Update on Stutz v. Larkins defamation case

Stutz Artiano Shinoff & Holtz were denied a second time on January 21, 2009 when they asked to have me held in contempt for not erasing every mention of their name from my websites. It's an unconstitutional order, and it's no wonder the judge didn't want to throw me in jail, as Stutz law firm asked.

The current defamation case against me has its origins in the very bizarre events at Chula Vista Elementary School District in 2001.

My lawsuit against CVESD in 2002 was the result of an odd confluence of circumstances, and at the same time it was a typical event in the system that prevails at many schools across the United States. This system values politics and personal loyalty among adults over the duty to educate and protect children.

Dan Shinoff was the school district's lawyer, and I got a real education watching him direct the district's actions. He's not happy that I've recounted publicly his interesting way of handling public entity affairs.

See summary of case.

DISTRICT LAWYERS BRING THE CASE BACK TO COURT IN 2007

As fate would have it, however, my case
is back in court. CVESD’s law firm,
Stutz, Artiano, Shinoff & Holtz,
brought this case back to San Diego Superior Court
in 2007 by filing a defamation suit against me
for publishing this website.

So it’s still possible that justice and sanity
will find their way back to Chula Vista Elementary
School District.

by Maura Larkins

Interestingly, Joe Hogan's wife, Marlene Scholz, is a player in California Teachers Association. She got involved in this case during a local affiliate president's conference at Asilomar, plunging into a long discussion with Barbara Kerr and David A. Sanchez about her husband's ex-wife, making Barbara and David very late for a planned presentation.