Virginia Supreme Court Removed Conscientious Judge over this Woman’s Claims–and Now She’s Abducted Her Kid!

Background: Conscientious Virginia judge James Michael Shull, who smoked out a woman who sought to extend a restraining order based on false charges of domestic violence, was removed from the bench last fall by this Virginia Supreme Court ruling. Not only was Shull railroaded, but he has been the target of widely-disseminated lazy, misleading reporting by the Associated Press, the New York Post, and others.

To learn more about the case, see my blog posts In Defense of Judge James Michael Shull (Part I), Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, and Part VII, or read my co-authored newspaper column defending Shull here.

It didn’t matter that she was caught in a bald face lie, falsely claiming domestic violence when she had in fact cut herself. None of the parties in the case on any side even disputed that she had lied.

It didn’t matter that she had attempted to defraud the court in order to deprive a father of his children. None of the parties in the case on any side even disputed that she had tried to defraud the court.

It didn’t matter that she had a rap sheet as long as your arm, part–and only part–of which is displayed above.

It didn’t matter that Judge Shull conscientiously did what he needed to do to protect vulnerable children caught in a very difficult situation.  Shull was removed anyway by a decision of the Virginia Supreme Court last fall.

Now the lying mother who cost Judge Shull his career has apparently once again shown herself to be a model citizen–see the story below. This is the woman Judge Shull tried to protect two young children from. I wonder how the Virginia Supreme Court feels about it now?

Wise County authorities have issued an endangered missing child alert.
Monday, Feb 25, 2008
News Channel 11 Staff Reports
 
Deputies are looking for 8 year old, Brayden Reid Carty. The child’s mother, Tammy Huffman-Giza took him and said she was leaving the United States and going to London, England.
 
Brayden is 4 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs 90 pounds. He has blonde hair and blue eyes. He could be wearing a gray shirt with green stripes, dark blue Levis, gray socks and brown casual shoes. He was last seen wearing a royal blue and gold coat. Brayden has a birthmark on his left knee and a scar on his left elbow.
 
His mother, Tammy Huffman-Giza is 32 years old. She’s 5 feet, 6 inches tall and 175 pounds. She also has blonde hair.
 
Pictures of the child and mother have not been released yet.
 
If you have any information, call the Wise County Sheriff’s Office at 276-328-3756 or the Missing Children’s Clearinghouse at 800-VACHILD.
 

Fathers & Families: Advocacy for the Child-Father Bond Fathers & Families is a non-profit organization advocating for the right of every child to have two parents. Fathers are an essential part of a child’s life–divorce or separation should not change this. www.FathersandFamilies.org