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As best as I can, I present the facts in writing, photos, and documents as proof of the following: Allegations of a criminal conspiracy involving officers of the Hawaii State Court system to defraud Hawaiian property owners. Key figures in the alleged conspiracy include Chief Judge Joseph E. Cardoza, Fredrick Matson Kelley, Terrance Revere, and Paul Sulla. The supporting documents prove that judges and other officials manipulated court outcomes to benefit themselves, robbing our family of three homes in Maui.
The case has not yet been widely exposed. Exposing this case could lead to fame for lawyers or journalists. Kirk's family are contractors experienced in home repair - they legally purchased and repaired all three homes from inhabitable conditions. They are the victims of this fraud. They lost three homes in Maui due to what they claim was false litigation controlled by judges.
This website serves as a resource for anyone investigating corruption in the Hawaii State Court system. We encourage the sharing of all documents with anyone in a position to expose these judges and accomplices.
These and other absurdities are in the story.
Introduction to Corruption in Maui, Hawaii
Our story began on May 20, 2014, when we were declared the high bidder for a parcel of property offered for sale at the annual tax auction on Maui. In Kirk's words, "we purchased two old and severely dilapidated houses located side-by-side on a double lot in Maui."
Both are located on a large corner double lot located in an upper-class neighborhood of historic Makawao, an area known as a tourist attraction on Maui's island. Both had spectacular ocean views. The main house had four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a large kitchen, a living room, a dining room, a laundry room, and two additional rooms suitable for offices or other uses. It also included a separate lower-level living unit complete with three bedrooms, a kitchen, and a bathroom.
"The second home was built in 1976, a few years after the main house, on an adjacent lot split off from the original home's oversized lot. It was smaller, consisting of two rooms, a kitchen, living and dining area, with the same spectacular ocean views as the primary home."
These two homes were owned by two sisters, Julia Keikioewa Martin and Moana Penelope Ramos, who inherited them from their parents. After inheriting title to the properties, the sisters failed to pay any property taxes on them beginning in 1987 (the year they inherited the homes) through 2014, inclusive. The younger sister, Julia Keikioewa Martin, lived in one of the property's residences. The other single and newer one was uninhabited with little to no roofs left and was being used as a dump site for all household garbage.
She, nor the elder sister Moana Penelope Ramos (who lived in nearby Honolulu) ever paid any taxes for about 26 years.
On May 14, 1998, liens were placed on Moana, her daughter Kimberly, and Julia, who was living at the property at the time and was still on the title. No one paid the lien nor even attempted to.
On February 17, 2009, the State of Hawaii placed county tax liens on both sisters for failing to pay taxes.
Another lien was then recorded on November 13, 2009, against both sisters, Moana Ramos and Julia Martin - the only two left on the property title. On August 23, 2013, still, no action was taken to pay the property taxes by either sister. Note during this time the oldest sister, Moana, had passed away. Julia thus became the tenant in severalty or sole proprietor of the homes in which she and others were currently living at.
Because the state property taxes had been ignored, both homes were offered for sale at several tax auctions before our acquisition in 2014.
Not surprisingly says Kirk, in 2014 no buyers expressed interest or offered only a few very low bids, so at the suggestion of my sons, we became interested in purchasing them. One would have to see in person the condition to realize why no one wanted them. However, my family and I are contractors who also teach YouTubers how to repair homes. We were up to the challenge.
My sons and I went to the auction in Maui and were the highest bidders at $64,000 dollars.
The title report Kirk received when he purchased both homes revealed the older sister, Moana Ramos, hired Mitchell S. Burns, attorney at law, who created a quitclaim deed making Moana the only owner and removing her daughter, Kimberly, from the title. The title report thereby proved that Kimberly no longer held any ownership rights. The law is that any recorded deed supersedes all prior deeds; therefore, Moana's daughter could not buy back our property. She was not a taxpayer, never has been.
"Taxation — Redemption" means the right to reclaim property offered at a tax sale by paying the amount of the taxes, penalty, and costs within a certain amount of time after the sale. The idea is that you had to be the owner/taxpayer who stopped paying taxes in order to reclaim the property. The right of redemption provides a final opportunity for you to keep your property after a tax sale. You must pay the full amount of the sale plus interest and costs. Redemption is allowed for one year after the tax sale in Hawaii.
[An example: If a person purchases a boat, car, or house for cash, that person must receive full ownership at the time of purchase. However, the Hawaii real estate tax redemption law may allow the taxpayer to buy back the property without interest for up to one year, ensuring the property was sold at a fair price. If the taxpayer fails to do so, the winning bidder receives the property's deed. Like any other legitimate purchase made with cash, the buyer immediately owns the purchased item free of all liens, debts, and encumbrances.]
We advised Julia that she had the right to claim from the county assessor's office the remaining cash (which amounted to over $30,000) that he paid, "in excess," of the taxes with fees owing for the property, as this money was rightfully hers to use as she wished, since she was now the sole heir to 100% of the property.
