Disqualification.

C. Disqualification.

(1) A judge shall disqualify himself or herself in a proceeding in which the judge's impartiality might reasonably be questioned, including but not limited to instances where:

(a) the judge has a personal bias or prejudice concerning a party or a party's lawyer, or personal knowledge of disputed evidentiary facts concerning the proceeding;

D. Remittal of Disqualification.

A judge disqualified by the terms of Section 3C may disclose on the record the basis of the judge's disqualification and may ask the parties and their lawyers to consider, out of the presence of the judge, whether to waive disqualification. If following disclosure of any basis for disqualification other than personal bias or prejudice concerning a party, the parties and lawyers, without participation by the judge, all agree that the judge should not be disqualified, and the judge is then willing to participate, the judge may participate in the proceeding. This agreement shall be incorporated in the record of the proceeding.

A. A judge should respect and comply with the law and should conduct himself or herself at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary.

An independent and honorable judiciary is indispensable to justice in our society. A judge should participate in establishing, maintaining, and enforcing, and should personally observe, high standards of conduct so that the integrity and independence of the judiciary may be preserved. The provisions of this Code should be construed and applied to further that objective.

Judge Susan Kennedy Sullivan -2051 has in fact done and said things from the bench that shows that she had a personal dislike for me (Mahdee Muhammad). Judge Kennedy Sullivan has told me to leave her courtroom (she did change her mind and said I could stay); she has refused to hear the motion that I have present in court; she has refused to hear my emergency motions that I have presented in court. However, she has heard and giving an order on motions by the other party; she has allowed the other party to do emergency motions. She has met with the other parties and the GAL in this case without having Mr. Muhammad there.

Judge Susan Kennedy-Sullivan-2051 has legislative from the bench; she has total disregarded the civil code of producer.  The laws of Illinois are simple, before a case may be heard in a court the party need to have service or attempted services. In this case, the Judge has said from that bench that is not the case in this case. The Judge said that the birth father and the other co-guardians did not need to be giving service.  Fact during the December 11, 2017 hearing; Judge Susan Kennedy-Sullivan-2015 told the Birth mother Joyce Washington that she needed to get service on all parties. Joyce Washington said she did not know where they lived, and the judge told her that she could not give her legal advice on what to do.

However, this was before Mahdee Muhammad file a Judicial Complaint on the Judge, after that, the Judge has gone out of her way to show Bias. She Violated Mahdee Muhammad civil rights by having him Arrested on May 30th, 2018. Fact Judge Susan Kennedy-Sullivan-20151 had me arrested for direct violation of the 5/14, 5/18 and 5/22nd 2018 orders. (See Exhibit A)

FACT Mahdee Muhammad was not in court on 5/18 and 5/22, so I never got any orders telling me anything.  To this date have not seen a copy of the 5/22 order as this was once more an order that the judge did on a motion that she heard from the Birth mother, once more this was hearing where no service was given.

On 5/14/18 the Judge left the bench during a hearing and came back and said that the Judge in the Adoptions case (LaGuina Clay-Herron-1943) told her that she did not issue an order for Mr. Mahdee Muhammad to attend his son Graduation from High school. (See Exhibit B) The Fact shows that the Judge did give Mr. Muhammad to attend the graduation with the minor child; it is a fact that if you read Judge Susan Kennedy-Sullivan-2051 order from 5/14/18, it shows that in section 3 “The minor will be spending the weekend, while Mr. Muhammad is in Tennessee, with the minor. The minor will leave this courtroom with his mother”. There was no Order by Judge Susan Kennedy-Sullivan saying that Mr. Muhammad could not take the minor anywhere. (See Exhibit C)

On 5/30/18 Mr. Muhammad never said or was he ask how the minor child ended up in Tenn. Mr. Muhammad, in fact, told his attorney that the minor child was in Memphis with the Co-Guarding; Mr. Muhammad wife.  The Judge orders the Lawyer for Mr. Muhammad to break her attorney-client privilege or risk jail herself.

The Judge had Mr. Muhammad arrested on an order that was not in effect as on the 5/18/18 the Judge, in fact, discharged Mr. Muhammad and his wife Danielle C. Purnell-Hopkins (who in fact has never been served or giving any notice during these hearings) and closed the case. (See Exhibit D)

It is without any doubt in the mind of Mr. Muhammad and all that have been in court during these hearing that Judge Susan Kennedy-Sullivan has a bias. Mr. Muhammad did a motion to have her removed from the case, and she Denied this motion as she has denied every motion that Mr. Muhammad has preset.

Judge Susan Kennedy-Sullivan has, without doubt, violated Mahdee Muhammad Civil Rights and her judicial duties. There is a minor child that is being punished for this, and it is unfair to him.  There is no doubt that Mr. Muhmmad, his wife or anyone on his behalf will ever get a fair hearing before Judge Susan Kennedy-Sullivan and the simple fact that I am once more written this will put the nail in that coffin

Let me be clear as I can, On February 22^nd, 2018 Judge Susan Kennedy-Sullivan was reading from a report that the GAL did, and I had not been giving a copy of; everyone had a copy but me. Now, it was during this hearing the Judge told me that what I had map out for Zion, going to JSU, playing baseball in school, (all the 10 years goals that Zion wrote in school) might not be what is best for him. She than talk about the Adoption case (she and the GAL lied as they talk about how I kept it from them and the record shows they knew) and how she did not want it to go through, this Judge (and GAL)  talk about how we should not be able to adopt him.

I was floor as we have raised this young man since he was 3 months and he had 6 years left before he was getting out of high school and was going to making a choice where he was going to school (Zion had already said he was going to Jackson State, as him, mom, dad, sister, and brothers had gone) and this Judge did not think we should adopt him or have a right to do such. Now, I know that the Judge does not have children and I do not know what her personal feeling was about this. What I do know is from that point she did all she could to destroy our adoption case, check the record.

Adoption cased are sealed; however, the Judge and GAL both reach out to the parties in that case (the other Judge and GAL) and voice their personal feeling and told lies on me, they made it seem as if I was trying to cover up the case. In the end on May 18^th, 2018 when Judge Susan Kennedy-Sullivan discharged my wife and me as Zion legal guardian that was the end of our adoption case. We were at the point to go in on May 20^th, 2018 and end the parents’ rights.

I requested that the probate court is transferred to the adoption case and that was denied, this is what should have happened, the Judge should have taking a step back and let the adoption play out, we had Zion since he was 3 months, he wanted us to adopt him. It makes me so mad at what they did to my family; as we are never going to get over this. I know in my soul that nothing, not one thing will be done, as this Judges knows that Zion is just a little black boy and his life is not worth a bucket of warm spit to many.