Thursday, September 30, 2010
Lincoln County Montana Commissioners Parcipate in Hate Crime and Ignore Serious Death Threat to Blogger.
Lincoln County Montana Commissioners were notified over a year ago of the serious situation of Rapes in Eureka Montana and Lincoln County Montana Commissioners were notified by me Crystal L. Cox that My Life was in Danger, and I emailed them proof of why I felt this way. Not One of the Lincoln County Montana Commissioners reached out to me in any way.
Tony Berget told me BEFORE elected to contact him anytime for any reason. .well I had a serious issue with a Corrupt Cop after me, and a Death Threat and NONE of the Lincoln County Montana Commissioners offered any advices, assistant in ANY Way.
more on this Serious Crime IGNORED by Lincoln County Montana Commissioners Marianne Roose,Tony Berget, and John Konzen at www.MontanaCorruption.com
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Crystal L. Cox
Ron Kosena - State of Montana Technology Services Division Endangers Life of Montana Blogger Crystal L. Cox
Dept. of Administration
Information Technology Services Division
Enterprise Operations Center
Ron Kosena State of Montana took was "Assigned" to investigative my Death Threat and the Connection an Email from the State Of Montana IP Address Mitchell Building Helena, and My Famed "Jimmy Boston" emails which were directly connected to my Death Threat Emails.
A Good Tech Savvy Investigator would easily prove where the "Jimmy Boston" email came from, the User information was all there. So why did Ron Kosena - Paid by your State of Montana Tax Dollars Flat OUT Fail to Investigative this VERY Serious Montana Hate Crime?
I Told Ron Kosena that I was in fear for my Life, I told Ron Kosena that the Jimmy Boston email was connected to my Stalker, Connected to my Death threat and that I believed it came from a Local Law Enforcement Officer. Ron Kosena told me he took this very serious, in that first call, which for my records I have a Recording Of.
Ron Kosena did not take this Death Threat serious and in fact disappeared, when Ron Kosena - State of Montana could have easily figured all this out. It is VERY Simple to Prove.
SO what happed to Ron Kosena? What was Really Going on with the Jimmy Boston email and the Mitchell Building, What Lincoln County Detective was Ron Kosena protecting?
Was State of Montana Employee Ron Kosena told that I was being watched, or that I was the Criminal when in fact I was being Stalked, threatened, defamed and harassed?
Did I NOT deserve ANY explanation at all, my Life has been in danger for over a year. I ran from my home, my business, my state out of fear.. this Local Cop was NEVER identified and he was directly working with my Death Threat Stalker . .
I proved it THEY did NOTHING. .why?
Ron Kosena is Corrupt in My Book. Ron Kosena is heartles and cruel, and does not have a clue how to do his job. Ron Kosena has endangered my life, participated in a Montana Hate Crime, Defamed me and is Liable for all have suffered and lost over the last year.
Still over a Year not another Word from Ron Kosena.
More on those Emails Between Ron Kosena and Crystal L. Cox Blogger...
http://www.montanacorruption.com/2010/02/jimmy-boston-email-state-of-montana-and.html
See at that time, I tracked this Jimmy Boston Person online and they were coming from the IP at the Mitchell buildiing 6 in Helena. This Person was on my blogs at the same time as my University of Montana Stalker, they both typed in threatening keywords.. they used similar words.. they emailed each other my posts.. and WELL the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office and the Eureka JP Office are on the Server IP Mitchell Building 6 - State of Montana.. no worries... see after Ron Kosena Disappeared, Conviently so did that Stat... it is Now just State of Montana or some other server.. or they had a Talk with the guy. Either way Ron Kosena has covered up a Crime and is Liable.
Is Ravalli County Attorney George Corn Controlling JP Robin Clute and Paying Sean Boushie to Attack Me from the University of Montana?
oK..So We Know that Justice of the Peace - Judge Robin Clute in Hamilton Montana will do whatever dirty work that Ravalli County Attorney George Corn asks of here no matter what innocent Montana Citizens are Collateral Damage. Judge Robin Clute and Ravalli County Attorney George Corn will DO anything to protect the Rampant Corruption In Ravalli County Montana.
Judge Robin Clute set me up, Gave Sean Boushie a Year Long protective order against me, he said he was in fear of me. I proved to her with Technical, Factual Stats that he was threatening and stalking ME..
I was in Real Fear of my Life - AS I am to THIS DAY...
I Left my Home over a Year Ago because of Judge Robin Clute. In Judge Robin Clute's Court I had Factual Data and Judge Robin Clute denied me the presenting of these facts, denied web stats, failed to get TRUE accurate information from Yahoo or Google to prove in a instant that this man was guilty.
Judge Robin Clute dismissed evidence that Sean Boushie had called the Eureka Montana Police Department and Admitted to having access to the email that sent my Death Threat.
Judge Robin Clute ruined my business, endangered my life and has subjected me to a years worth of torture and why? Well to Protect the Rampant Corruption in Ravalli County Montana and In Lincoln County Montana. To Protect Ravalli County Attorney George Corn and Lincoln County Attorney Bernie Cassidy and the Corrupt Sheriff Anderson and Cronie Roby Bowe.
So Did Ravalli County Attorney ORDER Judge Robin Clute to Suppress My Voice.. and was this connected to the Keeping the Criminal Activities of Georg Corn Secret, Connected to the TRUTH that was Being Spread on local justice blog http://www.mtjustice.info/ and http://www.bitterroot-rising.org/
Did Ravalli County Attorney George Corn Pay Sean Boushie to Attack me for over a Year Now? And How does this Involve the University of Montana, why did they ignore my Please for Help? Did Montana Law Enforcement Convince the University of Montana that I was acting illegal, was somehow in the wrong.. or being watched in connection to some Illusion they all made up to STOP me from writing the TRUTH about them on my Whistleblower Blog Network?
Got a Tip on any of This?
Crystal@CrystalCox.com
Links to Ravalli County Attorney George Corn Corruption
http://www.bitterroot-rising.org/9.html
http://www.bitterroot-rising.org/6.html
http://www.mtjustice.info/12.html
http://www.michaelspreadbury.com/2010/09/prosecute-george-h-corn-for-murder.html
http://www.hamiltonmontananews.net/2010/09/fulbright-trumps-corn.html
Do You have a Tip on Ravalli County Attorney - George Corn?
email me at Crystal@CrystalCox.com for My New Blog
on the Corruption of George Corn at
www.GeorgeCorn.com
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Crystal L. Cox
Investigative Blogger
David Arnofsky, Janean Clark, Jim Lemcke, Michael Bloom - University of Montana
David Arnofsky, Janean Clark, Jim Lemcke, Michael Bloom, and the Presidents Office at the University of Montana to this day do nothing, as my Stalker Continues to taunt me sitting in their Tech Department with their FULL knowledge of My Threat over a year ago.
This is a Hate Crime.
the University of Montana has put Investigative Blogger Crystal L. Cox's Life at Risk, Ruined her Real Estate Business, Defamed her Internet Marketing Business, Ran her From her Home.. her State.. all Because the University of Montana failed to do a Proper Investigation into a Death Threat, a Stalker to This Day on my Blogs all day everyday .. Who Threatened to KILL Crystal Cox Blogger and the University of Montana Police, Michael Bloom Tech Department, and the Missoula Police stand for the Criminal participating in a Montana Hate Crime.
Janean Clark, Michael Bloom, David Arnofsky, George M. Dennison, Jim Lemcke - University of Montana Support . .aids and abetts a Hate Crime, Defamation and Year Long Attack.
More of This year long hateful, threatening attack
on Blogger Crystal L. Cox by the University of Montana
at www.MontanaCorruption.com
George M. Dennison - University of Montana ALLOWS Hate Crimes, Ignores Cries for Help
George M. Dennison and the Entire U of M Staff and University of Montana Police have ignored my cries for help for over a year now. In fear of my life.. my business now ruined, I have been defamed and harassed for over a year and all PAID for by the University of Montana.
I told the President of the University of Montana a year ago. And worked with the University of Montana Police Jim Lemcke and even today Sept. 30th 2010 .. The University of Montana is PAYING for Someone to watch my sites, email me, harass me, and threaten me.. and I have DONE nothing Illegal or Wrong in any way.
Check Out www.MontanaCorruption.com for my story on the University of Montana aiding and abetting this Montana Hate Crime, Montana Civil Rights Crime and Denying me Basic Human Rights and Safety for over a Year..
Here is Emails between me and Jim Lemcke - SUPPOSEDELY the Chief/DirectorOffice of Public Safety, The University of Montana.
http://www.montanacorruption.com/2010/03/jim-lemke-jim-lemcke-chief-of-police.html
I jumped through every hoop Jim Lemcke gave and the smart tech guys at the University of Montana just could not figure it out? BULL. They were Covering for Corruption in Ravalli and Lincoln County.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Montana Justice Of The Peace Robin Clute Uses Illegal Protective Order To Cover for Montana Corrupt Law Enforcement
Robin Clute Montana Judge Denied all rights to a Montana Blogger, Judge Robin Clute Endangered My Life, Robin Clute Denied my Due Process, Robin Clute Would not allow any Evidence to be submitted, Judge Robin Clute Gave my Stalker my Social Security Number, Threatened a Permanent Protect Order, Justice of the Peace Robin Clute Threatened my Arrest if I Spoke to anyone about any of it, accused me of emailing a death threat to myself, violated my civil right and my Montana Rights and Broke Montana Law on the RULES that ALLOW a Protective Order to BE Granted.
Justice of the Peace Robin Clute Owes me My Successful Real Estate Career, My Online Revenue, a year of Hell, and has cost me everything I knew to be my life before I stepped into the corrupt unjust court room of Justice of the Peace - Montana Judge Robin Clute.
Corrupt Justice of the Peace Robin Clute, Set Me UP.. gave an Illegal Protective Order against me, YELLED at me, Stripped me of my Rights.. Endangered my life and ran me from my home and business in Fear of My Life..
I am NO longer Afraid of YOU Judge Robin Clute, you have already taken EVERYTHING.. and NOW I will Find out Everything there is TO know about YOU and Post it Everywhere, it will NOT Be Defamation .. IT WILL BE FACT ... as YOU Gave My Social to My Stalker..
You Let Me Be Defamed, Humilated, Reputation and Business Ruined and have put me under a years worth of HUGE Stress for over a YEAR.. you Ran me from My Home, My Life, My Job and put my life at severe risk.. and I Was NOT breaking ANY Law.
So Robin Clute - Hamiltion JP go ahead Charge me, Jail me like you seem to do to those who stand against you.. Go ahead and have me beaten or killed.. as well you Threatened me in your court and denied my due process and told me I could not talk to anyone about any of it.. YOU already TOOK my Life as I knew it away. .So
Now What? I have No Money, No Home.. I am in Fear of My Life everyday.. what are you going to do know. Kill Me.. oh WELL at Least I know I was on the Right Side of the Law and the Right Side of the Moral Compass...
Got a Tip on Judge Robin Clute Hamilton Montana?
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www.RobinClute.com -
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Expose the Illegal Actions of Judge Robin Clute ...
Bernie Cassidy - Lincoln County Montana, County Attorney Deliberately Endangers Life of Online Journalist.
To This Day I am Denied Proof of WHO Sent Me my Death Threat.
Denied By Bernie Cassidy - Lincoln County Attorney Deliberately to PROTECT the Corrupt Sheriff Anderson, Corrupt Libby Detectives, and to SHUT ME UP...
Bernie Cassidy kept Complaints about me FROM me though Bernie Cassidy knew this would endanger my Life.. Bernie Cassidy Parcipated in a Montana Hate Crime, Denying me My Rights and is Liable for what happened to Me in the last year..