When Kirk's family paid the 26 years of back taxes, Kirk then became the sole proprietor/owner by law of 1020 Hiehie St, Makawao, HI 96768. It was my family who owned 100% of the homes on May 20, 2015. One year after the purchase.
We explained to Julia that she had the option under the Hawaiian redemption laws to buy back the property within a year if she could pay the unpaid taxes from the date when she inherited her interest in 1987. She said that, for personal reasons, she would be much happier leaving the area. One would have to view the home to understand this reasoning.
We allowed Julia to stay in the home until she picked up her surplus cash of 30K, as long as she left the home reasonably clean. She promised to vacate the homes in good condition and thanked them for telling her about the surplus cash.
As the new homeowners, we advised her that we would have to obtain insurance on the two homes. In my professional opinion, they were currently uninhabitable as both had roof holes several feet wide that allowed frequent tropical rain to enter, causing wood rot and mold to develop and pose a danger of disease. A visual inspection also revealed many animals living in a larger home. Some others were chained outside. The residents also appeared to be using the smaller home as a dump site.
Both homes were falling apart, with many abandoned vehicles sitting outside, resting on their chassis, as they had no wheels. We documented the unsanitary conditions and the decayed physical state of the properties with extensive video footage and photographs.
We recognized that, since we were now liable for any injuries that occurred on the properties, it was essential to obtain insurance as soon as possible. We spent the rest of our first day at the property, introducing ourselves to those neighbors willing to get acquainted with us. Many did so. All seemed to be wonderful folks. Their stories of the former owners, now tenants, who were still occupying our newly acquired homes, were not pleasant. Their statements confirmed our opinions, already formed from observing the condition of the property.
They informed us of drug dealing and thefts committed by the current tenants. They noted the fences and other measures they had employed over the past fifteen years to stop the ongoing thefts and illegal activities. They also pointed out that the trash build-up in the smaller home had produced a profusion of rats in the neighborhood. We assured everyone we met that day that we would clean the property as soon as the former owner moved out and would eliminate the rat infestation by removing their food source. We exchanged phone numbers and flew back to our primary residence in California."
Our First Days Dealing with Trash, Rats, & Tropical Disease
When our new Maui neighbors called to inform us the property was finally vacant, we shipped our van to Hawaii so that we could use it for traveling and carrying materials for property repairs. We arrived on the island thinking that we would have a vacation and begin renovating the homes.
Upon our first visit, we found both homes still in deplorable condition. Unfortunately, our instructions were ignored; the larger home was soiled and trashed with urine and feces from all the animals kept inside, and we hadn't known about the ferrets until we started cleaning.
Kirk's wife "never made a return trip. The filth was overwhelming and unsanitary, and having rats so large, the cats in the neighborhood were frightened by them." One can only appreciate this by watching our videos.
Desperate to start home repairs, we contacted the police department, who were of no help. The Police department advised us to begin the formal eviction process; they sympathized with our situation but said they were unable to intervene. We were crushed. Leaving was the previous owner's idea, not ours. We are the good guys. We allowed her to stay for about 7 months rent-free. Leaving was her choice, and yet we now were the victims of a crime all fueled and started by lawyers, a former DA, and a sitting chief judge hell-bent on stealing our homes.
The bad news continues: we spent the next seven months and $220,000 repairing the homes. But as our renovations were coming to an end, so was our nightmare, we thought. We were preparing to sell the smaller home and had 10 to 15 calls weekly with those interested. At the same time, we had some interested in renting the larger home.
We've since learned that we were infected with Leptospirosis, Malaria, and Lyme disease, which is now chronic for two of us. We were completely unaware of these diseases and are now on chemotherapy twice daily for life. Malaria attacks us when we are run down without notice. Perhaps the above explains why some of my writings seemed confused, as our son dose when he has one of his attacks as well.
Yet, we did receive two unsolicited, legitimate offers for the smaller home: one for $650,000.00 and the second for $700,000.00. However, before we accepted either, our attorney Paul Sulla called and said the sitting judge ruled against the plaintiffs, and we won. Hooray! He advised us not to do anything as we had one more probate hearing in a few weeks. We foolishly listened.
The Theft of Our Maui Homes: The Conspiracy Begins
Shortly before Kirk purchased the two properties in the annual tax action in 2014, a Maui per-diem judge and local attorney, Fredrick Matson Kelly, discovered that a year before Kirk purchased his homes, the older sister had passed away in 2013. This is noted in the above dates.
Matson, with the help of another attorney, David Whittenburg, concocted a devious scheme to steal Kirk's Maui properties. The property that had been left for uncollected taxes for 26 years and had multiple unrepaired liens seemed irresistible to the attorney/per-diem judge with an insatiable greediness.
