DEFENDANT #8: DR. PHANI MADHAV TUMU (The Vernon Patterson Dossier)

 

Role in People v. Michael Taylor (XNEGA111132)
Appointed by Deputy District Attorney Sharon Ransom, Dr. Phani Tumu was tasked with conducting a psychiatric evaluation of Michael Bernard Taylor, Jr. Despite explicitly acknowledging potential constitutional violations and stating he was unable to complete an evaluation, Dr. Tumu nonetheless submitted a report recommending forced psychotropic medication. Judge Ronald Kaye later ruled in favor of this report, greenlighting involuntary treatment under legally and ethically defective findings.

Summary of Involvement
Dr. Phani Tumu’s role in People v. Taylor stands as a paradox of psychiatric overreach: he admitted he could not properly assess the defendant’s mental state—yet proceeded to recommend involuntary chemical intervention based on that failed evaluation.

Tumu was appointed at the request of Prosecutor Sharon Ransom, in a context where the prosecution had already relied on a prior flawed evaluation (from Dr. D’Ingillo) to justify confinement. Rather than rejecting the assignment due to due process defects or incomplete records, Tumu accepted the role, performed the evaluation, and submitted a report that favored the State’s position despite his own inability to conduct a proper medical assessment.

His report essentially attempted to validate a psychiatric conclusion without sufficient clinical foundation—a violation of both legal and medical ethics. Even worse, the report was used not only to sustain the fraudulently initiated mental health proceedings, but also to justify forced medication—an act of bodily intrusion that demands the highest legal standard, which was nowhere met.

Judge Kaye, already implicated in structural conflicts of interest, issued a ruling in favor of Dr. Tumu’s recommendations, further cementing the court’s collaboration with psychiatry over due process.

Why He Is Defendant #8 in the Dossier
Knowingly submitted an incomplete psychiatric report with coercive consequences.
Recommended forced medication despite stating he could not complete an evaluation.
His actions supported the continuation of unconstitutional proceedings under a false cloak of clinical credibility.
Represents the weaponization of psychiatry against defendants, validating state control even in the absence of lawful process.

> “Dr. Phani Tumu prescribed poison with empty hands—confessing his ignorance while authorizing force. The Dossier names him not merely for his signature, but for what that signature enabled: the pharmacological conquest of liberty.”