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Hamburg resident says judge called her testimony a lie and alleges family, home were taken
Summary
During public comment at the Livingston County meeting, resident Hannah Suds told commissioners she complied with a court order to contact a therapist but that Judge Longsworth labeled her testimony a lie and that she subsequently lost her home and children; she urged commissioners to review the transcripts.
Hannah Suds of Hamburg Township told the Livingston County Board of Commissioners that a local judge found her guilty after a dispute over whether she contacted a therapist as required by a court order.
"I called the therapist and I could not get an appointment because, as I said, she was not accepting new patients," Suds said, describing an attempt to comply with a five‑day contact requirement. She said the therapist provided a letter confirming no new patients were being taken, but that the judge nonetheless concluded she had not contacted the clinician.
Suds said cross‑examination in that proceeding included questions about phone records; she told the board she had records and expected her attorney to produce them in court. "I absolutely do [have phone records]," she said. She characterized the judge's handling of the hearing as inconsistent and urged the commission members to read the transcript and decide for themselves whether the judge's statements amounted to a false characterization of her testimony.
The resident named Judge Longsworth in her remarks and said the judge "called her lie evidence and used that fake evidence to put me in jail" and to take her children and home. Suds asked the board to review the court record to determine whether the judge's account matched the transcript.
The board received the comment during the meeting's first public‑comment period; no board action or response is recorded in the public transcript. The public‑comment period proceeded to other speakers and later closed.
