COMPTON (SBE) – The legal case in the matter of election fraud allegations has resulted in a judge issuing a warrant demanding court transcribers appear to turn over official documents on July 17.
In June 2022, Judge Michelle Williams ruled voter fraud took place in the District 2 June 2021 General Election between former Compton Councilman Isaac Galvan against his challenger Andre Spicer.
Williams’ ruling declared Spicer the winner and removed Galvan from his seat.
Shortly after the ruling, Galvan filed an appeal through his attorney Albert Robles which is not complete without the certified court transcripts.
The court reporters are refusing to turn them over despite Galvan paying his share of the costs of the transcripts.
Court records show that in January of this year, Williams was reassigned from the case and a new judge took over.
A hearing was held on April 17 on why the official transcripts were not uploaded to the court’s website.
According to a source with knowledge of the case, the transcribers were allegedly sourced by Spicer’s attorney.
The court’s minute order details the judge gave the transcribers 15 days to provide the court with the transcripts from the case when it was under Williams.
“The Superior Court may issue an order requiring the court reporter to appear and show cause why they should not be declared incompetent to act as an official reporter under Government Code section 69944 and/or why sanctions should not be imposed”.
“Additionally, the court reporter’s name will be removed from the Court Reporters Pro Tempore Directory posted on the Los Angeles Superior Court’s website”.
A hearing was scheduled for May 17 for the court reporters to show up and they failed to do so.
The court documents list the court reporters as Robin Casillas and Yolanda Tanner.
Due to their failure to appear, the case minute order from May 17 shows the court imposed sanctions and has scheduled the matter for July 17 at 8:30 a.m.
Emilie St. John is a contributing writer for the South Bay Examiner and the Los Angeles Wave newspaper