More at www.MontanaCorruption.com and at www.BernieCassidy.com (Coming Soon)
Got a Tip on Bernie Cassidy Corruption
email me at Crystal@CrystalCox.com
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Montana Murder Trial Was Corrupt from the Start Says Investigative Blogger Crystal L. Cox.
Judge Michael Prezeau is Corrupt and COULD never let Heather Henson have a FAIR Trial..
YOU will NEVER - Ever get TRUE - unBiased Justice in Montana's 19th Judicial District Court - NO MATTER WHAT Decision the Corrupt Judge Michael Prezeau Makes - the Montana Supreme Court has to Stand By it .. for Judge Michael Prezeau is well connected and KNOW to MUCH and the Montana Supreme Court does not DARE go against Judge Michael Prezeau - Libby Montana.
Heather Henson is Innocent.. this is Painfully Obvious. She Really Was Defending herself and in MONTANA - well we take pride on the Right to Bear arms and on the Right to Defend Ourself. Yet in Lincoln County Montana - Protecting Corrupt Law Enforcement is More Important then the Right to Defend Yourself.
Larry Kingsley ALL Crazy and Shooting Guns Will Nilly and UNSTABLE ~ This was not a ONE time thing, the COPS knew full well that Larry Kingsley was unstable and they covered it up to protect Jay Sheffield, Sheriff Anderson, the Lincoln County Detectives Office and others WHO had FULL knowledge of Larry Kingsley ~ Why?
What is their Motive ?
Well Prison for their PROVEN Conspiracy and the Massive Lawsuits for WRONGFUL DEATH - that's What. Not to mention what Heather Henson and Her Family will Get One Day when it is PROVEN That the Lincoln County Corrupt Law Enforcement Knew this situation was brewing and did NOTHING.. .and they had been told over and over by several sources..
She Was Defending herself and the Corrupt Lincoln County Sheriff and Detectives KNOW it and they do NOTHING to protect the life of Lincoln County Residence.
And How Dumb is Heather Henson's Attorney, just think my Blog is YAP and Yammer.. Bull ~ it's the TRUTH - by the People.. not Some Story I Made up for my Own Pleasure...
Wake UP !!
Unless Heather Henson's Attorney is Protecting the Massive Corruption and Cover Ups in the 19th Judicial District Court - Well We Shall Soon "discover" that.. stay tuned..
And to Me the Pain, Horror, and Massive Suffering of the Larry Kingsley and the Heather Henson Family is a PERFECT Example of the Model of Corruption, Conflicts of Interest, Massive Cover UPs and Illegal Activity in Lincoln County Montana To Protect the bad behavior, laziness, and flat out ignorance of the Lincoln County Law Enforcement.
the Corruption in Lincoln County MONTANA
is Very Well Funded and Un-Stoppable.
If Heather Henson is not innocent then WHY .. really.. ???
Why her and not the guy that pulled the trigger.. ?
Well Folks THE TRUTH, Judge Michael Prezeau’s Decision was to cover up for what the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office knew and DID not take action on.
See this would be a major lawsuit - a Wrongful Death Lawsuit against Sheriff Anderson and His Detectives and WELL we Can't Have the Larry Kingsley family WINNING a Wrongful Death Lawsuit - Now Can We?
Believe me this is an OPEN and Shut Case for the Larry Kingsley family if only there was a NON-Corrupt Courtroom in the State of Montana, gee Darn.. there is NOT !!!
The Larry Kingsley Family contacted me several times over 2 Years and I tell you what, THEY have Massive Rights. See Jay Charles Sheffield was a cop, he pulled over Heather Henson, Boyfriend and Larry Kingsley? He Knew full well the Situation and did nothing to prevent it, Sheriff Anderson was put on notice by campers of the "unstability" of Larry Kingsley, and well ya know what..
ALL those Lazy, Arrogant Lincoln County Law Enforcement would have had to do would be to get the Lincoln County Social Services WHICH THEY CONTROL to get Larry Kingsley help, to get his caring family involved.. and they warned no one - they did nothing to help this man and he became worse and therefore endangered the life of Heather Henson ~ and Lincoln County Law Enforcement are to BLAME and will One Day pay MILLIONS of your TAX Dollars to the Henson and Kingsley Family for this Situation they could have EASILY prevented had any of them Give a Damn at any Time.
So then Jay Sheffield became the Justice of the Peace over his Own cases from when he was a Cop, and all seemingly without even being licensed to be a Montana Cop.
Also the Campers that Came to Sheriff Anderson and other Reports to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office that were LOST, Destroyed and Covered up.
The Life of Heather Henson is NOT worth as much as their FREEDOM and the Massive Money that Now Heather Henson and Larry Kingsley Family would get if there were an actual COURT in Montana where the TRUTH was actually a Defense.
Larry Kingsley WAS unstable, the Cops KNOW this..
Sheriff Anderson had Warning. JUST like in the Zugg Shootings, where those FOLKS asked the Police in Libby Montana to escort them to get their things.. and Sheriff Anderson IGNORED all this.. and there was a Murder..
Sheriff Anderson and Lincoln County Detective Knew that Larry Kingsley was unstable and if they had tried to do anything .. ALL would have been prevented.
The Montana Supreme Court PROTECTS Montana Corruption at ALL costs, because if they don't then they all go down for decades of fraud, corruption, and cover ups. Look at Hamilton Corruption - The Montana Supreme Court withheld a decision to ban a man from the Hamilton Library because of a Letter to the President Exposing Montana Corruption.
The Montana Supreme Court WILL never ever give a shit about some 18 women. They would never expose their cronies for some woman who was admittley doing drugs and well she is guilty, right?
Heather Henson never had a chance with her Montana Supreme Court appeal in regard to the CORRUPT Cover UP decison of Judge Michael Prezeau
Even if Judge Michael Prezeau would have been truly un-biased and had Ethics and a Heart on this one.. well he could not have, his hands were most likely tied as Sheriff Anderson is the Law of the land and Judge Michael Prezeau had held up so many real estate cases, water rights cases, and rumored to have taken so many pay offs that Judge Michael Prezeau did not dare go against Lincoln County Sheriff Anderson or the New JP at the time, Jay Charles Sheffield - I mean after all didn't Judge Michael Prezeau swear in Jay Sheffield and have a Picture in the paper and the whole deal.. ??
Heather Henson, Bless her Soul is Collateral Damage ... so that Sheriff Anderson, Roby Bowe, Judge Michael Prezeau, Jay Sheffield and the Gang can cover up their own Negligence.
Campers told the Lincoln County Cops about Larry Kingsley acting "Unstable" shooting at them in a campground.. acting very unstable and these folks, slept in a lake in a boat out of fear.. the next day they went to Sheriff Anderson and told him of what happened..
NEVER Ever Believe that Heather Henson should be in prison..
Larry Kingsley was more then unstable, he was downright dangerous.
Folks Believe What Makes you Sleep Well at night.. but ... that May not be the Truth... regardless of if this young women did a few drugs and was having some teenage fun one summer with her boyfriend that involved drugs and alcohol or not.. THIS means she has to Go to Prison for Self Defense just to Cover Up the Corrupt Actions of a Montana Sheriff, Montana Detectives and a Corrupt Cop that Became a Justice of The Peace.
Link to the Article on The Corrupt Montana Supreme Court
DENY Rights to Heather Henson in order to
protect corruption in Montana's CORRUPT 19th Judicial District Court
"" Henson filed an appeal stating that Prezeau erred by improperly instructing the jury and by prohibiting evidence from being used in trial that would have described Henson’s mental health and illustrated how dangerous the victim was. " ~ Right What a JOKE - Henson had NO Fair TRIAL from the Start.. it was a Lincoln County COVER your ASS party and Still is..
http://www.thewesternnews.com/news/article_42626d56-83ec-11df-967e-001cc4c03286.html
The Truth is Between the Lines Folks.. Look Deep..
Henson is Damn Well Right "Prezeau Erred" and BIGTIME !!
Posted here by
Investigative Blogger
Crystal@CrystalCox.com
The Verdict By Corrupt Montana Courts are NOT Proof of ANYTHING other then the Severe Lack of Justice in Montana Courtrooms all the way to the Corrupt Montana Supreme Court, who sources HIGH UP Tell me that it COST $50,000 for a Supreme Court Decision in the State of Montana.
Got a Tip on Any of this ?
Email ME...
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More ON Libby Montana Corruption
www.LibbyMontanaNews.Com
Friday, September 24, 2010
NYPD regulations prohibit male cops from performing strip searches of female prisoners. - New York Corruption GONE Mad.
Two of the women have filed federal suits against Detective Charles Derosalia, including Claudia Bova, who says he forced her to pull her pants down so he could photograph a below-the-navel tattoo with a cell phone camera.
The married Derosalia is facing departmental trial. Bova and three other women have testified so far. If Derosalia is found guilty of the charges, he'll likely be fired.
The probe was launched after Bova complained about the incident, which took place in a bathroom at the Brooklyn district attorney's office in June 2007.
She had been arrested in a Coney Island drug sweep and later pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge and got drug treatment.
Investigators from the Internal Affairs Bureau tracked down dozens of women who had been arrested in similar sweeps by Derosalia's team at Brooklyn South Narcotics, and 17 others said they had been strip searched by him.
NYPD regulations prohibit male cops from performing strip searches of female prisoners.
Bova's lawyer Nicole Bellina said she was shocked to learn the number of victims.
"[Derosalia] assumed he was never going to be called out on his behavior," said Bellina, who has filed a lawsuit in Brooklyn Federal Court.
None of the women accuse Derosalia of touching them - or himself - during the prohibited searches. "
Full Article and Source
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/09/24/2010-09-24_eighteen_women_claim_brooklyn_cop_charles_derosalia_illegally_stripsearched_them.html#ixzz10X35zT1g
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Ravalli County - Hamilton Montana - Truth is No Defense. the Law is Irrelevant.
Hobbies of Ravalli County Attorneys: RCAO
1. Enjoy "no contest" in court: we own the local judiciary, attorneys, law enforcement.
2. Let our friends go scott free, but target anyone else using the student help if need be.
3. Plea bargain out something that really wasn't a crime.... just to make it look good.
4. Instead of wishing "good luck in court" its "have fun" winning.
5. When malicious prosecution doesnt work, try, and try again.
6. Endorse the boss: he hired me, signs my paycheck, may "put gun to my head" if I dont.
7. Point out other peoples insignificant malpractice, when your own is a mountain.
8. Control the newspaper so nobody knows the truth about our department.
9. Belittle constituents in court; our $65,000 plus salary isnt enough for our ego.
10. Blurt out in open court that if it had been anyone else, it would have been more fair. ""
www.MTjustice.info
Monday, September 20, 2010
Where is Andrew Cuomo - NYAG, New York Corruption is a Way of Life. Southern District of New York
CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:09-cv-10616-DAB
Jordan v. Lippman et al
Assigned to: Judge Deborah A. Batts
Demand: $9,999,000
Cause: 18:1961 Racketeering (RICO) Act
Date Filed: 12/31/2009
Date Terminated: 05/07/2010
Jury Demand: Plaintiff
Nature of Suit: 470 Racketeer/Corrupt Organization
Jurisdiction: Federal Question
Plaintiff : Kathryn Jordan represented by Kathryn Jordan
PRO SE
V.
Defendant
Judge Jonathan Lippman represented by Monica Anne Connell
New York State Office of the Attorney General (24th Floor)
120 Broadway, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10271
212-416-8965
Fax: 212-416-6009
Email: Monica.Connell@oag.state.ny.us
Defendant
Judge Judith Kaye represented by Monica Anne Connell
Defendant
Judge Luis Gonzales represented by Monica Anne Connell
Defendant
Judge Rolando T. Acosta represented by Monica Anne Connell
Defendant
Judge James Catterson represented by Monica Anne Connell
Defendant
Judge David Friedman represented by Monica Anne Connell
(See above for address)
Defendant
Judge Joseph P. Sullivan represented by Monica Anne Connell
(See above for address)
Defendant
Judge Peter Tom represented by Monica Anne Connell
(See above for address)
Defendant
Judge Marcy Friedman represented by Monica Anne Connell
(See above for address)
Got a Tip?
