Hi /ck/
I am a vegan, and as such I must let everyone know. You see, as a vegan I have self esteem problems, and by letting everyone know of my ethically and morally superior lifestyle I am proving I am better than you.
You see, I have a psychological impairment that does not allow me to differentiate between animals as food and humans. You know how pets like cats and dogs are bread with certain characteristics to make them more appealing to humans, well its like that except I am attracted to, I mean I feel for all the worlds animals.
I am educated (obviously as a vegan more educated than you) and believe in evolution. The traits that humans exhibit such as, poor ability to digest plant matter (I do fart too much and my breath wreaks), omnivore digestion system and lactose tolerance past adolescence are things I don't understand because its just carnivore propaganda that everyone just calls proven facts.
I, being so in tune with nature, only eat organic. Even though organic food means nothing, I choose to believe it makes me better. The food I eat is so natural, even though I must eat lots of heavily processed foods (like soy) fortified with nutrients (mostly made from the byproducts of bacteria one would never eat) I can't get just from plant life. And because it is not possible to maintain my health using only local plants, the extra carbon created by all the hauling of foods from around the world to me is offset by how awesome I am.
I am vegan, and although my diet isn't healthy or sustainable, I am better than you.
this is not a public blog, just a place hwere i can leave myself notes. nothing to see here folks, move along.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
1winthrop
2irs - penalties etc
3covance nj
cases
4marion county
get counsel
5taylor v taylor prepare update and injunction
6 pool
7house - inspect 227, clean up. craigslist
8join coop?
9say hi to joe w
10make a comic
11rough out w va case
12make plans for work if get yale gig
13make better list
14sell 227
15sell 4015
16coop ads on craiglist
17make plan to take over world
18meet w city council person
19remember items for list thought of in car
20erato
21cca - meet w (lawyer guy blogger ran for clerk)
22cca - write letters to candiodates/officew holders
23 4015 tax problem
24 227 tax problem fix
25 go over old lists.
26 make 2009 annual report.
27 rough out taXes and balance sheet for 2009 2008 2007 2006.
28 go thru boxes,
29 put stuff away.
30 blog booklist for 2009.
31 kevin/joey, dates.
2irs - penalties etc
3covance nj
cases
4marion county
get counsel
5taylor v taylor prepare update and injunction
6 pool
7house - inspect 227, clean up. craigslist
8join coop?
9say hi to joe w
10make a comic
11rough out w va case
12make plans for work if get yale gig
13make better list
14sell 227
15sell 4015
16coop ads on craiglist
17make plan to take over world
18meet w city council person
19remember items for list thought of in car
20erato
21cca - meet w (lawyer guy blogger ran for clerk)
22cca - write letters to candiodates/officew holders
23 4015 tax problem
24 227 tax problem fix
25 go over old lists.
26 make 2009 annual report.
27 rough out taXes and balance sheet for 2009 2008 2007 2006.
28 go thru boxes,
29 put stuff away.
30 blog booklist for 2009.
31 kevin/joey, dates.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Subject: Staff Attorney Opening at the Institute for Justice
Tired of working on cases you don’t believe in? Longing to do something meaningful with your law degree? The Institute for Justice, the nation’s leading libertarian public interest law firm, is seeking a staff attorney to join its merry band of litigators in its Arlington, Va. headquarters. IJ litigates cutting-edge constitutional cases in the areas of private property rights, economic liberty, school choice, and free speech in both state and federal courts nationwide. We’ve litigated cases before the U.S. Supreme Court including the Kelo eminent domain case, the Swedenburg wine direct shipping case, and the Zelman school choice case. We seek attorneys with 0–4 years of litigation experience, excellent communication skills, an entrepreneurial spirit, solid academic records, a passion for freedom, and a good sense of humor. Clerkship preferred. We offer a competitive salary, full health, dental, and life insurance benefits, and a pension plan as well as a collegial, positive work environment and the opportunity to gain real litigation experience with meaningful responsibility in cases that will have immediate real-world impact. If you love liberty and the law and fighting for our nation’s founding principles, this is the place for you.
Send cover letter, resume and writing sample, in confidence, to:
Human Resource Department
Institute for Justice
901 North Glebe Road, Suite 900
Arlington, VA 22203
Email (preferred): employment@ij.org
Fax: (703) 682‑9321
No phone calls, please.
Paul Stamets (+25)
*
* +1
* ReplyShow
May 24 2008: TEDsters - I just read a few of the comments and just wanted to weigh in. On the Life Box - we have writtien the Agriculture Depts of every state (except Hawaii) to make sure the tree seeds we are including are permitted. We already cross checked through the seed companies but want to have officials weigh in.
On the mycopesticides, please see the Guiding Principles I have listed, attached to my patents, in Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World. I realize how potent this mycotechnology is and it must be carefully presented. The EPA has studied Metarhizium for more than 20 years, and its use for termite and ant control is encouraged. By the way, every termite and ant colony has Metarhizium fungi associated with it. This is a dance that has been going on for hundreds of millions of years. And, no need to get paranoid about a fungus eating humans - lots of them out there already. I am not promoting these. Mycophobia is the term mycologists use to explain the irrational fear of fungi - like any form of biological prejudice, ignorance creates fear, fear creates prejudice. Knowledge surpasses both. We have lots to learn, but what I and my colleagues have discovered should give hope and tools for helping healing ecosystems and preventing zoonotic diseases.
Thanks for the comments - I think if people read my work with more depth, they would have a better understanding. A 18 minute talk is not enough time to fully elaborate on these principles.
Tired of working on cases you don’t believe in? Longing to do something meaningful with your law degree? The Institute for Justice, the nation’s leading libertarian public interest law firm, is seeking a staff attorney to join its merry band of litigators in its Arlington, Va. headquarters. IJ litigates cutting-edge constitutional cases in the areas of private property rights, economic liberty, school choice, and free speech in both state and federal courts nationwide. We’ve litigated cases before the U.S. Supreme Court including the Kelo eminent domain case, the Swedenburg wine direct shipping case, and the Zelman school choice case. We seek attorneys with 0–4 years of litigation experience, excellent communication skills, an entrepreneurial spirit, solid academic records, a passion for freedom, and a good sense of humor. Clerkship preferred. We offer a competitive salary, full health, dental, and life insurance benefits, and a pension plan as well as a collegial, positive work environment and the opportunity to gain real litigation experience with meaningful responsibility in cases that will have immediate real-world impact. If you love liberty and the law and fighting for our nation’s founding principles, this is the place for you.
Send cover letter, resume and writing sample, in confidence, to:
Human Resource Department
Institute for Justice
901 North Glebe Road, Suite 900
Arlington, VA 22203
Email (preferred): employment@ij.org
Fax: (703) 682‑9321
No phone calls, please.
Paul Stamets (+25)
*
* +1
* ReplyShow
May 24 2008: TEDsters - I just read a few of the comments and just wanted to weigh in. On the Life Box - we have writtien the Agriculture Depts of every state (except Hawaii) to make sure the tree seeds we are including are permitted. We already cross checked through the seed companies but want to have officials weigh in.
On the mycopesticides, please see the Guiding Principles I have listed, attached to my patents, in Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World. I realize how potent this mycotechnology is and it must be carefully presented. The EPA has studied Metarhizium for more than 20 years, and its use for termite and ant control is encouraged. By the way, every termite and ant colony has Metarhizium fungi associated with it. This is a dance that has been going on for hundreds of millions of years. And, no need to get paranoid about a fungus eating humans - lots of them out there already. I am not promoting these. Mycophobia is the term mycologists use to explain the irrational fear of fungi - like any form of biological prejudice, ignorance creates fear, fear creates prejudice. Knowledge surpasses both. We have lots to learn, but what I and my colleagues have discovered should give hope and tools for helping healing ecosystems and preventing zoonotic diseases.
Thanks for the comments - I think if people read my work with more depth, they would have a better understanding. A 18 minute talk is not enough time to fully elaborate on these principles.
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
To do list Sunday, October 18, 2009
speed title
letter to prosecutrix
fbi file
review erato memo
x install mouse
po box bike ride
cle
boxes in room, bedroom, basement, attic.
make list
papers on table
mom
lease/collect rent
laundry
uncle bob
==
other stuff: pay electric bill, water bill, photocopies of water bill.
tell rochester about plastic bushing and insulate ground.
status of ken brown problem, do we need to call police?
7 letter to heidi,
8 make better list,
9 make comic,
10 CLE?
11 get indiana lawyer,
12 work on finding counsel in stewart v marion,
13 work on discovery situation there,
14 ride bike,
15 go to the club.
16 letters to boone county jail.
erato
channel 6
law license
martin shaffer catch up.
w va 4 life catch up
vermont case problem. google scott huminski.
discovery letter re voter ID
find counsel - make lists - pro bono departments of big 10.
issue: appointment in indigent counsel in boone.
keep making better lists.
sort boxes in basement and middle room and move to attic.
sort boxes in bedroom.
clean off front porch.
joe worle!!
go thru starred emails.
taxes - 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009.
taxes texas - send $1000.
taxes 227, write city council, review motion to vacate hearing.
go thro old lists, make better list.
get some sleep.
don't go to club tonight.
life stuff
find studies
CLE's.
car: pic a part NA
constitutent services - city council people
law stuff
what is the current status of wv 2b?
write to (joe sanders?) re martin shaffer joe sandler
write to clarkburg city council re shaffer situation
boone county
marion county -
follow up on discovery, request for list of provisional ballots
summons on linda proffitt
find counsel
naacp
aclu
lawrence reuben
sign case
make better list
any other open cases?
223 temple problem. demand letter. file notice of ownership/lein.
James W. Lovett - General Counsel
Total Compensation: $ —
James W. Lovett, 44, has been Covance's Corporate Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since February 2003. From December 2001 to February 2003, Mr. Lovett was Corporate Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Covance. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Lovett was with FMC Corporation in positions of increasing responsibility and, prior to that, was a partner in the law firm of McDermott, Will & Emery.
Joseph Herring
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
1.888.COVANCE (+1.888.268.2623)
rochester:
shower
fix electric box at 227, plastic bushing insulate ground wire.
pickapart part for car.
bill for plumbing work at 227 for water company.
bill for all work done this year.
speed title
letter to prosecutrix
fbi file
review erato memo
x install mouse
po box bike ride
cle
boxes in room, bedroom, basement, attic.
make list
papers on table
mom
lease/collect rent
laundry
uncle bob
==
other stuff: pay electric bill, water bill, photocopies of water bill.
tell rochester about plastic bushing and insulate ground.
status of ken brown problem, do we need to call police?
7 letter to heidi,
8 make better list,
9 make comic,
10 CLE?
11 get indiana lawyer,
12 work on finding counsel in stewart v marion,
13 work on discovery situation there,
14 ride bike,
15 go to the club.
