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Resident tells council judge, clerk undermined defendants’ rights; asks for investigation
Summary
At the Sept. 23 council meeting, Kevin Hall alleged repeated due-process violations in South Weber justice court involving Judge Bridal and clerk Lisa Smith, said records were falsified, and asked the council to order an independent investigation and training; council did not take immediate action on the request.
Kevin Hall, a South Weber resident, told the City Council at its Sept. 23 meeting that his family experienced what he called repeated constitutional violations in the city’s justice court and urged the council to act.
Hall said his son’s court appearance on Sept. 4, 2025, devolved from a routine motion into a series of errors he attributed to the presiding judge and court clerk. “On 09/04/2025, RE and I appeared for a hearing on a citation,” Hall said. He accused the judge of interrupting counsel, prejudging motions,…
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