01/19/2026
It’s been awhile. Here’s why…..
On June 8, 2023, JAMS closed the arbitration case while serious issues remained unresolved.
As part of that closure, JAMS directed that the arbitrator’s retainer be returned.
The arbitration was conducted by Candace Cooper.
Before the case was closed, the record included evidence supporting claims of medical battery, fraud, and perjury.
It also included concerns regarding arbitrator disclosure failures, including hundreds of prior and concurrent matters involving opposing counsel, the party-appointed arbitrator John C. Kelly, and the insurer The Doctors Company, as well as significant evidentiary exclusions.
None of these issues were adjudicated on the merits prior to closure.
After the forum closed the case, breaches of duty by counsel were raised on the court record.
Substitution of counsel was approved.
A request for an extension of time was denied.
Those court decisions were signed by Edward B. Moreton, sitting in the Beverly Hills Courthouse, Division 205.
No additional time was granted to remedy counsel failure.
No corrective process followed the forum’s closure.
The evidence supporting claims of medical battery, fraud, and perjury was never heard on the merits.
During this same period, a data breach involving sensitive personal and medical information occurred.
Law enforcement was notified through the West Hollywood Sheriff’s Department.
A detective, Juan Bonilla, was assigned.
After assignment, the detective went on vacation while retaining the file.
Days later that period, no investigative steps were taken and the matter did not advance.
Despite notification and the existence of digital evidence, no subpoenas were issued.
No corrective action followed.
No explanation appears on the public record, and the matter continues to be delayed.
Each action, viewed alone, may be described as procedural.
Viewed together, they had a single effect.
Accountability was foreclosed.
This post does not allege motive.
It documents sequence.
When procedure is used to prevent review, procedure becomes the harm.
The record exists.
We are preserving it.
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Why this matters beyond one case
Because this is not rare.
It is routine.
Cases are closed without review.
Evidence is excluded without explanation.
Extensions are denied when they matter most.
Investigations quietly stall.
This is how harm becomes normalized.
This is how records disappear.
This is how accountability is avoided.
It happens every day, mostly to people without platforms, resources, or leverage.
We are exposing it not because it is exceptional,
but because it is systemic.
Sunlight is the last safeguard.