Attorney/per-diem judge, Matson Kelley, came up with a well used elaborate lie that he failed to convince Kirk of in two threatening letters, which he claimed he was hired "on behalf of the Estate of Moana P.M.Ramos."
- Once he found out Moana was deceased, he claims he was contacted by Kimberly to represent her.
- However that as a lie also, what Matson did was hire "The Hawaii Investigative Group," owned by Steve Goodenow in locating Kimberly. This cost Matson $3699.67 (see document below)
- Needless to say if she called him, why on earth would he pay investigator close to 4,000 dollars to find her?
Matson Kelley's first letter had so many lies I will attach them - including the two different alleged affidavits with him saying at first he paid 10 dollars then another saying he paid the daughter 10,000 dollars. It was obvious a con to me as he misquoted the QuitClaim meaning and so-called affidavit trying to insinuate that Kimberly allegedly owned 50% of the homes.
All interested, read the twisted lying misdirection in Matson Kelley's conniving first letter below.
This fact is true, Thus he has no case!
Note: how he skillfully worded the truth to insinuate that instead of relinquishing her rights, she is granted rights.
Dear Mr. Giordano, On March 15, 2001 a Warranty Deed conveyed the interests of Jerry Ramos, Moana Ramos (husband and wife), and Kimberly Ramos Caspillo in the Subject Property to Moana Ramos. Said deed was recorded with the Bureau of Conveyances, State of Hawaii as document number 2001-037345 and is enclosed with this letter.
A deed, like a warranty deed, is the physical document that transfers ownership, while "title" refers to the legal right of ownership itself.
I hoped to explain what was written on the Title report - that Kimberly had legally quit-claimed any and all of her rights away in 2001. Her mother wrote this quit claim, who then had her attorney record and attached it to the new title; this document legally superseded all past deeds.
Click below to see all the letters Matson sent with his misdirection of what the warranty deed on March 15, 2001. Plus Matson's bill to hire a detective to find and involve Kimberly which predates his written letters.
Matson Kelly's Private Investigator Bill (Feb 19) »
Matson Kelly's First Letter (Feb 24) »
Matson Kelly's Second Letter (March 6) »
I called attorney Matson Kelley and suggested he may have misunderstood the recorded Tax Deed report from 2001. I politely suggested he reread the title, which granted us possession. See Title Report »
Need proof to have your curiosity aroused ahead of reading this Maui Court corruption? Click here for the Deposition, start with page 72-75 it proves Kimberly never hired Matson - he lied. Page 72-76 proves they already had her birth certificate. Matson merely wanted the court to seal it for nefarious reasons.
Note: two of the men, Dr. David Whittenburg and Matson Kelley, had previously set up an LLC where they placed my homes before they began the fraud of saying they were hired by the mother rather than the daughter to buy back.
The houses were always in their LLCs for their profit. Never another's as in the same fraud used against the native Hawaiians to steal their valuable lands in the below story.
Matson Kelley's whole case was based on his alleged claim that he'd been hired to represent first the mother, Moana, then the daughter, Kimberly. However, Kimberly swore in deposition two years later that she never called him, nor knew who Matson Kelley was, thus could not ask for representation. She recognized and admitted she didn't have the legal representation or authority to any ownership of the homes in question, again see the deposition pages 72-76.
The facts below alone prove Fredrick Matson Kelley of being a habitual self-dealing professional liar and a traitor to his sworn oath to protect and obey the law.
Need more proof of Matson's nature? On 02/20/2015, his Hawaii Financial Disclosure or official public filings requested all his income and assets from 2013 to 2015.
Fredrick Matson Kelley deliberately falsified and did willingly and secretly withhold his assets on page two by not answering the request correctly for other income for services rendered in excess of 1,000 dollars.
Matson Kelley did, however, admit to owning HieHie LLC, which is his "Limited Liability Corporation" that held alleged title on my homes at 1020 Hiehie St, Makawao, HI 96768. He claimed they to be worth 1,000 dollars.
These were my homes eventually stolen by him and his mentor Chief Judge of Maui, Joseph E. Cardoza.
They were worth about one million six hundred thousand dollars then, and more today.
Our homes were located at 1020 Hiehie Street in Maui. Matson Kelley also failed to reveal his other LLCs listed below. Note also Matson Kelley names all his LLCs after the street names, which he steals them from.
The LLCs below were not disclosed by Matson. Also, note the other LLCs named Waiehu are from the 277 acres stolen from the native Hawaiians.
- Waiehu Regional Center LLC. Which was filed on 02/01/2013? File #102910 C5, registered agent Matson Kelley, a.k.a., Fredrick Matson Kelley.
- Officers — William C. Gresham and Darin H. Okuyama, terminated 01/13/2014
- Waiehu Restoration LLC. Filed 06/04/2014. file #117734 C5, Registered agent Matson Kelley, A.K.A., Fredrick Matson Kelley
- Officers — Paul Wennes. Real estate investment.