16 letters to boone county jail.
erato
channel 6
law license
martin shaffer catch up.
w va 4 life catch up
vermont case problem. google scott huminski.
discovery letter re voter ID
find counsel - make lists - pro bono departments of big 10.
issue: appointment in indigent counsel in boone.
keep making better lists.
sort boxes in basement and middle room and move to attic.
sort boxes in bedroom.
clean off front porch.
joe worle!!
go thru starred emails.
taxes - 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009.
taxes texas - send $1000.
taxes 227, write city council, review motion to vacate hearing.
go thro old lists, make better list.
get some sleep.
don't go to club tonight.
life stuff
find studies
CLE's.
car: pic a part NA
constitutent services - city council people
law stuff
what is the current status of wv 2b?
write to (joe sanders?) re martin shaffer joe sandler
write to clarkburg city council re shaffer situation
boone county
marion county -
follow up on discovery, request for list of provisional ballots
summons on linda proffitt
find counsel
naacp
aclu
lawrence reuben
sign case
make better list
any other open cases?
223 temple problem. demand letter. file notice of ownership/lein.
James W. Lovett - General Counsel
Total Compensation: $ —
James W. Lovett, 44, has been Covance's Corporate Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since February 2003. From December 2001 to February 2003, Mr. Lovett was Corporate Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Covance. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Lovett was with FMC Corporation in positions of increasing responsibility and, prior to that, was a partner in the law firm of McDermott, Will & Emery.
Joseph Herring
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
1.888.COVANCE (+1.888.268.2623)
rochester:
shower
fix electric box at 227, plastic bushing insulate ground wire.
pickapart part for car.
bill for plumbing work at 227 for water company.
bill for all work done this year.
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Thursday, September 03, 2009
yesterday i made a list of 15 items, did 24 things, here's what's still not done.
cle
dresser
boxes in room, bedroom, basement, attic.
make list
return camera
papers on table
mom
lease/collect rent
laundry
uncle bob
==
other stuff: pay electric bill, water bill, photocopies of water bill.
tell rochester about plastic bushing and insulate ground.
status of ken brown problem, do we need to call police?
draft
Heidi Jennings
State v Robbin Stewart
4th request for discovery
Please send a copy of Boone County local rules.
Do you know what he's getting at here?
While I have been a member of the bar, I have never done criminal work, and don't know those rules.
In yesterday's letter, I forgot to mention that I am still awaiting a copy of the application for appointment of counsel.
==
today:
1 boxes, X
2 dresser, X
3 laundry, X
4 mom,
5 photocopy lease and uncle bob,
6 pay bills, X $50 electric $50 water.
7 letter to heidi,
8 make better list,
9 make comic,
10 CLE?
11 get indiana lawyer,
12 work on finding counsel in stewart v marion,
13 work on discovery situation there,
14 ride bike,
15 go to the club.
16 letters to boone county jail.
collected rent $60.
cle
dresser
boxes in room, bedroom, basement, attic.
make list
return camera
papers on table
mom
lease/collect rent
laundry
uncle bob
==
other stuff: pay electric bill, water bill, photocopies of water bill.
tell rochester about plastic bushing and insulate ground.
status of ken brown problem, do we need to call police?
draft
Heidi Jennings
State v Robbin Stewart
4th request for discovery
Please send a copy of Boone County local rules.
Do you know what he's getting at here?
While I have been a member of the bar, I have never done criminal work, and don't know those rules.
In yesterday's letter, I forgot to mention that I am still awaiting a copy of the application for appointment of counsel.
==
today:
1 boxes, X
2 dresser, X
3 laundry, X
4 mom,
5 photocopy lease and uncle bob,
6 pay bills, X $50 electric $50 water.
7 letter to heidi,
8 make better list,
9 make comic,
10 CLE?
11 get indiana lawyer,
12 work on finding counsel in stewart v marion,
13 work on discovery situation there,
14 ride bike,
15 go to the club.
16 letters to boone county jail.
collected rent $60.
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
to do
new items:
august
call insurance lady. call my insurance co.
memo to self re intent re proof of insursnce
a) did not know policy lapsed.
b) standard is what? clear and convincing? preponderence? reasonable doubt? they have the burden of persuasion. find letter with bill. be prepared to argue, was out of town, reasonable neglect, did not find cancellation notice till after jail.
pay electric and water bills.
leases to 227 and 225.
plastic to 225 for windows.
clean garage
new items:
september
old items
erato
channel 6
law license
martin shaffer catch up.
w va 4 life catch up
vermont case problem. google scott huminski.
discovery letter re voter ID
find counsel - make lists - pro bono departments of big 10.
issue: appointment in indigent counsel in boone.
keep making better lists.
sort boxes in basement and middle room and move to attic.
books from attic to library room.
find seeds.
sort boxes in bedroom.
move dresser upstairs.
clean off front porch.
joe worle!!
go thru starred emails.
taxes - 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009.
taxes texas - send $1000.
taxes 227, write city council, review motion to vacate hearing.
go thro old lists, make better list.
get some sleep.
don't go to club tonight.
life stuff
find studies
CLE's.
car: pic a part NA
constitutent services - city council people
law stuff
what is the current status of wv 2b?
write to (joe sanders?) re martin shaffer joe sandler
write to clarkburg city council re shaffer situation
boone county
marion county -
follow up on discovery, request for list of provisional ballots
summons on linda proffitt
find counsel
naacp
aclu
lawrence reuben
sign case
make better list
any other open cases?
223 temple problem. demand letter. file notice of ownership/lein.
new items:
august
call insurance lady. call my insurance co.
memo to self re intent re proof of insursnce
a) did not know policy lapsed.
b) standard is what? clear and convincing? preponderence? reasonable doubt? they have the burden of persuasion. find letter with bill. be prepared to argue, was out of town, reasonable neglect, did not find cancellation notice till after jail.
pay electric and water bills.
leases to 227 and 225.
plastic to 225 for windows.
clean garage
new items:
september
old items
erato
channel 6
law license
martin shaffer catch up.
w va 4 life catch up
vermont case problem. google scott huminski.
discovery letter re voter ID
find counsel - make lists - pro bono departments of big 10.
issue: appointment in indigent counsel in boone.
keep making better lists.
sort boxes in basement and middle room and move to attic.
books from attic to library room.
find seeds.
sort boxes in bedroom.
move dresser upstairs.
clean off front porch.
joe worle!!
go thru starred emails.
taxes - 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009.
taxes texas - send $1000.
taxes 227, write city council, review motion to vacate hearing.
go thro old lists, make better list.
get some sleep.
don't go to club tonight.
life stuff
find studies
CLE's.
car: pic a part NA
constitutent services - city council people
law stuff
what is the current status of wv 2b?
write to (joe sanders?) re martin shaffer joe sandler
write to clarkburg city council re shaffer situation
boone county
marion county -
follow up on discovery, request for list of provisional ballots
summons on linda proffitt
find counsel
naacp
aclu
lawrence reuben
sign case
make better list
any other open cases?
223 temple problem. demand letter. file notice of ownership/lein.
Monday, August 24, 2009
James W. Lovett - General Counsel
Total Compensation: $ —
James W. Lovett, 44, has been Covance's Corporate Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since February 2003. From December 2001 to February 2003, Mr. Lovett was Corporate Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Covance. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Lovett was with FMC Corporation in positions of increasing responsibility and, prior to that, was a partner in the law firm of McDermott, Will & Emery.
Joseph Herring
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
1.888.COVANCE (+1.888.268.2623)
Total Compensation: $ —
James W. Lovett, 44, has been Covance's Corporate Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since February 2003. From December 2001 to February 2003, Mr. Lovett was Corporate Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Covance. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Lovett was with FMC Corporation in positions of increasing responsibility and, prior to that, was a partner in the law firm of McDermott, Will & Emery.
Joseph Herring
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
1.888.COVANCE (+1.888.268.2623)
Friday, August 07, 2009
to do
life stuff
haircut X
find studies
state fair
mail $145 to gibson county w sase X
CLE's.
car: pic a part NA
get cash for rochester, cash check at bank saturday. didn't.
put house up for sale.
- flock realty - they didnt call back
- j everhart - they didnt call back
constitutent services - city council people
find out about special assessment. X
get title insurance copy from seller wilmoth. NA
get copies of ticket/charges against me - didnt.
law stuff
what is the current status of wv 2b?
write to (joe sanders?) re martin shaffer joe sandler
write to clarkburg city council re shaffer situation
boone county
marion county -
follow up on discovery, request for list of provisional ballots
summons on linda proffitt
find counsel
naacp
aclu
lawrence reuben
sign case
make better list
any other open cases?
223 temple problem. demand letter. file notice of ownership/lein.
mail letter to covance dr.
re recent email re problems at covance
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Robbin Stewart
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Can you let me know if you received this? Otherwise I need to print it out and send it certified mail.
On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Robbin Stewart wrote:
Dr. Randall Stoltz,
Research Director
Covance Evansville
RandallStoltz@westpharma.com
My name is Robbin Stewart. I have been a research subject at Covance
for the past two years. Recently I've been effectively banned from
further studies, after I attempted to rely on the written rule that any
roommate can ask that the TV be turned off. I believe that this ban
was a breach of contract and a violation of informed consent.
I am writing to you so that you will know of the problem, and so that
you can either fix it, or choose to side with Covance against me.
I might have been right or might have been wrong in thinking that there
was a written rule I could rely on to have a quiet area so that I
could work and read and sleep.
But even if I was wrong, and there really is no such rule, it is
unethical and a violation of informed consent to ban me from studies
simply for asking that such a rule be enforced, when the written rules
that every participant signed and agreed to stated that there was such
a rule.
Informed consent is the most basic ethical principle governing drug
studies, and was instituted in response to the Tuskegee Experiments
and the experiments conducted by Dr. Menengele.
If subjects can be banned for pointing out when the rules aren't
followed, this is coersion and duress, rather than informed consent
and voluntary participation.
Facts:
I participated in a study at Covance Evansville in December 2008.
It was my 4th study there since 2007. Iv'e also done a study at
Madison, and had hoped to do studies in Florida as well.
I signed a consent agreement which included a rider labeled "RULES".
RULES was in all caps, large type, and bold print.
I reasonably believed that these were rules. I might or might not have
been wrong about that - I have been told that the rules are only
“guidelines” and not actually rules.
One of the rules stated that
the bedroom is a quiet area. “If one of the roommates requests that the
Television. be turned off, subjects must comply.”
My 2 roommates kept the television on all the time, except between
about 2 and 6 am. Usually they chose violent police shows.
On the third or fourth day of the study, I requested that the
Television be turned off, since I wanted to have some peace and quiet to
work and read and sleep.
They refused. One of them went to a nurse, who said that there wasn't
any such rule and they could keep the television on.
I asked to speak to the study coordinator to find out what the policy
was. At first Nancy agreed with me that there was such a rule, and went
in to explain it to my roommates. I do not know what was said between
them, but when she came out, she denied that there was any such rule,
and allowed them to keep the television on.
Thereafter I mostly stayed out of the room, and tried to find any
somewhat quieter place to read. I wasn't able to get any work done
that week.
The next day, when we discussed it again, Nancy told me that I would
be excluded from further studies.
I dropped my request for a quiet area, and asked to be kept in studies.
Doing studies is my primary source of income, and Covance is my main study site.