Crystal@CrystalCox.com
Sunday, September 19, 2010
New York Corruption - Motion to Re-Open - Court had NO Juristication Due to Appeal. Where is Andrew Cuomo, New York Attorney General?
Article Courtesy of Expose Corrupt Courts @
http://exposecorruptcourts.blogspot.com/2010/09/federal-court-asked-to-reopen-another.html
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Federal Court Asked To Reopen Another NY State Corruption Case
Plaintiff,
-against- 08 Civ 2391 (SAS)
PLAINTIFF’S AFFIRMATION IN SUPPORT
OF MOTION TO REOPEN
THE STATE OF NEW YORK; THE OFFICE OF COURT
ADMINISTRATION OF THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM;
THE N.Y. STATE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT;
THE N.Y.S. 1ST DEPT., DEPARTMENTAL DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE;
THE N.Y.S. GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE, 9TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT;
THOMAS J. CAHILL, in his official and individual capacity; AFFIRMATION
SHERRY K. COHEN, in her official and individual capacity; IN SUPPORT OF
GARY L. CASELLA, in his official and individual capacity; MOTION TO
NANCY J. BARRY, in her official and individual capacity;
REOPEN
FRANCIS A. NICOLAI, in his official and individual capacity;
JOSEPH M. ACCETTA, in his official and individual capacity,
ROBERT M. DIBELLA, in his official and individual capacity;
ANTHONY A. SCARPINO, in his official and individual capacity;
ROBERT A. KORREN; JEFFREY A. MCNAMARA;
PATRICIA BAVE-PLANELL; GIULINI & GIULINI, ESQS.;
CHARLES A. GIULINI, individually and as a partner of
Giulini and Giulini; CHRISTINE GIULINI, individually and
as a parter of Giulini and Giulini; CATHERINE M. MIKLITSCH
MCQUADE & MCQUADE, ESQS.; JOSEPH F. MCQUADE,
individually and as a partner of McQuade & McQuade;
MICHAEL D. MCQUADE, individually and as a partner of
McQuade & McQuade; and JOHN and JANE DOES, 1-20,
Defendants.
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Plaintiff Kevin McKeown, pro se, respectfully moves this day, September 11, 2010, for an order reopening the above captioned matter based upon new facts, a fraud upon this Honorable Court and pursuant to F.R.C.P. 60 (b) and (d)(3), inter alia.
As this Honorable Court is aware, this case concerns $140,000.00 stolen from American Red Cross 9/11 donation money- still unpaid; What this court has not known, until now, is that the defendants have defrauded this court as they have knowingly acted without required jurisdiction, inter alia, thus void of any immunity.
Background
1. The operative 1st Amended Complaint was filed on May 12, 2008 (Attached hereto as EXHIBIT “A”) On August 8, 2008, this Honorable Court dismissed the action (EXHIBIT “B”).
On May 12, 2009, this Honorable Court found that the Court had no jurisdiction since the matter was on appeal; the appeal was only finalized on August 12, 2010 (See attached 08cv2391 Docket Sheet EXHIBIT “C”).
All filings in this application are respectfully herein incorporated as if fully annexed. As this Honorable Court has only again had jurisdiction less than 30 days, the herein request is timely and, in the interest of justice, must be granted.
A Knowing and Deliberate Fraud Upon This Court
2. The defendants were stripped of jurisdiction in the underlying action on November 4, 2003 by well-settled New York State Law. Their filings and actions are VOID under New York State law. And since they acted without jurisdiction, they cannot by law assert any type of immunity.
CLICK HERE TO SEE FILED DOCUMENT WITH EXHIBITS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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KEVIN MCKEOWN,
3. The defendants were aware that as a matter of New York State law, all proceedings had been stayed since November 4, 2003 when a party interested in the underlying proceeding committed suicide. Defendant attorneys Patricia Bave-Planell, Frank Streng, Robert Korren and Joseph McQuade, among others, have knowingly failed to file the only Motion that could ever be filed or accepted: a required on-notice substitution of party papers. (Weber v Bellinger, 124 AD2d 1009). It is uncontested that the required substitution has never been filed.
The New York State law is simple: without party substitution upon the death of an interested party, there is no jurisdiction.
Accordingly, Immunity of any kind does not apply in this matter. All attorneys and State actors had an ethical obligation to advise this Court.
4. Even the state defendants, and their attorneys, have ignored their own obligation to follow state law and to report or take action against those who were violating state laws and attorney ethical codes and, further, who were improperly acting without jurisdiction.
5. This Court must look very dimly upon the attorneys in this action who have failed to bring to this Honorable Court’s attention the fact that laws and ethical codes of conduct had been violated by attorneys and state actors in this very proceeding.
All attorneys were aware that the state law has always been clear regarding the lack of jurisdiction upon the death of an interested party. But these attorneys advanced known void rulings to this Court, or fraudulently asserted immunity claims when such protection had been stripped by the lack of jurisdiction.
6. As alleged in the 1st Amended Complaint, and as accepted as true in the Court’s August 8, 2008 dated order of dismissal, a wide-range cover-up was put in place to hide the improper filings of attorney Frank Streng- a publicly advertised friend, supporter and insider of the judge who accept his improper filings and who himself would subsequently make rulings without jurisdiction.
Without the Proper Substitution of a Party, The State Actors Lacked Jurisdiction
7. It is well-settled law that the lack of the proper substitution of a party in an action renders all subsequent orders null and void as the court lacks jurisdiction (see, Bossert v Ford Motor Co., 140 AD2d 480; Silvagnoli v Consolidated Edison Employees Mut. Aid Socy., 112 AD2d 819) None of the state actors had jurisdiction since November 4, 2003.
Each and every order since November 4, 2003 is VOID as a matter of law (see, Byrd v Johnson, 67 AD2d 992). The defendants’, and their attorneys’, knowing failure to act without jurisdiction is the essence of the denial of due process. And their silence of the violations of the known laws are a fraud.
8. I have no other remedy of law. My filings to: state administrative judges; all higher state courts; all court, attorney and judicial ethical bodies have only resulted in retaliation and threats against me.
Meanwhile, not one entity, including the New York State Attorney General’s Office, has disputed the lack of jurisdiction since November 4, 2003.
The collective silence by the defendants, state actors and attorneys on what I now know as basic New York State Required Party-Substitution law begs this Court’s immediate action.
9. The state actors improperly continued proceedings with the full knowledge that as a matter of law all proceedings were stayed upon the death of an interested party- all in complete violation of my rights concerning due process.
(Brown v Konczeski, 242 A.D.2d 847; CPLR 1015, 1021). Indeed, the attorneys involved have never disputed their collective failure to file On-Notice Substitution of Party papers since all matters were stayed, by law, on November 4, 2003. Notably, not one defendant disputes that all matters have been stayed since November 4, 2003, and by operation of well-settled state law.
10. If the 1st Amended Complaint is taken as true, then the thereto-annexed timeline of the illegal court filings confirms the lack of the required party-substitution submission.
While I am not an attorney and did not know this law when I filed my complaint, surely the defendants were aware of the state law requiring party substitution. Indeed, the involved attorneys (who financially benefited from the fraud), court clerks (who were friends of the attorney who filed the fraudulent assignment) and the Surrogate Judge (who would later recuse himself because of his admitted and advertised closeness with the attorney who filed the fraudulent assignment)– were aware of the state law requiring party substitution.
THE UNDERLYING FRAUD
11. Ronald P. McKeown, Jr., purportedly executed an “Assignment of Share in Estate” and an “Affidavit Re Assignment of Share in Estate” (hereinafter collectively as the “ASSIGNMENT”), dated October 30, 2003, with knowledge that its purpose was to defraud creditors of the assignor, the IRS, the State of Texas, to advance a deception upon the Surrogate’s court, and violate various state laws of New York and Connecticut.
12. In is uncontested that within days after Ronald’s death on November 4, 2003, Frank W. Streng, Esq., attorney of record for Ronald, presented the purported assignment for filing in the Surrogate’s Court. In Addition, Mr. Streng subsequently filed his own attorney affidavits in the Surrogate’s Court referencing and relying upon that fraudulent assignment.
13. Irrefutable evidence exists of collusion between the state actors, state agencies, and certain “influential” lawyers who sought to improperly profit at my expense, and who have damaged me and violated various federally protected rights. The lawyers against whom damages are sought had numerous ethical complaints filed, all of which asserted similar violations of the mandatory disciplinary regulations. But they were protected by Corrupt NYS Attorney Ethics bodies.
14. Testimony before this Honorable Court in Anderson, began the process of unmasking State employees, and others, who have improperly acted under the color of law. Without a fair and objective trial in U.S. District Court of the substantive Constitutional and Civil Rights issues, including demonstration of offenses with the evidence, systemic State corruption becomes Law of the Land, superior to all Constitutionally guaranteed rights and contrary to all U.S. Codes.
15. The actions of the defendants violate my equal rights and other guaranteed rights that are explicitly protected by the U.S. Constitution and U.S. laws cited in the complaint and herein. Such violations are federal questions correctly before this U.S. District Court. The Eleventh Amendment no longer applies as the new fact of action by state actors without jurisdiction is now known to this Honorable Court.
16. I respectfully requesting that in addition to re-opening the instant case, that the Honorable Court sua sponte appoint a federal monitor to oversee the day-to-day operations of the New York State Attorney and Judicial Ethics bodies for an indefinite period of time.
Continuing Evidence of Plaintiff’s Allegations of Widespread Corruption
17. Plaintiff also respectfully renews the request for this Honorable Court to immediately schedule a hearing to take the testimony of two New York State judges, and who at all times have wanted to appear before this Court to discuss the widespread corruption as herein alleged. (The Judges’ affidavits are attached hereto as EXHIBIT “D” and EXHIBIT “E”)
18. Taking all the allegations in plaintiff’s Amended Complaint as true, plaintiff has properly alleged that the individual defendants acted in numerous instances to deprive plaintiff of his constitutional rights to due process, equal protection of the law, and other constitutional violations. Because these individual defendants are state actors, and have blatantly used “the badge[s] of their authority to deprive [plaintiff] of [his] federally guaranteed rights” under the United States Constitution, § 1983 is the vehicle by which plaintiff may seek and obtain his much-needed relief. Wyatt, 504 U.S. at 161.
Because § 1983 is a federal statute, this Court has jurisdiction to adjudicate plaintiff’s claims. And because it is now known that the state actors knowingly acted without jurisdiction, this case is now ripe for immediate discovery and trial.
19. Indeed, just like this federal court, the courts of New York State (including the DDC) are entrusted with the responsibility of adjudicating the merits of cases without self-dealing, corruption, and illegality.
However, plaintiff’s complaint states that such courts have not so performed their duties; rather, plaintiff’s complaint alleges numerous acts of corruption, illegal activity, and obstruction of justice in the operation of the courts of New York State.
Given that the allegations in plaintiff’s complaint are taken as true, plaintiff’s allegations state legitimate claims for relief, and ones now known to have been void of any immunity.
20. Indeed, because this Court has already stated that the DDC is “an arm” of the NY State Courts, and is “the court” itself, plaintiff maintains that he merely requested an unbiased, fair and honest court system to adjudicate his claims. Simply put, plaintiff simply requested that the courts of New York State honestly do their job.
Plaintiff has alleged that he was deprived of this very basic right, which necessarily deprived him of his right to due process of law, a free and fair court system, and the right to petition his government. These constitutional violations demand federal redress, and plainly provide this Court with federal jurisdiction.
