Stock

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

On September 10, 2012, Stock filed a complaint in the Riverside Superior Court,

naming as defendants the Judicial Council, C. Williams, and Christina Smith, and seeking

more than $300,000 in damages. Stock alleged that C. Williams was the trial clerk in the

Small Claims Division of the superior court, in which Stock had pursued litigation in

2008 regarding a promissory note secured by a deed of trust. Stock further alleged that

C. Williams and/or another clerk, Christina Smith, made one or more mistakes in

reporting the outcome of the litigation. Stock alleged that these actions took place on or

Respondent’s request for judicial notice filed on March 10, 2014, is denied.

2 about the small claims trial date of September 26, 2008, and October 3, 2008, the date the

court mailed an allegedly erroneous notice to the parties regarding the judgment. Stock

alleged that he attempted on several occasions to have the court correct the erroneous

judgment, to no avail. Because of these mistakes, Stock alleged, he then had to initiate

another action in the superior court on that matter, which, on the advice of counsel, he

settled to his detriment by…