I have averaged $8,000 a year from Covance for the past two years, and
desire to continue. Covance volunteers make as much as $20,000/yr.
Without that income, I can't pay my rent, so I'll be moving out of my
apartment next month.
The situation was left unclear when I finished the study in December.
In January I was kept out of screening for a study in Evansville and was
told that there is an 8 day restriction on my participation in
studies. This effectively prevents me from doing studies there. All of
my previous studies have been over 8 days. There aren't any current
less-than-8-day studies. Because of the 30 day washout, it's
uneconomical to do a less-than 8 day study. Later in January I was
prevented from screening for a $3,000 AIDS medication study in
Madison, and found out for the first time that I am banned system wide
and not just in Evansville. Later in January I was prevented from
screening for a $5,000 study of periods of less than 8 days -
effectively I have been totally banned.
Although my main reason for doing studies is to earn a living, I also
value participating in AIDS research, in memory of my friend Phil who
died of AIDS.
I have spoken to the study doctor, Dr. Stewart, who ratified the
decision to exclude me from studies. In going through channels to try
to resolve this, I have spoken to "Mary", not further identified, but
seems to be an administrator in Evansville, who has told me that the
notes in my file would be changed to no longer a show a ban, but just
a recommendation that I not be used in studies of more than 8 days.
However, in talking to recruiters at Madison, they say there has been
no change to the notes, and Mary has not reponded to my request that
she call me, for over a week.
Claims:
The informed consent documents including the document labeled "RULES",
are important for two reasons. First, they are a contract. Contracts
have explicit and implied terms. The explicit term is that the
bedrooms are a quiet area and roommates "must" turn off the television
when requested.
Under Indiana law, every contract has a implied term of a duty of good faith.
Covance violated its contract with me when they refused to let me turn
off the television, or have some other quiet area.
More importantly, it violated the duty of good faith when it banned me
for simply requesting that the rules be followed.
Second:
Covance violated the principle of informed consent when it retaliated
against me for asking that a rule be followed.
Covance obtained my consent by, among other things, offering a rule
that ensured I would have a quiet place so I could get work done during
the study and be able to read and sleep.
Based on that consent agreement, I took experimental medication.
However, the consent agreement was a fraud, and there wasn't actually a
quiet place available. When I exposed the fraud by asking whether
there really was such a rule as claimed in the rules document, I was
retaliated against by being threatened with being banned from future
studies.
For a medical research company, Covance, and its doctor, Dr. Stewart, and
its employees, Nancy and Mary, to violate informed consent is a very
serious ethical breach.
It is also legally actionable as battery by deception under Indiana code.
Currently, I have been continuing to try to address the problem internally by
going through channels at Covance. I will continue up the chain of
command at Covance until the matter is resolved or cannot be resolved
internally, before turning to any
outside authorities.
What I am looking for is complete reinstatement as a Covance medical
research subject; an agreement that I won't be excluded from studies
for any non-medical reason.
Less importantly, it would helpful to know, going forward, if there
are any other "rules" that aren't really rules, and whether or not
there will be any designated quiet area for Evansville research
subjects.
Sincerely,
Robbin Stewart
gtbear@gmail.com.
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Robbin Stewart wrote:
> Dr. Stoltz,
> this is just a quick test to see if this is a working email. If it doesn't
> bounce, I'll write further.
> - Robbin Stewart.
>
life stuff
haircut X
find studies
state fair
mail $145 to gibson county w sase X
CLE's.
car: pic a part NA
get cash for rochester, cash check at bank saturday. didn't.
put house up for sale.
- flock realty - they didnt call back
- j everhart - they didnt call back
constitutent services - city council people
find out about special assessment. X
get title insurance copy from seller wilmoth. NA
get copies of ticket/charges against me - didnt.
law stuff
what is the current status of wv 2b?
write to (joe sanders?) re martin shaffer joe sandler
write to clarkburg city council re shaffer situation
boone county
marion county -
follow up on discovery, request for list of provisional ballots
summons on linda proffitt
find counsel
naacp
aclu
lawrence reuben
sign case
make better list
any other open cases?
223 temple problem. demand letter. file notice of ownership/lein.
mail letter to covance dr.
re recent email re problems at covance
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Can you let me know if you received this? Otherwise I need to print it out and send it certified mail.
On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Robbin Stewart
Dr. Randall Stoltz,
Research Director
Covance Evansville
RandallStoltz@westpharma.com
My name is Robbin Stewart. I have been a research subject at Covance
for the past two years. Recently I've been effectively banned from
further studies, after I attempted to rely on the written rule that any
roommate can ask that the TV be turned off. I believe that this ban
was a breach of contract and a violation of informed consent.
I am writing to you so that you will know of the problem, and so that
you can either fix it, or choose to side with Covance against me.
I might have been right or might have been wrong in thinking that there
was a written rule I could rely on to have a quiet area so that I
could work and read and sleep.
But even if I was wrong, and there really is no such rule, it is
unethical and a violation of informed consent to ban me from studies
simply for asking that such a rule be enforced, when the written rules
that every participant signed and agreed to stated that there was such
a rule.
Informed consent is the most basic ethical principle governing drug
studies, and was instituted in response to the Tuskegee Experiments
and the experiments conducted by Dr. Menengele.
If subjects can be banned for pointing out when the rules aren't
followed, this is coersion and duress, rather than informed consent
and voluntary participation.
Facts:
I participated in a study at Covance Evansville in December 2008.
It was my 4th study there since 2007. Iv'e also done a study at
Madison, and had hoped to do studies in Florida as well.
I signed a consent agreement which included a rider labeled "RULES".
RULES was in all caps, large type, and bold print.
I reasonably believed that these were rules. I might or might not have
been wrong about that - I have been told that the rules are only
“guidelines” and not actually rules.
One of the rules stated that
the bedroom is a quiet area. “If one of the roommates requests that the
Television. be turned off, subjects must comply.”
My 2 roommates kept the television on all the time, except between
about 2 and 6 am. Usually they chose violent police shows.
On the third or fourth day of the study, I requested that the
Television be turned off, since I wanted to have some peace and quiet to
work and read and sleep.
They refused. One of them went to a nurse, who said that there wasn't
any such rule and they could keep the television on.
I asked to speak to the study coordinator to find out what the policy
was. At first Nancy agreed with me that there was such a rule, and went
in to explain it to my roommates. I do not know what was said between
them, but when she came out, she denied that there was any such rule,
and allowed them to keep the television on.
Thereafter I mostly stayed out of the room, and tried to find any
somewhat quieter place to read. I wasn't able to get any work done
that week.
The next day, when we discussed it again, Nancy told me that I would
be excluded from further studies.
I dropped my request for a quiet area, and asked to be kept in studies.
Doing studies is my primary source of income, and Covance is my main study site.
I have averaged $8,000 a year from Covance for the past two years, and
desire to continue. Covance volunteers make as much as $20,000/yr.
Without that income, I can't pay my rent, so I'll be moving out of my
apartment next month.
The situation was left unclear when I finished the study in December.
In January I was kept out of screening for a study in Evansville and was
told that there is an 8 day restriction on my participation in
studies. This effectively prevents me from doing studies there. All of
my previous studies have been over 8 days. There aren't any current
less-than-8-day studies. Because of the 30 day washout, it's
uneconomical to do a less-than 8 day study. Later in January I was
prevented from screening for a $3,000 AIDS medication study in
Madison, and found out for the first time that I am banned system wide
and not just in Evansville. Later in January I was prevented from
screening for a $5,000 study of periods of less than 8 days -
effectively I have been totally banned.
Although my main reason for doing studies is to earn a living, I also
value participating in AIDS research, in memory of my friend Phil who
died of AIDS.
I have spoken to the study doctor, Dr. Stewart, who ratified the
decision to exclude me from studies. In going through channels to try
to resolve this, I have spoken to "Mary", not further identified, but
seems to be an administrator in Evansville, who has told me that the
notes in my file would be changed to no longer a show a ban, but just
a recommendation that I not be used in studies of more than 8 days.
However, in talking to recruiters at Madison, they say there has been
no change to the notes, and Mary has not reponded to my request that
she call me, for over a week.
Claims:
The informed consent documents including the document labeled "RULES",
are important for two reasons. First, they are a contract. Contracts
have explicit and implied terms. The explicit term is that the
bedrooms are a quiet area and roommates "must" turn off the television
when requested.
Under Indiana law, every contract has a implied term of a duty of good faith.
Covance violated its contract with me when they refused to let me turn
off the television, or have some other quiet area.
More importantly, it violated the duty of good faith when it banned me
for simply requesting that the rules be followed.
Second:
Covance violated the principle of informed consent when it retaliated
against me for asking that a rule be followed.
Covance obtained my consent by, among other things, offering a rule
that ensured I would have a quiet place so I could get work done during
the study and be able to read and sleep.
Based on that consent agreement, I took experimental medication.
However, the consent agreement was a fraud, and there wasn't actually a
quiet place available. When I exposed the fraud by asking whether
there really was such a rule as claimed in the rules document, I was
retaliated against by being threatened with being banned from future
studies.
For a medical research company, Covance, and its doctor, Dr. Stewart, and
its employees, Nancy and Mary, to violate informed consent is a very
serious ethical breach.
It is also legally actionable as battery by deception under Indiana code.
Currently, I have been continuing to try to address the problem internally by
going through channels at Covance. I will continue up the chain of
command at Covance until the matter is resolved or cannot be resolved
internally, before turning to any
outside authorities.
What I am looking for is complete reinstatement as a Covance medical
research subject; an agreement that I won't be excluded from studies
for any non-medical reason.
Less importantly, it would helpful to know, going forward, if there
are any other "rules" that aren't really rules, and whether or not
there will be any designated quiet area for Evansville research
subjects.
Sincerely,
Robbin Stewart
gtbear@gmail.com.
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Robbin Stewart
> Dr. Stoltz,
> this is just a quick test to see if this is a working email. If it doesn't
> bounce, I'll write further.
> - Robbin Stewart.
>
Saturday, August 01, 2009
IC 9-24-19-2
Class A misdemeanor; commission within ten years of prior similar infraction
Sec. 2. A person who operates a motor vehicle upon a highway when the person knows that the person's driving privilege, license, or permit is suspended or revoked, when less than ten (10) years have elapsed between:
(1) the date a judgment was entered against the person for a prior unrelated violation of section 1 of this chapter, this section, IC 9-1-4-52 (repealed July 1, 1991), or IC 9-24-18-5(a) (repealed July 1, 2000); and
(2) the date the violation described in subdivision (1) was committed;
commits a Class A misdemeanor.
As added by P.L.32-2000, SEC.1.
IC 9-24-19-8
Rebuttable presumption of knowledge of suspension
Sec. 8. Service by the bureau of motor vehicles of a notice of an order or an order suspending or revoking a person's driving privileges by mailing the notice or order by first class mail to the defendant under this chapter at the last address shown for the defendant in the records of the bureau of motor vehicles establishes a rebuttable presumption that the defendant knows that the person's driving privileges are suspended.
As added by P.L.32-2000, SEC.1.