- KE Investment, LLC Filed 03/2/2015 File# 127060 C5, Registered agent Matson Kelley, A.K.A., Fredrick Matson Kelley
Fredrick Matson Kelley and his Mentor Chief judge, Joseph E. Cardoza, are indeed entwined in nefarious deeds, as the case below proves once again.
Stealing Land from Native Hawaiians
The case below is not my business, but used to illustrate a point of habitual abusing their court positions to steal another man's gold.
These same criminals, Judge Joseph E. Cardoza and his protege, attorney/Per-Diem judge Matson Kelley, were also responsible for stealing 277 prime acres from natives Hawaiians while hiding behind LLC's titles. This case, Benjamin v. Kalana, also involved Matson Kelly and David Whittenburg as attorneys for the plaintiffs, with the judge Joseph E. Cardoza over the case. The plaintiffs in this case were the Native Hawaiians who lost their 277 acres to Matson Kelley and his affiliates. The record below shows the truth of their crime.
This corruption illustrated with the case above seems to be a test of what the court can get away with before someone like me, "who has a voice," calls them out on it. It appears they stole with impunity from simple native Hawaiians in Benjamin v. Kalana, thinking it would work again. Fortunately, I will be heard!
Our First Attorney — Terrance M. Revere
With Matson's fraud being allowed to move forward, I knew we needed legal representation on Maui. I consulted business associates who recommended the law firm of Terrance M. Revere of Revere & Associates LCC. I interviewed Mr. Revere and believed him to be competent, honest, and trustworthy. Mr. Revere conveyed his confidence to me, that this would be a short case for him and that he guaranteed his work.
Terrance gave us every indication that he believed we had a solid case that would be easily won. He accepted our case on July 3, 2015.
Almost immediately, Mr. Revere proved to be a gifted con man himself, one that we were confident we could trust.
As we later discovered, the plaintiff, Matson, and his co-council had been diligently working behind our backs. For five months, no effort was ever done by our attorney in our best interest. Revere was to object to any ex-parte motions that held no emergency and was without notice to us — none were objected to!
It later became clear that our attorney, Terrance Revere, had deliberately delayed the response to the complaint for over four months, which allowed them to gain full advantage of the court's proper and necessary filing proceedings.
I called the Terrence office weekly to report that I was receiving letters from plaintiffs about their progress in going through the legal court motions to steal our homes through the court systems.
Mr. Revere actually advised us to do nothing until we were legally served with the complaint. I had told him we were never served, but again, plaintiffs lied and said they did. Thus, I asked Mr. Revere to assume they did as the courts believed they did.
Terrence's failure to act on our behalf gave the plaintiff a five-month head start at the beginning of the case. During that time, they took several actions, none of which we were informed of and all of which our attorney allowed to go forward without any effort to object or protect our interests in any manner. Plus, his costs were mounting to break me financially.
It became obvious that Terrance Revere was aiding and abetting plaintiffs. I threatened to get another attorney because Terrence was clearly in cahoots with plaintiffs.
More Of Terrance M. Revere's Treachery
The plaintiffs alleged they finally served their complaint to our attorney, Terrance M. Revere, on August 5, 2015. The return of service was filed three months after the original complaint was filed, during which time our attorney had deliberately made no response to the complaint and had recorded nothing with the court.
Because of Mr. Revere's willful failure to respond to the complaint, the plaintiff moved for entry of a default judgment against us on August 23, 2015. Judgment was duly awarded, but not by the sitting judge for the case, Rhonda Loo. In her stead, Matson Kelley's mentor and co-conspirator, Chief Judge Joseph E. Cardoza, awarded the default judgment to his protege, Matson, without notice or hearing to us.
Finally, after months of pleading that our attorney, Terrance M. Revere, act professionally in our interest, it became apparent to us that his past and projected future connection with Judge Cardoza was of more value to him than his hourly billing that we paid to his firm. He simply ignored all our attempts to speak with him directly and instead had his secretary inform us that he was out of town and unavailable.
Once Terrance our attorney knew who was behind the plot to steal our homes, he played along with the phony story Matson the plaintiff created. Even suggesting that all plaintiffs need is a sealed birth certificate to prove she is the real daughter, thus able to sell any rights she may have.
My response to Terrence was "the Title-Report states that, in fact, she is the daughter of Moana, who has passed away; it's irrelevant as she was quit-claimed off the title in 2001 by her mother. You yourself said this."
Terrance M. Revere, Esq. advertises himself as "the most benevolent dictator" of Revere & Associates, LLC in 'paradise.' He is widely known as a double-dealing agent for the 'Cardoza branch' of Hawaii's Judicial Mob.
After repeated efforts to contact Terrance had failed, Mr. Revere actually withdrew from representing us personally.
