piece of work.
>> Why is that?
>> Judge Judy: I don't have to
answer your question.
I'm telling you, in my
judgment -- and I make judgments
now for 50 years -- you're some
piece of work.
I just want to know who I'm
dealing with.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: Yeah. Now I know.
Now I know who I'm dealing with,
because I have claims and
counterclaims for harassment,
and I just wanted to know.
Do you understand, Mrs. Doyle?
I want to know who I'm dealing
with.
It's very important for me...
>> May I say something?
>> Judge Judy: ...in assessing
how a case is gonna be resolved,
whether I'm dealing with people
of good will or I'm dealing with
charlatans.
Do you understand?
>> Yes, I do.
>> Judge Judy: Let me tell what
a charlatan does.
A charlatan, because they liked
living where they were and they
were given a 60-day notice
because the owners wanted to
move back into the property,
waited until they moved out and
then decided to sue over
nonsense.
Nonsense!
Because if they're homeschooled,
I assume, Mrs. Doyle -- who
homeschools the children?
>> We both do.
I mainly do the homeschooling.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Who homeschools --
>> I do.
>> Judge Judy: You do?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Are you home all
day?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: That was a weak
"Yes."
>> Most of the time.
Sometimes, we have to go out for
activities, but most of the
time, I'm at home, yes.
>> Judge Judy: Now, you say
"We both do."
Does your husband work outside
of the home?
>> Uh, yes.
>> Judge Judy: That's a "Yes" or
a "No."
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: What kind of work
does he do?
>> He works with
Homeland Security.
>> Judge Judy: As what?
>> He does some administrative
work.
>> Judge Judy: With a company?
>> No, with Homeland Security.
>> Judge Judy: But with a
company?
Is it a company that he works
for?
>> Well, maybe he can explain
better.
>> Judge Judy: No, I don't want
him to explain it to me.
Listen, you're the one
homeschooling three children.
You should be able to explain to
me what your husband does so
that I understand it.
Do you understand what I'm
saying to you?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Right.
If you're homeschooling three
children -- 13, 14, and 11 --
and I'm asking you a question in
plain English, "What does your
husband do for a living?", and
you say to me, "Maybe he can
explain it to you," you
shouldn't be homeschooling
children.
>> Well, he does immigration
cases.
He reviews cases from people who
want to come to the
United States.
If they qualify, then he reviews
the case and turns it over to
his supervisors.
>> Judge Judy: So he works for a
company?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Not for the
government?
>> It's for the government.
>> Judge Judy: He works for the
government.
What branch of government?
>> The Homeland Security,
federal government.
>> Judge Judy: And he leaves the
house at what time in the
morning?
>> Only on Mondays, he leaves
around 5:30 and comes back
around 5:00 in the afternoon.
>> Judge Judy: So he's Mondays
through what?
>> Just on Mondays.
Tuesday through Friday, he works
at home.
He's allowed to work from home.
He has cases locked up in --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
He's allowed to work from -- he
works for the Department of
Homeland Security.
Let me get this.
He works for the Department of
Homeland Security.
He goes in to work one day a
week, and the other four days a
week, he's allowed to work from
home.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Now, how long has
he been allowed to work from
home?
>> I am not very good with
dates.
It was when we were working --
uh, living with the Seidmans'
home.
It was in 2015.
>> Judge Judy: In 2015, he
started to work from home four
days a week?
>> Uh, yes.
>> Judge Judy: Tell me why.
>> They have that option of
working from home.
>> Judge Judy: You mean
everybody who works for the
Department of Homeland Security
can decide whether they want to
work from home or not?
Is that what you're suggesting
to me?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: [ Laughs ]
[ Laughter ]
>> Well, I know my husband is
allowed.
I don't know if everybody is
allowed to work from home.
>> Judge Judy: Who teaches the
children on Monday?
>> I do.
>> Judge Judy: What credentials
do you have to teach children?
>> To be a homeschool teacher,
you don't have to have a --
>> Judge, what does this have to
do with the case?
>> Judge Judy: [ Raps desk ]
>> Judge Judy: I'm figuring out
who I'm dealing with.
Do you understand, Mr. Doyle?
>> And you're going to get to
them eventually, I hope?
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Just a second.
>> I have a --
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.
I'm gonna get there, but what
fascinated me about the little
thing that I read here in the
complaint and the answer was,
you waited until you moved out
and then sued -- either one of
them, I don't care who you
sued -- either one of them.
Now I find out it was in
small-claims court, and it was
because you didn't get a pool
key that you didn't complain
about --
>> Incorrect.
>> Judge Judy: ...for the two
years that you were there, and
you got a judgment.
I just want to know who I'm
dealing with --
>> Judge, this case has to do
with a refund of a security
deposit.
>> Judge Judy: No. It does not.
>> Bonnie and Clyde over here
have been giving us a hard time
for the last six months.
We don't get our security
deposit back.