09-12-30 Delayed response by Sheriff's Department, County of Los Angeles - continued denial of access to California public records - arrest and booking papers.

Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:53:10 -0800
To: "Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau"
From: joseph zernik  

Subject: RE: Repeat request to access public records that were the arrest and booking records of inmates in the sheriff's facilities: Richard Fine and Ronald Gottschalk.

December 30, 2009

Dear Sheriff's Headquarter Bureau:

Thanks for the December 30, 2009 response to my December 10, 2009 request (both copied below), albeit delayed. Your response again referred me to the Discovery Unit, where I had been referred already in October 2009 (to Cindy) in this regard.  Cindy seemed confused about the referral, and was unable to help.  I later requested help in this matter from the Hon Michael Antonovich, who issued an inquiry.  In response, I received on December 22, 2009, a fax from your office (dated November 4, 2009), which in fact amounted to denial of access to the requested arrest and booking papers - public records pursuant to California Public Records Act 6254(f).

For your information, I copied below the latest request I filed with the Hon Michael Antonovich, dated December 29, 2009, for help in this matter.

Respectfully,

Joseph Zernik
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December 29, 2009 Letter by Joseph Zernik to Hon Michael Antonovich, Supervisor
Dr Z
Joseph Zernik, DMD, PhD
PO Box 526, La Verne, CA 91750; fax: 801 998-0917; email: jz12345@earthlink.net
December 29, 2009

Michael Antonovich, Supervisor
County of Los Angeles
By fax: 1.213.974.1010@efaxsend.com
By email: fifthdistrict@lacbos.org

RE: Additional Request for Assistance by the Hon Michael Antonovich, Supervisor, in re - Inquiries on Sheriff Lee Baca regarding arrest and booking of two attorneys/inmates who were/are subjected to coerced hospitalization: (a) Booking No: 1824367 Richard Fine,[1]

and (b) Booking No: 2088144 Ronald Gottschalk [2]

Dear Supervisor Antonowitch:

Thank you for your help in this matter. It was only through your help that for the first time in almost
three months, I was able to get any written response from the office of Sheriff Lee Baca in this matter.
On December 22, 2009 I received by fax a letter dated November 4, 2009 from the Sheriffs office. The
information in that letter was reviewed in my letter to you, dated December 23, 2009. [3]
Regardless, Sheriff Lee Baca never produced the requested California public records that were the arrest
and booking papers of either of the two attorneys/inmates referenced above.

Therefore, please accept the following as additional requests for assistance by your good offices. I am
again requesting your help in inquiring upon Sheriff Lee Bacas office in this matter. Such additional
inquiries were necessitated only because the Sheriff refused to provide the arrest and booking papers,
and pertain to information that would have been provided in the requested and denied public records. In
case the Sheriff changed his mind in this matter, and would provide the papers, these inquiries would be
deemed unnecessary.

The additional requests for inquiries were listed in the attached paper titled:
09-12-29 Requests for Additional Assistance by the Hon Michael Antonovich, Supervisor, County
of Los Angeles, California, in re: Sheriff Lee Baca.

Truly,

Joseph Zernik

Linked Records:
[1] See: Booking No.: 1824367 Last Name: FINE First Name: RICHARD Middle Name: I
At: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department http://app4.lasd.org/iic/ajis_search.cfm
[2] See: Booking No.: 2088144 Last Name: GOTTSCHALK First Name: RONALD Middle Name:
NORTON
At: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department http://app4.lasd.org/iic/ajis_search.cfm
[3] December 23, 2009 Request for Supervisor Antonowitchs help:
http://inproperinla.com/09-12-23-req-supervisor-antonowitch-inquiry-on-sheriff-baca-letter-s.pdf

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09-12-29 Requests for Additional Assistance by the Hon Michael Antonovich, Supervisor, County
of Los Angeles, California, in re: Sheriff Lee Baca.

In view of Sheriff Lee Bacas refusal to provide copies of the arrest and booking papers, in disregard
of California Public Records Act, additional inquiries are requested on the office of Sheriff Lee Baca
in re: (a) Booking #1824367 Richard Fine, and (b) Booking #2088144 Ronald Gottschalk:

1) Given that Sheriff Lee Baca refused to ever provide copies of the California public records, which
were the warrants for the arrest of inmates Richard Fine and Ronald Gottschalk, request was for
statements on the record by Sheriff Lee Baca:
a. Did Sheriff Lee Baca ever obtain an honest, valid, and effectual warrant for the March 4, 2009
arrest of Richard Fine? If so, what was its date, and who was it signed by?
b. Did Sheriff Lee Baca ever obtain an honest, valid, and effectual warrant for the October 8, 2009
arrest of Ronald Gottschalk? If so, what was its date, and who was it signed by?
c. Was Richard Fine ever subjected to an honest, valid, and effectual booking procedure? If so, what
was its date, and who was it signed by?
d. Was Ronald Gottschalk ever subjected to an honest, valid, and effectual booking procedure? If so,
what was its date, and who was it signed by?

