Institutional Capture Analysis
The research of Public Documents reveals eight
interconnected attorney/judge networks creating structural bias in the 19th Judicial Circuit. These pipelines demonstrate how professional, educational, and personal relationships among Plaintiffs City/AZ, CITY attorneys, (*some of these former CITY attorneys are now a judge in Tallahassee or trial court administrator in the 19th Circuit Court), the 19th Circuit Honorable Judges: Metzger, Bauer, Sweet, Roby, as judicial officials whom continually denied CHYR and WJRIV's constitutionally protected rights to ANY evidentiary due process hearings or trials. This demonstrates a TRUE "conflicts of interests" that affected the outcome of the 2 cases COMMENCED against (Defendants) Rudge family in 2009, 2016: No. 09CA3586 City v RudgeIV and No. 16CA484 A to Z Properties v City, County WJRIV and CHYR. The Rudges not only allege, but "have proven with clear and convincing evidence submitted to both state and federal Court(s)" aka "on the public record" that Plaintiff AZ, an accessory after the fact in 2016, worked in concert with the principal City of Stuart in 2009 [City v WJRIV]
Pipeline #1
🎓 Nova Southeastern Law Network
At least Seven known key players, judges or attorneys involved in Rudge property "grab" graduated from same law school, creating an institutional alignment.
Paul Joseph Nicoletti ('83)
Lee Baggett
Alexzander Bonano
Elizabeth Ann Metzger
Michael Joseph Mortell
Sherwood Bauer
Karlin Charles Daniel, Jr.
Gary L. Sweet (NOVA Northeast)
Impact on Case
Educational/professional pipeline enabling both intrinsic & extrinsic fraud in both state/federal courts, in a coordinated defense to avoid accountability to well established law. The "true facts" of both litigations (commenced by City and AZ) against Defendants Rudge family, have never emerged in ANY Court(s).
🏢 Fox Wackeen Institutional Partnership
Defendant Kilbride is a defendant in Case No. 24-11481 in Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Robert L. Kilbride Former Assitant City Attorney from 2009-2012, while also employed at Fox, Wackeen. Kilbride perjured himself more than once in City Commission shade meetings, state court and federal courts. Kilbride is now a judge in Tallahassee!
Impact on Case
Robert Kilbride, as city attorney wrote a letter to Judge Bauer suggesting that WJRIV's ""Motion to Dissolve" the City's "ex-parte" unlawful temporary injunction be stricken off the docket. The fraud was: Kilbride was simultaneously testifying to the federal court that WJRIV did not file a "Motion to Dissolve"? It creates an appearance of impropriety when a City attorney can work in concert with a local judge to deny WJRIV, a private property owner, his constitutionally protected "pre or post-deprivation" evidentiary hearing
🔄 Mortell-Baggett Revolving Door
City Attorney role rotates between ex-law partners maintaining institutional control.
Michael Joseph Mortell (2013-2023)
Lee Baggett (2024-present)
Law Firm: Lewis, Mortell & Lewis
Impact on Case
Continuous institutional control through personnel rotation
🏢 Williams, Leininger and Cosby, since 2024, is the new Defense Machine hired by City of Stuart(*paid handsomely by taxpayers). This begs the question, "How can the City afford this high-powered attorney on taxpayers money... when the City of Stuart started this nonsense [collusion by Mortell-Judge Metzger] and consistently refuse to be held accountable to the law and the truth!"
Board-certified trial/appellate attorneys defending the City's "intrinsic & extrinsic fraud" at every level (19th Circuit state court, United States Eleventh Circuit of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of the United States. CHYR received a phone call from SCOTUS at 9:35am on April 23, 2026...a clerk wanted to inform her that the Joint Petition for Certiorari is "under review". Taxpayers should NEVER fund lying lawyers!