21. The United States Constitution does permit this Court to review the decisions of the EMPLOYEES of New York State (and other lawyers).
The Supreme Court found in Jett v. Dallas Independent School_District (491 U.S. 701 (1989)), that 42 U.S.C. §1981 by its terms prohibits private discrimination as well as discrimination under color of state law.
The Court considered whether §1981 created a private right of action to enforce that prohibition against state actors.
The Court concluded that, “the express cause of action for damages created by §1983 constitutes the exclusive federal remedy for violation of the rights guaranteed in §1981 by state governmental units.” (Id. at 720-721, 733).
22. “A plaintiff may sue a state official acting in his official capacity - notwithstanding the Eleventh Amendment - for prospective, injunctive relief from violations of federal law.” (Opinion and Order, p36). And as now known, the Eleventh Amendment does not apply here.
23. The U.S. Supreme Court in Scheuer v. Rhodes (416 U.S. 232 (1974)) held: “The Eleventh Amendment does not in some circumstances bar an action for damages against a state official charged with depriving a person of a federal right under color of state law, and the District Court acted prematurely and hence erroneously in dismissing the complaints as it did without affording petitioners any opportunity by subsequent proof to establish their claims.”
24. Further in Scheuer v Rhodes, the Court noted “If the immunity is qualified, [416 U.S. 232, 243] not absolute, the scope of that immunity will necessarily be related to facts as yet not established either by affidavits, admissions, or a trial record.
Final resolution of this question must take into account the functions and responsibilities of these particular defendants in their capacities as officers of the state government, as well as the purposes of 42 U.S.C. 1983″. Now known is the fact that even qualified immunity cannot now be asserted as jurisdiction had been stripped.
25. “[G]overnment officials performing discretionary functions generally are shielded from liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.” (Harlow v. Fitzgerald (1982) 457 U.S. 800, 818 [73 L.Ed.2d 396, 410]). Here, state actors knew they lacked jurisdiction.
26. I assert violations of civil rights and other rights of which so-called “legal professionals” “would have known”. The state actors and the “legal professionals” also should have known that their jurisdiction had been stayed upon the death of an interested party.
I also asserted evidence to demonstrate that such violations of guaranteed rights are planned, intentional, and organized for profit to the chosen few who are lawyers and officials benefiting at my expense. I also assert that discovery would further verify the civil and criminal allegations made by me are already confirmed as plausible.
27. Title 42 U.S.C. §1988 in relevant part confers on the district courts “protection of all person in the United States in their civil rights, and for their vindication, shall be exercised and enforced in conformity with the laws of the United States, so far as such laws are suitable to carry the same into effect; but in all cases where they are not adapted to the object, or are deficient in the provisions necessary to furnish suitable remedies and punish offenses against law, the common law, as modified and changed by the constitution and statutes of the State wherein the court having jurisdiction of such civil or criminal cause is held, so far as the same is not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States, shall be extended to and govern the said courts in the trial and disposition of the cause” (emphasis added).
28. This Court was not asked to review State of New York court decisions. The acts, without jurisdiction, of State employees were described to demonstrate such actions resulted in the conspiracy against my rights.
Title 42 U.S.C. §1985 (2) applies to obstructing justice; intimidating a party, or witness if “two or more persons in any State … conspire for the purpose of impeding, hindering, obstructing, or defeating, in any manner, the due course of justice in any State”.
29. In Zahrey v. City of New York, (No. 98 Civ. 4546(LAP), 1999), on a motion to dismiss, the District Court dismissed the claims against defendant Coffey on the ground of qualified immunity.
Without determining whether a prosecutor’s fabrication of evidence violated a constitutional right, this Court ruled that Coffey was entitled to qualified immunity because “the law was not `clearly established’ in 1996 that a prosecutor’s fabrication of evidence violated a person’s constitutional rights.”
30. On appeal to the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, (Zahrey v. Coffey, No. 99-9119), this Court’s dismissal was reversed and remanded: “We hold that there is a constitutional right not to be deprived of liberty as a result of the fabrication of evidence by a government officer acting in an investigatory capacity, at least where the officer foresees that he himself will use the evidence with a resulting deprivation of liberty. … [W]e conclude that the allegations of the complaint suffice to indicate that a qualified immunity defense may not be sustained without further development of the facts.”
31. In Gloria Perez, et. al v. Jesus Ortiz, et. al, 849 F. 2d 793 (2nd Cir. 1988), the court, “held that the district court erred in dismissing the claims sua sponte without giving plaintiffs notice and an opportunity to be heard, and abused its discretion in dismissing the official capacity suits against appellees without giving appellants an opportunity to amend their complaints to conform to the requirements for such a suit.”
ROOKER-FELDMAN DOCTRINE IS INAPPLICABLE
32. There are not State proceedings dealing with the issues raised in Plaintiff’s complaint, or with these Defendants; the relief sought (injunctive relief against the state and money damages against individuals) has not been sought in State courts. This District Court has not been asked to change any State decisions.
Plaintiff’s complaint does not concern actions properly “judicial in nature” since Plaintiff asserts lack of Eleventh Amendment Immunity and the fact that acts by individuals beyond the legal limits of their official positions occurred, thereby harming Plaintiff by deprivation of substantive and material guaranteed rights under U.S. laws.
33. The Supreme Court case of Exxon Mobil Corn. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (544 U.S. 280 (2005)) clearly shows that claim preclusion is a separate doctrine entirely. In Exxon the requisite elements that must be met for the Rooker-Feldman doctrine to apply are defined as:
(a) First: The case must be brought in District Court by a party that has already lost in state court.
(b) Second: The injury claimed must be as a result of the judgment itself. There is no “judgment” in my case. The complaint in District Court concerns on-going abuse of civil rights under color of state law without jurisdiction, or state authority, by state employees and other lawyers causing damages to Plaintiff;
(c) Third: A final judgment on the state court proceeding must have already been rendered before the federal action is brought. This does not apply here.
(d) Fourth: The federal case must invite review and rejection of the state law claim; if the claims are not identical, the Federal claim must be inextricably intertwined with the state law claim, so as to implicate common facts pertaining to the same transaction or occurrence. (District of Columbia Court of Anneals v. Feldman, 460 U.S. 462,483 n. 16 (1983)).
This does not apply to my case. Since official corruption causing deprivation of civil rights was not part of any State proceeding, there was no previous injury from judgment since there was no final State court judgment, therefore Rooker-Feldman does not apply.
STANDING
34. I asserts widespread and systemic corruption by State employees acting in violation of their oaths of office and without jurisdiction. I believe that such abuses of official positions should be immediately stopped by injunctive relief and by appointing a Federal Monitor.
35. Three tests determine if a would-be plaintiff has standing: the litigant must show: (a) that he has suffered personally some actual or threatened injury; (b) that the injury must be fairly traceable to the alleged illegal conduct of the defendant, and (c) that the injury must likely be redressed by a favorable decision.
(Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, 454 U.S. 464, 472 (1982)). Causation and redressability are required (Simon v. Eastern Ky. Welfare Rights Org., 426 U.S. 26, 38, 41-43 (1976)). The Supreme Court has referred to the “injury-in fact” standard as the “irreducible minimum” required by the Constitution.
FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 8, 9 & 12
36. My complaint presented substantive facts without “bald assertions”. Such facts, must be taken as true (Opinion and Order, p.30). The revelations of organized and systemic corruption substantiates the statements that might have been otherwise labeled implausible.
The now-known lack of jurisdiction confirms the planned, improper and damaging actions by the defendants against me. Discovery will further substantiate the preliminary facts asserted. I made statements of fact and attempted to provide enough details (pursuant to Rules 8, 9, and 12) to demonstrate that the claims were not speculative and should not be summarily dismissed sua sponte without discovery.
37. I have state and federal constitutional rights of, inter alai, due process, which has been undisputedly denied me, and which begs this courts intervention.
38. Finally, and also new to this Honorable Court, are the words of the Honorable Joseph W. Bellacosa, former Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals and Chief Administrative Judge of the New York State Court System (Attached hereto as EXHIBIT “F”) .
Judge Bellacosa asks, “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” (Who will watch the watchdogs?”) Briefly, Judge Bellacosa speaks directly to the need of this Court to take immediate and substantive action regarding the federal violations of law by New York State actors, and as herein complained of by plaintiff.
39. WHEREFORE, based on the facts, new information, fraud upon this court and the decisions cited above, plaintiff respectfully requests that this Honorable Court: grant the requested motion, REOPEN the instant 08cv2391 case, direct the Clerk of the Court to return the case to active status, and appoint a federal monitor to review the herein allegations and any and all such asserted allegations by those similarly situated.
DECLARATION UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY
The undersigned declares under penalty of perjury that he is the plaintiff in the above action, that he has read the above and that the information contained therein is true and correct, 28 U.S.C. § 1746; 18 U.S.C § 1621.
Dated: New York, New York
September 11, 2010
Respectfully submitted,
KEVIN MCKEOWN
Kevin McKeown, Pro Se
P.O. Box 616, New York, New York 10156
(212) 591-1022 tel - kmck22333@aol.com
TO: ANDREW M. CUOMO
Attorney General of the State of New York
Attn: Anthony J. Tomari, Assistant Attorney General
120 Broadway, 24th Floor,New York, New York 10271
Joseph F. McQuade, Esq.,Michael D. McQuade, Esq.,McQuade & McQuade
390 Fifth Avenue – Room 711,New York, New York 10018
Comments to the Above:
Shira’s conscience said…
Shira, Shira, Shira. What say you?
What say you, Shira, to federal prosecutors?
Can’t hear you. Please speak up.
Wait. Just not yet.
First, think of your judicial oath.
Yeah, yeah. That’s it.
Then speak up.
And speak loudly Judge Shira Scheindlin.
September 16, 2010 12:54 PM
Anonymous said…
good comment. my thoughts exactly.
September 16, 2010 12:59 PM
Anonymous said…
you see, there’s always a silver lining. sherry can now go drinking with the former chief counsel drunk- cahill, forget his first name right now, think it was shotglass. yeah, SHOTGLASS CAHILL.
September 16, 2010 1:21 PM
Anonymous said…
Sherry’s not alone. The rumor is that about 8 lawyers are leaving the DDC. Friedberg’s been acting especially paranoid lately. Maybe he should start drinking and take over where Sherry left off. Dont’ forget that Alan’s a corrupt chump like Sherry, actually bigger in some area.
September 16, 2010 1:37 PM
Anonymous said…
Does anyone see how sad all this is? Does anyone see these orders for these people to commit such hainous acts must have come from above and now they are all afraid……..sad……I thought her name was
Seltzer Cahill!One Seltzerra
Two Seltzerra
Three Seltzerra
FLOOR!
September 16, 2010 1:47 PM
Anonymous said…
Are the other litigants who had their cases thrown out going to refile?If there are more cases attacking these individuals and their corrupt actions, it should provide more evidence of a pervasive, systematic and long term pattern of corruption.Maybe then the DOJ will take action.
September 16, 2010 1:55 PM
LE said…
Sherry Cohen, Thomas Cahill, Naomi Goldstein, Alan Friedberg, David Spokany, all need to go directly to Jail!! Hey, do any of you guys know Attorney Allen H. Isaac, Esq. (GOD). I’m sure you do!!!!! How much did he pay you guys to protect him?ALLEN H. ISAAC, Esq. (Docket No: 2005.3074).
Isaac is a SEXUAL PREDATOR, WHO COMMITTED FELONY LEVEL CRIMES, received a mere slap on the wrist by the Appellate Court, First Dept. What a freaking JOKE that was!!!Court transcripts were altered, they withheld crucial evidence, they tampered with evidence.. and denied Esposito an attorney during the disciplinary hearings against Allen Isaac!!!
