Libertarian Party of California
Judicial Committee

August 2019 - Appeal Relating to Motion to Suspend Membership

Hearing - 5 September 2019 (telephone conference)

Announced Agenda

1. Preliminary Business.
2. Opening statements by the appellants and respondents, in that order.
3. Questions for either side from members of the Judicial Committee.
4. Closing statements by the appellants and respondents, again in that order.

Time limits:

• Opening and closing statements combined will be limited to 30 minutes for each side. Each side may divide that time as they wish between their opening and closing statement.
• The time anyone is allowed to respond to questions will be at the discretion of the JC member asking the question, and will not count against their 30 minute limit.

Attendees

• Judical Committee
  • Joe Dehn (chair)
  • Dr. Matthew Pautz
  • Jill Pyeatt
  • Bob Weber
  • Susan Marie Weber
• Appellants
  • Robert Imhoff
  • Jennifer Imhoff
• Respondent
  • Mimi Robson (LPC Chair)
• Other Members of LPC Executive Committee
  • Rick Dawson
  • Chuck Hamm
  • Steve Haug
  • Rebecca Lau
  • Brent Olsen
  • Jillian Olsen
  • Jon Prosser
  • Boomer Shannon
  • Joshua Smith
  • Paul Vallandigham
• Other
  • Richard Brown (expert witness for respondent)
  • Emily Tilford (maker of original complaint)
  • Kennita Watson (member of Santa Clara County EC)

Confidentiality

Note that the issues raised in the current appeal do not directly require discussion of aspects of the broader matter which might require confidentiality, and I will be asking that everyone speaking during the hearing keep that in mind and do their best to speak in terms that address only the current issues. However, it is possible that some people will find it difficult to express their views on one topic without mentioning the other, or that somebody might simply slip up and say something on a confidential topic unintentionally. For this reason, I will be asking all participants, on the record, to agree to keep confidential any such information that comes up during this hearing, that is not otherwise available to them from some other source.

Recordings

These recordings have small portions redacted to maintain the confidentiality of information about the cause cited for the suspension action, which was mentioned during the discussion but which was not one of the issues in this appeal.

• Preliminary Business [8:35]
• Opening Statements [14:49]
• Questions from Judicial Committee (A) [26:56]
• Questions from Judicial Committee (B) [56:25]
• Questions from Judicial Committee (C) [36:31]
• Closing Statements [22:57]

Note: There are three files that together represent the question period. The first break is just for convenience, to keep the file size manageable. The second break is at a point where there was a connection failure.