Carri S. Leininger (Managing Partner)
WLC Team
Credentials: SCOTUS-admitted, Board Certified Appellate
Impact on Case
Carri Leininger is a professional appellate attorney whom is well-aware that the nonsense she files in both fed and state court, provides a "false" defense that Carri Leininger KNOWS is denying the constitutional hearings the Rudges have been petitioning for many years & many courts. Carri Leininger is shameless and she "has no business being involved with we the peoples' business" if she can't be honest in her pleadings! So sad the residents of the City of Stuart are paying top dollar for this cover-up of the fraud & deception of City v RudgeIV.
🕸️ 19th Circuit Corruption Structure
A story of local judges embedded in Stuart legal community, with significant collaborative and collusory relationships, enabling extrinsic fraud, keeping WJRIV and CHYR away from the Courts to settle the issues. This behavior of judges has effectively poisoned the 19th Circuit in and around Martin County...and possibly beyond.
19th Circuit Judges
Martin County Court Officials
Jurisdiction: Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River counties
Impact on Case
WJRIV and CHYR's January 29, 2021 Rule 1.540b Motion for Relief from Fraud (with over 800 exhibits) clearly demonstrated their great difficulty achieving impartial forum at trial level. The Rudges motioned for a "change of venue" in this motion.
🕸️ How the Arts Council and Park Square Condominums fit in the long running conspiracy and scheme to defraud WJRIV of his private property. FOLLOW THE MONEY
Assistant City Attorney Bob Kilbride was on the board for Arts Council. City affiant and Rudge neighbor, Janet Renfo was on the Arts Council. This woman actually trespassed on the Rudge property to take a photo for the City. Sylvia Pattee, from Park Square Condos was on the Arts Council and CHYR has a copy of the late night Iphone text from Sylvia to City Attorney Paul Nicoletti that read, "Thanks for boarding up the Rudge house today" ? Park Square also posted a note on their community bulletin board that said "Dont talk to Rudges, they are not supposed to even be on the property."" Park Square management submitted a letter to the City which they, in turn, used in a hearing in Judge Sweet's courtroom to request the Rudges not be allowed on their property. A story of local attorneys and judges embedded in Stuart legal community and the 19th Circuit Court, in and around Martin County, with significant collaborative and collusory relationships, enabling extrinsic fraud, keeping WJRIV and CHYR away from the Courts to settle the issues. This behavior of judges has effectively poisoned the 19th Circuit in and around Martin County...and possibly beyond.
Many19th Circuit Judges
Various Martin County Court Officials
Park Square Condominium
Jurisdiction: Martin county, with deep ties to St. Lucie, Indian River and Palm Beach counties
Impact on Case
The Rudge family's neighbors, Arts Council Members Janet Renfro and Sylvia Pattee were also co-conspirators with City attorneys Nicoletti and Kilbride (also Arts Council members and Kilbride a president of the Board). CHYR and WJRIV have already filed the evidence of these relationships that contributed to the great harm the Rudge family suffered. WJRIV and CHYR's "unheard" January 29, 2021 Rule 1.540b Motion for Relief from Fraud (with over 800 exhibits) clearly demonstrated the City's conspiracy with Park Square and the Rudges great difficulty achieving an impartial forum at trial level. The Rudges motioned multiple times for a "change of venue" in their pleadings.
🏢 McCarty & Associates Land Planning FOLLOW THE MONEY
Fun fact: McCarty Land Planning registered with SunBiz on October 13th, 2009
City Manager Dan Hudson sent out City's "Notice to Abate Nuisance" on October 13, 2009 (No notice to Rudge counsel because they knew Ken Sundeim died suddenly in June 2009)
City signs contract with LEB Demolition on October 13, 2009 yet fails to mention that when applying for a temporary restraining ordered prosecuted with armed force.
That's such a coincidence that the above 3 things happened on the same day?
Terry McCarthy, a local attorney was involved in the sales of the properties surrounding Rudge family's 1.4 acre homestead. When his son-in-law, Mike McCarty returned to Stuart, with Terry's daughter and grandchildren, McCarty was gifted "McCarty Land Planning" and the project Tibouchina Terrace.
