Andrea Wood v. CPS, et al! – Kent Hovind v. Robert Baty

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CPS = Child Protective Services

The curious cases of Andrea Wood have come to my attention as a result of her association with such as Mitch Smith and Frances Amato and Andrea’s California Family Advocacy organization.

Andrea is a wealthy, California widow with 3 children who were removed from her custody by CPS. In recent weeks, Andrea has been busy filing federal claims against those involved. Status of her State case against CPS and the prospects of the children being returned to her are unknown.

Things developed to the point that I thought it appropriate to provide some reference point so I am posting this article.

Andrea Wood’s Recent Federal Cases

Status Reports on Above Cases

Case # 5:2003-cv-03888

Andrea brought a civil rights action against the Sheriff’s Deputy Hector Luna, et al, for sexual assault in 2002 after she called for assistance in enforcing a restraining order against her husband. After the call, Andrea later met with Hector and later alleged Hector sexually assaulted her in his car and a motel where she was taken later.

The docket history is confusing, but it appears the case was ultimately dismissed.

Maybe there was a settlement.

Maybe not.

The Complaint File

Andrea Wood Complaint 2003 03888

Case # 3:2019-cv-02678

This case was filed based on the removal of Andrea’s children and alleges various civil rights complaints related thereto. After many filings, including motions to dismiss, Andrea chose to voluntarily dismiss the case. Later civil rights cases have since been filed as shown later in this article.

The Complaint File

Andrea Wood Amended Complaint 19 02678

Case # 5:2019-cv-03885

In this case Andrea has filed a writ of habeas corpus relating to the removal of her children, and the federal courts have routinely dismissed these cases based on a lack of jurisdiction. That is, the writ of habeas corpus is not properly an option for federal courts in cases involving disputes with states about the removal of children. Motions to dismiss have been filed and a dismissal by the federal court is anticipated.

The Amended Complaint File

Andrea Wood Amended Habeas Corpus 19 03885

August 23, 2019 – I have updated the docket history shown above. Below are links to files containing Documents #21 & #22 shown in the above history.

Andrea Wood Response by Judge Haight on Habeas Corpus

Andrea Wood Quash Opposition 08232019

August 29, 2019 – Andrea has filed a motion to change venue as to upcoming court proceedings due to time it would take her to get to and from court. All things considered, proceedings would seem to be a waste of time since dismissal of the habeas claim seems self-evident.

Andrea Wood Habeas Change of Venue Motion 08292019

Case # 3:2019-cv-04202

This also is a suit based on alleged civil rights violation in connection with the removal of Andrea’s children. Dismissal motions have been filed and are awaiting rulings from the Court. Dismissal may be anticipated. As explained later in this article, Andrea has also filed another, more comprehensive, civil rights suit.

The Complaint File

Andrea Wood Complaint No 19 04202

Update October 2, 2019

Paper is flying all over the place on the various cases, and this and another below appear now ripe for a ruling on the dismissal motions as evidenced by the following ORDER:

Case # 3:2019-cv-04247

This is yet another civil rights complaint related to the removal of Andrea’s children. At least one motion to dismiss has been filed and dismissal is expected, if you ask me. Another comprehensive civil rights case has been filed as noted later in this article.

The Complaint File

Andrea Wood Complaint No 19 04247

Case # 3:2019-cv-04266

OK, this is Andrea’s big civil rights case for which she is asking $650,000,000.00 in damages, or thereabouts. It is the most recent and is just getting started, and Andrea has already been moved to file an amended complaint. This is also the case for which Mitch Smith posted his video showing him allegedly serving a summons on one of the defendants (as noted above). Andrea has proposed that it is destined for U.S. Supreme Court consideration. We will see. I think it more likely to be dismissed and the dismissal sustained on appeal and, if appeal is made to the U.S. Supreme Court, they will decline to review it.

