. I reported on July 2023 on the alleged cocaine use observed by Ms. Joann Carter which was in a deposition. I reported on the Ben Erickson case. I have called Kreis out many times about not disclosing his personal relationships. I am not linking the hundreds of post I have done on Kreis. I have done that several times. My regular readers check me daily and several times.

This is the post I did earlier on the CJP notice of formal proceedings and charges. It has some of the links.

https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-commission-on-judicial-performance.html?m=1

Kreis's lawyer seems to think he can make these charges or make some go away. The people who chose to be cowards and stay silent need to get some cajones. 

Some people spoke up and the CJP listened. The rest of you who could financially afford to speak up and have the local connections have enabled dictator Kreis and every life he destroyed; you are also culpable.

I risked a lot to report on Kreis as I do every day on this blog so those of you in a better position financially and socially need to man up, woman up now or don't ever whine to me privately about Kreis.  Don't ever expect anything from me.

These 19 counts don't even scratch the surface of the digusting, immoral, arrogant POS Kreis is and he has no business being a judge or an attorney or in any position where he can wield power. This document does not cover his numerous conflicts of interest, his inappropriate behavior with women, his destroying families and it does not expose every Humboldt court insiders who has profited from their personal relationships and his conflict of interests in Humboldt Superior Court.

For those who allowed me to be intimidated and stood by silently, don't ever contact me. This isn't just about Kreis;  it is about the risk I take every day to report on this blog what other local media conveniently and routinely ignore. To all those who were brave enough to speak up against Humboldt Superior Court's little Napolean, this is your victory today.

Kreis if he had any morals or a spine would resign. He needs the money. He is a coward. His ego will not allow him.  Gregor the bufoon is incapable and unworthy of being called a man. It would be an insult to associate him with real men.

Humboldt Superior Court is in enough chaos without having this scandal which I guarantee you will make national headlines. I just forwarded to a couple of national outlets. I know a few other people are contacting national outlets.

Every voter should read these 19 counts. My phone and email have been busy all day. Do all of his endorsers still stand by him?

19 counts, 34 pages and the excerpts below are just a glimpse into Kreis' anti semitic and misogynistic behavior. He has no business judging anyone in court.

Kreis is living with Tanya Ellis, his subordinate and they were involved prior to both of them filing for divorce. I wrote about this and the court clerk who lost her job for telling the truth. I did this while it was happening. Drunken and inappropriate behavior with several men and women, uninvited, including married women. This isn't a one time boat incident on Shasta Lake. This isn't one allegation. There are other women he was involved with and many lawyers knew. His ex wife made a choice to stay with this POS and from what many lawyers have told me was aware of his flirting and womanizing. She has still continued to stay silent. 

Kreis can't just dismiss every allegation with saying a disgruntled employee or friendship that went sour because there is too much evidence corroborated with court minutes, court recording and other authenticated documents.

I have in previous coverage provided court and other documents from property records, campaign forms showing Ellis and Kreis have the same residential address. I have not yet posted Kreis' divorce address on the blog which contain the same information because of the children in these relationships who are innocent victims in bad choices by immoral adults. If a relevant tip comes through, I will post some court records which are relevant with basic, minimal information that does not affect anyone but Kreis.

P 4 & 5 of the CJP complaint:

"You were assigned to the court's family law calendar between approximately 2017 and the end of2021. Since approximately 2019, you have had an intimate relationship with the court's family law facilitator, Tanya Ellis. During the fall of2019, you, Ms. Ellis, and other court employees gathered after work at the AA Bar & Grill in Eureka, around the time that the court's new case management system was installed. During most of the gathering, the attendees were seated at two tables that had been pushed together. During part ofthe gathering, you and Ms. Ellis were seated next to each other, and Ms. Ellis was observed by court staff for a lengthy period oftime with her hand on your thigh. By the fall of 2020, you had learned that courtroom clerk Lois Casacca had told other court staff about her suspicions that you were having an affair with Tanya Ellis. In approximately November 2020, you met with Court Executive Officer (CEO) Kirn Bartleson and told her that you had heard that Ms. Casacca was spreading a rumor that you were having a relationship with Ms. Ellis. In approximately November 2020, you complained to then-Presiding Judge Joyce Hinrichs that Ms. Casacca was spreading false rumors about you and Ms. Ellis, and asked Judge Hinrichs what was going to be done about it. You told Judge Himichs, or left her with the impression, that there was no romantic or sexual relationship between you and Ms. Ellis. On or about June 7, 2021, following investigations ofyour accusations, the court tenninated Ms. Casacca. During or prior to the investigations, you never told Presiding Judge Hinrichs, CEO Kim Bartleson, or any person involved in the investigations that you were, in fact, having a sexual or romantic relationship with Tanya Ellis. By making false or misleading statements to Presiding Judge Hinrichs and CEO Bartleson, and not correcting them, you violated the Code ofJudicial Ethics, canons I, 2, 2A, 2B(l ), 2B(2), 3C(l ), and 3C(2). "