Terry McCarthy (Master Attorney)
Mike McCarty (Land Planning)
Business: McCarty & Associates (Founded 2009)
Impact on Case
Dual conflict: attorney + family + "fraudulent" property transactions
👥 Oughterson Sundheim Probate Network
Estate/probate specialists involved in Rudge property, day 1 after his brother, Ken Sundheim (Rudge's counsel) unexpectedly passed away on June 21, 2009, under seemingly suspicious circumstance at 57 years old. Word on the street, 4 men went out fishing on a boat off of Stuart, and only 3 came back alive. Assistant City Attorney, Bob Kilbride shared an office with Ken @ Oughterson Sundheim and Woods. On April 9, 2009, Kilbride, Ken Sundheim, and client, William John Rudge IV walked "together" to city hall for the Magistrate's hearing. Magistrate Thomas Baird added a handwritten note to his order that said "the city of Stuart will call or email Mr. Sundheim before entry on the property". Only 4 months following Ken Sundheim's sudden death, the City ignored Magistrate Baird's order about Noticing Rudge's attorney...Judge Metzger, City's Nicoletti, Kilbride, and Mortell clearly knew Rudge's attorney was dead! The City moved for "ex-parte" temporary restraining order against Rudge family, prosecuted with actual armed force. Instead of protecting the Rudge's land, home, and legal Florida homestead, Fred told the Rudges to "come pick up your files" December 23, 2009.The Rudges were devastated...the 1.4 acre Rudge property had been "razed" by LEB Demolition Company under actual armed force! On December 23, 2009, Laurel Kelly, Martin County Property Appraiser was "looking for a way to justify" terminating WJRIV's homestead exemption, even though the family was occupying their homestead. The Rudges wanted nothing to do with Fred...but he showed up again in 2012, with his "Chicago Title Companies" in concert with Associate Auctions, KC Daniels. Fred Sundheim was involved in the fraudulent "alleged" settlement for City v Rudge. CHYR has very compelling emails with Fred!
Frederick G. Sundheim Jr.
Sandra Sundheim (daughter/partner)
Specialty: Probate law, off-books settlements, fraud and white collar crime
Impact on Case
May explain how instrumental Fred Sundheim was in the long-running conspiracy and scheme to defraud William Rudge IV of patented, inherited, homesteaded, private property @ 1701 SW Palm City Road, Stuart, Florida.
🏢 Associate Auctions / A to Z Properties
Corporate entities used for $6K property transfer, was dissolved after being sued.
Karlin Charles Daniel, Jr. (Founder) This NOVA SE graduate was besties with Mike McCarty the Land Planner... KC sponsored Mike McCarty at Chamber of Commerce 2015!KC Daniel was also involved with City of Stuart Commissioner Troy McDonald to "cook up" the alleged settlement for City V RudgeIV.
Robert L. Kilbride (Buyer)
Alexzander Bonano (Attorney) with Gonano & Harrell, was a NOVA SE graduate and overly friendly with Judge Bauer, Judge Roby, etc...
Created: July 29, 2010 | Dissolved: May 19, 2025 (AFTER lawsuit)
Impact on Case
Lawyer/Auctioneer/Real Estate agent, KC Daniel conspired with city officials to defraud WJRIV of his property with an alleged "settlement". The contract offered to CHYR and WJRIV, to "allegedly" settle the issues emanating from City v RudgeIV turned out only to be an "instrumentation of fraud" in the long running conspiracy & scheme to deprive William of his patented, inherited, homesteaded private property. Because the City and Associate Auctions violated the alleged "settlement" by not holding auction, the were complicit and enabled fraudulent title transfer bypassing settlement beneficiary, WJRIV. The City's modification of Judge Metzger ex parte injunction (testifying falsely Rudges home was "Unsafe Structure) had already illegally removed the family from their homestead, making them homeless; the City/Associate Auctions not sufficing thier own "settlement contract" left Rudge family penniless.