Terrance Revere then passed our case to his newly hired young attorney Andrew Chianese. This was what I consider a deliberate move to cover up his own participation in the fraud. He assumed that Chianese, a newly appointed lawyer out of school, with little experience in this type of trial, would fail to counter the judicial influence he knew we were up against.
According to Andrew, he passed the bar exam two years prior. But Andrew was brilliant and ambitious. He immediately saw the heart of the crime — specifically, the plaintiff had no genuine documented evidence to be in court. It was all smoke and mirrors, misrepresentation, and semantic illusions to confuse the court. As Matson Kelley proved with his letters to me, he was expert at word trickery, and in a court where he was also a judge, he could sell ice to an Eskimo.
Our new attorney Andrew Chianese and I immediately got to work, and we began to see progress in our case.
Andrew took on the entire case independently without Terrance Revere, and in short order, Andrew created a plan of action:
- He made a motion and had us put a lien on our own houses to protect them from being sold.
- He began writing to Matson Kelly with a list of "Demand to show evidence" letters explaining why his case was fraudulent.
- Andrew was building our counterclaim to sue the plaintiffs for fraud and extortion.
After a month of Andrew sending complaint letters to the plaintiff's office, the plaintiff's secretaries began responding to them. And then it happened! The secretaries inadvertently sent Andrew the evidence he needed to prove his case. This evidence would eventually prove incontrovertible proof of what we'd suspected all along.
Lockey White — The Deposition
With Terrance Revere gone, Paul J. Sulla replaced him as our next attorney from the same firm. He appointed Lockey White, an experienced local attorney from his office, to represent us for the deposition.
At the deposition, Ms. White began by asking Kimberly why she was filing the claim. After several irrelevant and evasive responses, Ms. White asked Kimberly if she was aware that her mother had quit-claimed her rights away in 2001.
Kimberly responded, "No, I don't think so." When shown the legal recorded document, she said she didn't know her name was attached to it. She continued by telling Ms. Lockey White that it was Matson Kelly who had her sign the falsified affidavit without reading it first — she admitted.
Ms. Lockey then said we have evidence that proves Matson did indeed pay to locate you. This letter was the one my first loyal and brilliant attorney mentioned if necessary.
Kimberley's newly appointed attorneys objected and said this question was based on hearsay with no evidence to back it up!
Ms. Lockey White, Paul's counsel, my second attorney then produced the invoice from The Hawaii Investigative Group, LLC by Steve Goodenow, for service rendered for the location of Kimberly Castillo & obtaining documents. This bill, dated Feb 19, 2015, was sent directly to the law office of Matson Kelley and signed by Matson Kelley. The balance due to Steve Goodenow was $3699.67.
Before Kimberly could respond to the original question, one of Kimberly's attorneys shouted, "I was not aware of this document. In fact, it's privileged information. I wish it back and for it to be stricken from this and all records."
Note: This is 'evidence tampering,' a misdemeanor in Hawaii. In this instance, the evidence raises a probable cause of conspiracy to defraud for stealing a million property 'under color of law.' The mailing of such documents for purposes of defrauding and committing 'Theft in the First Degree' could also raise the claim of mail fraud that could be punishable by up to twenty years in prison. No wonder Matson Kelley's accomplice squawked! The evidence was devastating to their case.
Ms. White declined the attorney's demand for the document's return, and Kimberly stated she was not aware of Steve Goodenow's search for her or its cost. Again I urge you to read the entire deposition by Kimberly Caspillo or start at page 72-75.
This mistake by plaintiffs is what Andrew, the brilliant young attorney, was referring to. I rewrote Mr. Revere's newly licensed but brilliant attorney, Andrew Chianese, immediately requesting all the relevant documents concerning the case, and the plaintiff's secretaries responded on February 19, 2015. The papers they provided included, apparently by mistake, an authentic invoice from both Matson's partner, David Whittenburg, for a title search and a bill from private investigator Steve Goodenow to locate Moana's daughter, Kimberly.
Moving on, two years later on February 20, 2016, an illegal emergency ex-parte hearing was initiated by Chief Judge Cardoza, which sitting judge Rhonda Loo turned a blind eye to. Please note that this is a violation after the redemption period has passed, but is was allowed by sitting judge Rhona Loo.
Our attorney, Terrance M. Revere, did not object to the emergency ex-parte motion. Instead, Mr. Revere removed his appointed attorney, Andrew Chianese, from our case. Note: without Andrew we had no chance as he alone had integrity.
Terrance then took charge of our case personally, as Terrance did prior to writing the letter to Matson Kelley. Terrance then allowed the plaintiff to do whatever they wished to enforce their fraudulent case to "steal our property." It was then that Terrance M. Revere wrote, informing us that the plaintiff needed entry to our homes at 1020 Hiehie Street, Makawao, HI 96768.
We realized our suspicions: Terrance was indeed working for the plaintiffs instead of us.
