DEFENDANT #3: SUZETTE LOUISE CLOVER (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)

 

Role in People v. Michael Taylor (XNEGA111132)

Presiding judge during the initial imposition of unlawful psychiatric detention, who sanctioned a competency evaluation and subsequent hospitalization based on a sealed order that was never disclosed or served, thereby enabling a constitutional violation of due process and unlawful confinement.

Summary of Involvement

Judge Suzette Louise Clover stands as a pivotal figure in the genesis of the procedural violations haunting People v. Michael Taylor. She exercised judicial authority to authorize the involuntary psychiatric evaluation under Penal Code § 730, despite the absence of an executed court order made known to the defendant or his counsel.

Her rulings facilitated the misuse of mental health statutes to detain Mr. Taylor without the requisite procedural safeguards, effectively endorsing a clandestine suspension of constitutional protections. The evaluation initiated under her watch served as the legal pretext for the defendant's forced hospitalization, lasting from October to December 2024.

Documentation and communications indicate that Judge Clover failed to ensure transparency or due process, including denying the defendant’s timely requests for access to the sealed court order authorizing the evaluation. This omission contributed to a prolonged deprivation of liberty based on fabricated or unsupported psychiatric claims.

Her judicial stewardship during this period reflects a disturbing disregard for procedural fairness and an alignment with systemic mechanisms that weaponize psychiatry against defendants.

Why She Is Defendant #3 in the Dossier:

• She sanctioned an unauthorized psychiatric evaluation that triggered unconstitutional detention.
• She failed to disclose or provide access to sealed orders, denying the defendant the right to confront and challenge the basis for his confinement.
• Her rulings represent an example of judicial endorsement of psychiatric coercion as a tool of procedural suppression.
• By permitting the mental health machinery to operate unchecked, she contributed directly to the deprivation of due process and liberty.

> “Judge Clover’s bench became the gateway through which due process was suspended, and liberty seized under the guise of mental health — a chilling precedent that must not stand unchallenged.”

CIVIL INDICTMENTS

1. DEFENDANT #1: VERNON LLOYD PATTERSON #165016
2. DEFENDANT #2: DANIELLE MARIE DAROCA-BELL #265746
3. DEFENDANT #3: SUZETTE LOUISE CLOVER #89066
4. DEFENDANT #4: DR. PIETRO D'INGILLO #18141
5. DEFENDANT #5: RONALD OWEN KAYE #145051
6. DEFENDANT #6: SHARON LEONETTE RANSOM #230371
7. DEFENDANT #7: MERY ALABERKYAN
8. DEFENDANT #8: DR. PHANI MADHAV TUMU #A89555
9. DEFENDANT #9: MICHAEL HERMAN SALMAGGI #201301
10. DEFENDANT #10: HANNAH MANDEL 333020
11. DEFENDANT #11: MICHAEL DOUGLAS CARTER #152749
12. DEFENDANT #12: DAVID W. SLAYTON
13. DEFENDANT #13: KATHRYN ANN BARGER-LEIBRICH
14. DEFENDANT #14: RICARDO DANIEL GARCIA #178111
15. DEFENDANT #15: STEPHANIE CLENDENIN
16. DEFENDANT #16: DR. MICHAEL BARSOM
17. DEFENDANT #17: DR. KORY KNAPKE #A49908
18. DEFENDANT #18: SERGIO TAPIA 2 #185836
19. DEFENDANT #19: ASHFAQ GANI CHOWDHURY #243763
20. DEFENDANT #20: GEORGE GASCÓN #182345
21. DEFENDANT #21: RON ANDRES BONTA #202668
22. DEFENDANT #22: MARK RICHARD HARVEY #155618
23. DEFENDANT #23: GRANT PARKS
24. DEFENDANT #24: GAVIN CHRISTOPHER NEWSOM
25. DEFENDANT #25: RONALD DION DESANTIS #15976
26. DEFENDANT #26: SYDNEY KAMLAGER-DOVE
27. DEFENDANT #27: ERIKA ANZOÁTEGUI #187012
28. DEFENDANT #28: MARILYN E. BEDNARSKI #105322
29. DEFENDANT #29: BARRET STEPHEN LITT #45527
30. DEFENDANT #30: DAVID SEAN MCLANE #124952
31. DEFENDANT #31: KEVIN JAY LAHUE #237556
32. DEFENDANT #32: LINDSAY BROOKE BATTLES #262862
33. DEFENDANT #33: LAURA FRANCES DONALDSON #307638
34. DEFENDANT #34: RODRIGO ISMAEL PADILLA HERNANDEZ #339523
35. DEFENDANT #35: JOSEPH ROBINETTE BIDEN, JR.
36. DEFENDANT #36: DONALD JOHN TRUMP
37. DEFENDANT #37: ERIKA KIRSTEN LEIGHTON DOHERTY #283026
38. DEFENDANT #38: NATHAN JOSEPH HOCHMAN #139137
39. DEFENDANT #39: FRANCES ROTHSCHILD #39602
40. DEFENDANT #40: PATRICIA GUERRERO #190834

