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  • THURSDAY JULY 20 2006 4:00 PM

Judge Criticized For Helping Lovers

Judge Pro Tem Bruce R. Fink of the Los Angeles Superior Court is in trouble for simply attempting to help two wayward lovers. Aurora Gonzalez was looking for a restraining order against her husband of six years, Francisco Salgado. She claimed Salgado was "verbally and emotionally abusive" to both her and their children. Gonzalez said Salgado called her a derogatory term and threatened to call immigration authorities. The case was heard in court last week.

Luckily the case was heard by substitute Judge Bruce “Cupid” Fink. Bruce listened and knew in a heartbeat what was going on.


He said he thought the couple "obviously wanted to get back together."


Clearly. Why else would she be in court seeking restraining order? Is there a better way to say, “I want you inside me?” I submit to you there is not. Fink didn’t want to grant a restraining order because it would keep them apart for almost a year. This is exactly the problem with restraining orders; they keep people apart.

Judge Fink then took the next logical step. He asked Gonzalez if she really was an illegal. She said yes. He took the appropriate action.


"I'm going to count to 20, and if you people have left this courtroom and disappeared, she isn't going to Mexico forthwith," Fink said, according to the court transcript. "One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. When I get to 20, she gets arrested and goes to Mexico."


He never got to twenty. Fink then dismissed the case because the plaintiff was running terrified down the courthouse steps. He explained the obvious.


What I saw was nothing more than some yelling and screaming between a husband and wife. I also saw that they really didn't want to not be together anymore.

If he had issued the restraining order, Fink said, "we'd wind up with exactly the opposite of what these people wanted." "The cure could be far worse than the illness.”


Thanks for giving the anti-immigrant, anti-activist judge, right wing lunatics the greatest ammunition ever. And thanks for making me believe in love again.

 
Comments
Subrosa

Subrosa

San Francisco, CA
July 2004

JUL 20, 2006 04:16 PM

Got his JD from Pepperdine. Go figure.

Also, he has a certificate of specialization from the CA Board of Specialization in Family Law. That frightens me.

MrCrisp

MrCrisp

I'm lost
August 2004

JUL 20, 2006 04:20 PM

ftr, i want a restraining order against you. love

Vestril

Vestril

Coronado, CA
February 2003

JUL 20, 2006 04:48 PM

MrCrisp said:
ftr, i want a restraining order against you. love



You want it hard, I can tell.

malkav11

malkav11

Saint Paul, MN
July 2003

JUL 20, 2006 06:38 PM

"I'm going to count to 20, and if you people have left this courtroom and disappeared, she isn't going to Mexico forthwith," Fink said,



People seriously talk like this?

Also, what an ass.

hey_fukko

hey_fukko

Medford, OR
September 2003

JUL 20, 2006 10:38 PM

I would have at least ordered Marriage Counseling.

Sheesh...

PhLaXuS

PhLaXuS

Fort Lauderdale, FL
November 2005

JUL 20, 2006 11:32 PM

Uh. Huh...

And how much does he get sued for when the husband kills the wife?