We refused, but Mr. Revere told us that the plaintiff could and would get a court order to gain entry, which I would be obligated to pay for their appraiser's time on the property. The order for entry granted on the illegal emergency ex-parte motion by Chief Judge Cardoza was then served on us. We were forced to allow the plaintiffs access to our property. Their appraiser determined that the value of the property was $507,000, yet our two unsolicited legitimate cash offers we received prior were $650,000 and $700,000. Are you beginning to see the scope of this criminal enterprise?
The true value of the homes was $1,100,000, but Matson needed a low-ball estimate, then asked the judge for a commissioner to sell my homes at auction with the proceeds deposited with the courts to pay attorney fees. With Chief Judge Joseph E. Cardoza presiding over it, the court appointed Matson's partner, David Whittenburg, as commissioner to sell the property — does it get any more corrupt?
Terrance and his firm then filed a second appeal for us; this CAAP appeal was based on the higher court's ruling, which denied my case on March 30, 2017, at 08:19 AM.
This four-page motion to dismiss for lack of appellate Jurisdiction was signed by Leonard, the presiding Judge, and two associate judges, Reiforth and Ginoza. It's detailed and written, among other truths. (regarding the three requirements for the collateral order doctrine); HRS 641-1(b) (regarding the requirements for an appeal from an interlocutory order).
Absent an appealable HPR Rule34 final judgment or interlocutory order, we lack appellate jurisdiction, and appellant Giordano's appeal is premature. Therefore, it is hereby ordered that Appellee Wittenburgs February 16, 2017, motion to dismiss appellate court Case number CAAP-16-0000749 is granted, and the Appellant court case is dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction. Dated Honolulu, Hawaii April 4, 2017.
Appellate jurisdiction includes the power to reverse or modify the lower court's decision; this was produced to reverse Maui's Chief judge, Joseph E. Cardoza's illegal decision to circumvent self-serving probates. With Matson Kelley's special administrator that claimed an emergency exists such that he, David Whittenburg, a member of Hie Hie LLC, be appointed as special administrator to declare an emergency exists for probate without a hearing.
Paul J. Sulla found this out but did nothing about it, except send the results to me. It turned out Paul had a pending court case himself for the same crime I hired him to expose. Paul's crimes were also stealing a doctor's home in Hawaii.
Another Well Used Scam to Attain the Trust of Hawaiian People
Like his previous scam, Matson Kelley started that fraud and won the case as his mentor and colleague was the Chief Judge of Maui. They shared the same office, courthouse, and clubhouse. They attended the same functions, including the grand opening of an alleged self-help clinic, which opened in Maui on October 17, 2012, to help those in need of legal advice on their property.
At this time, Matson Kelley attended his mentor, Cardoza, and even Hawaii's Chief judge, Mark E. Ruckenwald, or the highest court in Hawaii the ninth circuit was there.
There are many pictures of Mark and Cardoza together but never any of Cardoza and his nephew, Matson Kelley. Why?
Ironically, people come to them for legal advice. When someone discloses their financial problems with pending land or homes, it's like shooting fish in a barrel for these crooks.
This method is how Matson Kelley found out about Kirk's newly purchased homes, bought at the annual county tax auction. The former owner said she went to a self-help, legal advice clinic after the 7th month in which Kirk allowed her to live rent-free until she could find a home.
This was no crime for Julia to go there. The crime was Matson heard of this and took advantage of what he knew to be big money with the Chief judges help.
Facts: when anyone purchases a tax deed sale at the Maui County Hawaiian Auction Center, these homes are for sale to pay off any delinquent or back taxes owed. It is well understood that if the legal owner can raise the money to buy back, the law will allow them a one-year redemption for this purpose. The law is specific that only taxpayers can buy back!
In Serion v. Thornton, 104 Haw. 79 (2004), the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals stated that the redemption must be for those who held a recorded interest in the property, and the prospective redeemer had to qualify. The court held that the HRS section 661-35 plainly stated that only the 'person having an interest' may redeem, and the interest in the property must have been recorded before the property's sale for taxes.
See Attorney Dow Patten Research Letter and report of Serion v Thornton case »
Not only does Mr. Patten's letter prove that Terrance Revere received his information on February 1, 2016, but it also proves that Mr. Patten did indeed email it to both Terry Revere and his associates and even to Andrew, my appointed counsel at the time of his findings.
The 7-page letter was written from our hired attorney located in San Francisco, Dow Patten, as the plaintiff argued they never received the notice of Serion V. Thornton's case. As if they didn't already realize that only Tax payers have the right to purchase or redeem.
Dow added too much information to list here but said Matson violated a conflict of interest law and also mis-cites the Maui code at "3.148.270." The correct citation is 3.48.270, and it also mentions if the Plaintiffs can provide or prove the daughter did indeed have a will, trust, probate, or was assigned as an heir, the best Matson can obtain was 50% of the title.
Fact: plaintiffs could not provide any evidence of allowing her back on title, wills, trust or probates.
