Aurora  Bautista Quicho
207 Albatross Lane
Fountain Valley, California

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Aurora Bautista Quicho,           )  CASE NO.  BC324176
              Counterclaimant,    )
                                  )  AFFIDAVIT 
             v.                   )  OF Ted Gardner
                                  )  IN SUPPORT OF
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF        )  MOTION FOR CONTEMPT
CALIFORNIA, Federal Credit Union, )
Land Rover South Bay,             )  
Mercedez Benz South Bay,          )  
Quaker City Bank, Mark S. Arnold, )  
Amy-Hannah Broersma,              )
Eileen C. Butko, Complainer Doe,  )
FCU Doe, Land Doe, Mercedez Doe,  )
Quaker Doe, Laura C. Ellison,     )
Gregg Hayata, Omar Hazel,         )
David Hizami, Lisa V. Houle,      )
1168 Johnson, Jodi Michelle Link, )
Grady Miles, Paulette Paccione,   )
C. Rose, Sanjay Sahgal,           )
John Torrelli, Thomas R. Sokolov, )
John Shepard Wiley Jr. and        )
Cynthia Zuzga,                    )
                                  )
              Counterdefendants.  )
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Event of May 26, 2005

1.  I am Ted Gardner.  I have personal knowledge of the following facts and am competent to testify as to the truth of these facts if called as a witness.

2.  Eric C. Taylor, the judge returned from chambers.  After the bailiff announced that the court was back in session, Taylor stated there was some kind of disturbance in the court while he was absent, who was it?  Silence,  He asked bailiff who was it.  Bailiff said, "Her, there, in the black dress.”  Taylor says, Ma'am, you will have to leave the courtroom.  Ethel immediately objected while stainding up.  She grabbed her purse and was leaving the court as ordered.  She passed in front of me and the judge said, "If you say one more word I'll find you in contempt!" while Ethel was objecting.  He then ordered his henchmen to take her into custody.  These disturbed individuals said absolutely nothing as two of them bodyslammed Ethel through the door and smacked her against the wall while they beat and Tasered her.  The judge ordered the crime scene to be vacated and everyone to leave the courtroom.  

3.  All that because she was walking towards the exit and objecting to Taylor’s misbehavior and the deputy’s false accusation.  What kind of warped individuals does this court system hire?  I can hear it now:

Judge’s wife:  “Hi, Honey!  How was your day?”
Judge:  “It was so-o-o-o cool!  I had the deputies pounce on a handicapped 74-year-old woman, throw her up against the wall, beat and Taser her, and as she screamed and collapsed they bent her arthritic joints beyond their limit behind her back and handcuffed her.  Then I sentenced her to 4 days in jail for contempt of court.  Life is good!"

4.  Earlier, Ethel Barnes attempted to serve Greta Walker, a prosecutor of the Inferior Court with the Order to Discharge while the court was recessed and Taylor was off the bench.  When Taylor returned, the Inferior Court was called back into session by Alcanter.  Taylor inquired as to who had crossed the bar and Alcanter pointed out Ethel Barnes and falsely claimed she was the one who crossed the bar.  Ethel Barnes protested that she had not crossed the bar.  Taylor reacted by vindictively ordering Ethel Barnes out of the Inferior Court.  The process server, Ethel Barnes, as she proceeded to leave the Inferior Court, objected stating she had not crossed the bar.  Taylor decided to hold her in contempt of the Inferior Court, and unleashed four or five courtroom deputies to bruise, Taser (electric cattle prod), wrench, and slam her to the wall.

5.  I understand that Taylor had her confined in a holding tank in the basement of the Court building for approximately 4 hours, then fined her $500 plus penalty assessment, and incarcerated her for four days without medical attention needed for her wounds acquired during the mistreatment under color of law.  She was specially marked with a red wrist band (rumored to mark her as one to be treated extra roughly), placed in a below-normal-temperature cold room, and denied a bed, went a full day without any food or water, and then fed a couple slices of bologna and two pieces of bread.  

6.  Keep in mind, this “heroic” action on the part of the Inferior Court and its uniformed strong armed deputies (hereinafter “Uniformed Gang Members”) was carried out to the point of her being severely ill and requiring post-incarceration medical attention.  Ethel Barnes is a 74-year-old handicapped woman who, under normal conditions, has difficulty walking because of arthritis.  She is hardly a threat to the four or five Uniformed Gang Members who assaulted her under color of law, who saw and took the opportunity to attempt a duplication of the Rodney King affair within the halls of justice.  They could have just walked up and put the handcuffs on her, but that wouldn’t have been as much fun.  There is no immediate way to fully evaluate her internal injuries, but here are photos of her external injuries.
Taser on left forearm				     Right wrist bruise from over-tightened handcuffs

Left wrist bruise & swelling from handcuffs      Bruise to left upper arm
  
Left wrist bruise & swelling from handcuffs	Bruise to left upper arm
Eric C. Taylor, one of the contemnors, watched the melee and heard her Taser-torture screams from the bench and did nothing to prevent this grand display of retribution and power against a woman who did not have the strength to resist even a child’s attack.  As I reflect on Taylor’s calm courtly observance of the uniformed gang members pummeling woman, I am reminded of two of Hitler’s quotes:  “Only force rules. Force is the first law” and "Who says I am not under the special protection of God?"   What makes this all the more ironic is that Eric C. Taylor was in 2001 appointed to the Access and Fairness Advisory Committee of the Judicial Council.  His vicarious violence against a process server such as Ethel Barnes is a poor editorial on his judicial profession and reflects his resentment of Aurora Bautista Quicho’s exercise of her rights in the legal system.

7.  I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct, and that this declaration was executed in the County of Orange on July 4, 2005.

								Ted Gardner