Naomi Goldstein, Esq. was promoted soon after the disciplinary proceedings against Allen Isaac. I’m sure she was handsomely rewarded for protecting him!!!!
Hey, what a stinking minute…How the HELL did the Appellate Court, First Department RULE on Allen H. Isaac’s fate in the first place when they are TOTALLY CONFLICTED!!!! Didn’t they hear Esposito’s A/V DVD tape?
September 16, 2010 2:17 PM
WOW said…
JUDGE SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN NEEDS TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR ALL THE RELATED CASES…RE-OPEN THEM IS THE ONLY RIGHT THING TO DO..AND ASAP!!GOOD LUCK TO KEVIN MCKEOWN, ANDERSON, ESPOSITO, STEPHEN LAMONT, ELIOT BERNSTEIN, CAPOGROSSO, MCCORMICK, CARVEL, ETC……….
MAYBE NOW THEY’LL FINALLY DO THE RIGHT THING..JUDGE, THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL….CRIMES, CRIMES, CRIMES….JUSTICE, JUSTICE, JUSTICE!!!!!!JUDGE SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN CAN YOU HEAR US!!!!!!!!
September 16, 2010 2:23 PM
Anonymous said…
Luisa C. Esposito, Plaintiff, pro-se, filed her motion to reopen her FEDERAL COMPLAINT (07- Civ-11612 (SAS),last week. The Court issued an Order directing her defendants to reply by Sept. 17, 2010..DO YOU THINK they’re getting nervous?HOW and WHY did Esposito and the related cases get dismissed?
September 16, 2010 2:36 PM
T Finnan said…
Notice,the attorney for most of the defendants is Andrew Cuomo. Notice that many of the acts are federal and state crimes. Note that Andrew Cuomo has used NY State funds and employees to defend criminal acts. Did Andrew Cuomo obstruct Justice by interceding to defend criminal acts by some defendants?
Andrew Cuomo’s duty is to defend NY State interests and not the criminal acts by State employees.Luke 16:13 “No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”Andrew Cuomo, you cannot serve the People of NY and Mammon’s corrupt NY courts.
September 16, 2010 6:41 PM
Anonymous said…
I don’t get it. Cuomo only serves one master. Himself.
September 16, 2010 7:32 PM
Eliot Bernstein Iviewit Inventor said…
Where are the beefy exhibits Frank E Baby? Anyone got beef with my hero Scheindlin for what she already did for you all by having Anderson sing death lullaby to Cahill, Sherry, AG Cuomo, Spookany, etc. must take it up with me, her soon to be Supreme Court chauffeur.
You never know what gun is put to the head of those who do the right thing immediately after and what it may cause them to do after, like gun to granddaughter head can be swaying to some but you can never forget that pristine moment of heroism.
You must worship it forever, despite what the future holds. Now be prepared in that scenario of Scheindlin acting off to fire off complaints against her if she does not follow the law but file them with love and pain, as I do with Catherine Wolfe and others.
To all those waiting for her, stop and do something bold with what is already before you, be proactive stop waiting for Frank or Shira or Cuomo, fire off some criminal complaints against all those Anderson fingered with everybody, the more the merrier.
And to those most unethical ethics officers who have cast an evil upon this land filled with pain and suffering and death, take comfort that I, Eliot and I A-m That I A-m have a special place for you in hell. I personally will be your eternal tour guide, if you think my writing is long wait until you hear my voice eternally damning you, 24.7.Eternally. Ask Cahill if his soul has been sucked from his being, ask him my name and you will see fear.
Sherry K. Cohen, I already have sucked the lifeblood from your soul. Remember me in Scheindlin’s court, the devilish looking angel that your eyes were fixated upon? Your breath sucked dry, as I sat directly in front of your lying and evil soulless body, remember the conversation that only you could hear?
I already hear your prayers, your whiney begging and know they will not be answered as that conversation was had, the jury out. This sentence will be long, slow and eternally painful, you will pray more and more for swift death but the beginning is now, death will not help, it is when the fun with you really begins.
Your Travel Guide to Hell
Bat Out of Hell
Mad Inventor
Eliot Ivan Bernstein
September 16, 2010 7:37 PM
Anonymous said…
Is this guy Bernstein for real????
September 16, 2010 7:51 PM
Anonymous said…
of course Eliot is real, read the last three salutations again, therein lies your answer!
September 16, 2010 8:02 PM
CLICK HERE TO SEE FILED DOCUMENT WITH EXHIBITS
Andrew Cuomo, New York Attorney General Disqualified in Major New York Corruption Case.
Anderson Moves to Disqualify NY Attorney General
CLICK HERE TO READ ANDERSON’S FILING TO DISQUALIFY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
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Christine C. Anderson,
Case No.: 07cv9599
Plaintiff-Appellant, (SAS) (AJP)
2d Cir. No. 09-5059-cv v.
The State of New York,
Defendants-Appellees.
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NOTICE OF MOTION
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that upon the accompanying affirmation, Plaintiff-Appellant Christine C. Anderson will move this Honorable Court, at the United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, New York 10007, at a date and time to be determined by the Court, for an order:
(1) DISQUALIFYING the Office of the New York State Attorney General from representation of defendants; and
(2) for such other and further relief as the Court may find just and proper.
Dated: New York, New York
September 14, 2010
Christine C. Anderson, plaintiff, pro se
227 Riverside Drive – Suite 2N
New York, New York 10025
917-817-7170 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 917-817-7170 end_of_the_skype_highlighting tel
To: Monica Wagner, Esq., Assistant Attorney General, Office of the NYS Attorney General, 120 Broadway, 24th floor, New York, New York 10271
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
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Christine C. Anderson,
Case No.: 07cv9599
Plaintiff-Appellant, (SAS) (AJP)
2d Cir. No. 09-5059-cv
v.
The State of New York,
Defendants-Appellees.
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AFFIRMATION IN SUPPORT OF MOTION
I, Christine C. Anderson, make the following affirmation under penalties of perjury:
I, Christine C. Anderson, am the plaintiff-appellant in the above entitled action, and respectfully move this court to issue an order disqualifying the Office of the New York
State Attorney General from representing defendant-employees of the State of New York
in any legal proceeding involving the herein before any federal or state court, agency or any other tribunal. The reasons why I am entitled to the relief I seek, and pending remand to the district court for a new trial as herein explained, are the following:
I. Introduction
1. The trial court abused its discretion in denying my request for a new trial, a reversible error, inter alia. That error continues before this appellate body and requires immediate correction. Because of the unique perspective of the trial judge, the decision as to whether to grant a new trial is committed to the district court’s sound discretion and will be reversed only for a clear abuse of that discretion. Kempner Mobile Electronics, Inc. v. Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, 428 F.3d 706, 716 (7th Cir. 2005); Latino v. Kaizer, 58 F.3d 310, 314 (7th Cir.1995). The trial judge advanced a miscarriage of justice by denying the application for a new trial. Remand is clearly indicated in this matter.
2. Fed.R.Civ.P. 59 does not list the grounds for which a new trial may be granted. (Wright § 95). In federal courts, common law must be looked to in determining the available grounds. Of the numerous grounds justifying a grant of new trial, one is that the “interests of justice” require a new trial. See e.g., Fort Howard Paper Co. v. Standard Havens, Inc., 901 F.2d 1373, 1379 (7th Cir. 1990) (affirming grant of new trial after a three-week jury trial). Among the grounds cited for seeking new trials are the following:
(1) Irregularity of the proceedings;
(2) Misconduct of jury;
(3) Accident or surprise;
(4) Newly discovered evidence;
(5) Insufficient evidence;
(6) Verdict against law;
(7) Error in law;
(8) Excessive or inadequate damages.
3. A court has broad discretion in considering a Rule 59(e) motion. Hagerman v. Yukon Energy Corp., 839 F.2d 407, 413 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 820 (1988). Rule 59(e) was adopted to clarify that “the district court possesses the power to rectify its own mistakes in the period immediately following the entry of judgment.” White v. New Hampshire Dep’t of Employment Sec., 455 U.S. 445, 450 (1982) (internal quotations omitted). A Rule 59(e) motion may be granted to correct a manifest error of law or fact, or to consider newly-discovered evidence. See Hagerman, 890 F.2d at 414.
II. The Attorney General’s Representation of the Defendants Constitutes
A Clear Conflict of Interest, and Violates Plaintiff’s Right to Due Process
4. In this action, plaintiff Anderson was confronted with an unquestionably unfair set of circumstances. She brought her complaint against three individuals, who, although employed by the State of New York, were also sued in their individual capacities. These defendants in turn were at all times represented by the New York State Attorney General. Thus, while the plaintiff charged the defendants with serious violations of law, the Attorney General stood before the jury defending these very same actions as proper and within the law. This arrangement seriously prejudiced the plaintiff, as jurors could and likely did conclude that the State of New York supported fully the conduct of the defendants.
Ongoing Conflict of Interest
5. Representation by the New York Attorney General’s office in the pending appeal continues the improper prejudice against plaintiff. Furthermore, not only did the Attorney General’s representation of the defendants unduly prejudice the plaintiff, but it also raised serious conflict of interest issues with respect to the defendants themselves. To protect their own rights, each of the defendants had to have their own attorneys in order to permit them to cross claim or make admissions, including their own right to protect their own individual rights in this appeal. Under New York State and federal conflict of interest rules, each of the defendants must be free to undertake these independent actions. To do so, they must have their own counsel. (See NYS Code of Professional Conduct Cannon 5 Conflict of Interest Rules.[1]) The Attorney General as a state attorney is bound by these rules as well. [2]
6. This constitutes New York State law, and the attorney who violates these safeguards must be immediately removed from the case. Further, should the defendants seek to waive the conflict- they would have to submit an affidavit to that effect to the court.
Notwithstanding a defendant’s attempt to waive his right to independent counsel, the court can deny the waiver, based on a finding that ultimately this conflict cannot properly be waived. The trail court improperly ignored the obligation to address the inherent conflict up to and including the trial. This court, however, must now disqualify the Attorney General from any representation of the defendants.
7. As a result of these conflict of interest issues, the Attorney General cannot properly represent the defendants, either as a group or individually, in these appellate proceedings. Each defendant must have the right to advance his or her own position on appeal, to cross claim against the others, and to bring a counterclaim against the State.
These actions most certainly could not be undertaken in a case where the Attorney General represents all the named defendants. All defendants clearly are in conflict with each other, especially in their individual capacities. Without question, the Attorney General violated its ethical rules and the public trust in undertaking to represent all of the defendants. The Attorney General continues to violate its ethical rules by appearing before this appellate body. This would be the case, even were it established that the defendants had sought to consent to such representation.
The Clear Need For Remand
8. The involvement of the New York Attorney General in refuting plaintiff’s allegations, which involved serious violations of federal and state law and ethical standards, and in presenting the case of each defendants, denied plaintiff’s due process and equal protection guarantees, and right to a fair and impartial trial. See Snyder v. Massachusetts, 291 U.S. 97, 105 (1934) (“if a practice or rule offends some principle of justice so rooted in the traditions and conscience of our people as to be ranked as fundamental”) and Eldridge v. Williams, 424 U.S. 319 335 (1974) [3]
9. The conflict here is particularly acute given the nature of the claims brought by plaintiff Anderson. Plaintiff’s charges warranted an independent investigation by the New York State Attorney General’s Office to review the basic claims given that Anderson was formerly a Departmental Disciplinary Committee staff attorney with considerable experience and over the years received excellent evaluations. The fact is that these are not allegations from a lay person.
10. While at the DDC, Plaintiff Anderson was charged with investigating cases involving possible criminal and civil misconduct by attorneys. She carried out her duties as a duly authorized officer of the Court. The New York State Attorney General’s Office was therefore obligated to protect her and to investigate her claims of serious misconduct against the named parties. To the Contrary, the New York State Attorney General’s Office failed to do so.
