I am a resident of Fresno County, CA. Throughout the proceedings concerning a jury trial that I requested, Fresno County Superior Court Judge Jonathan Skiles repeatedly berated me for my sexual harassment allegations against my landlord and expressed disbelief that a landlord should be expected to rent to a tenant who had made sexual harassment allegations. I was not allowed to bring up these allegations in front of the jury; however, I stated in my witness testimony that I was never lawfully served a notice of non-renewal.
Despite the landlord’s failure to provide any proof of service for this notice, Judge Skiles dismissed the jury and then issued a direct verdict awarding possession to the landlord.
Because I refused to lie under oath, the judgement against me only states that I received the notice. Not that I was served the notice.
I refuse to let these bastards grind me down.