The Amended Complaint File

Andrea Wood Amended Complaint 19 04266

Update August 20, 2019

It appears Andrea is having trouble deciding what to sue for and why, and so she has now filed a second amended complaint. The file above is the 1st amended complaint. Maybe I’ll post the 2nd later.

The Second Amended Complaint File

Andrea Wood 2nd Amended 19 04266

Defendants in 2nd Amended Complaint #3:19-cv-04266

(as of August 13, 2019)

County of Contra Costa – SERVED

Lois Haight – Superior Court Judge – SERVED
Thomas Maddock – Superior Court Judge – SERVED
Patricia Lowe – Deputy County Counsel – SERVED

Edyth Williams – Social Worker – SERVED

Gutierrez – Social Worker – SERVED

Mary P. Carey – Attorney –

Judith Lawrence – Attorney –

Erica Bains – Doctor –

Kellie Case – Social Worker –

John Doe – ???

Jane Doe – ???

Andrea Wood Summons Served 3 19 04266

This appears to be the P. Stephen Lamont who served the first 6 summonses mentioned above, before Mitch Smith started doing videos bragging about his efforts to serve summonses (see above references/graphics as to Mitch Smith). We will have to wait and see what gets reported as to the service of the remaining summonses.

https://www.facebook.com/pstephen.lamont

P. Stephen Lamont’s LinkedIn Page:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/pstephenlamont

A post P. Stephen Lamont made to Andrea’s advocacy page:

https://www.facebook.com/CaliforniaFamilyAdvocacy/posts/399287627613039

The above post indicates P. Stephen Lamont may be the hotshot, ivy-league, civil rights lawyer that Andrea Wood boasted was advising and/or representing her, though not officially before the Court.

I could not find where P. Stephen Lamont was licensed to practice law in California.

Update October 2, 2019

Paper is flying all over the place on the various cases, and this and another below appear now ripe for a ruling on the dismissal motions as evidenced by the following ORDER:

Update October 15, 2019

Case # 3:2019-cv-04266 Dismissed

Wood Case 4266 Dismissed 10082019

In case # 3:2019-cv-04247, noted above, the motion to dismiss includes a request that Andrea Wood be declared a “vexatious litigant”. Maybe she will be. Maybe not. The request appears reasonable considering her antics, but she may not yet have been vexatious enough to so restricted.

Andrea Wood has indicated that she has a hot-shot, ivy-league civil rights attorney counseling her as well as a team of legal counselors, but she has refused to give the names of any of them. Michael Haddad of the firm Haddad & Sherwin represented Andrea in the first case noted above where she was seeking damages for a sexual assault she alleged occurred.

Andrea Wood’s deceased ex-husband was Jeremy Packwood. He died after they were divorced, at age 37, in 2007. Following is his obituary.

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/eastbaytimes/obituary.aspx?n=jeremy-james-packwood&pid=93704135&fhid=2297

(Begin excerpts.)

Jeremy James Packwood June 28, 1970 – Aug. 30, 2007 Resident of Castro Valley Jeremy Packwood died suddenly, August 30, 2007 in Castro Valley.

Beloved fiance of Connie Allen;

loving father of Taylor and Hayden

and

soon to be step-father of Connie’s children,

Amber and Marc;

devoted son of James Packwood and his wife, Maura and Lauren Therre and her husband, Peter; loving brother of Kristopher Packwood and step-brother of Kristin and Marc Therre and Christine Madson; adored grandson of Christine Wiesinger and Walter Graf.

He was a well respected member of the financial community who enjoyed outdoor sports.

Visitation will be Tuesday from 5-7 pm at the mortuary. Contributions in his memory may be made to a trust fund which is being established for his children. Please contact the family for more information. Oakmont Mortuary 925-935-3311

(End excerpts.)

Update August 27, 2019

Apparently, with the help of P. Stephen Lamont and Full Colon Mitch Full Colon Smith Period and maybe others of that ilk, Andrea Wood has now filed a document with the Court asking for injunctive action against the State/County to prevent further action in the child custody dispute.