P.3 of the CJP complaint (Kreis as a Judge and these are allegations in the lawsuit Kreis settled):

"While you were aboard a ski boat at the event, you were shirtless in view ofothers, including children, and wore for an extended period oftime what resembled, or was intended to resemble, the top halfofa woman's two-piece yellow bikini. Your attire also gave the appearance that you were taunting or mocking Stefanie Kalin, who wore a yellow bikini top at the event. In the evening during a barbecue, you asked Stefanie Kalin in an elevated voice, "Where's your girlfriend?" referring to DPD Kalin, who was absent from the barbecue, as the "girlfriend." Your conduct violated the Code ofJudicial Ethics, canons 1, 2, 2A, and4A. B. In approximately 2016, in Joanne Carter's presence, you used the slur, "Jewboy," on at least one occasion. Your statement constituted conduct prejudicial to the administration ofjustice that brings the judicial office into disrepute within the meaning ofCalifornia Constitution, article VI, section 18, subdivision (d). "

P. 33 of CJP complaint (Kreis was an attorney at that time) :

"When you attempted to withdraw the defendant's time waiver, DDA Schaffer stated that she thought that the defendant had to provide five days' notice to the People before she could withdraw her time waiver. You then stated, sarcastically: "Well, let's put this on for five days, and then I will say the same thing. And then she [Schaffer] can -- can give more advice to the Court to advise my client about how we should practice. She seems to know everything." After Judge Wilson told you, "Stop[,]" DDA Schaffer stated that the People would withdraw their offer in five days. Later, when DDA Schaffer was walking out ofthe courtroom and was out of earshot, you called her a "bitch" or a "pretentious bitch." Your conduct constituted conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice that brings the judicial office into disrepute within the meaning of California Constitution, article VI, section 18, subdivision (d). "

P. 12  13 &14 of the CJP complaint:

"A. You had a close personal relationship with attorney Joanne Carter between approximately 2010 and 2017. You worked with Ms. Carter when she was a deputy public defender in Humboldt County between 2 0 10 and 2 0 I 7, and you supe!"V'ised her in approximate! y 2016 and 2017. Between approximately 2010 and 2017, you often socialized with Ms. Carter outside the workplace and attended parties held at her home. Even though you were not related to Ms. Carter, you sometimes referred to Ms. Carter as your second wife or your wife's sister. Between approximately 20 I 8 and 2020, you presided over the following cases in which Joanne Carter appeared, and the hearings that took place on the following dates, without disclosing your past relationship with her: "

B. On or about May 22, 2017, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr., appointed you to a judgeship in the Humboldt County Superior Court. You became a superior court judge on or about June 2, 2017. In your July 7, 2023, response to an allegation in the April 19, 2023, preliminary investigation letter, you stated through counsel: "When the Judge took the bench, he placed Ms. Carter on the disqualification list until 2018 [sic], approximately two years after his appointment. Following that two-year lapse, and given the lack ofany ongoing relationship, Judge Kreis did not consider a disclosure ofprior friendship to be necessary." Your response gave the false impression that you disqualified yourself from, and did not hear, any cases in which Ms. Carter appeared during the first two years after your appointment to the bench. Your conduct violated Government Code section 68725; Rules of Commission on Judicial Performance, rule 104(a); and the Code ofJudicial Ethics, canons 1, 2, 2A, and 3D(4). "

P 30 & 31 of the complaint:

A. On or about the evening ofNovember 9, 2018, you and your wife visited the home ofDavid and Megan Nims in Eureka. When you arrived, David and Megan Nims were present, along with Katelyn Woods (Megan's sister) and Ryan Woods (Katelyn's husband). You had previously met Katelyn and Ryan Woods, but did not know them well. You drank alcohol immediately prior to and during the gathering. As you were leaving, you hugged Mr. Woods, grabbed and/or slapped his buttocks, and said words to the effect of"everyone's going to get one," "your wife's going to get one, too," or (to Ms. Woods), "I'm going to do it to you." You also told Ms. Woods, "It's what we do here," or words to that effect. After Ms. Woods firmly told you not to touch her in that way, you told her that you were going to do it anyway, and then hugged her and grabbed or slapped her buttock(s) without her consent. Your conduct violated the Code ofJudicial Ethics, canons 1, 2, 2A, and 4A. B. During a party that took place at the home ofyour friend, Joanne Carter, in approximately 2015, you went into Ms. Carter's bedroom while she was sleeping, pulled down your pants, and had your penis out and near her face as you tried to awaken her. Your conduct constituted conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice that brings the judicial office into disrepute within the meaning of California Constitution, article VI, section 18, subdivision (d)"