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Corruption Scorecards for Jefferson Parish House of Representatives Election 2023

Tracie Burke | Motion to Quash LLC | Sept. 22, 2023

Louisiana State Representatives are being scrutinized under the False Claims Act for receiving payments from over 100 entities that received over $200 million dollars in taxpayer backed Disaster Assistance, according to an analysis of federal government data by Motion to Quash LLC. 

The investigation of loan fraud by PPP loan recipients and Louisiana lawmakers is alarming. Businesses issued large political donations after receiving taxpayer backed pandemic loans, raising concerns about the legitimacy of their need for assistance. “Loan recipients who issued campaign contributions after receiving their awards should be required to repay the loans,” a spokesperson for the agency said. “Fraud schemes such as this are the costliest for the taxpayers.”

Motion to Quash is a powerful representation of the fight against corruption in Jefferson Parish, with the State Representative Anti Corruption Scorecard serving as a reminder of the importance of transparency and honesty in our political system. The scorecards are sufficient to provide accurate, reliable and sound judgment of campaign finance abuse, particularly for those interested in the 2023 Elections and the stand against corruption.

Campaign finance reports were obtained from the Louisiana Ethics Board website. Disaster Relief Profiles were found at usaspending.gov.

Click the name to view each candidate’s folder.

Joseph OrgeronC73%
John IllgD67%
Debbie VillioD60%
Polly ThomasD67%
Laurie SchlegelB-80%
Kyle Green JrB+87%
Reginald JasminA+100%
Timothy KernerF47%
Andrew BennettA+100%
Vincent Cox IIIF47%
Andrea ManuelA+100%
Rodney Lyons SrD63%
Trent Mackey Jr.A+100%
Michael SigurD67%
Joseph StagniD67%
Stephanie HilfertyC73%
Charles MarsalaA+100%
Jacob BraudF53%
Joanna LeopoldD67%
Mack CormierD60%
Donald ValleeA+97%
SCORE DISTRIBUTION OVERVIEW

Of the 21 candidates for State Representative on the Jefferson Parish sample ballot, 6 scored A+ (28.6%), 1 scored B+ (4.8%), 1 scored B- (4.8%), 2 scored C (9.5%), 8 scored D (38.1%), and 3 scored F (14.3%)

Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI)

From the time period 2020 to the present, candidates received a grand total of contributions over $1.4 million dollars including a sum of over $600,000 from pharmaceuticals, gaming interests, government contractors, and PPP disaster recipients. By far the most frequent recipient is Timothy Kerner Sr.

Methodology

For consistency, the total scores were based on these three principles:

  1. Campaign contributions issued (5 points)
  2. Campaign contributions received (5 points)
  3. Disclosures/conflicts of interest (5 points)

Only when candidates scored 15 for the whole package did they score 100 percent. 

Campaigns are dynamic. We welcome your feedback. If you see a candidate’s position has changed, send us an email to info@motiontoquash.org with the new information.

Recognized by the National Whistleblower Center, Tracie Burke is Louisiana author of Motion to Quash. She can be reached at tracie@motiontoquash.org. Motion to Quash LLC  successfully promoted legislation that supports the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 and amendments to the Whistleblower Protection Act. Please Support journalism in the public interest by contributing today. Click here to donate Motion to Quash ISSN 2644-1594 is the copyrighted property of Motion to Quash LLC. 

Jefferson Parish State Senator Corruption Scorecard 2023

Tracie Burke | Motion to Quash LLC | August 27, 2023

Use of political campaign funds has been of great interest lately among Louisiana voters and members of the Louisiana Board of Ethics. The Motion to Quash scorecards are sufficient to provide accurate, reliable and sound judgment of campaign finance abuse. Motion to Quash identifies quid pro quo by compiling and analyzing campaign contribution data and through its understanding of the electoral and public policy-making process.