2) Given that Attorney Ronald Gottschalk described his holding in the psychiatric ward of the jail as
coercive and abusive, request was for statements on the record by Sheriff Lee Baca:
a. The name and license number of the physician, who signed the initiation of psychiatric
hospitalization of Attorney Ronald Gottschalk on October 8, 2009.
b. The name and license number of any other physician(s) who might have been involved in the
coerced psychiatric hospitalization of Attorney Ronald Gottschalk from October 8, 2009 to
November 11, 2009.

3) Given that Attorney Richard Fine has been continuously hospitalized from March 4, 2009 to this
date, with no evidence of any illness or disease that would have justified the hospitalization, request
was for statements on the record by Sheriff Lee Baca:
a. The name and license number of the physician, who signed the initiation of hospitalization of
Attorney Richard Fine, and
b. The name and license number of any other physician(s) who might have been involved in the
hospitalization of Attorney Richard Fine from March 4, 2009 to this date.

4) Given that Attorney Ronald Gottschalk described his jailing being entirely in the psychiatric ward,
and never having been in attention during the routine three-times-a-day Inmate Counts, request was
for a statement on the record by Sheriff Lee Baca:
Whether Attorney Ronald Gottschalk was ever on the Inmate Count List of the jail, or whether he
was held all along Off the Record and Off the Inmate Count List of the jail.

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5) Given that Attorney Richard Fine described his jailing being entirely in the hospital ward, and never
having been in attention during the routine three-times-a-day Inmate Counts, request was for a
statement on the record by Sheriff Lee Baca:
Whether Attorney Richard Fine was ever on the Inmate Count List of the jail, or whether he was
held all along Off the Record and Off the Inmate Count List of the jail.

6) Given that Attorney Richard Fine has been continuously hospitalized from March 4, 2009 to this
date, and in view of information posted online by Sheriff Lee Baca, of Permanent Housing
Assigned Date: 06/18/2009 and Assigned Time: 17:15 request was for statements on the
record by Sheriff Lee Baca:
a. Was hospitalization in this case the indefinite Permanent Housing Assignment?
b. In case indeed it was: The name of the individual who signed such Permanent Housing
Assignment for Attorney Richard Fine to a hospital room : 06/18/2009 , and
c. In case any physician(s) were involved in the June 18, 2009 Permanent Housing Assignment
the name(s) and license number(s) of such physician(s).
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At 00:00 12/30/2009, Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau wrote:

Please contact the Discovery Unit at (323) 890-5000

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At 22:04 12/10/2009, Joseph Zernik wrote:

From: joseph zernik [mailto:jz12345@earthlink.net]
Posted At: Thursday, December 10, 2009 10:04 PM
Posted To: Web Emails
Conversation: Repeat request to access public records that were the arrest and booking records of inmates in the sheriffs facilities: Richard Fine and Ronald Gottschalk.
Subject: Repeat request to access public records that were the arrest and booking records of inmates in the sheriffs facilities: Richard Fine and Ronald Gottschalk.

The favor of a response within 2 business days was requested

Please see attached, digitally signed:  RE: Repeat request to access public records that were the arrest and booking records of inmates in the sheriffs facilities: Richard Fine and Ronald Gottschalk.
Text is copied below
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To Sheriff Lee Baca, Sheriff Department of Los Angeles County:

RE: Repeat request to access public records that were the arrest and booking records
of inmates in the sheriffs facilities: Richard Fine and Ronald Gottschalk

Dear sheriff Baca:
Please accept this notice as a repeat request to access public records which are arrest and booking
records, pursuant to the California Public Records Act - Cal Govt Code 6250 - 6276.48, particularly
pursuant to 6254(f).
This request pertains to the records of the following two individuals:
1) Booking No: 1824367; Last Name: FINE; First Name: RICHARD; Middle Name: I; Sex: M;
Race: W; Date Of Birth: 01/22/1940; Age: 69; Hair: GRY; Eyes: BRO; Height: 509 Weight:
175; Charge Level: O (Other)
2) Booking No: 2088144; Last Name: GOTTSCHALK; First Name: RONALD; Middle Name:
NORTON; Sex: M; Race: W; Date Of Birth: 07/15/1943; Age: 66; Hair: BRO; Eyes: BRO;
Height: 510; Weight: 185; Charge Level: F (Felony)
These cases were of particular concern, since both were attorneys who were arrested following the filing
of complaints pertaining to alleged widespread corruption of the Los Angeles Superior Court. Moreover,
the evidence indicated that in both cases they were arrested with no warrants at all. In both cases they
were held in the jails hospital, not in the jails regular facilities, with no reason at all, and in both cases,
the evidence indicated that they were never part of the jails count of inmates.
Needless to say, the above facts, upon review, were likely to be deemed serious abuse of Human Rights
pursuant to ratified International Law.
Please let me know where and when I would be allowed to access these records and/or obtain their
copies.
Dated December 10, 2009         
La Verne, County of Los Angeles, California              Joseph H Zernik
                                                                      By: __/s/Joseph H Zernik__
                                                              JOSEPH H ZERNIK
                                                              PO Box 526, La Verne,CA 91750
                                                              Fax: 801 998 0917
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