No good reason to think that is anything more than frivolous. Time will tell.

Following is the latest docket history indicating her filings.

The Epoch Times, possibly being guilty of a little “fake news” reporting at least in this case, posted an article today which features Andrea Wood’s case and, apparently, members of her secret legal dream team (i.e., P. Stephen Lamont and Full Colon Mitch Full Colon Smith Period). It mentions P. Stephen Lamont as if he is legally representing a client, but I have not been able to confirm he is licensed to practice law in California.

Link to Epoch Times Article:

https://www.theepochtimes.com/a-failure-of-trust-child-molestation-in-the-contra-costa-cps_3058888.html

The above article makes clear, in discussing cases, that one of the cases discussed is that of Andrea Wood; for those familiar with the article and Andrea’s case. Following is just one reference to P. Stephen Lamont, indicating he may be practicing law without a license.

One commentator elsewhere has said about the Epoch Times, where the above referenced article was posted:

“They will print ANYTHING because you pay

to have any story you want printed.”

I also ran across this reference as to the quality of the Epoch Times:

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Fake_news

Update August 28, 2019

Bwahahahahaha! The Court denied Wood’s request for an injunction in Case # 3:2019-cv-04266:

Andrea Wood denied injunction 08282019

Update August 29, 2019

The first motion to dismiss from one of the defendants has come in as well as a request for the Court to determine Andrea a “vexatious litigant”.

Update September 4, 2019

Andrea Wood asked the Court to reconsider the denial of her requested injunction against the State. The Court wasted no time in telling Andrea that “no” means “no”!

Andrea Wood Reconsideration Denied 09042019

Update September 9, 2019

I didn’t figure the filings were worth copying and posting here. The cases appear to be rocking along and my impression is the indications are the cases are going nowhere except for the production of filings which might eventually lead up to dismissal of all or part of the defendants and the cases themselves.

Update September 10, 2019

This is a screenshot of an email confirmation from Brad Hertz that his firm, Sutton Law, has been retained by Andrea Wood to file suit against Contra Costa County for election law violation(s).

Update October 8, 2019

The paper continues to fly in the various and sundry frivolous filings of Andrea Wood. I just note here one of Andrea’s motions, for sanctions against one of her opposing counsel, that was just posted in one of the cases.

Andrea Wood motion for sanctions! 10072019

Update October 15, 2019

Case # 3:2019-cv-04266 Dismissed

Wood Case 4266 Dismissed 10082019

Update October 17, 2019

Possibly out of spite for having had her billion dollar suit dismissed, Andrea Wood and “Full Colon Mitch Full Colon Smith Period” claimed they filed a new federal class action suit, though evidence of any actual filing has yet to be found (posts to FaceBook leave some doubt about whether they claim this suit has been filed or not). Andrea Wood has apparently joined forces with Susan Spell to promote the new suit and are begging for others to agree to be plaintiffs with them.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/kenthovindsworstnightmare/permalink/1346158238886635/https://www.facebook.com/CaliforniaFamilyAdvocacy/posts/438314573710344

https://www.facebook.com/mitch.smith.73594479/posts/2486041494960543

File containing proposed Woods/Spell Class Action Complaint

Woods Spell Class Action Draft Oct 2019

Update October 30, 2019

Full Colon Mitch Full Colon Smith Period announced that he and Andrea Wood had filed a RICO case in federal court, and so “she” did, pro se.

Case # 4:2019-cv-07124

Andrea Wood New RICO Suit 10292019

Update November 11, 2019

Andrea Wood’s RICO suit destined for DISMISSAL!

Andrea Wood RICO Case Order No 1 11082019

Andrea Wood RICO Case Order No 2 11082019

Update November 19, 2019

Looks like Andrea has filed a new federal suit using a new highpowered lawyer!