Anti Corruption Scorecard for Jefferson Parish State Senator Candidates 

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Jefferson Parish Sample Ballot
State Senator
Total (cumulative):15
Candidate averageC75%
Royce DuplessisC73%
Gary Carter Jr.C73%
Patrick ConnickB-80%
Timothy Kerner Jr.F53%
J. Cameron Henry Jr.C73%
Mary Ann MushattA+100%
Kirk TalbotC73%
Marilyn BellockA+100%
Gregory MillerC73%
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SCORE DISTRIBUTION

Of the 9 candidates for State Senator on the Jefferson Parish sample ballot, 2 scored A+ (22.2%), 1 scored B- (11.1%), 5 scored C (55.6%), and 1 scored F (11.1%).

Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI)

Candidates received a sum of $225,670 from pharmaceuticals, gaming interests, and government contractors. The most frequent recipients are Kirk Talbot and Timothy Kerner. 



Methodology

For consistency, the total scores were based on these three principles:

  1. Campaign contributions issued (5 points)
  2. Campaign contributions received (5 points)
  3. Disclosures/conflicts of interest (5 points)

Only when candidates scored 15 for the whole package did they score 100 percent. 

Campaigns are dynamic. We welcome your feedback. If you see a candidate’s position has changed, send us an email to info@motiontoquash.org with the new information.

Recognized by the National Whistleblower Center, Tracie Burke is Louisiana author of Motion to Quash. She can be reached at tracie@motiontoquash.org. Motion to Quash LLC successfully promoted legislation that supports the American Money Laundering Act and the Whistleblower Protection Act. Please Support journalism in the public interest by donating today. Click here to donate. The National Whistleblower Center (NWC) is the leading nonprofit dedicated to protecting and rewarding whistleblowers around the world. 

Jefferson Parish Anti-Corruption Scorecard for 3/26/2022 Election

By Tracie Burke | Motion to Quash LLC | March 7, 2022

Motion to Quash LLC investigated long standing campaign finance abuse in Jefferson Parish to create the scorecards for this election. 

We created a comprehensive list of campaign contributions for the candidates. The campaign contributions were totaled on the time period from March 6, 2007- to March 6, 2022. The grand total was $3,631,929.

Loans, contractor contributions, and gaming interests were included in the totals.

Only four (22%) of the eighteen candidates scored A+ for anti-corruption, while five (28%) of the candidates scored F.

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The total campaign contributions were based on the financial statements for the candidates on the Board of Ethics website. 

Download the spreadsheet and click on the Grades tab to view the scorecard. Then, click on the name to view the candidate’s folder.

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Methodology

For consistency, the total scores were based on these three principles:

  1. Campaign contributions issued (5 points)
  2. Campaign contributions received (5 points)
  3. Disclosures/conflicts of interest (5 points)

Only when they scored 15 for the whole package did they score 100 percent. 

Campaigns are dynamic. We welcome your feedback. If you see a candidate’s position has changed, send us an email to info@motiontoquash.org with the new information.

Tracie Burke is Louisiana author of Motion to Quash. She can be reached at tracie@motiontoquash.org. Motion to Quash LLC promotes legislation that supports the American Anti-Corruption Act. Please Support journalism in the public interest by donating today. Click here to donate.

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Statewide Anti Corruption Scorecards Nov. 2021

By Tracie Burke | Motion to Quash LLC | September 26, 2021

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Integrity is a top issue facing Louisiana voters. Unfair business practices and long standing financial connections are breeding grounds for corruption. See how candidates score on integrity for the November 2021 Statewide/Multi-Parish Elections.

We based the candidate integrity scores on these three principles: Campaign Contributions Issued, Campaign Contributions Received, and Disclosures/Conflicts of Interest. 

Click here to view the SCORECARD. You can download and print the complimentary spreadsheet. Click on the Grades Tab to view each Candidate’s folder.

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METHODOLOGY

Candidates are graded on the number of critical issues for anti-corruption listed in the candidate scorecard, as divided into three overarching principles. We believe all of these issues are crucial for candidate integrity. 

We assigned a total possible score of 5 for each principle. For the sake of consistency, we treat individual issues equally: calculating fewer of these critical issues gets candidates a higher score—and only when they score 15 for the whole package do they score 100 percent.

We compiled candidate information from their campaign websites, in interviews, or from public and private sources. 

Campaigns are dynamic. We welcome your feedback—if you see a candidate’s position has changed, send us an email to info@motiontoquash.org  with the new information.

