"FRAUD ON THE COURT" or "FRAUD UPON THE COURT" is a fraud perpetrated by officers of the court that BREAKS THE LAW. It is where the judge (who is not the court but rather another officer of the court the same as prosecutors and other attorneys) does not support or uphold the judicial machinery of the court. It embraces that species of fraud that subverts the integrity of the court itself. The main requirement is that the impartiality of the court has been so corrupted that it cannot perform its tasks without bias or prejudice which impugns the court's integrity.

In Bulloch v. United States, 763 F.2 1115, (10th Cir. 1985), the court stated "Fraud upon the court is fraud which is directed to the judicial machinery itself and is not fraud between the parties. It is where the court or a member of the court is corrupted or influenced, or influence is attempted, or where the judge has not performed his judicial function --- thus where the impartial functions of the court have been directly corrupted."  

In Kenner v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 387 F.2d 689 (7th Cir.1968), the court defined "Fraud upon the court to embrace that species of fraud which does, or attempts to, defile the court itself, or is a fraud perpetrated by officers of the court so that the judicial machinery cannot perform in the usual manner its impartial task  of adjudging cases that are presented for adjudication." The court further stated, "a decision produced by fraud upon the court is not, in essence, a decision at all and never becomes final."

Fraud on the court is one of the most serious violations that can occur in a court of law. If fraud on the court occurs, the effect is that the entire case is voided or canceled. Any ruling or judgment that the court has issued will be void. The case will usually need to be retried with different court officials, often in an entirely different venue. Officials who acted in fraud upon the court may very well be subjected to criminal consequences like a fine or jail sentence. It could also result in more serious consequences like attorneys being disbarred or judges being removed from office.

What happens when federal judges BREAK THE LAW by perpetrating fraud on their own court, and should they be held accountable for their criminal judicial misconduct??? Their absolute immunity from judicial misconduct only shields them from civil liability while no one is above the law in this great country, not even the President.