Update on Civil case against San Mateo County

This is a brief update on the progress of civil case 22-CIV-05492, in which San Molesteo County Personnel are being sued for negligently allowing child molester william h. ayres to pursue his prurient interest in young boys while directly in the employ of San Molesteo County.

Interesting Update 1: (pdf to court document here.)

June 7, 2023: Finding that the case has reasonable and meritorious cause for action. Finding that County Employee/Officials defendant "Doe" designations may be substituted for true names. 

Here's what we know so far:

John Doe 1: County of San Mateo

John Doe 2: State of California

John Doe 3: Superior Court of San Mateo

John Doe 4: Marta Diaz - (Juvenile Court Judge)

John Doe 5: Stephen Wagstaffe - (District Attorney.)

John Doe 6: Gene Roh - (Chief Probation Officer)

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Interesting Update 2: (pdf to court document here.)

June 21, 2023: The ENTIRE judicial bench of San Molesteo County Superior Court has been recused from the case at the request of Judicial Council, and judge William P. Barry, Retired from Los Angeles County Superior court has been assigned to the case. 

You all can find this stuff by going here: 

https://odyportal-ext.sanmateocourt.org/Portal-External/Home/Dashboard/29

Case number to search is: 22-CIV-05492. 

william hamilton ayres was arrested on April 5, 2007 on charges relating to his molestation of many young boys while he was alleging to provide psychiatric care to private patients as well as referrals for evaluation from the juvenile court system in San Mateo County. After years of  playing demented for the courts, ayres plead "No Contest" and was found guilty of all charges against him on May 16, 2013. ayres was sentenced to 8 years in prison on August 26, 2013. ayres was no longer under the conservatorship of his daughter Barbara Jett (née Ayres) of Sacramento, CA. 

ayres has had significant interaction over the years with local politicians on boards like the "Children and Families First Commission,"  including the DA who was serving when prosecution began Jim Fox and Assemblyman Rich Gordon. In fact, Gordon nominated ayres for a lifetime achievement award for his "Tireless effort to improve the lives of children." ayres has also been vocally supported during his criminal trial by local head-shrinkers like Bart Blinder, Etta Bryant, Mel Blaustein, Harry Coren, Tom Ciesla, Robert Kimmich, Larry Lurie, Maria Lymberis, Richard Shadoan, Captane Thomson, and Harold Wallach. ayres was past president of both the Northern California Regional Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (NCROCAP)  AND American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)

The convicted child molester died in prison on April 20, 2016.