Tracie Burke is Louisiana author of Motion to Quash. She can be reached at tracie@motiontoquash.org. Motion to Quash LLC promotes legislation that supports the American Anti-Corruption Act. Please Support journalism in the public interest by contributing today. Motion to Quash ISSN 2644-1594 is the copyrighted property of Motion to Quash LLC 2019 Click here to donate.

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2020 Candidate Integrity SCORECARD- Justice of the Peace & Constable- Jefferson Parish

Tracie Burke | Motion to Quash LLC | October 23, 2020

Dear Members and Friends,

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Integrity is a top issue facing Jefferson Parish voters. See how Justice of the Peace and Constable candidates in Jefferson Parish score on integrity when it comes to financial disclosures and campaign finance reports. Then ask the candidates to pledge to Join the Campaign for Judicial Integrity in Louisiana.          

We based the candidates’ integrity scores on these three principles: 

1. Campaign Contributions Issued

2. Campaign Contributions Received

3. Financial Disclosure Statements. 

Click below to view the SCORECARDS. You can download the complimentary spreadsheet. Candidate review folders are available upon request to: info@motiontoquash.org.

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METHODOLOGY

Candidates are graded on the number of critical issues for anti-corruption listed in the candidate scorecard, as divided into three overarching principles. We believe all of these issues are crucial to unrigging our broken system. 

We assigned a total possible score of 5 for each principle. For the sake of consistency, we treat individual issues equally: calculating fewer of these critical issues gets candidates a higher score—and only when they score 15 for the whole package do they get 100 percent.

We compiled candidate information from their campaign websites, in interviews, or from public and private resources. 

Campaigns are dynamic. We welcome your feedback—if you see a candidate’s position has changed, send us an email at info@motiontoquash.org  with the new information.

Tracie Burke is Louisiana Author of Motion to Quash. Her work focuses on providing education, information, and justice for women survivors of family violence in Louisiana. She can be reached at tracie@motiontoquash.org

Please Support journalism in the public interest by contributing today. Motion to Quash ISSN 2644-1594 is the copyrighted property of Motion to Quash LLC 2019

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Join the Campaign for Judicial Integrity in Louisiana

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Have you ever been affected by a Judge’s decision in Louisiana? Did the decision affect you in such a way that you either lost money or have been left at risk of ongoing abuse or unable to see your children? Chances are that you have. Did you feel the system in Louisiana was corrupt? The answer to that is probably yes. If so, Motion to Quash LLC has the solution. Join the Campaign for Judicial Integrity in Louisiana.

We want the public to receive accurate and understandable information and show what you can do to rid Louisiana of Judicial corruption. Join the Campaign for Judicial Integrity in Louisiana to remedy those problems by making the system right and ridding the Louisiana judiciary of bad and corrupt judges.

Harmful Effect of Money in Louisiana Government

Motion to Quash LLC takes action against government corruption and retribution in Louisiana. No one can get a fair trial before judges who receive illegal payments from attorneys and retroactive immunity from criminal prosecution.

A significant number of judges in Louisiana receive illegal payments from attorneys in the form of campaign contributions. Motion to Quash LLC is taking the steps to pass legislation that says any judge who receives contributions from attorneys no longer can sit on the seat in the district where the attorneys practice. What You Can Do to Rid the Louisiana Judiciary of Bad and Corrupt Judges

There is continuing fraud before the courts in Louisiana and the Louisiana judicial system is in a crisis. This is the underlying story of how judges receiving illegal contributions and payments to increase their own interests has corrupted the Louisiana judicial system.

The Louisiana Supreme Court and Court of Appeal Justices and Superior Court Justices at all times knew and know at present, many Louisiana judges sit on cases in which they are disqualified under law because the attorney gave them a criminal payment and: (1) appears before them as a party; (2) appears as a witness; or (3) has an interest.

The mission of the Campaign for Judicial Integrity in Louisiana is to disqualify the judges who are receiving money from attorneys and end corruption and take back our judicial system.

