City National Story

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="015785a3.jpg"> <div> <I><B>City National Story</B></I><I><B> </B></I><I><B>   </B></I><I><B>    </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>CityNationalStory.com  -  A true story of judicial corruption</B></I></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="016d2b03.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="story.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Story"><U><B>The Story</B></U></A></div> <div> What exactly happened (in plain English)</div> <div> <A HREF="discussionboard.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Discussion Board"><U><B>Discussion Board</B></U></A></div> <div> Discussion Board for the case itself, City National Customer Issues, and Legal Issues</div> <div> <A HREF="ca9_2_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ninth Circuit 2 (Case 0356266) Docket"><U><B>Ninth Circuit - 2 (Case # 03-56266) Docket</B></U></A></div> <div> Docket for 2nd Appeal to Ninth Cir</div> <div> <A HREF="distdocket2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="US District Court Appeal 2 Docket"><U><B>US District Court Appeal - 2 Docket</B></U></A></div> <div> Docket for 2nd appeal to Dist Ct.</div> <div> <A HREF="ca9_1_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ninth Circuit (1) Docket"><U><B>Ninth Circuit (1) Docket</B></U></A></div> <div> Docket for First Appeal to 9th Cir</div> <div> <A HREF="distdocket1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="US District Court Appeal (1) Docket"><U><B>US District Court Appeal (1) Docket</B></U></A></div> <div> Links to District Court filings (1st appeal)</div> <div> <A HREF="bankruptcydocket.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bankruptcy Court Docket"><U><B>Bankruptcy Court Docket</B></U></A></div> <div> Links to all Bankruptcy Court filings</div> <div> <A HREF="califappeals.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="California Court of Appeal Dockets"><U><B>California Court of Appeal Dockets</B></U></A></div> <div> Links to all filings in the California State Court of Appeal</div> <div> <A HREF="probatedocket.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Probate Court Docket"><U><B>Probate Court Docket</B></U></A></div> <div> Links to all probate court filings</div> <div> <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Issues"><U><B>Related Issues</B></U></A></div> <div> Legal issues related to this case</div> <div> <A HREF="proper.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pro Per Litigation Society"><U><B>Pro Per Litigation Society</B></U></A></div> <div> Information, Resources & Support re Pro Per Litigation</div> <div> <A HREF="lawreform.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Law Reform Network"><U><B>Law Reform Network</B></U></A></div> <div> "Our Courts Belong to the Public - Not to the Lawyer Industry"</div> <div> <B>City National Story</B></div> <div> Home Page</div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="558" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#FFFF00 HEIGHT= 118 WIDTH="548"><div> <B>We are sorry for the inconvenience but the site is currently under construction. Please try again later. Thanks for your visit! </B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="02230300.gif" border=0 width="48" height="48" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong." Voltaire</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="542" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1142 WIDTH="281"><div> City National Story provides textbook examples of judicial corruption.  It's the true story of my litigation as a <A HREF="http://www.properlitigation.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.properlitigation.com"><U>pro se litigant</U></A> vis a vis <A HREF="http://www.cnb.com/infocenter/contact/index.asp" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cnb.com/infocenter/contact/in"><U>City National Bank</U></A> Trust Department (Beverly Hills, California - "City National").  The litigation is (or rather began) concerning my grandmother's trust (the Fannie Borun Trust, dated June 25, 1949 - "trust").</div> <bR> <div> After inviting me to file my petition for division of trust (as permitted by the California Probate Code, section 15412) City National changed its position after I did file it and clobbered me with litigation that has gone on in court after court for nearly ten years. </div> <bR> <div> Since their legal fees are taken out of the trust (including out of my own trust income) they feel free to attack me over and over.</div> <div>  </div> <div> This web site (still under construction)  documents how City National's lawyers have taken advantage of California's so-called "vexatious litigant" statute to milk the trust (these are the words of US District Court Judge William Byrne) of more than $350,000.</div> <bR> <div> In doing so, it's my intention to educate the public about serious problems with our California and federal judicial systems and hopefully derive some public benefit from my unfortunate experiences.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="024c8bb0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="187" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This site provides textbook examples of judicial corruption - together with full documentation.  Hopefully, publicizing these cases can have some influence in correcting abuses of our judicial system.  See <A HREF="http://www.lawreform.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lawreform.net"><U>Law Reform Network.</U></A>  </div> <bR> <div> As a victim of corruption in the California Probate Court, in the United States Bankruptcy Court, and in the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals,  I hope that my story will also help others who might otherwise become victims.   </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="247"><div> <A HREF="http://www.cnb.com/infocenter/contact/index.asp" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cnb.com/infocenter/contact/in"><U>  <OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://active.macromedia.com/flash2/cabs/swflash.cab#version=4,0,0,0" ID=cn WIDTH=248 HEIGHT=250> <PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="cn.swf"> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM NAME=loop VALUE=true> <EMBED src="cn.swf" loop=true quality=high WIDTH=248 HEIGHT=250 TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"> </EMBED> </OBJECT>  </U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>RELEVANT LEGAL ISSUES</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="unpublisheddec.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Unpublished Decisions"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f066333300.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Unpublished Decisions</B></U></A></div> <div> One law for one litigant and different law for another litigant is how the "unpublished decisions" rule operates</div> <div> <A HREF="probate.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Probate Courts A Long History of Corru"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f066333300.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Probate Courts -  A Long History of Corruption</B></U></A></div> <div> Probate Courts have a long, established tradition of corruption</div> <div> <A HREF="spendthrift.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Trusts and Spendthrift Trusts"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f066333300.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Trusts and Spendthrift Trusts</B></U></A></div> <div> Socialism in capitalist clothing</div> <div> <A HREF="resjudicata.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Res Judicata"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f066333300.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Res Judicata</B></U></A></div> <div> Legal Doctrine often thwarts Justice</div> <div> <A HREF="city.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="City National Story Home Page"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f066333300.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">City National Story Home Page</B></U></A></div> <div> Back to City National Story Home Page</div> <div> <A HREF="proper15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pro Per Litigation Society"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f066333300.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Pro Per Litigation Society</B></U></A></div> <div> Information, Resources & Support re Pro Per Litigation</div> <div> <A HREF="lawreform16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Law Reform Network"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f066333300.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Law Reform Network</B></U></A></div> <div> "Our Courts Belong to the Public - 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