DEFENDANT #34: RODRIGO ISMAEL PADILLA HERNANDEZ #339523 (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)

 

Role in People v. Michael Taylor (XNEGA111132)
Rodrigo Ismael Padilla Hernandez, licensed attorney with the State Bar of California and affiliated with McLane, Bednarski & Litt LLP, is named Defendant #34 in The Vernon Patterson Dossier due to his constructive knowledge of ongoing judicial and prosecutorial misconduct and willful failure to report or respond, despite being included in firm-wide notifications and documentation.

Padilla Hernandez joins seven of his MBL colleagues already named in the Dossier for active complicity through deliberate omission, including:

• Marilyn Bednarski (#105322)
• Barry Litt (#45527)
• David S. McLane (#124952)
• Kevin LaHue (#237556)
• Lindsay Battles (#262862)
• Laura Donaldson (#307638)

And notably, former MBL partner and now Judge Ronald Owen Kaye, a central figure in the constitutional violations underlying this case.

Summary of Involvement

Included in Communications Sent to MBL LLP Concerning Judicial Fraud
Hernandez, through his professional association with MBL, was either directly CC’d or had internal access to email threads in which the following were disclosed:

• A psychiatric competency assessment filed without a court order, violating California Penal Code § 1369;
• Improper venue transfer of a sealed assessment addressed to Judge Clover but filed in Judge Kaye’s court;
• A conspiracy between appointed counsel, judges, and clerks to suppress constitutional objections through sealed Marsden hearings;
• Direct implication of Judge Ronald Kaye, MBL’s former partner, as the judge who remanded Mr. Taylor based on void findings.

Did Nothing Despite the Scope and Severity of Allegations
Padilla Hernandez—like every other MBL attorney—had not just the right, but the ethical duty to:

• Disclaim involvement;
• Acknowledge receipt;
• Notify authorities;
• Affirm ethical distance from Judge Kaye’s conduct.

Instead, he chose absolute silence, aiding in the concealment of what may prove to be one of the most brazen instances of fraud upon the court in California criminal history.


Violations of Professional Duties and Public Trust
As an attorney licensed under State Bar #339523, Hernandez is bound by:

• Rule 8.3 – Duty to report misconduct by attorneys or judges when known;
• Rule 8.4(c) – Prohibition against conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, or misrepresentation, including through omission;
• Canon 3D – Duty of all officers of the court to report judicial misconduct when it threatens the administration of justice.

Hernandez’s silence is not neutrality—it is complicity cloaked in convenience.


Why He Is Defendant #34 in the Dossier

• Had access to material allegations of constitutional rights violations, fraud, and psychiatric coercion implicating his own firm’s former partner—and remained silent;
• Failed to take any affirmative step to protect the integrity of the profession, even as other attorneys, doctors, and judges used procedural voids to detain a man without trial or valid commitment order;
• His non-responsiveness completes the institutional wall of silence that defines MBL LLP’s failure in this case;
• He represents the final link in the firm's passive but deadly chain of complicity.

> “The lie was not spoken—it was preserved in silence. Rodrigo Padilla Hernandez, as the thirty-fourth defendant, shows us that the law’s greatest enemy may not be the tyrant who commands, but the advocate who refuses to answer.”

 

CIVIL INDICTMENTS

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

The Vernon Patterson Dossier

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

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)
EXHIBIT B-2 (2/14/24) [EVALUATION] Unauthorized Competency Report Submitted in Violation of Court Order and Statutory Privileges (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)
EXHIBIT B-3 (2/14/24) [MINUTE ORDER] Unauthorized Invocation of PC §1368 and Retroactive Justification of Prior Evaluation (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)
Exhibit B-4 (2/28/24) [MINUTE ORDER] Appearance Waived, New Judge Assigned, Competency Hearing Continued W/O Jurisdictional Clarity (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)
Exhibit B-5 (5/1/24) [EVALUATION REPORT] Defendant Withholds Consent Pending Constitutional Challenge — Evaluation Aborted (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)
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)
Exhibit B-7 (8/30/24) [EVALUATION REPORT] Involuntary Medication Order Recommended Solely on Records and Prior Contested Evaluation (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)
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)
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)

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

Suspects

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