Class A misdemeanor; commission within ten years of prior similar infraction
Sec. 2. A person who operates a motor vehicle upon a highway when the person knows that the person's driving privilege, license, or permit is suspended or revoked, when less than ten (10) years have elapsed between:
(1) the date a judgment was entered against the person for a prior unrelated violation of section 1 of this chapter, this section, IC 9-1-4-52 (repealed July 1, 1991), or IC 9-24-18-5(a) (repealed July 1, 2000); and
(2) the date the violation described in subdivision (1) was committed;
commits a Class A misdemeanor.
As added by P.L.32-2000, SEC.1.
IC 9-24-19-8
Rebuttable presumption of knowledge of suspension
Sec. 8. Service by the bureau of motor vehicles of a notice of an order or an order suspending or revoking a person's driving privileges by mailing the notice or order by first class mail to the defendant under this chapter at the last address shown for the defendant in the records of the bureau of motor vehicles establishes a rebuttable presumption that the defendant knows that the person's driving privileges are suspended.
As added by P.L.32-2000, SEC.1.
today was friday, the last day of the week to get anything done.
wrote out a list, 10 items, did one of them.
went to post office, bank, other bank,
did laundry made soup washed windows weeded garden.
bought a tommy hilfiger black wool suit $20.
paid jake $60 for ut.
rochester $20 more.
didn't go to a milton friedman lecture.
got drunk again.
to do:
make copies of uncle bob's thing.
write my own.
write the court boone county
write the sheriff boone county
pay the gibson county ticket
get lciense back
buy lawyers weekly
take cle classes
do motion for facts and law re wrongful dismissal of state suit.
that one's relatively easy, but too late.
make copies of w v brief, mail copies.
go thru list, write in marker post on wall.
pushups parkhurst.
wrote out a list, 10 items, did one of them.
went to post office, bank, other bank,
did laundry made soup washed windows weeded garden.
bought a tommy hilfiger black wool suit $20.
paid jake $60 for ut.
rochester $20 more.
didn't go to a milton friedman lecture.
got drunk again.
to do:
make copies of uncle bob's thing.
write my own.
write the court boone county
write the sheriff boone county
pay the gibson county ticket
get lciense back
buy lawyers weekly
take cle classes
do motion for facts and law re wrongful dismissal of state suit.
that one's relatively easy, but too late.
make copies of w v brief, mail copies.
go thru list, write in marker post on wall.
pushups parkhurst.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
1) . . motion for facts and law re dismissal in state court of voter id suit.
2) . . boone county stuff
..... a) get car
....... b) get money, write letter.
........ c) get reciept for id
.... d) follow up on grievance
.... e) demand for jury trial
....f) request for copy of information
.... g) get a lawyer
.... h) discovery
... i) contact county council re problems at jail.
j) write up defense to case
..... k) obtain court records of prior.
3) . . amicus in lwv
4) cles
5) everything else, see old lists.
2) . . boone county stuff
..... a) get car
....... b) get money, write letter.
........ c) get reciept for id
.... d) follow up on grievance
.... e) demand for jury trial
....f) request for copy of information
.... g) get a lawyer
.... h) discovery
... i) contact county council re problems at jail.
j) write up defense to case
..... k) obtain court records of prior.
3) . . amicus in lwv
4) cles
5) everything else, see old lists.
Monday, July 20, 2009
claims under first amendment, indiana constitution, and rluipa.
`Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000'.
SEC. 3. PROTECTION OF RELIGIOUS EXERCISE OF INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS.
(a) GENERAL RULE- No government shall impose a substantial burden on the religious exercise of a person residing in or confined to an institution, as defined in section 2 of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (42 U.S.C. 1997), even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, unless the government demonstrates that imposition of the burden on that person--
(1) is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and
(2) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest.
nominal damages, punitive damages, actual damages -$580 in bond fee, - limits on mental suffering - costs and fees.
BRIAN NELSON,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
CARL MILLER,
Defendant-Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Illinois.
No. 03-C-254—Clifford J. Proud, Magistrate Judge.
ARGUED FEBRUARY 25, 2009—DECIDED JULY 1, 2009
caselaw.findlaw.com/data2/circs/7th/082044p.pdf
finds for miller on rluipa claim, no damages, but fees and declaratory judgment.
issued two weeks ago, 7th circuit, leading authority.
If you wish to file a complaint under RLUIPA or CRIPA, write to:
Special Litigation Section
U.S. Department of Justice
Civil Rights Division
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Special Litigation Section
Washington, D.C. 20530
The Section can also be reached by telephone (202-514-6255 or toll-free at 877-218-5228) or fax (202-514-0212 or 202-514-6273).
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/religdisc/nelson_miller_brief.pdf
us doj amicus brief supporting right of vegetarian meals under rluipa.
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=17953
print this Print
Unanimous Court upholds RLUIPA
By The Associated Press
05.31.05
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today upheld the constitutionality of a federal law requiring state prisons to accommodate inmate religions.
Justices unanimously sided with Ohio inmates, including a witch and a Satanist, who had claimed they were denied access to religious literature, ceremonial items and time to worship.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, which was intended to protect the rights of prisoners, is not an unconstitutional government promotion of religion.
"It confers no privileged status on any particular religious sect, and singles out no bona fide faith for disadvantageous treatment," Ginsburg wrote in Cutter v. Wilkinson, 03-9877. ( i seem to have misunderstood cutter v wilkinson, might need to re-read it.)
gainer v head - useful for first a standard.
The First Amendment, which is made applicable to the states by the Fourteenth
Amendment, provides in pertinent part that Congress shall make no law prohibiting the free
exercise of religion . U.S.C.A. Const. Amend . 1 ; Elk Grove Unified School District v .
Newdow, 542 U .S. 1, 8,124 S . Ct. 2301, 2307 n . 4, 159 L. Ed . 2d 98 (2004) . It is clearthat
inmates "retain protections afforded by the First Amendment ." O'Lone v. Estate of
Shabazz, 482 U .S. 342, 348, 107 S . Ct . 2400, 2404, 96 L. Ed . 2d 282 (1987).
The Supreme Court has outlined four factors to be considered
in determining the reasonableness of a regulation : (1) "whether the regulation has a valid,
rational connection to a legitimate governmental interest;" (2) "whether alternative means
are open to inmates to exercise the asserted right ;" (3) "what impact an accommodation
of the right would have on guards and inmates and prison resources ;" and (4) "whether
there are ready alternatives to the regulation ." Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78, 89-91, 107
S. Ct. 2254, 2262, 96 L. Ed. 2d 64 (1987). The fourth factor asks whether "a prisoner has
pointed to some obvious regulatory alternative that fully accommodates the asserted right
while not imposing more than a de minimis cost to the valid penological goal ." Overton v.
Bazzetta, 539 U .S. 126, 136, 123 S . Ct. 2162, 2169, 156 L. Ed. 2d 162 (2003)
(b) BURDEN OF PERSUASION- If a plaintiff produces prima facie evidence to support a claim alleging a violation of the Free Exercise Clause or a violation of section 2, the government shall bear the burden of persuasion on any element of the claim, except that the plaintiff shall bear the burden of persuasion on whether the law (including a regulation) or government practice that is challenged by the claim substantially burdens the plaintiff's exercise of religion.
(7) RELIGIOUS EXERCISE-
(A) IN GENERAL- The term `religious exercise' includes any exercise of religion, whether or not compelled by, or central to, a system of religious belief.
http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache:THCwo0MWRZcJ:www.websupp.org/data/SDGA/5:05-cv-00044-35-SDGA.pdf+rlupia&hl=en&gl=us
http://www.rluipa.com
conclusion of research:
rluipa does confer a right to a vegetarian or vegan diet for religious reasons.
boone county jail denies vegetarian diets to those who ask for them.
awaiting feedback from jail's attorneys.
Kari Ragsdale boone county corrections
Executive Director
kragsdale@co.boone.in.us
Ken Campbell, Sheriff
1905 Indianapolis Ave.
kcampbell@co.boone.in.us
765-482-1412
LEBANON, INDIANA 46052
Ken Campbell Sheriff's Department kcampbell@co.boone.in.us 765-482-1412
Todd Meyer Prosecutor's Office tmeyer@co.boone.in.us 76
Heather Barton County Council hbarton@co.boone.in.us 765
Inmates have a right to a diet that sustains them in good health and satisfies the dietary needs of their religion. McElyea v. Babbitt, 833 F.2d 196, 198 (9th Cir.1987); see also 28 CFR Sec. 548.13 (prison should comply with religious dietary laws to the extent practicable within the constraints of budget limitations and the security and orderly running of the institution and the BOP)
`Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000'.
SEC. 3. PROTECTION OF RELIGIOUS EXERCISE OF INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS.
(a) GENERAL RULE- No government shall impose a substantial burden on the religious exercise of a person residing in or confined to an institution, as defined in section 2 of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (42 U.S.C. 1997), even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, unless the government demonstrates that imposition of the burden on that person--
(1) is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and
(2) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest.
nominal damages, punitive damages, actual damages -$580 in bond fee, - limits on mental suffering - costs and fees.
BRIAN NELSON,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
CARL MILLER,
Defendant-Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Illinois.
No. 03-C-254—Clifford J. Proud, Magistrate Judge.
ARGUED FEBRUARY 25, 2009—DECIDED JULY 1, 2009
caselaw.findlaw.com/data2/circs/7th/082044p.pdf
finds for miller on rluipa claim, no damages, but fees and declaratory judgment.
issued two weeks ago, 7th circuit, leading authority.
If you wish to file a complaint under RLUIPA or CRIPA, write to:
Special Litigation Section
U.S. Department of Justice
Civil Rights Division
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Special Litigation Section
Washington, D.C. 20530
The Section can also be reached by telephone (202-514-6255 or toll-free at 877-218-5228) or fax (202-514-0212 or 202-514-6273).
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/religdisc/nelson_miller_brief.pdf
us doj amicus brief supporting right of vegetarian meals under rluipa.
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=17953
print this Print
Unanimous Court upholds RLUIPA
By The Associated Press
05.31.05
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today upheld the constitutionality of a federal law requiring state prisons to accommodate inmate religions.
Justices unanimously sided with Ohio inmates, including a witch and a Satanist, who had claimed they were denied access to religious literature, ceremonial items and time to worship.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, which was intended to protect the rights of prisoners, is not an unconstitutional government promotion of religion.
"It confers no privileged status on any particular religious sect, and singles out no bona fide faith for disadvantageous treatment," Ginsburg wrote in Cutter v. Wilkinson, 03-9877. ( i seem to have misunderstood cutter v wilkinson, might need to re-read it.)
gainer v head - useful for first a standard.
The First Amendment, which is made applicable to the states by the Fourteenth
Amendment, provides in pertinent part that Congress shall make no law prohibiting the free
exercise of religion . U.S.C.A. Const. Amend . 1 ; Elk Grove Unified School District v .
Newdow, 542 U .S. 1, 8,124 S . Ct. 2301, 2307 n . 4, 159 L. Ed . 2d 98 (2004) . It is clearthat
inmates "retain protections afforded by the First Amendment ." O'Lone v. Estate of
Shabazz, 482 U .S. 342, 348, 107 S . Ct . 2400, 2404, 96 L. Ed . 2d 282 (1987).