Andrea Wood’s new suit 11192019

Update November 28, 2019

In Andrea’s case #07124 the Court issued a “SHOW CAUSE” order to give Andrea a chance to explain why that case should not be dismissed. Andrea just filed her 26 page response.

Andrea Wood Response to Show Cause Order 11272019

Update July 16, 2020

Looks like Andrea has given up trying to pro se litigate her complaints and filed a new Complaint in April 2020, using celebrity lawyer Marc Angelucci to do her bidding. Alas, Marc seems to have had people that really don’t like him and got himself murdered a few days ago.

Links to April 2020 Complaint

https://42qnyu1y6vra3adquc2fecd5-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/FIRST-AMENDED-COMPLAINT-Rev1-pdf.pdf

https://www.scribd.com/document/460661564/FIRST-AMENDED-COMPLAINT-Rev1-pdf-pdf

There is already over 80 docket entries in that case which appears to be going nowhere, again!

Here is a link to an article about the murder, as penned by Patrick Howley, a fake news reporter of sorts, and it includes a reference to Andrea Wood and her legal antics.

https://nationalfile.com/lawyer-taking-on-cps-in-california-is-murdered/

Otherwise, I have not been trying to keep up with all of Andrea’s antics in seeking to draw attention to herself and, ultimately, get a multi-million dollar payoff from the State.

Update July 21, 2020

Investigators are reportedly looking into whether there is a connection between the shooting of Marc Angelucci and of a more recent shooting of a judge’s son (who died) and husband (who survived).

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/21/us/marc-angelucci-mens-rights-killing/index.html

Update July 22, 2020

Some are connecting dots between the 2 murders!

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/22/us/marc-angelucci-roy-den-hollander-killing/index.html

Update April 23, 2021

Seems Andrea has another FaceBook page I have not noticed, at:

https://www.facebook.com/andrea.c.wood.5

She posted recently, using that account, to Full Colon Mitch’s page at:

https://www.facebook.com/mitch.smith.73594479/posts/2979416172289737

Watch for Updates

CPS = Child Protective Services

The curious cases of Andrea Wood have come to my attention as a result of her association with such as Mitch Smith and Frances Amato and Andrea’s California Family Advocacy organization.

Andrea is a wealthy, California widow with 3 children who were removed from her custody by CPS. In recent weeks, Andrea has been busy filing federal claims against those involved. Status of her State case against CPS and the prospects of the children being returned to her are unknown.

Things developed to the point that I thought it appropriate to provide some reference point so I am posting this article.

California Family Advocacy FaceBook Page:

Andrea Wood’s Recall Judges Website:

Andrea Wood FaceBook Page:

Alternative FaceBook Page for Andrea Wood (Ann Wood):

Mitch Smith FaceBook Page:

Video of Mitch serving a summons for Andrea:

Another video of Mitch apparently working as Andrea’s process server:

One of Frances Amato’s FaceBook pages:

My article featuring Frances Amato on this website:

Andrea Wood’s Recent Federal Cases

Status Reports on Above Cases

Case # 5:2003-cv-03888

The docket history is confusing, but it appears the case was ultimately dismissed.

Maybe there was a settlement.

Maybe not.

The Complaint File

Case # 3:2019-cv-02678

This case was filed based on the removal of Andrea’s children and alleges various civil rights complaints related thereto. After many filings, including motions to dismiss, Andrea chose to voluntarily dismiss the case. Later civil rights cases have since been filed as shown later in this article.

The Complaint File

Case # 5:2019-cv-03885

The Amended Complaint File

August 23, 2019 – I have updated the docket history shown above. Below are links to files containing Documents #21 & #22 shown in the above history.

August 29, 2019 – Andrea has filed a motion to change venue as to upcoming court proceedings due to time it would take her to get to and from court. All things considered, proceedings would seem to be a waste of time since dismissal of the habeas claim seems self-evident.