At this stage of this nightmare case, we realized that we could not challenge this fraud. My attorney Paul Sulla was in their back pocket also.
Maui Courtroom Crimes: A Mistake, or Willful Blindness?
Note: We realize Kimberly was also a victim of this fraud, most of which was perpetrated without her knowledge and in reliance upon unethical advice given her by Matson Kelley and others; Kimberly at least received ten dollars so Matson says at the beginning in his affidavit, then $10,000 in actual deposition, payment for the ordeal the conspirators put her through. Kimberly was supplied with two of the best attorneys in Hawaii to protect her from perjury at the deposition; naturally, the two attorneys were no doubt provided to protect Matson Kelley and his clan's criminal activities.
I was told, the final verdict was read by Judge Loo but was signed by Judge Cardoza, allowing the sitting judge, Rhonda Loo, to choose willful blindness to Chief Judge Joseph E. Cardoza's verdict. Cardoza was responsible for approving the motion and took over jurisdiction to stall the case further. His subordinate, Rhonda Loo, could have chosen to keep her job instead of enforcing the law she was sworn to uphold. Without incriminating herself, she merely turned a "blind eye" to the facts and allowed their phony Emergency Ex-Parte Probate to go forward by simply ignoring the third circuit's higher ranking, neither the sitting judge Rhonda Loo, who rendered the original probate verdict, nor Maui's Chief Judge, Joseph E. Cardoza, acknowledged the reversal.
Both judges, Joseph E. Cardoza, Maui's chief judge, and sitting judge Rhona Loo, amazingly, turned a "blind eye" yet again to the decision rendered by the Third Circuit (supposedly) a higher court that removed their self-dealing illegal and premature emergency ex-parte order.
Obviously, they had a more ominous reason to ignore the rulings. The sitting judge, Rhonda Loo, as well as the Chief judge of Maui, Cardoza, also continued to ignore the fact that there was no real legal case, as Matson's Kelley claimed at the beginning by dismissing the title report written by Old Republic national insurance company as a litigation guarantee, Guarantee No. A50001-LITA-152595 order No. 6707001127.
Note: Old Republic is one of the nation's 50 largest companies; Old Republic National Title Insurance Company (ORNTIC) is financially strong and stable, has been operating for over 100 years, and enjoys high ratings from the nation's leading independent rating agencies. At the time of our litigation guarantee, ORNTIC had $91.4 billion of title insurance policies in force. Could such an organization be wrong? If so, why didn't their opponent purchase a litigation guarantee to prove their claim? We all know this answer: they could not, as no insurance company would ever risk their reputation — Matson's claim doesn't even meet the legal definition as a "claim" — as he knows, but was allowed to con the courts.
Unbelievable? Welcome to my so-called court case! Conflict of interest throughout this case is being played out for ominous reasons. Little wonder we always felt the victims in a crime drama horror movie.
The authors, editors, and witnesses to this conspiracy and others similar to it have compiled this report on behalf of the victims and society at large. They detail their personal experiences and describe how they were impacted by the conspiracy in the hope that a federal prosecutor or legitimate Hawaiian law enforcement agency will be able to read and use the information provided herein. Their testimonies expose the persons who organized and operated this conspiracy, which is now more pervasive in Hawaii than any other state in the United States, according to our knowledge and belief as investors and whistleblowers.
The victims of the fraud allege that the accused stole 277 acres from native Hawaiians using a fraudulent legal scheme controlled and operated by the Hawaiian judges, corrupt attorneys, and other persons acting in concert with them. The perpetrators used the same identical method on Benjamin vs Kalana — a Native Hawaiian trust that quietly stripped native Hawaiian families of their land and financial resources.
Along with destroying a native Hawaiian family (case Benjamin vs Kalana), these same conspirators stole centuries of land from the native Hawaiian family and its future generations.
The victims' demand for justice to be served, including the indictment and conviction of the conspirators for all applicable crimes (such as RICO violations) and the return of property or adequate compensation. (Again, this is not my case but is used to show this type of theft is repeated.)
In our case, Matson Kelley and his co-council had been diligently working behind our backs and the courtroom doors. For five months, no effort was ever done by our attorney in our best interest. He was to object to any ex-parte motions that held no emergency and was without notice to us — none were objected to!
At the deposition, Ms. Lockey White had clearly cornered the witness (Kimberly) and Matson Kelley; she argued effectively for judgment to be awarded in our favor, and she moved the court for sanctions against Fredrick Matson Kelley for punitive damages.
Before we could act on Ms. Lockey White's success or even celebrate the fact that Lockey White had finally exposed the fraud: Paul J. Sulla, Ms. White's boss, called me the very next day and said, "The case was over, and the plaintiffs won." He said that despite what Kimberly had revealed about the fraud, the chief judge of Maui, Joseph E. Cardoza, was of the mindset that Kimberly's failure to get involved did not matter.