How to Disqualify Your Judge

Responsibility falls on citizens to reclaim our justice system. The method is for the people to file LA Code Crim Pro 987 based on fraud upon the court. Motion to Set Aside Conviction and Dismiss Prosecution; Rule to Show Cause; and Order of Dismissal forms are to be used. Here is a link to the forms provided by LSAC http://www.lasc.org/rules/City_Parish/Uniform_Forms_for_City_Parish_Courts.pdf

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Also, federal laws provide an opportunity to reverse the judge’s ruling and move forward with working the case to its logical conclusion. The Supremacy Clause of the Constitution of the United States (Article VI, Clause 2), establishes that the Constitution, federal laws made pursuant to it, and treaties made under its authority, constitute the “supreme Law of the Land” and thus take priority over any conflicting state laws.

Section 1346 of Title 18, United States Code provides an intangible right to honest services.  The statute has been applied by federal prosecutors in cases of public corruption as well as in cases in which private individuals breached a fiduciary duty to another.

Exercise Your Rights & Contact Your Legislators

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Motion to Quash LLC is drafting legislation and sending it to every legislator to stop any judge from receiving payments from attorneys who may appear before them. The next step for you, the voters, will be to exercise your rights to contact your legislators, who are your representatives and work for you, and urge them to get the amendment passed. Remember, these payments have affected every aspect of the court system, so now is the time for action.

“If you have been hurt by a judicial decision or by a corrupt judge and you want to do something about it, this is the only thing that you can do. Protesting in the street is not going to get you anywhere. Making music or noise is not going to get you anywhere. Exercising your right will get you somewhere.” – Dr. Richard Fine, Founder, Vote for Justice, Campaign for Judicial Integrity.

Recognized by the National Whistleblower Center (NWC), Tracie Burke is Louisiana author of motiontoquash.org. She can be reached at tracie@motiontoquash.org. Motion to Quash LLC successfully promoted legislation that supports the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 and amendments to the Whistleblower Protection Act. Please Support journalism in the public interest by contributing today. Click here to donate Motion to Quash ISSN 2644-1594 is the copyrighted property of Motion to Quash LLC 2019.  NWC’s mission is to support whistleblowers in their efforts to expose and help prosecute corruption and other wrongdoing around the world. 

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Vote No to HCR 53 Study Concerning Registry of Persons With Autism

By Tracie Burke | Motion to Quash LLC | May 9, 2020

Representative Joe Stagni has requested a study that goes against basic ethical principles and guidelines for research involving human subjects with autism and other developmental disabilities. HCR 53 EXCEPTIONAL PERSONS: Requests a study concerning a voluntary registry of persons with autism and other developmental disabilities for use by law enforcement professionals. Stagni’s request poses some troubling ethical questions concerning privacy, discrimination, and legal harm. It does not answer the question of what the standard should be for judging how much and what sort of information should be provided for the study.

According to The National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research principle guidelines, research involving persons with Autism and other developmental disabilities needs extensive protections.

The National Research Act

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On July 12, 1974, the National Research Act (Pub. L. 93-348) was signed into law, thereby creating the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, as well as the Belmont Report and Institutional Review Boards (IRBs). One of the charges to the Commission was to identify the basic ethical principles that should underlie the conduct of biomedical and behavioral research involving human subjects and to develop guidelines which should be followed to assure that such research is conducted in accordance with those principles. In carrying out the above, the Commission was directed to consider: (i) the boundaries between biomedical and behavioral research and the accepted and routine practice of medicine, (ii) the role of assessment of risk-benefit criteria in the determination of the appropriateness of research involving human subjects, (iii) appropriate guidelines for the selection of human subjects for participation in such research and (iv) the nature and definition of informed consent in various research settings.”

Basic Ethical Principles

  1. Respect for Persons. — Persons with diminished autonomy are entitled to protection. The principle of respect for persons thus divides into two separate moral requirements: the requirement to acknowledge autonomy and the requirement to protect those with diminished autonomy.
  2. Assessment of Risks and Benefits. — For a review committee, it is a method for determining whether the risks that will be presented to subjects are justified.

