Tenants rights attorney Mark Melton says an anonymous tipster called him, claiming someone with the court had filed a fabricated government document in an eviction case. The court denies the allegation.
Anyone facing eviction in Dallas County can give Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center a call for help.was just doing what he usually does, helping a local family — a single mom and her seven children — avoid eviction from their home. Then, an anonymous tipster called him, claiming someone with the court had filed a fabricated government document in the eviction case and that he needed to check it out., which offers free legal assistance to Dallas County tenants facing eviction.
Melton asked for a new hearing so his client could present her side of the story. He was first told Judge Margaret O’Brien would approve it. Then he got a call about an hour later. His motion for a new hearing was denied, and the family of eight would be evicted. That’s when Melton and his wife decided to investigate further. At the court, clerks told them they didn’t recall seeing the notice of a new hearing date in their client’s file when they went over it previously. Melton got the sense the clerks knew why he was there. One of them pointed out the odd-looking notice of a new hearing date. “That’s why I’m here,” he told them. “I know it’s fake.”
Giving the court the benefit of the doubt, Melton said one explanation is the clerk simply forgot to send the notice to the tenant and retroactively wanted to make it look like everything was up to snuff. If that were the case though, it’s an easy fix. “You could have just fixed it by resetting it and giving her a hearing. It’s not a huge problem,” Melton explained. “Instead of doing that, though, they double down and fabricate the notice. … It’s just egregious.
O'Brien added:"It should not be necessary to say this, but the Court would of course move without hesitation to discipline or terminate any employee it discovered was falsifying a court record. Falsification of court records is a crime and a violation of Dallas County workplace policies. The Court has no reason to believe any record in the Court's file for this matter was falsified by one of its clerks.
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