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Full bench recusal order issued in connection with allegations of fraud on the court, outrageous prosecutorial misconduct, undisclosed conflicts of interest, and judge misconduct in U.S. v. Sierra Pacific Industries. USDC EDCA Judge Hollows is a former federal prosecutor who allegedly conveys a pro-government, pro-law enforcement bias in the adjudication of federal civil rights cases against law enforcement officers, government employees, prison officials, state court judges, and government officials. Judge Hollows reportedly does not disclose conflicts of interest as required by law. Sacramento County Superior Court whistleblowers and court reform advocates assert that Judge Hollows is partly responsible for the cover-up of systemic civil rights violations, honest services fraud, and RICO racketeering by Sacramento Family Law Court judges, judge pro tem attorneys, and court employees against indigent, financially disadvantaged and disabled pro per litigants.
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UNITED STATES RECALLED MAGISTRATE JUDGE GREGORY G. HOLLOWS (GGH)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
v.
SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES, et al.,
Defendants.
No. 2:09-cv-02445-KJM-EFB
ORDER
In July 2012, the parties to this action entered into a settlement agreement. See
ECF Nos. 577-78, 592. Defendants agreed to pay $55 million to the United States over
five years, and Sierra Pacific agreed to transfer 22,500 acres of land through ongoing
negotiations. ECF No. 593-3. Thereafter, the Court closed the matter, but retained
jurisdiction to enforce the terms of the compromise settlement. Order, ECF No. 592.
On October 9, 2014, Defendant Sierra Pacific Industries (“Sierra Pacific”) together
with the other named Defendants1 moved to set aside the judgment in this case for fraud
1 The other named-defendants include Eunice Howell, individually and dba Howell's Forest Harvesting Company ("Howell's"); W.M. Beaty &Associates, Ina (`Beaty") and the following parties (hereinafter collectively "the Landowners"): Ann McKeever Hatch, as Trustee of the Hatch 1987 Revocable Trust; Richard L. Greene, as Trustee of the Hatch Irrevocable Trust; Brooks Walker, Jr., as Trustee of the Brooks Walker, Jr. Revocable Trust, and the Della Walker Van Loben Sels Trust for the Issue of Brooks Walker, Jr.; Brooks Walker, III, Individually and as Trustee of the Clayton Brooks Danielsen Trust, the Myles Walker Danielsen Trust, the Margaret Charlotte Burlock Trust, and the Benjamin Walker Burlock Trust; Leslie Walker, Individually, and as Trustee of the Brooks Thomas Walker Trust, the Susie Kate Walker Trust, and the Della Grace Walker Trust; Wellington Smith Henderson, Jr., as Trustee of the
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on the Court under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(d)(3) (the “Motion”). Mot., ECF
No. 593. Defendants base their Motion on the grounds that the United States'
prosecution of this action constituted a fraud upon the Court when the United States
attorneys and the Moonlight Fire investigators and their counterparts in co-pending state
actions, operating under a joint prosecution agreement with the United States, advanced
a corrupt and tainted prosecution, violated Defendants' due process rights, and engaged
in investigatory and prosecutorial misconduct.2 Id. Defendants allege that this
misconduct was perpetrated by officers of the Court and ultimately tampered with the
administration of justice, in a manner that wronged not only Defendants, but also the
Court and the public. Id. According to Defendants, the government's misconduct
compromised the judicial process and amounts to an unconscionable scheme designed
to improperly influence the Court's decisions in this case.3 Id. In fact, Defendants state
that they perceive the Court itself as a victim “as it has neither had the chance to fully
assess the trust it naturally placed in certain federal prosecutors nor the ability to do so
in the context of all that was eventually discovered about the thoroughly corrupt and
financially driven Moonlight Fire investigation.” ECF No. 593-3. Defendants ask that the
Court set aside the judgment and the Settlement Agreement and dismiss this action in
Henderson Revocable Trust; Elena D. Henderson, Individually; Mark W. Henderson, as Trustee of the Mark W. Henderson Revocable Trust; John C. Walker, Individually, and as Trustee of the Della Walker Van Loben Sels Trust for the Issue of John C. Walker; James A. Henderson, Individually; Charles C. Henderson, as Trustee of the Charles C. and Kirsten Henderson Revocable Trust; Joan H. Henderson, Individually; Jennifer Walker, Individually, and as Trustee of the Emma Walker Silverman Trust, and the Max Walker Silverman Trust; Kirby Walker, Individually; and Lindsey Walker, a.k.a. Lindsey Walker-Silverman, Individually, and as Trustee of the Reilly Hudson Keenan Trust, and the Madison Flanders Keenan Trust.