The Supreme Court has outlined four factors to be considered
in determining the reasonableness of a regulation : (1) "whether the regulation has a valid,
rational connection to a legitimate governmental interest;" (2) "whether alternative means
are open to inmates to exercise the asserted right ;" (3) "what impact an accommodation
of the right would have on guards and inmates and prison resources ;" and (4) "whether
there are ready alternatives to the regulation ." Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78, 89-91, 107
S. Ct. 2254, 2262, 96 L. Ed. 2d 64 (1987). The fourth factor asks whether "a prisoner has
pointed to some obvious regulatory alternative that fully accommodates the asserted right
while not imposing more than a de minimis cost to the valid penological goal ." Overton v.
Bazzetta, 539 U .S. 126, 136, 123 S . Ct. 2162, 2169, 156 L. Ed. 2d 162 (2003)
(b) BURDEN OF PERSUASION- If a plaintiff produces prima facie evidence to support a claim alleging a violation of the Free Exercise Clause or a violation of section 2, the government shall bear the burden of persuasion on any element of the claim, except that the plaintiff shall bear the burden of persuasion on whether the law (including a regulation) or government practice that is challenged by the claim substantially burdens the plaintiff's exercise of religion.
(7) RELIGIOUS EXERCISE-
(A) IN GENERAL- The term `religious exercise' includes any exercise of religion, whether or not compelled by, or central to, a system of religious belief.
http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache:THCwo0MWRZcJ:www.websupp.org/data/SDGA/5:05-cv-00044-35-SDGA.pdf+rlupia&hl=en&gl=us
http://www.rluipa.com
conclusion of research:
rluipa does confer a right to a vegetarian or vegan diet for religious reasons.
boone county jail denies vegetarian diets to those who ask for them.
awaiting feedback from jail's attorneys.
Kari Ragsdale boone county corrections
Executive Director
kragsdale@co.boone.in.us
Ken Campbell, Sheriff
1905 Indianapolis Ave.
kcampbell@co.boone.in.us
765-482-1412
LEBANON, INDIANA 46052
Ken Campbell Sheriff's Department kcampbell@co.boone.in.us 765-482-1412
Todd Meyer Prosecutor's Office tmeyer@co.boone.in.us 76
Heather Barton County Council hbarton@co.boone.in.us 765
Inmates have a right to a diet that sustains them in good health and satisfies the dietary needs of their religion. McElyea v. Babbitt, 833 F.2d 196, 198 (9th Cir.1987); see also 28 CFR Sec. 548.13 (prison should comply with religious dietary laws to the extent practicable within the constraints of budget limitations and the security and orderly running of the institution and the BOP)
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
It's been a while since i've made any to do lists.
In june i was busy doing a study in west virginia, $4 from that will catch up my credit card. I also wrote a brief and did other stuff in a west virginia case about an anonymous newsletter.
I'm back home and need to focus.
This is a thinking out loud post. I want to prioritize a top ten list, focused mostly on money issues.
Special assessment $10. Find out what it is, how to deal with it.
Winthrop lot. $3 K?
Habitat situation. $7K/$400
2000 taxes - $3K penalties, $1 revised form.
Midas muffler $250
227 taxes, around $1000.
pay texas taxes.
get studies
covance situation.
- 10 questions for the irb.
- mail cetified letter to dr
- find out how to file complaint against dr stewart
- contact sponsor
- contact FDA
- get copy of medical records.
- contact new jersey people at covance.
find out about vacant lots. any sellable?
sue re search of cadilac.
continue voter ID case.
CLEs
martin schaffer.
other stuff:
erato
CCA
city council stuff
caudill problem
go thru old lists, see what's still active
pay utilities.
personal life- make phone calls, set up some dates.
car: taillight.
plant flowers weed garden.
make better list.
tomorrow:
bath, laundry, post office box.
$30 to peta
abbott appointment
see if any studies to call about anywhere
- east coast places. pfizer, new jersey, delaware one astrazeneca, philly one,
quintiles, texas
In june i was busy doing a study in west virginia, $4 from that will catch up my credit card. I also wrote a brief and did other stuff in a west virginia case about an anonymous newsletter.
I'm back home and need to focus.
This is a thinking out loud post. I want to prioritize a top ten list, focused mostly on money issues.
Special assessment $10. Find out what it is, how to deal with it.
Winthrop lot. $3 K?
Habitat situation. $7K/$400
2000 taxes - $3K penalties, $1 revised form.
Midas muffler $250
227 taxes, around $1000.
pay texas taxes.
get studies
covance situation.
- 10 questions for the irb.
- mail cetified letter to dr
- find out how to file complaint against dr stewart
- contact sponsor
- contact FDA
- get copy of medical records.
- contact new jersey people at covance.
find out about vacant lots. any sellable?
sue re search of cadilac.
continue voter ID case.
CLEs
martin schaffer.
other stuff:
erato
CCA
city council stuff
caudill problem
go thru old lists, see what's still active
pay utilities.
personal life- make phone calls, set up some dates.
car: taillight.
plant flowers weed garden.
make better list.
tomorrow:
bath, laundry, post office box.
$30 to peta
abbott appointment
see if any studies to call about anywhere
- east coast places. pfizer, new jersey, delaware one astrazeneca, philly one,
quintiles, texas
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
naacp
rutherford institute
privacy brief guys
aclu
review amended complaint
service of process stuff
motion for leave to file amended complaint + reopen discovery
email to counsel requesting leave to file
retraction of expedited handling
brennan center
cles
motion to recall mandate
submit copy of state law lwv brief as exhibit.
letter to lwv re joell plamer
BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE THE BRENNAN CENTER
FOR JUSTICE; DEMOS: A NETWORK FOR IDEAS &
ACTION; LORRAINE C. MINNITE; PROJECT VOTE;
AND PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY
FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
WENDY R. WEISER
JUSTIN LEVITT
RENÉE PARADIS
BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE
AT NYU SCHOOL OF LAW
161 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10013
(212) 998-6730
SIDNEY S. ROSDEITCHER
Counsel of RecordBRIEF FOR AMICI CURIAE CURRENT AND
FORMER STATE SECRETARIES OF STATE
IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
[ELECTION OFFICIALS’ EXPERIENCE]
DANIEL F. KOLB
Counsel of Record
LYNN EARL BUSATH
MATTHEW B. ROWLAND
EDWARD SHERWIN
DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
(212) 450-4000
J. ADAM SKAGGS
PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND,
WHARTON & GARRISON LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019
(212) 373-3000
Counsel for Amici Curiae
November 13, 2007
STEVE BACHMANN
BRIAN MELLOR
ASSOCIATION OF
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
FOR REFORM NOW
1024 Elysian Fields Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70117
(504) 943-0044
NOVEMBER 13, 2007
DAVID OVERLOCK STEWART
Counsel of Record
ELENA I. GLAS*
ROPES & GRAY LLP
700 12th Street N.W. Suite 900
Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 508-4600
CAITLIN M. MOYNA
ROPES & GRAY LLP
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10023
(212) 596-9000
Counsel for Amicus Curiae
[POLITICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH]
MILTON SHERMAN
KAYE SCHOLER LLP
425 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
SAMUEL R. BAGENSTOS
Counsel of Record
One Brookings Drive, Box 1120
St. Louis, Missouri 63130
BRIEF AMICI CURIAE OF
HISTORIANS AND OTHER SCHOLARS
IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
--------------------------------- ♦ ---------------------------------
J. GERALD HEBERT*
TARA MALLOY
PAUL S. RYAN
CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER
1640 Rhode Island Ave., NW,
Suite 650
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 736-2200
Attorneys for Amici Curiae
*Counsel of Record
CHARLES J. OGLETREE, JR.
THE CHARLES HAMILTON
HOUSTON INSTITUTE
125 Mount Auburn St.
Floor Three
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 495-8285
November 2007
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF
INDIANA, INC.
Of Counsel:
Lewis J. Liman
Michael J. Byars
CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN
& HAMILTON LLP
One Liberty Plaza
New York, New York 10006
212-225-2000
􀀡􀀡 􀀡􀀡
(Additional Counsel on the Reverse)
Karen Celestino-Horseman*
Thomas N. Austin
Bruce G. Jones
AUSTIN & JONES, P.C.
One North Pennsylvania, Suite 220
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
317-632-5633
Counsel for Amici Curiae
* Counsel of Record
BRIEF FOR THE LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE FOR
CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW, SERVICE EMPLOYEES
INTERNATIONAL UNION, AMERICAN FEDERATION
OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES,
COMMON CAUSE, JEWISH COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC
AFFAIRS, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN,
AND AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE AS AMICI
CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
MICHAEL J. FOREMAN
JON M. GREENBAUM
ROBERT A. KENGLE
LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE FOR
CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW
1401 New York Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 662-8315
WALTER E. DELLINGER
(Counsel of Record)
SRI SRINIVASAN
CHARLES E. BORDEN
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
1625 Eye Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
(202) 383-5300
MARSHA F. JOHNSON-BLANCO
JONAH H GOLDMAN
MONICA R. SAXENA
LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE FOR
CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW
1401 New York Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 662-8315
MICHAEL L. MURPHY
ADAM J. COATES
SCOTT M. HAMMACK
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
1625 Eye Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
BRIEF AMICI CURIAE AARP AND NATIONAL
SENIOR CITIZENS LAW CENTER IN
SUPPORT OF PETITIONER
[SEVERE BURDEN ON OLDER VOTERS]
_________
Of Counsel:
DANIEL B. KOHRMAN
AARP FOUNDATION
LITIGATION
MICHAEL R. SCHUSTER
AARP
601 E Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
(202) 434-2060
PATRICIA A. BRANNAN*
JOSHUA D. WEINBERG
STEPHANIE J. GOLD
HOGAN & HARTSON L.L.P.
555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
(202) 637-5600
*Counsel of Record Counsel for Amici Curiae
BRIEF OF THE NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND
EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC.
AS AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
____________________
THEODORE M. SHAW
Director-Counsel
JACQUELINE A. BERRIEN
*DEBO P. ADEGBILE
RYAN P. HAYGOOD
JENIGH J. GARRETT
ALEXIS KARTERON
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE
AND EDUCATIONAL FUND,
INC.
99 HUDSON STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10013
(212) 965-2200
*COUNSEL OF RECORD
KRISTEN M. CLARKE
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE
AND EDUCATIONAL FUND,
INC.