11. The Attorney General is a publicly funded arm of the State. It was conflicted from the outset of this case because it could not possibly defend any of the defendants, while simultaneously investigating plaintiff’s claims of serious ongoing misconduct by the defendants. Indeed, no explanation has ever been provided as to why the Attorney General did not represent plaintiff Anderson against any of the original defendants. This was itself a misappropriation of public funds by a state investigative agency with prosecution powers.
12. Federal law mandates that a special prosecutor be substituted into the case, and this was not done. The actions of the Attorney General here confused, misled and confounded the jury, by creating a false impression that the acts were officially sanctioned by the state.
13. Furthermore, Christine Anderson’s allegations have substantial impact on the public, the bench and bar, and cannot be ignored by the New York State Attorney General’s Office merely because they were motivated to defend this lawsuit. This serious conflict demanded independent counsel for the defendants as a matter of fairness and high ethical conduct to all involved, particularly to Christine Anderson. Having denied independent counsel to the defendants, the Attorney General prejudiced plaintiff by making it appear to the jury that the State of New York and the New York State Attorney General’s Office supported defendants’ conduct. This was a burden Christine Anderson could never overcome and, at a minimum, warrants a new trial. The unfair burden continues before this appellate court.
14. Additionally, Remand is also certain as the trial Court was concerned about the aforestated conflict of interest and in one of its last instructions to the jury, the Court warned the jury not to draw a negative inference adverse to the defendants for their joint representation by the New York State Attorney General’s Office. That instruction was injurious to the plaintiff, Christine Anderson, in that it prejudiced the jury against her and in and of itself warrants a new trial for the following reasons:
a. It was one of the last instructions to the jury and thus was ingrained in the minds of the jury as a lasting impression. Furthermore, as one of the last instructions to the jury, it elevated its importance over and above all prior instructions as something that had to be considered indifference to all else.
b. There was no countervailing instruction to the jury that it could find a negative inference of the representation by the New York State Attorney General’s Office favorable to the plaintiff. This failure prejudiced the jury against the plaintiff by implying at a minimum, that the state supported all of the defendants’ conduct and found that it was within the bounds of the law.
c. Had the Court even given the jury an instruction not to draw a negative inference of the representation of the defendants by the New York State Attorney General’s Office as against either or both the plaintiff and the defendants, such an instruction only demonstrates the proof that there is an impermissible conflict of interest in the manner in which this case was conducted, that can only hurt one party over another. Further, the representation by the New York State Attorney General’s Office made it appear New York State supported the defendants’ conduct and that it was within the bounds of the law.
d. By the Court issuing the jury instruction not to draw a negative inference adverse to the defendants for their representation by the New York State Attorney General’s Office, the court preserved the argument to be raised in this motion and appeal.
e. Allowing all of the defendants to be represented by the same counsel and by the New York State Attorney General’s Office created an impermissible conflict of interest. Indeed, the conflict was so strong, that had the jury ruled against any one or all of the defendants, they would have been entitled to seek a new trial for impermissible conflict of interest as they would entitled to their own independent counsel.
This court is thus faced with the fact any unsuccessful litigant in this case appeal could be expected to move for and would be entitled to a new trial because of the impermissible conflict of interest, as all of the defendants are required to have their own independent counsel, and to be represented their own counsel.
15. The American Bar Association’s Code of Professional Responsibility elaborates on the duty of a public prosecutor such as the New York Attorney General to seek justice as follows:
“This special duty exists because: (1) the prosecutor represents the sovereign and therefore should use restraint in the discretionary exercise of governmental powers, such as in the selection of cases to prosecute; (2) during trial the prosecutor is not only an advocate but he also may make decisions normally made by an individual client, and those affecting the public interest should be fair to all ….” (ABA Code of Prof. Responsibility, EC 7-13, emphasis added.)
16. Therefore, a prosecutor’s duty of neutrality is born of two fundamental aspects of his employment. First, the prosecutor, in this case the Attorney General, is a representative of the sovereign, and consequently must act with the impartiality required of those who govern. Second, the Attorney General can at all times call upon the vast power of the government, by utilizing public funds, and therefore must refrain from abusing that power by failing to act evenhandedly.
17. These key duties are not limited to criminal prosecutions, but must also be observed in civil cases as well. These safeguards are included in the ABA Code. “A government lawyer in a civil action or administrative proceeding has the responsibility to seek justice and to develop a full and fair record, and he should not use his position or the economic power of the government to harass parties or to bring about unjust settlements or results.” (Id., EC 7-14, emphasis added.)
18. In the present case, the Attorney General was under the ethical duty to withdraw in order to preserve plaintiff’s right to a fair and impartial trial. In a case such as this, not only is the Attorney General’s neutrality essential to a fair outcome for the plaintiff, it is critical to the proper function of the judicial process as a whole. Our system of justice relies for its validity on the confidence of society. Without a continuing belief by the people that the system is just and impartial, the concept of the rule of law cannot survive. (See id., EC 9-1, 9-2.)
19. The New York State Attorney General is a public official elected by statewide ballot [4]. The American Bar Association’s Code of Professional Responsibility addresses the special considerations applicable to a lawyer who is also a public official as follows: “A lawyer who is a public officer, whether full or part-time, should not engage in activities in which his personal or professional interests are or foreseeably may be in conflict with his official duties.” (ABA Code of Prof. Responsibility, EC 8-8.) “[A]n attorney holding public office should avoid all conduct which might lead the layman to conclude that the attorney is utilizing his public position to further his professional success or personal interests.” (ABA Committee on Prof. Ethics, opn. No. 192 (1939); see also People v. Conner, 34 Cal.3d 141, 146.)
20. The government’s investigative and prosecutorial interests must be balanced against the public interest in insuring that the individuals and organizations receive effective representation, and are accorded their full constitutional rights and protections.
21. There are at least two reasons why a court should satisfy itself that no conflict exists or at least provide notice to the affected party if one does. First, a court is under a continuing obligation to supervise the members of its Bar. E.g., In re Taylor, 567 F.2d at 1191; see Musicus v. Westinghouse Electric Corp., 621 F.2d 742, 744 (5th Cir.1980) (per curiam) (district court obligated to take measures against unethical conduct occurring in proceedings before it). Second, trial courts have a duty “to exercise that degree of control required by the facts and circumstances of each case to assure the litigants of a fair trial.” Koufakis v. Carvel, 425 F.2d 892, 900-01 (2d Cir.1970); see ABA Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3(A)(4).
22. For example, when a litigant’s statutorily appointed counsel is acting against that person’s interests because of a conflict that the party has not been informed of and cannot be expected to understand on his own, it can be concluded that the litigant is not receiving a fair trial. Cf. Wood v. Georgia, 450 U.S. 261, 101 S.Ct. 1097, 67 L.Ed.2d 220 (1981) (divided loyalties of counsel may create due process violation).
23. Attorneys are officers of the court, Clark v. United States, 289 U.S. 1, 12, 53 S.Ct. 465, 468, 77 L.Ed. 993 (1933), and are obligated to adhere to all applicable disciplinary rules, and to report incidents of which they have unprivileged knowledge involving violations of a disciplinary rule. ABA Code of Professional Responsibility, DR 1-102(A), 1-103(A); see In re Walker, 87 A.D.2d 555, 560, 448 N.Y.S.2d 474, 479 (1st Dep’t 1982) (as officers of the court, attorneys are required to notify parties and the court of errors including conflicts of interest).
24. Occupying a position of public trust, the Attorney General, as any public prosecutor is ‘possessed … of important governmental powers that are pledged to the accomplishment of one objective only, that of impartial justice.’ (Professional Responsibility: Report of the Joint Conference (1958) 44 A.B.A.J. 1159, 1218.) The duty of a government attorney has been characterized as ‘a sober inquiry into values, designed to strike a just balance between the economic interests of the public and those of the landowner,’ is of high order.” (Id. at p. 871.)
25. Canon 9, “A Lawyer Should Avoid Even the Appearance of Professional Impropriety,” has been invoked by this Court in attorney conflict cases. See, e.g., Fund of Funds, Ltd. v. Arthur Andersen & Co., 567 F.2d 225, 234-35 (2d Cir.1977). The Model Rules of Professional Conduct, adopted by the ABA House of Delegates on August 2, 1983 contain similar provisions and language. See Rules 1.7, 8.4.
26. Furthermore, and central to the issue of preventing prejudicial influence of government attorneys on court proceedings, it is common for states to adopt statutes or regulations that prohibit those holding the office of Attorney General, as well as their
deputies and staff attorneys, from participating as attorneys in private litigation matters. (see e.g. Arizona Revised Statutes §41-191[5] Attorney general; Florida Statutes, Section 27.51(3), [6] Maryland Statutes and Procedures Governing Pro Bono Services of Attorney General Office[7] .)
27. The reason for adopting these restrictions is most obvious. For the Attorney General or any member of the staff to participate in a civil trial involving a private litigant will create the prejudicial inference that the state has reviewed and approved the position advocated by the government attorney. Such an inference can and likely will influence the outcome of the matter to the detriment of the opposing party.
28. It is for the above stated reasons that no Attorney General or staff member should be permitted to represent a private litigant in any adversarial proceeding. Only such an outright prohibition will properly preserve the standards of fairness and impartiality guaranteed to all litigants under federal and state constitutions. The present lack of statutory and/or ethical policy guidelines barring the participation of state law officers from representing private litigants in civil proceedings must be addressed by courts even if not by policy makers.
III. The Attorney General’s Office Cannot Ethically Continue Any Representation
29. The irregularity of the proceedings below were confusing, misleading and prejudicial to the plaintiff enough without the involvement of the Attorney General. Indeed, remand will result after review of the Instructions to the jury, the court marked-up Verdict Sheet after a written jury question to the court concerning the whitewashing of attorney ethics complaints and wide-practiced corruption that, in fact, counsel for the defendants- The New York State Attorney General’s Office- had an obligation to investigate, inter alia.
30. Improperly, the top law enforcement officer of the state was silent and action was, and is, absent. This cannot be condoned by this appellate court.
31. The involvement of the Attorney General’s office improperly left the jury, and proceeding itself, in an unclear, puzzling and convoluted condition. This confusion resulted in a proceeding which is in a word repugnant.
32. The mere presence of the Attorney General has at all times been prejudicial to the plaintiff and, at best, confusing to the jury. It has been established that both inconsistent or equivocal instructions and incorrect statements of the law may be prejudicially erroneous, Bollenbach v. United States, 326 U.S. 607, 612, 66 S.Ct. 402, 90 L.Ed. 350 (1946); United States v. Neilson, 471 F.2d 905, 908 (9th Cir. 1973); Bolden v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co, 468 F.2d 580; Ratay v. Lincoln National Life Ins. Co., 378 F.2d 209 (3d Cir.), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 973, 88 S.Ct. 472, 19 L.Ed.2d 465 (1967), and that comments made by the court shortly before the jury retires are critical, Norfleet v. Isthmian Lines, Inc., 355 F.2d 359, 362 (2d Cir. 1966).
33. The lower court improperly allowed representation of the defendants by the Attorney General. In fact, the court below improperly condoned the Attorney General’s presence, accordingly directing the jury that the Attorney General’s representation was proper when it was not. It is generally assumed that juries “act in accordance with the instructions given them…and that they do not consider and base their decisions on legal questions with respect to which they are not charged.” Dist. Council 37 v. New York City Dept. of Parks and Recreation 113 F3d 347,356 (2d Cir. 1997).
34. It was never up to the jury to consider the ethical failings of the Attorney General’s representation. It was the obligation of the Attorney General’s office, and upon the failure of that duty, the obligation of the court.
35. There is also no record that the role of the Attorney General as defense counsel was properly and adequately explained to the jury. While this also constitutes another reversible error by the Court which will be addressed by the appeal itself, representation of the Attorney General’s office improperly remains.