Case # 3:2019-cv-04202

The Complaint File

Update October 2, 2019

Paper is flying all over the place on the various cases, and this and another below appear now ripe for a ruling on the dismissal motions as evidenced by the following ORDER:

Case # 3:2019-cv-04247

This is yet another civil rights complaint related to the removal of Andrea’s children. At least one motion to dismiss has been filed and dismissal is expected, if you ask me. Another comprehensive civil rights case has been filed as noted later in this article.

The Complaint File

Case # 3:2019-cv-04266

The Amended Complaint File

Update August 20, 2019

It appears Andrea is having trouble deciding what to sue for and why, and so she has now filed a second amended complaint. The file above is the 1st amended complaint. Maybe I’ll post the 2nd later.

The Second Amended Complaint File

Defendants in 2nd Amended Complaint #3:19-cv-04266

(as of August 13, 2019)

https://www.facebook.com/pstephen.lamont

P. Stephen Lamont’s LinkedIn Page:

A post P. Stephen Lamont made to Andrea’s advocacy page:

The above post indicates P. Stephen Lamont may be the hotshot, ivy-league, civil rights lawyer that Andrea Wood boasted was advising and/or representing her, though not officially before the Court.

I could not find where P. Stephen Lamont was licensed to practice law in California.

Update October 2, 2019

Paper is flying all over the place on the various cases, and this and another below appear now ripe for a ruling on the dismissal motions as evidenced by the following ORDER:

Update October 15, 2019

Case # 3:2019-cv-04266 Dismissed

In case # 3:2019-cv-04247, noted above, the motion to dismiss includes a request that Andrea Wood be declared a “vexatious litigant”. Maybe she will be. Maybe not. The request appears reasonable considering her antics, but she may not yet have been vexatious enough to so restricted.

Andrea Wood’s deceased ex-husband was Jeremy Packwood. He died after they were divorced, at age 37, in 2007. Following is his obituary.

(Begin excerpts.)

Jeremy James Packwood June 28, 1970 – Aug. 30, 2007 Resident of Castro Valley Jeremy Packwood died suddenly, August 30, 2007 in Castro Valley.

Beloved fiance of Connie Allen;

loving father of Taylor and Hayden

and

soon to be step-father of Connie’s children,

Amber and Marc;

devoted son of James Packwood and his wife, Maura and Lauren Therre and her husband, Peter; loving brother of Kristopher Packwood and step-brother of Kristin and Marc Therre and Christine Madson; adored grandson of Christine Wiesinger and Walter Graf.

He was a well respected member of the financial community who enjoyed outdoor sports.

Visitation will be Tuesday from 5-7 pm at the mortuary. Contributions in his memory may be made to a trust fund which is being established for his children. Please contact the family for more information. Oakmont Mortuary 925-935-3311

(End excerpts.)

Update August 27, 2019

Apparently, with the help of P. Stephen Lamont and Full Colon Mitch Full Colon Smith Period and maybe others of that ilk, Andrea Wood has now filed a document with the Court asking for injunctive action against the State/County to prevent further action in the child custody dispute.

No good reason to think that is anything more than frivolous. Time will tell.

Following is the latest docket history indicating her filings.

Link to Epoch Times Article:

The above article makes clear, in discussing cases, that one of the cases discussed is that of Andrea Wood; for those familiar with the article and Andrea’s case. Following is just one reference to P. Stephen Lamont, indicating he may be practicing law without a license.

One commentator elsewhere has said about the Epoch Times, where the above referenced article was posted:

“They will print ANYTHING because you pay

to have any story you want printed.”

I also ran across this reference as to the quality of the Epoch Times:

Update August 28, 2019

Bwahahahahaha! The Court denied Wood’s request for an injunction in Case # 3:2019-cv-04266:

Update August 29, 2019

The first motion to dismiss from one of the defendants has come in as well as a request for the Court to determine Andrea a “vexatious litigant”.

Update September 4, 2019

Andrea Wood asked the Court to reconsider the denial of her requested injunction against the State. The Court wasted no time in telling Andrea that “no” means “no”!