In the transcript of the Mokay trial I see that Judge Dowd's law clerk Claudette Newman was allowed by Judge Dowd to make statements on record during the pre-trial conference.
This is the second transcript I see of court proceedings where Claudette Newman is allowed to make statements on record.
Law clerks NEVER make statements on record in court proceedings. If they are present, they are present as observers, not as participants.
Claudette Newman is not a witness, is not an attorney for the party and is not a party litigant in the proceedings.
She should not be allowed to make any statements in the proceedings, yet, she is - and she is making statements to prompt the judge into actions, which judge appears to comply with.
As I said before, Claudette Newman is apparently wagging the judge - and that is not an acceptable situation.
Moreover, the transcript suggests that Claudette Newman not only was making decisions instead of Judtge Dowd in the Mokay proceedings in the days preceding the trial, but was doing it when Judge Dowd had no authority to make any decisions - when he was vacationing in Virginia.
So much for the rule of law.
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