1444 EYE STREET, N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005
(202) 682-1300
Attorneys for Amicus
Curiae
BRIEF OF ASIAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE
AND EDUCATION FUND AS AMICI CURIAE IN
SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
[Voter ID Laws Have Discriminatory Impacts
And Disenfranchise Asian American Voters]
--------------------------------- ♦ ---------------------------------
KENNETH KIMERLING
ASIAN AMERICAN LEGAL
DEFENSE AND
EDUCATION FUND
99 Hudson Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10013-2815
(212) 966-5932
November 9, 2007
JONATHAN P. GUY
Counsel of Record
ORRICK, HERRINGTON
& SUTCLIFFE LLP
Columbia Center
1152 15th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005-1706
(202) 339-8400
Counsel for Amici Curiae
[Additional Amici Curiae Listed On Inside Cover]
================================================================
COCKLE LAW BRIEF PRINTING CO. (800) 225-6964
OR CALL COLLECT (402) 342-2831
[DISENFRANCHISEMENT OF ASIAN AMERICAN VOTERS]
KAREN NARASAKI
VINCENT ENG
TERRY M. AO
ASIAN AMERICAN JUSTICE
CENTER
1140 CONNECTICUT AVE., NW
SUITE 1200
WASHINGTON, DC. 20036
(202) 296-2300
MARK A. PACKMAN
(COUNSEL OF RECORD)
JONATHAN M. COHEN
ALYSON A. FOSTER
TARA M. KELLY
GILBERT RANDOLPH LLP
1100 NEW YORK AVE., NW
SUITE 700
WASHINGTON, DC 20005
BRIEF FOR AMICUS CURIAE
MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE
AND EDUCATIONAL FUND
IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
MICHAEL C. CAMUÑEZ
GRANT B. GELBERG
JON MONSON
DOMINIC FERULLO
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
400 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
(213) 430-6000
MATTHEW M. SHORS
(Counsel of Record)
KATHRYN E. KOMP*
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
1625 Eye Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
(202) 383-5300
*Admitted only in Wisconsin;
supervised by principals of the firm.
BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN
INDIANS, NAVAJO NATION, AND AGNES LAUGHTER IN SUPPORT OF
PETITIONERS
[Impact on Native Americans]
___________________
VERNLE C. DUROCHER, JR.* VERNLE C. DUROCHER, JR.
Counsel of Record
TIMOTHY E. BRANSON
GLENN M. SALVO
DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP
50 S. Sixth Street,
Ste. 1500
Minneapolis, MN 55402
(612) 340-2600
JOHN DOSSETT
VIRGINIA DAVIS
NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN
INDIANS
1301 Connecticut Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 466-7767
Counsel for Amicus Curiae NCAI
JUDITH M. DWORKIN
PATRICIA FERGUSON-BOHNEE
SACKS TIERNEY P.A.
4250 N. Drinkwater Blvd.
Fourth Floor
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
(480) 425-2600
LOUIS DENETSOSIE, ATTORNEY
GENERAL
THE NAVAJO NATION, DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE
29
P.O. Drawer 2010
Window Rock, AZ 86515
(928) 871-6275
Counsel for Amici Curiae Navajo
Nation and Agnes Laughter
TIMOTHY E. BRANSON
GLENN M. SALVO
DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP
50 S. Sixth Street, Ste. 1500
Minneapolis, MN 55402
(612) 340-2600
*Counsel of Record
[Additional Counsel Listed On Signature Page]
BRIEF OF NATIONAL LAW CENTER ON
HOMELESSNESS & POVERTY
AND OTHER NATIONAL HOMELESSNESS
ORGANIZATIONS AS AMICI CURIAE
IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER
___________
MARIA FOSCARINIS CARTER G. PHILLIPS*
ROBERT NASDOR EDWARD R. MCNICHOLAS
TULIN OZDEGER BRIAN E. NELSON
NATIONAL LAW CENTER SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
ON HOMELESSNESS & 1501 K Street, N.W.
POVERTY Washington, D.C. 20005
1411 K Street, N.W. (202) 736-8000
Suite 1400
Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 638-2535
Counsel for Amicus Curiae
November 13, 2007 * Counsel of Record
ROCK THE VOTE,
NATIONAL BLACK LAW STUDENTS ASSOCIATION,
NATIONAL BLACK GRADUATE STUDENT
ASSOCIATION, THE FEMINIST MAJORITY
FOUNDATION AND THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION
FOR VOTER EMPOWERMENT
SUPPORTING PETITIONERS
On Writ of Certiorari
to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Nos. 07-21, 07-25
Charles S. Sims
Colin A. Underwood
Emily Stern
Andrew W. Gefell
Alison M. Haddock
Attorneys for Amici Curiae
PROSKAUER ROSE LLP
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
212-969-3000
!! !!
BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE, UNITED STATES
CONGRESSMAN KEITH ELLISON,
IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
GERARD TREANOR *
VENABLE LLP
575 7TH STREET, NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20004
(202) 344-4000
* Counsel of Record for Amicus Curiae
November 12, 2007 U.S. Congressman Keith Ellison
BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE ELECTRONIC PRIVACY
INFORMATION CENTER (EPIC) AND LEGAL
SCHOLARS AND TECHNICAL EXPERTS IN
SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
[PHOTO ID LAW VIOLATES PRIVACY]
____________________
MARC ROTENBERG
Counsel of Record
MELISSA NGO
ELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION
CENTER (EPIC)
1718 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20009
BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE CYBER PRIVACY
PROJECT, PRIVACY JOURNAL, PRIVACY
ACTIVISM, LIBERTY COALITION, U.S. BILL OF
RIGHTS FOUNDATION, ROBBIN STEWART AND
JOELL PALMER IN SUPPORT OF
PETITIONERS
____________
JONATHAN ALBANO
(Counsel of Record for Amici
Curiae)
TIMOTHY H. MADDEN
JENNIFER BANTING
MIKOLEVINE
JASON LANE
BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP
150 Federal Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE
PROFESSOR RICHARD L. HASEN
IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
[BURDICK REASONABLE TAILORING]
--------------------------------- ♦ ---------------------------------
ALAN R. GLICKMAN
KRISTIE BLASE
SCHULTE ROTH & ZABEL LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
212-756-2466
RICHARD L. HASEN
Counsel of Record
919 Albany Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015
213-736-1466
BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE CHRISTOPHER S. ELMENDORF
U.C. Davis School of Law*
400 Mrak Hall Drive
Davis, CA 95616
530.752.5756
* Institutional affiliations for purposes of identification only
CHRISTOPHER S. ELMENDORF AND
DANIEL P. TOKAJI DANIEL P. TOKAJI
Counsel of Record The Ohio State University
Moritz College of Law*
55 W. 12th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
UNITED STATES SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN,
UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT A. BRADY,
AND UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE ZOE LOFGREN
AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
[Federal Preemption]
_________
CENTER FOR VOTING RIGHTS AND
PROTECTION, INC. Counsel of Record
ROBERT F. BAUER
607 Fourteenth Street, N.W Washington, D.C. 20005
KATE SAWYER KEANE
607 Fourteenth Street, N.W.
(202) 628-6600 Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 628-6600
Counsel for Amici Curiae
RICHARD W. CLARY
Counsel of Record
JONATHAN M. WATKINS
LAUREN P. RUBIN
CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP
825 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10019-7475
Telephone: (212) 474-1000
rutherford institute
privacy brief guys
aclu
review amended complaint
service of process stuff
motion for leave to file amended complaint + reopen discovery
email to counsel requesting leave to file
retraction of expedited handling
brennan center
cles
motion to recall mandate
submit copy of state law lwv brief as exhibit.
letter to lwv re joell plamer
BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE THE BRENNAN CENTER
FOR JUSTICE; DEMOS: A NETWORK FOR IDEAS &
ACTION; LORRAINE C. MINNITE; PROJECT VOTE;
AND PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY
FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
WENDY R. WEISER
JUSTIN LEVITT
RENÉE PARADIS
BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE
AT NYU SCHOOL OF LAW
161 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10013
(212) 998-6730
SIDNEY S. ROSDEITCHER
Counsel of RecordBRIEF FOR AMICI CURIAE CURRENT AND
FORMER STATE SECRETARIES OF STATE
IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
[ELECTION OFFICIALS’ EXPERIENCE]
DANIEL F. KOLB
Counsel of Record
LYNN EARL BUSATH
MATTHEW B. ROWLAND
EDWARD SHERWIN
DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
(212) 450-4000
J. ADAM SKAGGS
PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND,
WHARTON & GARRISON LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019
(212) 373-3000
Counsel for Amici Curiae
November 13, 2007
STEVE BACHMANN
BRIAN MELLOR
ASSOCIATION OF
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
FOR REFORM NOW
1024 Elysian Fields Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70117
(504) 943-0044
NOVEMBER 13, 2007
DAVID OVERLOCK STEWART
Counsel of Record
ELENA I. GLAS*
ROPES & GRAY LLP
700 12th Street N.W. Suite 900
Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 508-4600
CAITLIN M. MOYNA
ROPES & GRAY LLP
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10023
(212) 596-9000
Counsel for Amicus Curiae
[POLITICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH]
MILTON SHERMAN
KAYE SCHOLER LLP
425 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
SAMUEL R. BAGENSTOS
Counsel of Record
One Brookings Drive, Box 1120
St. Louis, Missouri 63130
BRIEF AMICI CURIAE OF
HISTORIANS AND OTHER SCHOLARS
IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
--------------------------------- ♦ ---------------------------------
J. GERALD HEBERT*
TARA MALLOY
PAUL S. RYAN
CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER
1640 Rhode Island Ave., NW,
Suite 650
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 736-2200
Attorneys for Amici Curiae
*Counsel of Record
CHARLES J. OGLETREE, JR.
THE CHARLES HAMILTON
HOUSTON INSTITUTE
125 Mount Auburn St.
Floor Three
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 495-8285
November 2007
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF
INDIANA, INC.
Of Counsel:
Lewis J. Liman
Michael J. Byars
CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN
& HAMILTON LLP
One Liberty Plaza
New York, New York 10006
212-225-2000
􀀡􀀡 􀀡􀀡
(Additional Counsel on the Reverse)
Karen Celestino-Horseman*
Thomas N. Austin
Bruce G. Jones
AUSTIN & JONES, P.C.
One North Pennsylvania, Suite 220
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
317-632-5633
Counsel for Amici Curiae
* Counsel of Record
BRIEF FOR THE LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE FOR
CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW, SERVICE EMPLOYEES
INTERNATIONAL UNION, AMERICAN FEDERATION
OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES,
COMMON CAUSE, JEWISH COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC
AFFAIRS, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN,
AND AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE AS AMICI
CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
MICHAEL J. FOREMAN
JON M. GREENBAUM
ROBERT A. KENGLE
LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE FOR
CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW
1401 New York Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 662-8315
WALTER E. DELLINGER
(Counsel of Record)
SRI SRINIVASAN
CHARLES E. BORDEN
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
1625 Eye Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
(202) 383-5300
MARSHA F. JOHNSON-BLANCO
JONAH H GOLDMAN
MONICA R. SAXENA
LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE FOR
CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW
1401 New York Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 662-8315
MICHAEL L. MURPHY
ADAM J. COATES
SCOTT M. HAMMACK
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
1625 Eye Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
BRIEF AMICI CURIAE AARP AND NATIONAL
SENIOR CITIZENS LAW CENTER IN
SUPPORT OF PETITIONER
[SEVERE BURDEN ON OLDER VOTERS]
_________
Of Counsel:
DANIEL B. KOHRMAN
AARP FOUNDATION
LITIGATION
MICHAEL R. SCHUSTER
AARP
601 E Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
(202) 434-2060
PATRICIA A. BRANNAN*
JOSHUA D. WEINBERG
STEPHANIE J. GOLD
HOGAN & HARTSON L.L.P.