The Louisiana Department of Health has already indicated that studies such as HCR 53 are not feasible. House Concurrent Resolution No. 84 of the 2019 Regular Session requested the Louisiana Department of Health to study the feasibility of issuing a special identification card to individuals with an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis and the study that the Louisiana Department of Health produced in accordance with that Resolution indicated, “it is not feasible for the department to issue such identification cards because it has no processes currently in place within which that function could be included.” This volubly confirms that it is not feasible to conduct a discriminatory study concerning the potential use of the NCIC database for creating a registry of persons with autism and other developmental disabilities.

Furthermore, Louisiana law, R.S. 40:2404.2(C), already provides for training of law enforcement officers on interacting with persons who have developmental disabilities. Autism Risk and Safety Management provides training and resources for law enforcement, emergency first responders, parents, educators, care providers, and the autism community. Autism training offers scenarios that describe not only the highest risk autism and law enforcement encounters but strategies designed to lower risk when police officers and first responders interact with autistic citizens and resolve the dilemma of recognizing autism related behaviors and characteristics.

The Nature and Scope of Risks and Benefits

The Assessment of risks and benefits requires a careful arrayal of relevant data, including alternative ways of obtaining the benefits sought in the research. One example, The National Autism Registry (NARY) was started in 1999. The mission is to provide opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families to engage in community-based experiences that were not available to them due to the difficulties of the individual with developmental disabilities. It was founded by Valerie Herskowitz, a mother of a son with autism, and her husband, Garth Dolderer.

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The risks that HCR 53 presents to the subjects are not justified. Joe Stagni appears to be a disablist, contributing to the possibility that harm of autistic individuals may occur. Moreover, a conflict of interest is present since Stagni receives thousands of dollars in contributions issued by medical marketing agencies. This requires review by the Louisiana Ethics Administration.

Austistic populations are already burdened in many ways by their disabilities and environments. When research is proposed that involves risks and does not include a therapeutic component, they should be protected against the danger of being involved in research soley for administrative convenience or political purposes. Call or write to your legislators today and urge them to vote no to partisan bill HCR 53.

Tracie Burke is Louisiana author of Motion to Quash. She can be reached at tracie@motiontoquash.org. Motion to Quash LLC promotes legislation that supports the American Anti-Corruption Act.

Please Support journalism in the public interest by contributing today. Motion to Quash ISSN 2644-1594 is the copyrighted property of Motion to Quash LLC 2019. Click here to donate.

New Tools for Legal Developers and Organizations

Free Law Project has been working on some big upgrades to its systems and when they build tools, they share them with the community. They have three big new tools for legal developers and organizations:

Database of Courts

 Ever wish there was a list of hundreds of courts with identifiers and aliases for all of them? Their new “Court DB” has over 17,000 lines of code describing over 700 courts. Learn More: https://free.law/2020/03/10/announcing-a-new-open-database-of-court-information-ids-and-parsers/

Pictures of Judges

They now have more than 1,000 portraits of judges ready for you to put in your projects. Learn More: https://free.law/2020/01/16/weve-added-nearly-1000-images-to-our-open-collection-of-judge-portraits/

PACER APIs

Don’t make another scraper for PACER. They now have a growing collection of APIs for that. Learn More: https://free.law/2019/11/05/announcing-our-new-pacer-fetch-apis/

Until today, if you wanted to add something to the RECAP Archive on CourtListener, you had only one option: Use the RECAP Extensions to purchase the item from PACER, and let the extensions do the upload on your behalf.

Starting today, they have a new free API released in Beta that anybody can use to get dockets and PDFs from PACER and add them to our website, APIs, and replication systems.

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Tracie Burke is Louisiana Author of Motion to Quash. Her work focuses on providing education, information, and justice for women survivors of domestic violence in Louisiana. She can be reached at tracie@motiontoquash.org

Please Support journalism in the public interest by contributing today. Motion to Quash ISSN 2644-1594 is the copyrighted properrty of Motion to Quash LLC 2019. Click here to donate.

Supporting Journalism in the Public Interest

by Tracie Burke | Motion to Quash, LLC | September 20, 2019

Dear Readers,

Here is the lawsuit we are filing to remove a gag order so we can publish information about issues concerning Judicial reviews and corruption in Jefferson Parish. Please share our donation link and, if you can, donate. Our representation is pro bono and your donation helps cover the filing fee. Thank you for your support.

