Friday, February 6, 2015

Beware of the court reporter Debra Garrison. She falsified my court transcript and can falsify yours, too.


Here is the front and the last pages of a transcript of the pre-scheduling conference in my disciplinary proceeding that was held on January 12, 2015, as well as the "Exhibits" page.

The front page of the transcript shows that court reporter Debra Garrison took the record and calls it mysteriously "proceeding of Tatiana Neroni" instead of a "pre-trial scheduling conference".



The "Exhibits" page shows a "witness" and "witness's" "statements" - instead of a "Direct Examination" and "Cross-Examination", the usual designation of a witness's testimony at hearings.





The next page of the transcript shows that it is allegedly an EBT, that I allegedly made waivers and stipulations in that EBT, was called to testify, was sworn in and testified.



Of course, there was no EBT, no stipulations or waivers, no calling of witnesses, no swearing in of witnesses and no testimony - nor could there be because the Referee made a Decision on liability against me 22 days before that alleged "hearing" (or, in reality, what was noticed as a pre-trial scheduling conference of January 12, 2015):


In the middle of the transcript I tell the Referee that I am aware that the previous stenographer incorrectly claimed that the previous scheduling conference was "a hearing" and that I made stipulations and waivers, and indicate that I make no stipulations and waivers on January 12, 2015.

The Referee confirms - "no waivers".



After hearing that, stenographer Debra Garrison still prepares a transcript where she puts at the top of it that there were waivers, stipulation and that it was a hearing.




Moreover, knowing full well that 


  • I was never called as a witness, that
  • Debra Garrison has never sworn me in and that 
  • I have never testified on January 12, 2015 (nor could I, because the appearance was noticed and scheduled as a pre-trial conference and because the Referee announced his "Decision" up front and later stated that the only further proceedings will be "in mitigation", and that was not yet scheduled)
Debra Garrison provided at the end of the transcript a false certification that I was properly sworn in and testified:






Of course, I will contest this clear falsification under oath.

But I am publishing this post for the public to beware of this "professional" court reporter.

She can falsified your court transcripts, ladies and gentlemen, the same way as she falsified mine.

4 comments:

  1. She also had my transcripts wrong. A whole paragraph was was missing and refuse to send me the audio recording.

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  3. You are welcome. This case of cooked transcripts shows that the record of court or administrative proceedings cannot rest on presumption of integrity of certified court reporters. Their sense of who butters their bread can outweigh their coomitment to the truth and the law. A videotape is easier and cheaper to produce, and will reflect the record better. But, New York Civil Rights Law 52 makes it a crime to videotape even public court proceedings.

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