IV. Newly Discovered Evidence At Trial Required Immediate Disqualification
36. The court gave the jury above-referenced instructions and its members adjourned to the jury room to deliberate at approximately 1:25 pm on Thursday, October 29, 2009. After the jury left the courtroom, the court first announced that she had denied the defendants’ pending motion for a directed verdict. She next stated words to the effect that she found that , “….Cahill was aware of the whitewashing allegations…” (Exhibit A, pages 808-809) The judge read this statement related to defendant Cahill’s conduct into the record as part of her order denying defendant’s directed verdict. This fact alone requires a new trial, and should have resulted in the Attorney General’s office immediately withdrawing from the case.
37. In addition, Courts have an obligation to report and order investigation into official and at times criminal misconduct. This is a duty of the Court. There is no record to date as to any action having been undertaken by the Court regarding this central question. (See also recent decisions on spoliation of evidence which are state and federal crimes. Acorn v. Nassau County - cv052301 (2009 USDistLEXIS 19459) and Gutman v. Klein, 03cv1570. 2008 WL 5084182, 2008 WL 4682208.
38. The Court’s finding of culpability on the part of Defendant Cahill constitutes newly discovered evidence, which directly supports the fundamental allegations of Plaintiff.
Remand to the District Court for a new trial is highly likely as the trial court abused its discretion in denying a new trial. The Attorney General’s failure to withdraw is, in fact, sanctionable and worthy of referral to the attorney ethics committee.
39. Clearly the newly discovered fact that defendant Cahill, as the head of the DDC and supervisor of the other named defendants, had full knowledge of whitewashing activities would in all likelihood have changed the outcome of the case. This central fact establishing the liability of all named defendants could not have been discovered earlier and is not merely cumulative or impeaching. (See Farragher v. Boca Raton , 524 U.S. 775, 18 S. Ct. 2275 (1998) which imputes liability to supervisors in any event. In Farragher, the Supreme Court held that an employer is vicariously liable for actionable discrimination caused by a supervisor. All defendants are jointly and severally liable here. In fact, the State of New York is liable under Faragher, all while representation of the Attorney General’s office improperly continued.
JUDICIAL FINDING KEPT FROM A DELIBERATING JURY
40. Here, the new evidence establishes that in the view of the Court, Defendant Cahill, the head officer of the DDC and the supervisor of the other defendants, had full knowledge of the practice of whitewashing as alleged by Plaintiff, leading to the parallel conclusion that whitewashing was accepted as a common practice by the defendants, and presumably other staff members of the DDC. Had such facts been confirmed during the trial stage, the jury would have come to know and understand the illegal activities that were accepted as everyday practice by the DDC staff, a finding totally consistent with a main element of Plaintiff’s case. At all times relevant, however, the Attorney General’s office improperly continued their representation of the very people the Court found had acted illegally.
41. The Court’s statement after the close of trial accepting the establishing the whitewashing activities by Defendant Cahill will demand remand for a new trial. Meanwhile, the damage to the rule of law and ethics by the Attorney General’s office must be dealt with by this appellate court.
V. Witness Tampering – Threat on Witness in a Federal Proceeding
42. The Attorney General and the trial court were aware that in August of 2008, one of the plaintiff’s witnesses, DDC staff attorney Nicole Corrado, was threatened. Two days prior to her deposition testimony, state employee, and DDC Deputy Chief Counsel, Andral N. Bratton, and who had been her immediate supervisor for approximately 5 years, confronted Corrado. Bratton advised Corrado that in 2007 he had admitted himself into a psychiatric hospital for serious emotional problems, that he had “suicidal tendencies,” and that he was “warning” her accordingly. When Corrado asked Bratton why he was warning her, Bratton simply repeated several times in a very serious and stern tone by saying, “I’m just warning you.”
43. Following Corrado’s deposition testimony on August 21, 2008, Bratton’s behavior toward Corrado became more harassing, troubling, frightening and threatening as he began to follow her inside and outside of the state office where they both worked. Corrado subsequently reported these serious issues to DDC chief counsel Allan Friedberg, Deputy chief Counsel Sherry Cohen, a defendant in the current proceeding, and DDC Chief Investigator Vincent Raniere- all of whom who took no required action.
44. Plaintiff’s former counsel, John Beranbaum, advised the court, and by copy, the Attorney General, of this incident in a letter to the court dated October 24, 2008. In the Beranbaum submission, it was made clear to the court and the Attorney General that Ms. Corrado was given a ‘“warning’ about the testimony she was to gave at the deposition[,]” and further advised that “Ms. Corrado is very upset about the entire experience.
45. Mr. Beranbaum again raised the issue on the record four days later on October 30, 2008. (See Exhibit, “B” – Transcript of October 30, 2008 hearing, Page 26 (lines 17-25), and page 27 (lines 1-8). The court, in responding to the letter advising of the threat on plaintiff’s witness, commented, “You [Mr. Beranbaum] seem to want to tell me something or report it to me. Okay. You report it to me.”
46. It is plaintiff’s belief that the court had an obligation to report the matter to federal agents and, further, to interview Ms. Corrado concerning the incident. In addition, the Attorney General also had an obligation as the state’s top enforcer of the law.
47. Plaintiff believes she has been severely prejudiced by the threat upon her witness, Ms. Corrado, and, as the lower court and Attorney General were aware, Ms. Corrado did not appear as a witness in this proceeding.
48. While plaintiff is aware that counsel within the Office of the New York Attorney General’s office offered to “fully” compensate Mr. Beranbaum for ALL of his legal fees, expenses, etc., if plaintiff settled her case, she is unaware of the exact timing of when the compensation offer, believed to be between $120,000.00 and $150,000.00, was actually made.
VI. Conclusion
49. For the reasons set forth, Moving respectfully requests that this Court in the interest of justice issue an order restraining the Office of the New York State Attorney General’s office from representing employees of the State of New York in any legal proceeding involving the herein before any federal or state court, agency or any other tribunal grant a new trial.
50. As noted, the participation of the Attorney General in failing to investigate the charges submitted by plaintiff against the defendants, and subsequently representing these same persons in the instant court proceedings, denied plaintiff’s constitutionally protected right to a fair and impartial trial. This denial of basic rights was compounded by unclear, confusing and convoluted instructions to the jury, discovery of new evidence and serious allegations of intimidation of witnesses, which all support the de novo pending appeal and granting of the instant motion for disqualification.
51. Wherefore, Moving respectfully requests that the court grant the within Motion, as well as such other and further relief that may be just and proper. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed on September 14, 2010
New York, New York Christine C. Anderson
Plaintiff, Pro Se
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[1] http://www.law.cornell.edu/ethics/ny/code/NY_CODE.HTM ; Conflict of Interest Disciplinary Rule 5
http://www.law.cornell.edu/ethics/ny/code/
[2] As head of the Department of Law, the Attorney General is both the “People’s Lawyer” and the State’s chief legal officer. As the “People’s Lawyer,” the Attorney General serves as the guardian of the legal rights of the citizens of New York, its organizations and its natural resources.
In his role as the State’s chief legal counsel, the Attorney General not only advises the Executive branch of State government, but also defends actions and proceedings on behalf of the State. http://www.oag.state.ny.us/our_office.html
[3] The Supreme Court set out the following balancing test for applying procedural due process protections: “[I]dentification of the specific dictates of due process generally requires consideration of three distinct factors: first, the private interest that will be affected by the official action; second, the risk of an erroneous deprivation of such interest through the procedures used, and the probable value, if any, of additional or substitute procedural safeguards; and, finally, the Government’s interest, including the function involved and the fiscal and administrative burdens that the additional or substitute procedural requirement would entail.”
[4] The fact that the Attorney General is elected by the voters of New York State raises a question with respect to the qualification of the jurors. No juror in the present case was asked whether he or she had voted for Attorney General Andrew Cuomo at the last election, or, for that matter, whether they supported the actions undertaken by him since assuming office, or further. whether they, as a general matter, agree with the general or specific policies of or initiatives undertaken and/or advocated by his office.
[5] B. The attorney general and his assistants shall devote full time to the duties of the office and shall not directly or indirectly engage in the private practice of law or in an occupation conflicting with such duties, except:
1. Such prohibition shall not apply to special assistants, except that in no instance shall special assistants engage in any private litigation in which the state or an officer thereof in his official capacity is a party.
2. Assistant attorney general may, but in no circumstances shall be required to, represent private clients in pro bono, private civil matters under the following circumstances:
(a) The representation will be conducted exclusively during off hours or while on leave and the attorney will not receive any compensation for such services.
(b) The client is not seeking an award of attorney fees for the services.
(c) The services are for an individual in need of personal legal services who does not have the financial resources to pay for the professional services or for a nonprofit, tax exempt charitable organization formed for the purpose of providing social services to individuals and families.
(d) The representation will not interfere with the performance of any official duties.
(e) The subject matter of pro bono representation is outside of the area of practice to which the attorney is assigned in the attorney general’s office and the activity will not appear to create a conflict of interest.
(f) The activity will not reflect adversely on this state or any of its agencies.
(g) The assistant attorney general’s position will not influence or appear to influence the outcome of any matter.
(h) The activity will not involve assertions that are contrary to the interest or position of this state or any of its agencies.
(i) The activity does not involve a criminal matter or proceeding or any matter in which this state is a party or has a direct or substantial interest.
(j) The activity will not utilize resources that will result in a cost to this state or any of its agencies.
(k) The attorney’s supervisor may require the attorney to submit a prior written request to engage in pro bono work which includes a provision holding the agency harmless from any of the work undertaken by the attorney.
[6] Florida Statutes,Section 27.51 provides:”Each public defender shall serve on a full-time basis and is prohibited from engaging in the private practice of law while holding office. Assistant public defenders shall give priority and preference to their duties as assistant public defenders and shall not otherwise engage in the practice of criminal law.” (e.s.)
[7] Private practice of Law and Pro Bono Representation.
Posted by Corrupt Courts Administrator at 7:43 AM
17 comments:
Have had it with cuomo said…
I like Anderson’s vote on Election Day! Great motion!
Everyone should vote on the next election day to DISQUALIFY everyone who currently holds office of any kind. Yep, Andy, that includes you. The thuggery at the attorney general’s office must end. Andy and Elliot can go off and play golf, etc., with Tiger. New Yorkers have had it with spineless, ass-kissing-for-supporters-only corrupt bastards operating under the color of law. I’m a lifelong democrat but will NOT be voting for Andrew Cuomo ever again.
September 15, 2010 8:44 AM
Anonymous said…
The Office of Andrew Cuomo is pro pedophiles and that is why he protects his friends such as Bernadette E. Lupinetti, Esq. from Orange County New York. A pimp selling children in child custody cases to be sexually exploited.
September 15, 2010 9:08 AM
Anonymous said…
Christine Anderson you rock!
Albany, Andy, Houston
You got a problem!
Paladino won!
September 15, 2010 9:09 AM
Anonymous said…
Christine Anderson you rock!
Albany, Andy, Houston
You got a problem!
Paladino won!
September 15, 2010 9:09 AM
Anonymous said…
Andy and Eliot can take Sheldon & Lippman with them!
The baseball bats are out guys!
September 15, 2010 9:10 AM
Anonymous said…
“THERE IS NO CRUELER TYRANNY THAN THAT WHICH IS OPERATED UNDER THE COVER OF LAW AND WITH THE COLORS OF JUSTICE”
September 15, 2010 9:12 AM
Anonymous said…
Bratton advised Corrado that in 2007 he had admitted himself into a psychiatric hospital for serious emotional problems, that he had “suicidal tendencies,” and that he was “warning” her accordingly
what was this guy going to make up paperwork for her, pass it around behind her back………
that is an old one
you guys gotta think of new tricks!