The Vernon Patterson Dossier

1. Exhibit A-1 (4/8/25): [EMAIL] Vernon Patterson Admits No Court Order for PC 730 Competency Assessment
2. Exhibit A-2 (5/8/25): [SMS] Vernon Patterson Dismisses Due Process While Presuming Client's Guilt
3. Exhibit A-3 (5/12/25): [SMS] Vernon Patterson Declares Unlawful State Hospital Commitment a “Non-Issue”
4. Exhibit A-4 (5/13/25): [SMS] Vernon Patterson Denies Relevance of Missing Court Order While Scheduling New Competency Exam
5. Exhibit A-5 (5/14/25): [COURT ORDER] Vernon Patterson Materializes Threat to Re-Evaluate Defendant Without Correcting Prior Fraud
6. Exhibit A-6 (5/15/25): [SMS] Defendant Rejects Unlawful Psychiatric Evaluation; Patterson Refuses to Answer Jurisdictional Challenge
7. Exhibit A-7 (5/23/25): [SMS] Judge Michael Carter Leverages Executive Authority Despite Lacking Jurisdiction; Patterson Weaponizes Silence
8. Exhibit A-8 (5/28/25): [SMS] Defendant Demands Consent Waiver and Dismantles Cover-Up
9. Exhibit A-9 (6/3/25): [EMAIL] Vernon Patterson’s Constructive Abandonment and Weaponized Incompetency Allegations
10. Exhibit A-10 (6/23/25): [SMS] Vernon Patterson Folds! Withdraws Representation Without Due Process

1. Exhibit B-1 (10/2/23) [SMS] Judge Suzette Clover Appoints Dr. Pietro D’Ingillo As Confidential Expert for Mental Health Diversion (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)
2. EXHIBIT B-2 (2/14/24) [EVALUATION] Unauthorized Competency Report Submitted in Violation of Court Order and Statutory Privileges (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)
3. EXHIBIT B-3 (2/14/24) [MINUTE ORDER] Unauthorized Invocation of PC §1368 and Retroactive Justification of Prior Evaluation (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)
4. Exhibit B-4 (2/28/24) [MINUTE ORDER] Appearance Waived, New Judge Assigned, Competency Hearing Continued W/O Jurisdictional Clarity (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)
5. Exhibit B-5 (5/1/24) [EVALUATION REPORT] Defendant Withholds Consent Pending Constitutional Challenge — Evaluation Aborted (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)
6. Exhibit B-6 (6/21/24) [EVALUATION REPORT] Defendant Refuses Evaluation Until Prior Due Process Violation Is Cured — No Opinion Rendered (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)
7. Exhibit B-7 (8/30/24) [EVALUATION REPORT] Involuntary Medication Order Recommended Solely on Records and Prior Contested Evaluation (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)
8. Exhibit B-8 (8/30/24) [MINUTE ORDER] Judicial Authorization of Forced Medication, Voter Disqualification, and Broad HIPAA Disclosure Without Procedural Redress (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)
9. Exhibit B-9 (5/14/24) [COURT ORDER] Court Authorizes Confidential Psychiatric Evaluation at Defense Request Following Accusations of Constructive Abandonment and Due Process Violations (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)

1. Exhibit C-1 (4.28.24) [COMPLAINT] Material Falsehoods & Constructive Ratification by The California State Bar (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)
2. Exhibit C-2 (3/20/24) CJP Complaint on Judge Clover (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)
3. Exhibit C-3 (3/18/25) [EMAIL] DSH Engages In Constructive Ratification of Fraud by Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)
4. Exhibit C-4 (5/15/25) [EMAIL] Sydney Kamlager-Dove Engages In Constructive Abandonment of Constituent Amidst Judicial Fraud (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)
5. Exhibit C-5 (4/8/24) [EMAIL] The Cochran Firm Declines Representation; Mandatory Reporting Duties Still Implied (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)
6. Exhibit C-6 (5/18/25) [EMAIL] ACLU of Southern California – Declination, Constructive Notice, and Failure of Mandated Reporting Duties (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)
7. Exhibit C-7 (6/10/25) [EMAIL] Judicial Acknowledgment of Fraud Upon The Court By 2nd Appellate District Court of California (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)
8. Exhibit C-8 (6/15/25) [EMAIL] Trump's DOJ Endorses Constructive Judicial Misconduct That Originated Under Biden (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)
9. Exhibit C-9 (6/22/25) [EMAIL] Congresswoman Judy Chu Receives Formal Complaint of Fraud Upon The Court After DOJ Closed Complaint (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)
10. Exhibit C-10 (7/1/25) [LAWSUIT] California Attorney General Rob Bonta Violates Equal Protection of Defendant Michael Taylor (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)

Suspects

1. Suspect #1: BRANDON STALLINGS #263244
2. Suspect #2: TANI GORRE CANTIL-SAKAUYE #114470
3. Suspect #3: BEATRIZ TAPIA
4. Suspect #4: ANDREW SAGAN
5. Suspect #5: CONSUELO MARIA CALLAHAN #65370
6. Suspect #6: DARBY DICKERSON
7. Suspect #7: CHARLES F. ROBINSON
8. Suspect #8: MARK T. HARRIS #111213
9. Suspect #9: PAMELA JO BONDI #886440
10. Suspect #10: ANAHITA SEDAGHATFAR #217289