JUDGE DANIEL ZEMAITIS ADMITS CULPABILITY OF THE KENT COUNTY COURT

Posted July 31, 2014

by Victims of Judge Gardner

Deanna Kloostra is a victim of the 17^th Circuit Court in Kent County, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her children have been concealed from her for over six years. Deanna’s original Judge who concealed her children from her was Judge Patricia Gardner. When Gardner took herself off the case, Judge Daniel Zemaitis became the presiding judge over the case.

 

 

In 2013 Deanna started receiving a statement from the court stating she owes $277.50 from a bill in 2004. Deanna had no clue what the bill was for and wrote a letter requesting more information. The former judge on Deanna’s case, Gardner, ordered Deanna to appear in court. The Kent County Finance employee and manager could not answer Deanna’s questions and became rude when Deanna requested a public defender. Deanna had to go to court three times because the people running the court are not efficient. Judge Daniel Zemaitis stated on the record that the court had some blame in the situation. Judge Zemaitis stated on the record, “I admit we have some culpability here!”  Deanna filed a motion for August 1, 2014 to be paid $2,200 for her time and having to represent herself against a court that is robo-siginig documents and running inefficiently. Deanna states, “I have been in this system for 15 years and these people are not following the law and doing as they please. I have had enough of the incompetence of the system the does not work. I am giving Judge Zemaitis a chance to make things right with this error of the court and to save the people money.” Deanna is willing to take the situation to the Michigan Court of Claims.

When Deanna filed her motion on Wednesday July 23, she was in court that day, but this time in the 61 District Court for a traffic ticket. Deanna states, “It was amazing, I just filed a motion for the incompetence of the 17^th Circuit Court, and walk into the incompetence of the 61^st District Court.” Originally the Grand Rapids police officer, Walter Tett, did not appear for the informal hearing regarding a traffic ticket. Deanna was summons back into court for a formal hearing. Deanna states, “It was amazing when Judge Donald Passenger asked the Grand Rapids City Prosecutor, Michael Tomich if I should get an informal hearing since the police officer did not show up for the informal hearing the first time. Attorney Tomich just shrugged his shoulders and stated he did not know. The city is paying for an attorney who has no clue how the law even works and the judge was not sure himself.”  

If Deanna has to take her cases to the Michigan Court of Claims, this could cost the tax payers a lot of money.

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