Paul politely explains to me that the plaintiffs have finally received the birth certificate—the day after their damning deposition.
The case is over; plaintiffs now win! She is the daughter!
This case became surreal after the deposition, as it was apparent Paul Sulla now blatantly sided with plaintiffs for his benefits. I felt handcuffed and trapped in a state of shock.
Now it was time for the planned betrayal by Paul Sulla and his exploitation of my family and me.
Attorney Paul J. Sulla then said, "We have no options left," and "we should settle." I said I was not going to be robbed by him or the plaintiffs and hand over 50% of my family's properties!
My confusion was growing faster than my logic could understand. Why on earth did Paul Sulla seem to be dismissing our case when his associate, Ms. White, had proved in the deposition that the plaintiffs' entire case was a blatant fraud? When I questioned Paul J. Sulla about his motives for this decision, all he would keep repeating was, "I'm sorry. It's not right, but they have won."
Paul Sulla said they produced the birth certificate of the daughter Kimberly and it proves she is Moana's legal daughter.
I protested from the beginning of this case; everyone realized Kimberly's is Moana's legal daughter. That fact is in the deed. We're contesting that she has no rights to sell property she has no legal rights to.
This idiotic red herring will always be perceived by any attorneys on the take or on the inside of this corruption.
That they to may be able to steal things and get rich like Matson Kelley. However you may need a chief judge in your family presiding over your case!
Paul Sulla, the crook attorney on the take again, simply ignored both our original reasonings and said the plaintiff would give us back only the cost we paid for the homes and added that, by negotiating hard, he had persuaded them to add an additional $30,000 to remove the lien set on the houses by Andrew Chianese in 2015.
I declined this offer and said I would go public with their corruption on our YouTube channel or Facebook, or even Twitter, where we have fifteen years and thousands of videos on home restorations with well over one hundred seventy-five thousand subscribers with fifty million views worldwide for help in obtaining a watchdog or news agency to expose these high-profile crooks, as I could find no honest lawyers.
I wrote I would never consent to sign any settlements that removed my first amendment of right to redress and grievances.
Even in my state of illness, I read nothing more than a blackmailed gag order.
Paul continued to call me with more threats, I continued saying they could keep the money I paid for the properties as it was nothing compared to the new value of roughly 1.6 million. I wanted the deeds to my homes back, and I wanted all those involved in the theft to step down from their posts.
A few days later, Paul again called to tell me, "If you don't agree to sign, I will withdraw from the case within 24 hours." He said I would never find another lawyer to take my case, and then the court would grant a default judgment against us, which would mean we'd get nothing but a huge bill for the plaintiff's attorney fees.
I signed the fraudulent and unethical settlement extorted from my family through blackmail and threats of this so-called Hawaiian mob that consists of judges, attorneys, and a host of others.
The settlement document — a blackmailed gag order, sold by Paul Sulla — a crook who forced me to lie and say: "Mr. Sulla, himself, not Ms. White, proved Kimberly was Moana's daughter" when in fact, no one contested this. The deed itself proved she was the daughter, which is how criminals and extortionists spin it.
At the end of this case, my so-called attorney Paul Sulla had flipped from defense to plaintiff and was demanding that my family and I pay him $35,000 — or he would place a lien on our homes because he didn't collect enough from plaintiff's attorney fees. I said, "Do what you have to do; I will not pay you a dime." Our financial losses were now a total loss, including the attorney fees that mounted to close to $140,000 in total.
Note From Quintin Wells, ex-CIA member:
Most people have no idea what high-level robbery from Judges feels like unless they have experienced such injustice. Doctors and lawyers recognize post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) caused by the horrors of war. Like everyone else who is victimized similarly by the judicial racket, suffer from what amounts to 'lawfare' against We the People.
The distinguished Judge Learned Hand said: "[A]s a litigant, I should dread a lawsuit beyond almost anything else short of sickness and death." (Merenda v. Superior Court (1992) 3 Cal. App. 4th 1, 11) What has been done to us has caused us to suffer morbidly and mortally.
We contracted Lyme disease and Malaria during our clean-up and restoration of our properties and through the distress of our legal battles, which now seem petty at this stage.
This demoralization has done the most damage to my family and me. They stole not only all my savings but also my grown children's inheritance, which in turn destroyed some of our ambitions.
It's obvious we were hit twice by lightning: first by the hired attorney, Terrance M. Revere, and then by the property-stealing attorney, Paul J. Sulla.
Both aided and abetted the fraud perpetrated on us by Fredrick Matson Kelley. We realized that Paul Sulla sold us out for his benefit, to curry favor with future judges who were part of the corruption or could be bribed to overlook Paul's litany of lies in other upcoming cases around this type of theft.
Ignoring and exploiting laws is a way of life with these men, as they have never been challenged or asked to explain to anyone their evil doings.
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