Chapter #5: Marla Greenstein: Fatally Compromising the Integrity of Alaska’s Judicial System.
by David Haeg 1/5/26
Since 1989, Marla Greenstein has been the sole investigator of every complaint made against every Alaskan judge. She receives about 20 complaints a month, meaning she has investigated over 8000 complaints so far. Evidence indicates that Ms. Greenstein is falsifying investigations to keep corrupt judges on the bench. Her actions include falsifying certified written documents to hide her tracks. Evidence indicates that judges and officials are covering up for Ms. Greenstein.
Time Line of Facts
In 2010 Superior Court Judge Stephanie Joannides certified the evidence of Ms. Greenstein’s corruption and referred it to appropriate agencies for investigation:
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No one investigated.
In 2017 Alaskans realized they had a right to appeal this evidence to a Grand Jury directly and that Grand Juries can investigate and make recommendations. (See Alaska Constitution, Article 1, Section 8 and Constitutional Convention transcript page 1328: “The power of Grand Juries to investigate and make recommendations concerning the public welfare or safety shall never be suspended. The Grand Jury can be appealed to directly, which is an invaluable right to the citizen.” See also the Preamble of Alaska’s Constitution: “The Grand Jury is preserved, for all purposes, particularly for investigation of public officials.”
From 2017-2019, judges and officials bar citizens from appealing to the Grand Jury directly. When given a 500-signature petition asking that the evidence be given to a Grand Jury for investigation, officials refuse to do so.
Between 2019 and 2021 five Grand Juries, on their own, decide to start investigating Ms. Greenstein. Judges and other powerful officials order these Grand Juries to stop investigating.
In 2022 citizens start protesting these unconstitutional orders outside courthouses across Alaska.
On June 29, 2022 Judge Jennifer Wells stops and disbands a sixth Grand Jury (in Kenai) after it decides, by majority vote, to investigate Ms. Greenstein.
A complaint is filed that Judge Wells unconstitutionally stopped the Grand Jury investigation of Marla Greenstein. Marla Greenstein dismisses the complaint against Judge Wells.
Citizens organize a state-wide courthouse sit-in, to be continued non-stop (even after closing time and arrests) until the Kenai Grand Jury is reconvened and allow to investigate.
The day before the sit-in, a new Kenai Grand Jury is convened to investigate Ms. Greenstein.
The Kenai Grand Jury subpoenaed the evidence and witnesses in Judge Joannides’ referral. According to Grand Jury counsel, Ms. Greenstein “lawyered up and refused to testify” after she was subpoenaed. Counsel also stated that the statute of limitations made it difficult to indict Ms. Greenstein, making a Grand Jury report and recommendation even more critical.
The Kenai Grand Jury investigated Ms. Greenstein and judges she exonerated for two years. The Grand Jury indicted one of these judges (Margaret Murphy) for felony perjury after she testified.
Finally, the Kenai Grand Jury wrote a report and recommendations concerning Ms. Greenstein’s corruption. But before the public could see the report and recommendations, Judge Thomas Matthews sealed them and dismissed the Grand Jury indictment of Judge Murphy. Grand Jury counsel is tape-recorded stating that the Grand Jury wrote their report and recommendations to the public, confirming that the sealing was corrupt.
Conclusion
A state judge will preside over 16,000 to 40,000 cases in their career. If Ms. Greenstein is falsifying just 1% of her investigations to keep corrupt judges on the bench, this means she has ALREADY provided over one million corrupt and unconstitutional court proceedings to Alaskan citizens. (1% of 8000 is 80; 80 times 16,000 is 1,280,000)
This incalculable harm to citizens is unacceptable and will get worse if not addressed. A growing number of good, strong, and true Alaskans are determined to correct court system failures, no matter the cost. We mean to restore the integrity of our judicial system, breathe life back into our constitutional rights, and reveal the truth of what Ms. Greenstein has done, even if it means going to prison to do so.
Representative Ben Carpenter, after reading Judge Joannides’ referral: “This is more important than our budget or Permanent Fund, for it concerns the integrity of Alaska’s entire judicial system.”
Our first action will consist of a peaceful sit-in at noon on December 11, 2026 (just after new Governor takes office) in Anchorage’s Atwood Building (Governor’s office), until citizens receive the Kenai Grand Jury report and recommendations and until the new Governor appoints an independent “Mollen” type commission that publicly investigates everything above. Those willing to join the sit-in, please text/email your name, phone number, and email to (907) 398-6403 or haeg@alaska.net
It’s time for “The Sleeping Giant” to wake up and kick ass. For too long we have “walked softly”. It’s time to swing, with the full might of an outraged public, the “big stick.”
Please forward this on. Facts justifying a sit-in will be archived at alaskastateofcorruption.com