555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
(202) 637-5600
*Counsel of Record Counsel for Amici Curiae
BRIEF OF THE NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND
EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC.
AS AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
____________________
THEODORE M. SHAW
Director-Counsel
JACQUELINE A. BERRIEN
*DEBO P. ADEGBILE
RYAN P. HAYGOOD
JENIGH J. GARRETT
ALEXIS KARTERON
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE
AND EDUCATIONAL FUND,
INC.
99 HUDSON STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10013
(212) 965-2200
*COUNSEL OF RECORD
KRISTEN M. CLARKE
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE
AND EDUCATIONAL FUND,
INC.
1444 EYE STREET, N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005
(202) 682-1300
Attorneys for Amicus
Curiae
BRIEF OF ASIAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE
AND EDUCATION FUND AS AMICI CURIAE IN
SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
[Voter ID Laws Have Discriminatory Impacts
And Disenfranchise Asian American Voters]
--------------------------------- ♦ ---------------------------------
KENNETH KIMERLING
ASIAN AMERICAN LEGAL
DEFENSE AND
EDUCATION FUND
99 Hudson Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10013-2815
(212) 966-5932
November 9, 2007
JONATHAN P. GUY
Counsel of Record
ORRICK, HERRINGTON
& SUTCLIFFE LLP
Columbia Center
1152 15th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005-1706
(202) 339-8400
Counsel for Amici Curiae
[Additional Amici Curiae Listed On Inside Cover]
================================================================
COCKLE LAW BRIEF PRINTING CO. (800) 225-6964
OR CALL COLLECT (402) 342-2831
[DISENFRANCHISEMENT OF ASIAN AMERICAN VOTERS]
KAREN NARASAKI
VINCENT ENG
TERRY M. AO
ASIAN AMERICAN JUSTICE
CENTER
1140 CONNECTICUT AVE., NW
SUITE 1200
WASHINGTON, DC. 20036
(202) 296-2300
MARK A. PACKMAN
(COUNSEL OF RECORD)
JONATHAN M. COHEN
ALYSON A. FOSTER
TARA M. KELLY
GILBERT RANDOLPH LLP
1100 NEW YORK AVE., NW
SUITE 700
WASHINGTON, DC 20005
BRIEF FOR AMICUS CURIAE
MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE
AND EDUCATIONAL FUND
IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
MICHAEL C. CAMUÑEZ
GRANT B. GELBERG
JON MONSON
DOMINIC FERULLO
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
400 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
(213) 430-6000
MATTHEW M. SHORS
(Counsel of Record)
KATHRYN E. KOMP*
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
1625 Eye Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
(202) 383-5300
*Admitted only in Wisconsin;
supervised by principals of the firm.
BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN
INDIANS, NAVAJO NATION, AND AGNES LAUGHTER IN SUPPORT OF
PETITIONERS
[Impact on Native Americans]
___________________
VERNLE C. DUROCHER, JR.* VERNLE C. DUROCHER, JR.
Counsel of Record
TIMOTHY E. BRANSON
GLENN M. SALVO
DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP
50 S. Sixth Street,
Ste. 1500
Minneapolis, MN 55402
(612) 340-2600
JOHN DOSSETT
VIRGINIA DAVIS
NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN
INDIANS
1301 Connecticut Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 466-7767
Counsel for Amicus Curiae NCAI
JUDITH M. DWORKIN
PATRICIA FERGUSON-BOHNEE
SACKS TIERNEY P.A.
4250 N. Drinkwater Blvd.
Fourth Floor
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
(480) 425-2600
LOUIS DENETSOSIE, ATTORNEY
GENERAL
THE NAVAJO NATION, DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE
29
P.O. Drawer 2010
Window Rock, AZ 86515
(928) 871-6275
Counsel for Amici Curiae Navajo
Nation and Agnes Laughter
TIMOTHY E. BRANSON
GLENN M. SALVO
DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP
50 S. Sixth Street, Ste. 1500
Minneapolis, MN 55402
(612) 340-2600
*Counsel of Record
[Additional Counsel Listed On Signature Page]
BRIEF OF NATIONAL LAW CENTER ON
HOMELESSNESS & POVERTY
AND OTHER NATIONAL HOMELESSNESS
ORGANIZATIONS AS AMICI CURIAE
IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER
___________
MARIA FOSCARINIS CARTER G. PHILLIPS*
ROBERT NASDOR EDWARD R. MCNICHOLAS
TULIN OZDEGER BRIAN E. NELSON
NATIONAL LAW CENTER SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
ON HOMELESSNESS & 1501 K Street, N.W.
POVERTY Washington, D.C. 20005
1411 K Street, N.W. (202) 736-8000
Suite 1400
Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 638-2535
Counsel for Amicus Curiae
November 13, 2007 * Counsel of Record
ROCK THE VOTE,
NATIONAL BLACK LAW STUDENTS ASSOCIATION,
NATIONAL BLACK GRADUATE STUDENT
ASSOCIATION, THE FEMINIST MAJORITY
FOUNDATION AND THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION
FOR VOTER EMPOWERMENT
SUPPORTING PETITIONERS
On Writ of Certiorari
to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Nos. 07-21, 07-25
Charles S. Sims
Colin A. Underwood
Emily Stern
Andrew W. Gefell
Alison M. Haddock
Attorneys for Amici Curiae
PROSKAUER ROSE LLP
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
212-969-3000
!! !!
BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE, UNITED STATES
CONGRESSMAN KEITH ELLISON,
IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
GERARD TREANOR *
VENABLE LLP
575 7TH STREET, NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20004
(202) 344-4000
* Counsel of Record for Amicus Curiae
November 12, 2007 U.S. Congressman Keith Ellison
BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE ELECTRONIC PRIVACY
INFORMATION CENTER (EPIC) AND LEGAL
SCHOLARS AND TECHNICAL EXPERTS IN
SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
[PHOTO ID LAW VIOLATES PRIVACY]
____________________
MARC ROTENBERG
Counsel of Record
MELISSA NGO
ELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION
CENTER (EPIC)
1718 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20009
BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE CYBER PRIVACY
PROJECT, PRIVACY JOURNAL, PRIVACY
ACTIVISM, LIBERTY COALITION, U.S. BILL OF
RIGHTS FOUNDATION, ROBBIN STEWART AND
JOELL PALMER IN SUPPORT OF
PETITIONERS
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(Counsel of Record for Amici
Curiae)
TIMOTHY H. MADDEN
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MIKOLEVINE
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Boston, Massachusetts 02110
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PROFESSOR RICHARD L. HASEN
IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
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Counsel of Record
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Counsel of Record The Ohio State University
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UNITED STATES SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN,
UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT A. BRADY,
AND UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE ZOE LOFGREN
AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
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Counsel of Record
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Telephone: (212) 474-1000
Friday, May 15, 2009
saturday:
motion to recall mandate
motion for leave to amend complaint
motion to file in forma pauperis
read motion to strike complaint
X constituent services memo
mail letter to auditor
go thru recieved mail
X call water company
X (pay water company bill?)
X read letter from city
make list for tuesday.
monday's list is now tuesday's list -i didnt get anything done. read a book, white tiger.
motion to recall mandate
motion for leave to amend complaint
motion to file in forma pauperis
read motion to strike complaint
X constituent services memo
mail letter to auditor
go thru recieved mail
X call water company
X (pay water company bill?)
X read letter from city
make list for tuesday.
monday's list is now tuesday's list -i didnt get anything done. read a book, white tiger.
Monday, May 11, 2009
monday daily task list
read motion to strike complaint
X constituent services memo
mail letter to auditor
go thru recieved mail
X call water company
X (pay water company bill?)
X read letter from city
make list for tuesday.
monday's list is now tuesday's list -i didnt get anything done. read a book, white tiger.
read motion to strike complaint
X constituent services memo
mail letter to auditor
go thru recieved mail
X call water company
X (pay water company bill?)
X read letter from city
make list for tuesday.
monday's list is now tuesday's list -i didnt get anything done. read a book, white tiger.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
did: sunday
mowed lawn
weeded lawn
moved boxes
building shelves
weeded garden mulched
wrote dr stoltz.
emailed coop guy
called phone co.
tried to call mom.
still to do: boxes to basement
chores for rochester - mercedes,
water thingy, what was the other one?
taillight.
did this week:
went to michogan and west virginia
unloaded carfull of stuff.
5 loads wash.
forgot to go to mitch's party.
went to a veggie potluck.
club was fun.
mailed xmas presents.
mowed lawn
weeded lawn
moved boxes
building shelves
weeded garden mulched
wrote dr stoltz.
emailed coop guy
called phone co.
tried to call mom.
still to do: boxes to basement
chores for rochester - mercedes,
water thingy, what was the other one?
taillight.
did this week:
went to michogan and west virginia
unloaded carfull of stuff.
5 loads wash.
forgot to go to mitch's party.
went to a veggie potluck.
club was fun.
mailed xmas presents.
Sunday, May 03, 2009
sunday may 3.
daily task list:
not in order
1 call mom
2 dr stoltz
3 read motion to strike
4 moves some boxes to attic
5 make better list
6 make a comic
7 constituent services memo
8 call phone co.
9 jean bday
to do list:
make global to do list
revenge list
house stuff
car stuff
truck stuff
225 stuff
study stuff
law stuff
life stuff
family stuff
dating stuff
narrow down to a ten item high priority to-do list
go thru old lists see what's still active
make a done list
...........revenge list
cj hargett $2600
midas $250
mike caudill $6000 situation
erato
channel 6
mcgrawhill/kelly problem
...cca/
cca
law firm
paul odgen
sheriff anderson
city council
mayor
....covance
dr stoltz
medical board complaint against dr stewart
IRB - find paperwork any convance consent
call mary re terms of ban
write to (lonna mitchell?)
call new jersey
write new jersey
............house stuff
check plants
phone company
insurance
canecll water and gas at 679
check mail at 679, 227. put name on mailbox. send self letter to 227. find stamps? buy stamps?
check po box monday.
make a list of want to do and must do items.
find toothbrush
find bears
get jan, marg lindy addresses ready for post office
return broken camera
buy kitchen timer
label keys
mow lawn, lawn across street
..............car stuff
tire!
oil change
tune up, order cables, talk to rochester
transmission filter/fluids
............truck stuff
letter re rochester ticket - print it.
letter authorizing rochester re truck - print and notarize - special agents
..............225 stuff
ken, special agent
move mercedes to garage
read letter
apply for salvage title
clean garage
get rid of trash - rochester
clean other garage - bleach
rat poison
rochester finish plumbing
get street cleaned
make a lease
... credit, references, criminal history,
$300/mo, maintenance, pick up trash on street.
pay water bill by 15th
insurance
tax situation
get titled as nonprofit
............study stuff
abbott info re cardiac dr
irb info for aaipharma
request medical records from any study i've been to
..............law stuff
read motion to strike complaint, respond as needed
sign case
letter to prospective counsel
cles!
