Federal circuit court judge Salvatore Vasta made series of basic errors when he locked up man known as Mr Stradford in late 2018, federal court finds
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A man jailed during a routine property dispute with his former wife has successfully sued a sitting judge who made what the federal court called “serious and fundamental errors” before falsely imprisoning him.
The federal court found on Wednesday that inferior court judge Salvatore Vasta made a series of basic errors, exceeded his jurisdiction, and engaged in a “gross and obvious irregularity of procedure” when he locked up the man, known only as “Mr Stradford” in late 2018, and awarded Stradford $309,450 in damages.
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