2 Specifically, Defendants allege, among other things, that the United States presented false
evidence to the Defendants and the Court and/or concealed material evidence from the Defendants and the Court; advanced arguments to the Court premised on that false evidence, or for which material evidence had been withheld, and obtaining Court rulings based thereon; prepared key Moonlight Fire investigators for depositions, and allowed them to repeatedly give false testimony about the most important aspects of their investigation; and failed to disclose the facts and circumstances associated with the Moonlight Fire lead investigator's direct financial interest in the outcome of the investigation arising from an illegal bank account that has since been exposed and terminated. ECF No. 593.
3 Defendants believe that the circumstances may warrant the appointment of special master.
ECF No. 593.
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its entirety. ECF No. 593. Defendant’s Motion is currently set for hearing before Judge
Kimberly J. Mueller on November 21, 2014.
Based upon facts alleged in the Motion and accompanying Declarations and
Exhibits, the impartiality of the District and Magistrate Judges in the Eastern District
might reasonably be questioned. Therefore, on the Court’s own motion and pursuant to
the Code of Conduct for United States Judge, Canons 2 and 3, in order to avoid the
appearance of impropriety, and because a judge has a duty to disqualify him or herself if
his or her impartiality could be reasonably questioned, whether or not such impartiality
actually exists, the Court recuses itself from the above-captioned case. See 28 U.S.C. §
455(a). Accordingly, all District and Magistrate Judges in the Eastern District of
California are RECUSED from hearing case number 2:09-cv-02445 and all related
matters. This matter is REFERRED to Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge of the United States
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, for the assignment of a judge other than from the Eastern
District of California to sit by designation and hear case number 2:09-cv-02445 and all
related matters.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: October 14, 2014
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United States Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan (EFB)
Senior United States District Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. (GEB)
United States Magistrate Judge Allison Claire (AC)
United States Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney (CKD)
Chief United States Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd (DAD)
Chief United States District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. (MCE)
United States Magistrate Judge Gregory G. Hollows (GGH)
United States Magistrate Judge Gregory G. Hollows (GGH)
Senior United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii (AWI)
United States Magistrate Judge Craig M. Kellison (CMK)
United States Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe (BAM)
United States District Judge John A. Mendez (JAM)
United States District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller (KJM)
United States Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman (KJN)
United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley (TLN)
United States Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto (SKO)
United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill (LJO)
United States Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng (MJS)
Senior United States District Judge William B. Shubb (WBS)
United States Recalled Magistrate Judge Sandra M. Snyder (SMS)
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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE GREGORY G. HOLLOWS (GGH)
Federal Judicial Service:U. S. District Court, Eastern District of California
Appointed United States Magistrate Judge March 7, 1990.
Served as Chief Magistrate Judge, 1997-2002.
Education:Muskingum College, B.A., 1969
Loyola Law School, J.D., 1979, magna cum laude
Professional Career:1979-1982
Private Practice, Los Angeles, San Jose, CA
1982-1988
Deputy Chief United States Attorney, Eastern District of California, Sacramento CA
1988 - 1990
Chief, Civil Division, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California, Sacramento, CA
