Mosley wins among 3 seeking judge seat

Published Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008 | 8:44 p.m.

Updated Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008 | 12:27 a.m.

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Donald Mosley, who faced what appeared to be one of the toughest re-election bids among district court judges, retained his bench Tuesday night. For now.

Mosley won Tuesday’s primary election with 47.3 percent of the vote. Challenger Chris Davis (27.6 percent) came in second and Laurie Diefenchbach (25.1 percent) was third. Davis will face Mosley in November. In all judicial races, the top two vote-getters face off in the November general election.

Mosley is one of the better-known judges valley-wide and one of the more controversial. His ethics have occasionally been questioned by observers, which partially prompted a 2006 series in the Los Angeles Times that examined the behavior of our valley’s judges.

The Times reported that Mosley in 1990 gave $10,000 in campaign funds to his then-girlfriend, a transaction he labeled a “brief loan.” But the girlfriend told the Times it was a gift. Mosley clarified that the money was restored to his campaign fund, but the Times reported that his ex-girlfriend said she never repaid it.

Earlier this year, the Sun reported that Mosley opted against recusing himself from a case involving a politician who was alleged to have misused campaign funds.

Mosley has said the public “absolutely” does not perceive him as biased in the case.

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By notfoold

Oct. 25, 2008

2:37 p.m.

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And This...

BANKRUPTCY FRAUD wrote on October 25, 2008 11:16 AM: Apr. 08, 2007
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2005 DEPOSITION: Lawyer links judge to scheme
He says Mosley suggested records could be falsified

Donald Mosley
District Court judge tried to help girlfriend avoid foreclosure, lawyer says

In a deposition taken for a trial under way in Las Vegas, an attorney says District Judge Donald Mosley hatched a scheme to help his girlfriend avoid foreclosure on her home.

In a sworn deposition taken in May 2005, Las Vegas attorney James E. Guesman says Mosley in 2001 suggested payroll records could be falsified to make it appear Mosley's girlfriend, Tawanna Crabb, was employed, although she actually had been out of work for months.

Guesman's deposition goes on to say he withdrew as Crabb's bankruptcy lawyer after Mosley suggested that another local attorney could alter employment records to make it appear Crabb worked for the unnamed attorney. (DAVID WINTERTON)
Crabb subsequently named Guesman a defendant in her foreclosure-related lawsuit.When asked why Crabb didn't get a job, Guesman in his deposition states, "My opinion is that she had visions of grandeur. She had earned, I think, in the area of $50,000 at a job she'd had prior to getting in this financial difficulty, and she wasn't willing to look at any job other than one that would pay in that bracket. And I don't think she had the qualifications to -- at least didn't seem to have qualification to get a job in that bracket. ... I was encouraging her just go out and get a minimum wage job and we could do the reorganization (for the bankruptcy), and she just didn't do that."

Crabb eventually filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, which doesn't offer the same level of protection from debtors as the Chapter 13 bankruptcy protection that Crabb had wanted.

JUDGE JESSE WALSH HEARS CASE AFTER MANY RECUSE. ???

And This...

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2003/jun...

The woman, who is black, had appeared as a prospective juror in the courtroom of Judge Donald Mosley.
.. Mosley ordered the woman to return Friday to the chief judge's courtroom for a hearing to see if she would be held in contempt. Prior to that order he had dismissed her from the jury and had told a bailiff: "You're instructed, if she tries to leave, cuff her." Then, to the woman, Mosley said, "You sit down, ma'am. I'll let you know when it's time to leave." Later he told the woman, "By virtue of your responses to my questions and that of counsel I have concluded that you are willfully attempting to obstruct this procedure." He told her that if she didn't appear Friday, "I guarantee you a warrant will issue and we'll be at your jobsite taking you out in cuffs."