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Without people like you, Motion to Quash LLC would not be able to continue its mission to provide information and justice for women in Louisiana.

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Tracie Burke is Louisiana Author of Motion to Quash. Email: tracie@motiontoquash.org

A JOURNEY THROUGH THE JEFFERSON PARISH LABYRINTH OF INJUSTICE

By Tracie Burke | Motion to Quash LLC | 9/5/2019 

An institutional collapse of the legal profession in Jefferson Parish is unfolding before us and the proof is in the campaign finance abuse. Personality contests of which lawyer or law firm has more influence with judges in the 24th Judicial Court of Jefferson Parish have created fertile ground for dangerous trial court decisions for women survivors of domestic violence. 

The Motion to Quash LLC Blacklist of the 24th Judicial Court of Jefferson Parish journeys through a labyrinth of injustice for women survivors of domestic violence. As a result of long standing financial ties of parties involved, a significant number of women are denied protective orders.  Attorneys are hired to balance the scales of favoritism, not justice. 

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Motion to Quash explored data from the National Center for State Courts NCSC, the Louisiana Protective Order Registry LRPO for the years 2017, 2018, and 2019, the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women, the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement, the Louisiana Secretary of State, the Louisiana Ethics Administration Campaign Finance Reports, CourtListener, PACER, Jeffnet, the Jefferson Bar Association, and the Louisiana State Bar Association.

Jefferson Parish significantly decreased the number of cases with the Louisiana Protective Order Registry each year since 2017, even though there was a significant increase in domestic violence cases of women seeking relief. Despite grants awarded to the Louisiana Commision on Law Enforcement to ensure protection, Jefferson Parish continues to deny a high number of protective orders for women, even though they meet the requirements.

ABOUT OVW GRANT PROGRAMS

The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) currently administers 19 grant programs authorized by the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) of 1994 and subsequent legislation. Four programs are “formula,” meaning the enacting legislation specifies how the funds are to be distributed. The remaining programs are “discretionary,” meaning OVW is responsible for creating program parameters, qualifications, eligibility, and deliverables in accordance with authorizing legislation. These grant programs are designed to develop the nation’s capacity to reduce domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by strengthening services to victims and holding offenders accountable.

In 2018, the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded Louisiana $2,871,778  in grants to explore the unique dynamics and key issues of domestic violence cases. The objective was to achieve effective adjudication of Domestic Violence Cases. The grants were awarded as follows:

Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence$90,931OVW State Coal FY 18
Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement$457,634OVW SAS FY 2018
Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement$2,323,213OVW STOP FY 2018

Recommendations, Objectives, and Conditions

 Longstanding financial ties between  judges, attorneys, and the Jefferson Parish District Attorney have unbalanced the scales of justice for women survivors of domestic violence.  These practices betray the public’s trust by ignoring the recommendations of the Department of Justice OVW to specifically address the unique dynamics of domestic violence cases and by failing to use its formula to protect women. 

Therefore, Motion to Quash LLC is respectfully requesting that the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women audit the 24th Judicial Court of Jefferson Parish, Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office, and named Law Firms to examine their practices to determine that:

 1. The 24th Judicial Court of Jefferson Parish ignored  the recommendations of the Department of Justice Office of Violence Against Women and to reurge its recommendations  

2. The 24th Judicial Court of Jefferson Parish ignored conditions designed to ensure programmatic success.

3. The 24th Judicial Court of Jefferson Parish and Jefferson Parish District Attorney did not meet the objectives of the Department of Justice OVW grant to provide effective adjudication for women survivors of domestic violence and to reurge those objectives.

The conditions of OVW awards are designed to ensure that recipients comply with the program’s statutory scope and programmatic requirements.  Otherwise, women survivors of domestic violence would not be able to escape the Jefferson Parish labyrinth of injustice.

Tracie Burke is Louisiana Author of Motion to Quash. Her work focuses on providing education, information and justice for women survivors of Domestic Violence in Louisiana. She can be reached at tracie@motiontoquash.org
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