September 15, 2010 9:25 AM
LE said…
Christine, you’re my hero!! Now, let’s ALL go after the AG’s Office full force with our motion’s to disqualify!!!
I can’t wait to see how the AG’s Office responds to my motion and letter to disqualify!!
Best Regards,
LE
September 15, 2010 10:45 AM
Anonymous said…
this is very interesting. will be more interesting to see some real action come from it and best of luck to Christine Anderson.
I’ve been watching these comments about Will Galison being a “plant”. Let me get this straight:
Hoffer is the son-in-law of Zbigniew Brzezinski and therefore a pawn of the CFR and the New World Order
The FBI is the organization that hasn’t done a damn thing for us all this time and has harmed many of us.
Golia is the judge who stole Sunny Sheu’s house from him and had him kidnapped according to an NYPD Officer and you can read about this at the BlackStarNews.com.
Golia may or could be involved in the death / murder of Sunny Sheu and it is absolutely clear that Golia has some serious problems with the Sunny Sheu case by permitting the Finance Company involved in Illegally “buying back” Sunny’s property from a Fraudulent Buyer that the Finance Company should have never Closed with in the first place and did so for only $1000 when Sunny’s mortgage had been at just over $200,000.
That type of great “under market price” transaction is PER SE SUSPECT to any reputable member of the Judiciary or Oversight or Federal authorities not to mention Sunny had 2 NYPD Officers who were trying to come forward before Golia with evidence from the Criminal prosecution of the Fraud - Fake buyer and Seller in the first place??
So, these three parties are “pissed” at Will Galison, and that makes Galison ……bad?
September 15, 2010 11:53 AM
Eliot Bernstein / Bat Out of Hell / Iviewit said…
Go Christine, I sat on the edge of my seat and wondered when the charge of criminal Title 18 Obstruction and Obstruction of Fed Witness and Obstruction through Conflict would be asserted against the AG Clown Cuomo but I guess it is there subtly in the call for Special Prosecutor and Obligations of those in charge.
Still I feel that Court should be put on notice that allowing the conflict is obstruction so if they continue, wham we are reporting it and their felonies to the man, right now the man with no cajones, HoldOff and other appropriate oversight and criminal authorities. Every related case should file this document with criminal authorities with jurisdiction demanding investigation. Where’s the Press???
Who is Will?
Bat Out of Hell on Bat Phone Calling the Troops.
Question for Luisa have you filed to get rid of NY AG Cuomo or filed criminal complaints against the office for their part in the gang raping of your rights and personal liberties to cover up for slimedog millionaire Isaacs?
Eliot I. Bernstein
Inventor
Check Out
Eliot’s Testimony at the NY Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Cw0gogF4Fs&feature=player_embedded
and
Part 2 @
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apc_Zc_YNIk&feature=related
and
Christine Anderson Whistleblower Testimony @
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BlK73p4Ueo
and
Eliot Part 1 - The Iviewit Inventions @
http://www.wethepeopletv.com/
September 15, 2010 2:11 PM
Anonymous said…
Is there anyone else who is going to Federal Court to file for violation of Civil Rights for the failure of the OCA, Disciplinary Commissions, Courts, etc., to protect Constitutionally Protected rights and to do the jobs they are required to do by law and rule?
Just asking.
September 15, 2010 2:15 PM
Anonymous said…
All the Anderson info and action is great. But, if the Feds were really going to “rock” NY as stated over two years ago, you may think they would just show up to this event tomorrow sponsored by the Wall Street Journal featuring Gov Paterson and former Govs Spitzer and Pataki.
Markopoulous contacted Spitzer as AG about Madoff and we all know Frank Brady and Kevin McKeown wrote to Governor Paterson about a Special Prosecutor and Pataki’s links to corruption and likely organized crime are infamous even though the Feds never did anything about it and stuck New Yorkers with this great system
Think the G-Men will show up? Not talking about the Football Giants here either:
http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/31797/spitzer-paterson-pataki-all-on-one-great-stage/
September 15, 2010 4:11 PM
Anonymous said…
Has anyone clued the Paladino campaign into this blog and Cuomo’s history of ignoring complaints?
Cuomo’s has done nothing in the four years he’s been AG, and now he is campaigning as someone who is going to clean up the mess he’s been ignoring.
I hope Paladino has the stuff to call him on this.
September 15, 2010 6:16 PM
Anonymous said…
Yes, I hope Paladino takes Cuomo’s mask off and ask him about the sexual abusers he helps.
September 15, 2010 7:19 PM
T Finnan said…
Answer to 2:15; yes within this week. Answer to 6:16; yes; Paladino is aware. AG Cuomo has covered up corruption with his office. CuomoTARP.blogspot.com exposes and will expose more about Cuomo. Check out: Two faces as Cuomo changes pay to play to indirect payment; or, Cuomo as Gollum; or, the Cuomo babuska doll and its faces of Cuomo; or, Cuomo’s silver spoon removed; or,Cuomo drenched in Albany Swamp Slime; or,Cuomo, 1.2 billion fraud, is it the Peter or Dilbert principle; or, Cuomo as Keystone cop; and Can Cuomo clean his nest.
September 15, 2010 7:25 PM
Eliot said…
Ok, if none of you NuYookers have the cojones (excuse my vulgarity) to arrest Cuomo, Spitzer and some Lawyers & Judges who are actually criminals I guess I will just have to fly there again and citizen arrest their criminal butts.
First, I would get the kids and huddle them together for a protest party. We would need signs so that we could march on their lawns first and greet them at dawn with video cameras and loud questions demanding public answers.
Then follow them to work with a set of leg iron and cuffs, demand they turn themselves in or else, when they run like the cowards they are, chase them down, tackle them and bring them in for prosecution of their felonies despite name, elitist delusion, position or title.
In New York we don’t give a damn who or what you are, if you ripped us off we want blood and all our money back. Wait, you NuYookers really want a Cubbie fan to clean your shit hole of corruption, I guess if necessary, I will but I thought more of you.
Next, once we have chained them and cuffed them and although my personal desire would be to torture them for those they have tortured and wronged in their crimes but I am not them, so I will leave that to the long arm of justice to decide and a jury of their peers.
If Justice fails to do justice claiming others above the law or immune why just grab their butt, cuff them and take them to the next available processing center for felons, you got rights NuYookers, use them.
http://www.newyorkinjurylaw-blog.com/2010/05/citizen%E2%80%99s-arrest-new-york-personal-injury-attorney
The definition is simple enough: a “citizen’s arrest” is an arrest by any civilian (not necessarily a “citizen” in some states) who does not have official government authority to make an arrest. In fact “citizen arrests” are legal in every state, though state laws with respect to the situations in which such arrests are permissible vary.
As a general rule, every state permits a civilian to make an arrest if a “felony” (a very serious crime) is being perpetrated in the presence of that civilian. Where differences among the states occur is in matters involving “misdemeanors” (less serious crimes), and where a felony is not witnessed by the civilian.
Since 2007, Karl Rove has (at least) three times been the subject of attempted citizen’s arrests. In Iowa last July, a group of four attempted to place him under citizen’s arrest when he went to Des Moines to speak at a fundraiser.
As it would turn out, the four would be citizen-constables were themselves arrested. They were subsequently cited for trespassing and released. The Cedar Rapids Gazette reported that two of the four had attempted a citizen’s arrest of Rove one year previously. That time they were also arrested, but were released without charges.
In October, a Code Pink protester in San Francisco tried to slap the cuffs on Rove for treason while he participated in a panel discussion for the Mortgage Bankers Association’s annual convention. Code Pink’s official release on the incident (which contains the Arrest Complaint against Rove) states that five protesters were removed from the building but not charged.
So, can people legally perform citizen’s arrests? The short answer is yes. In virtually all states, private individuals can lawfully arrest someone whom they witness committing a felony.
New York State Consolidated Laws hold that:Any person may arrest another person (a) for a felony when the latter has in fact committed such felony, and (b) for any offense when the latter has in fact committed such offense in his presence. New York Penal Code§ 140.05 Arrest without a warrant; in general.
A person who has committed or is believed to have committed an offense and who is at liberty within the state may, under circumstances prescribed in this article, be arrested for such offense although no warrant of arrest therefor has been issued and although no criminal action therefor has yet been commenced in any criminal court.
§ 140.30 Arrest without a warrant; by any person; when and where authorized.
1. Subject to the provisions of subdivision two, any person may arrest another person (a) for a felony when the latter has in fact committed such felony, and (b) for any offense when the latter has in fact committed such offense in his presence.
2. Such an arrest, if for a felony, may be made anywhere in the state. If the arrest is for an offense other than a felony, it may be made only in the county in which such offense was committed.
§ 140.35 Arrest without a warrant; by person acting other than as a police officer or a peace officer; when and how made.
1. A person may arrest another person for an offense pursuant to section 140.30 at any hour of any day or night.
2. Such person must inform the person whom he is arresting of the reason for such arrest unless he encounters physical resistance, flight or other factors rendering such procedure impractical.
3. In order to effect such an arrest, such person may use such physical force as is justifiable pursuant to subdivision four of section
35.30 of the penal law.
§ 140.40 Arrest without a warrant; by person acting other than as a police officer or a peace officer; procedure after arrest.
1. A person making an arrest pursuant to section 140.30 must without unnecessary delay deliver or attempt to deliver the person arrested to the custody of an appropriate police officer, as defined in subdivision five. For such purpose, he may solicit the aid of any police officer and the latter, if he is not himself an appropriate police officer, must assist in delivering the arrested person to an appropriate officer.
If the arrest is for a felony, the appropriate police officer must, upon receiving custody of the arrested person, perform all recording, fingerprinting and other preliminary police duties required in the particular case.
In any case, the appropriate police officer, upon receiving custody of the arrested person, except as otherwise provided in subdivisions two and three, must bring him, on behalf of the arresting person, before an appropriate local criminal court, as defined in subdivision five, and the arresting person must without unnecessary delay file an appropriate accusatory instrument with such court.
2. If (a) the arrest is for an offense other than a class A, B, C or D felony or a violation of section 130.25, 130.40, 205.10, 205.17, 205.19 or 215.56 of the penal law and (b) owing to unavailability of a local criminal court the appropriate police officer having custody of the arrested person is unable to bring him before such a court with reasonable promptness, the arrested person must be dealt with in the manner prescribed in subdivision three of section 140.20, as if he had been arrested by a police officer.
3. If the arrest is for an offense other than a class A, B, C or D felony or a violation of section 130.25, 130.40, 205.10, 205.17, 205.19 or 215.56 of the penal law, the arrested person need not be brought before a local criminal court, as provided in subdivision one, and the procedure may instead be as follows:
(a) An appropriate police officer may issue and serve an appearance ticket upon the arrested person and release him from custody, as prescribed in subdivision two of section 150.20; or
(b) The desk officer in charge at the appropriate police officer’s station, county jail or police headquarters, or any of his superior officers, may, in such place, fix pre-arraignment bail and, upon deposit thereof, issue and serve an appearance ticket upon the arrested person and release him from custody, as prescribed in section 150.30.
4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a police officer is not required to take an arrested person into custody or to take any other action prescribed in this section on behalf of the arresting person if he has reasonable cause to believe that the arrested person did not commit the alleged offense or that the arrest was otherwise unauthorized.
5. If a police officer takes an arrested juvenile offender into custody, the police officer shall immediately notify the parent or other person legally responsible for his care or the person with whom he is domiciled, that the juvenile offender has been arrested, and the location of the facility where he is being detained.
6. As used in this section:
(a) An “appropriate police officer” means one who would himself be authorized to make the arrest in question as a police officer pursuant to section 140.10;
(b) An “appropriate local criminal court” means one with which an accusatory instrument charging the offense in question may properly be filed pursuant to the provisions of section 100.55. ""