DEFENDANT #24: GAVIN CHRISTOPHER NEWSOM (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)

 

Role in People v. Michael Taylor (XNEGA111132)
As the Governor of the State of California, Gavin Christopher Newsom holds the exclusive constitutional power to appoint judges to the California Superior Court, including the appointment of Judge Ronald Owen Kaye, the central judicial figure whose actions directly triggered and sustained multiple constitutional violations in Mr. Michael Taylor’s criminal proceedings. These violations include:

• Judicial concealment of void mental health assessments;
• Unlawful remand orders and suppression of objections;
• Collusion with forensic evaluators and prosecutors to facilitate psychiatric commitment without due process;
• Active suppression of defendant’s access to his own records and court proceedings.

Judge Kaye’s use of the California Department of State Hospitals (DSH) — a branch of the executive — to enforce a void and unlawful deprivation of liberty is a direct breach of the separation of powers doctrine, and Governor Newsom’s executive authority is implicated both by his original appointment of Judge Kaye and by his continued failure to intervene despite public notice, evidence, and demand.


Summary of Involvement
The scope of Newsom’s liability under this Dossier extends across multiple constitutional and administrative domains:

Judicial Appointment Power

Judge Kaye’s appointment came through Newsom’s own constitutional prerogative. By placing on the bench a former criminal defense attorney who later used that authority to suppress constitutional challenges, deny due process, and rubber-stamp unlawful psychiatric reports, Newsom’s discretion enabled the judicial machinery now under scrutiny.

Failure to Supervise State Executive Agencies

DSH — under Stephanie Clendenin — forcibly committed Mr. Taylor based on a void assessment signed without valid court order or jurisdiction. That assessment, and the commitment it led to, originated under Judge Clover, was weaponized by Judge Kaye, and enforced through DSH, a department under Newsom’s executive control.

Monell Liability and Executive Knowledge

Under Monell v. Dept. of Social Services, an executive official may be held liable when state policy or custom results in the violation of constitutional rights. Newsom’s office received public notice of these violations — including through digital channels, email complaints, and public dissemination — and took no remedial action. That inaction constitutes ratification.

Supervisory Responsibility Over County Officials

The Dossier implicates the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office (Gascón), the Public Defender’s Office (Garcia), and the LA County Sheriff’s Department (in their role enforcing involuntary commitment and suppressing court access). While these are technically county-level entities, Newsom retains oversight through constitutional, emergency, and administrative channels, and his failure to initiate oversight renders him derivatively liable.


Why He Is Defendant #24 in the Dossier

• Appointed Judge Ronald Owen Kaye, a central actor in the deprivation of rights and weaponization of psychiatric power against a pro se defendant.
• Failed to intervene despite public and private notice of constitutional violations tied to court misconduct, psychiatric fraud, and agency collusion.
• Enabled executive agencies to enforce unlawful court orders, resulting in forced hospitalization and medication absent valid legal authority.
• Bore direct and indirect responsibility for the failure of numerous subordinate officials and departments across California, including the State Bar, DOJ (Bonta), State Auditor (Parks), and DSH (Clendenin).
• His silence functioned as ratification — establishing custom, practice, and policy sufficient to implicate Monell liability for systemic constitutional harm.

> “Newsom did not wield the pen that signed the commitment order. He chose the hand that did. In the Dossier, he is the executive shadow behind every sealed judgment, every closed door, every silent agency. Where justice failed by many hands, his was the one that appointed them.”