.............life stuff
find out when iupui semester ends
constituent services memo+
........tax stuff
2008 income tax
2009 tax records
2000 tax refile
2000 penalties
2007 taxes
225 taxes
texas taxes: send $1000.
.............family stuff
call mom
mail xmas presents
............dating stuff
fox, joey/kevin, the other joey, warsaw guy, riley, lane, jax, vicki and her sister, vicki in ky, jerilyn, st louis guy, corey, kyler, rob/collin, dannon.
........... misc stuff
vacant lots
winthrop lot
done list sunday:
dishes
straightened up living room, kitchen
made better list
daily task list:
not in order
1 call mom
2 dr stoltz
3 read motion to strike
4 moves some boxes to attic
5 make better list
6 make a comic
7 constituent services memo
8 call phone co.
9 jean bday
to do list:
make global to do list
revenge list
house stuff
car stuff
truck stuff
225 stuff
study stuff
law stuff
life stuff
family stuff
dating stuff
narrow down to a ten item high priority to-do list
go thru old lists see what's still active
make a done list
...........revenge list
cj hargett $2600
midas $250
mike caudill $6000 situation
erato
channel 6
mcgrawhill/kelly problem
...cca/
cca
law firm
paul odgen
sheriff anderson
city council
mayor
....covance
dr stoltz
medical board complaint against dr stewart
IRB - find paperwork any convance consent
call mary re terms of ban
write to (lonna mitchell?)
call new jersey
write new jersey
............house stuff
check plants
phone company
insurance
canecll water and gas at 679
check mail at 679, 227. put name on mailbox. send self letter to 227. find stamps? buy stamps?
check po box monday.
make a list of want to do and must do items.
find toothbrush
find bears
get jan, marg lindy addresses ready for post office
return broken camera
buy kitchen timer
label keys
mow lawn, lawn across street
..............car stuff
tire!
oil change
tune up, order cables, talk to rochester
transmission filter/fluids
............truck stuff
letter re rochester ticket - print it.
letter authorizing rochester re truck - print and notarize - special agents
..............225 stuff
ken, special agent
move mercedes to garage
read letter
apply for salvage title
clean garage
get rid of trash - rochester
clean other garage - bleach
rat poison
rochester finish plumbing
get street cleaned
make a lease
... credit, references, criminal history,
$300/mo, maintenance, pick up trash on street.
pay water bill by 15th
insurance
tax situation
get titled as nonprofit
............study stuff
abbott info re cardiac dr
irb info for aaipharma
request medical records from any study i've been to
..............law stuff
read motion to strike complaint, respond as needed
sign case
letter to prospective counsel
cles!
.............life stuff
find out when iupui semester ends
constituent services memo+
........tax stuff
2008 income tax
2009 tax records
2000 tax refile
2000 penalties
2007 taxes
225 taxes
texas taxes: send $1000.
.............family stuff
call mom
mail xmas presents
............dating stuff
fox, joey/kevin, the other joey, warsaw guy, riley, lane, jax, vicki and her sister, vicki in ky, jerilyn, st louis guy, corey, kyler, rob/collin, dannon.
........... misc stuff
vacant lots
winthrop lot
done list sunday:
dishes
straightened up living room, kitchen
made better list
Thursday, April 23, 2009
to do:
letter about rochester ticket 1/x
affidavit and memo re tax situation 1/x
stewart v marion
freon
gregg/car
did: letter (draft)
aff (draft)
car/gregg.
laundry
moving stuff to attic
$60 to ken
cancelled electric
couldn't cancel water
need to cancel gas
ken cleaned the yard at 227! yay!
got phone changed to here but it's not working yet - which jack?
do some notes here re the aff.
do a motion to vacate hearing.
rochester
To: Indianapolis police, prosecutor, court 13.
RE: Citation Q376889
Rochester Foster is an authorized driver of my pick up truck.
It had been sitting off-road inoperable for months, and I had let the plates expire.
Rochester towed it to my new house on Washington Street,noticed that it was fixable, and fixed it over the weekend. On Monday I went to the Virginia Avenue branch of the BMV to renew the plates, but they are closed on Mondays.
Tuesday morning he and I were working on a broken dryer, which turned out to not be fixable. He decided to take the truck to my other house and get a working dryer from there. I did not remember to tell him I had not yet gotten the plates. He probably did not check to see if there were new plates on it, and probably didn't know the plates were still expired. He got a ticket for operating with expired plates. I got the plates that afternoon, $74, transaction # 91950770194.
Since the problem has been promptly corrected, I would appreciate it as a matter of professional courtesy if the ticket could be dismissed.
Rochester Forster has been recently homeless, is living in subsidized housing near me on Washington Street, does not have a job,and is a volunteer preacher and cook at our neighborhood church, Trinity House. I know that it would be a hardship for him to be subjected to a fine that he has no present ability to pay.
Thank you for your cooperation,
Sincerely,
Robbin Stewart.
Indiana Bar #1747-53
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Notes for affidavit.
Affidavit of Robbin Stewart.
Property Tax Appeal for 225-227 N Temple.
I , Robbin Stewart, state the following under penalty of perjury.
I swear and affirm that I state the truth to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Yesterday I went to City Hall, the Auditor's office, and paid $2540 to redeem my house at 227 N Temple from the tax sale, which had been sold to the county after no-one was willing to buy it for $2540. That is more than I have earned so far this year.
The reason I have not been paying the taxes is that the amount was wrong, and I've been unable to get a corrected bill to pay.
Currently the house is valued at $21,200, which is a correct valuation.
When I bought it in 1996, it was valued at 12,600. I paid $17,500.
Between 2002 and 2005, it was assessed at $55,200. I appealed that mis-assessment,and reached an agreement with the assessors office for $30,000 in 2004.
The initial agreement was over the phone,and I then went in and signed and handed back an offer from the city. I regard that signed acceptance of the offer as legally binding. Because I am organizationally challenged, and my life is stored in 50 cardboard boxed, some of which have flood damage, I do not at the moment have a copy of that agreement to show you. I certify and attest that there was such an agreement.
When I returned the document, I included a written statement that I was agreeing under duress. This statement was true - my house was scheduled to be sold at the tax sale. What happened next was that the official I was speaking with became enraged. He spent about 4 minutes yelling at me, and called sheriff's deputies to eject me from the building. This ejection was a violation of my 4th Amendment and Article 1 section 11 rights, although I chose not to sue.
No record of my acceptance of the offer was made; instead, I learned yesterday, false information was entered into my file that I had rejected the offer.
My appeal was scheduled for a hearing before the board. I did not attend that hearing, because I consider the matter to have been finalized when I accepted the offer for $30,000.
I continued to be incorrectly billed for taxes calculated at the 55,200 figure, including the 2005 taxes which I paid yesterday.
I am seeking for the county to honor the $30,000 agreement, and refund the excess taxes billed for 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005. Alternatively, I ask that the 2004 hearing be vacated, since at the time the board lacked jurisdiction to hold a hearing since the matter had been finalized by my acceptance of the county's offer, and a new hearing be held. Relevant to a new hearing is the sworn evidence that the purchase price was $17,500, that the current valuation is 21,200, that I attested in my appeal that the value was $20,000, that I have not been able to sell the property, that there were no bidders at $2540, and that properties in the 00-300 blocks of North Temple sell for $100 to $30,000, with an average price of about $15,000.
__________
Robbin Stewart
Notary info
Motion to vacate hearing.
@draft only do not file@
I am Robbin Stewart. In 2002 my house at 225-227 N Temple was miss-assessed at 55,200, from $12,600 previously. I filed an appeal. In 2004, I settled that appeal with an agreed settlement of $30,000, by signing and returning the County's offer of settlement. Due to misconduct by a former employee of the County, that settlement was not entered into the records. Instead, a hearing was held, at which I did not appear, since the matter was final, at which my appeal was denied and the full mis-assessment of $55,200 continued.
In this motion, I am asking the board to vacate the previous hearing,reopen the appeal, and to either
accept the $30,000 which was the agreed settlement, or to schedule a new hearing.
To do otherwise than to grant this motion, or find some comparable relief, would be to knowing participate in an injustice.
This board has jurisdiction to vacate its prior hearing based on new evidence that the board lacked jurisdiction to hold the prior hearing, or, if it did not, to find that notice was improper, where a party reasonably believed that the matter was settled, based on his acceptance of a settlement.
Respectfully submitted,
Robbin Stewart
letter about rochester ticket 1/x
affidavit and memo re tax situation 1/x
stewart v marion
freon
gregg/car
did: letter (draft)
aff (draft)
car/gregg.
laundry
moving stuff to attic
$60 to ken
cancelled electric
couldn't cancel water
need to cancel gas
ken cleaned the yard at 227! yay!
got phone changed to here but it's not working yet - which jack?
do some notes here re the aff.
do a motion to vacate hearing.
rochester
To: Indianapolis police, prosecutor, court 13.
RE: Citation Q376889
Rochester Foster is an authorized driver of my pick up truck.
It had been sitting off-road inoperable for months, and I had let the plates expire.
Rochester towed it to my new house on Washington Street,noticed that it was fixable, and fixed it over the weekend. On Monday I went to the Virginia Avenue branch of the BMV to renew the plates, but they are closed on Mondays.
Tuesday morning he and I were working on a broken dryer, which turned out to not be fixable. He decided to take the truck to my other house and get a working dryer from there. I did not remember to tell him I had not yet gotten the plates. He probably did not check to see if there were new plates on it, and probably didn't know the plates were still expired. He got a ticket for operating with expired plates. I got the plates that afternoon, $74, transaction # 91950770194.
Since the problem has been promptly corrected, I would appreciate it as a matter of professional courtesy if the ticket could be dismissed.
Rochester Forster has been recently homeless, is living in subsidized housing near me on Washington Street, does not have a job,and is a volunteer preacher and cook at our neighborhood church, Trinity House. I know that it would be a hardship for him to be subjected to a fine that he has no present ability to pay.
Thank you for your cooperation,
Sincerely,
Robbin Stewart.
Indiana Bar #1747-53
________________
--------------------------------------------------
Notes for affidavit.
Affidavit of Robbin Stewart.
Property Tax Appeal for 225-227 N Temple.
I , Robbin Stewart, state the following under penalty of perjury.
I swear and affirm that I state the truth to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Yesterday I went to City Hall, the Auditor's office, and paid $2540 to redeem my house at 227 N Temple from the tax sale, which had been sold to the county after no-one was willing to buy it for $2540. That is more than I have earned so far this year.
The reason I have not been paying the taxes is that the amount was wrong, and I've been unable to get a corrected bill to pay.
Currently the house is valued at $21,200, which is a correct valuation.
When I bought it in 1996, it was valued at 12,600. I paid $17,500.
Between 2002 and 2005, it was assessed at $55,200. I appealed that mis-assessment,and reached an agreement with the assessors office for $30,000 in 2004.
The initial agreement was over the phone,and I then went in and signed and handed back an offer from the city. I regard that signed acceptance of the offer as legally binding. Because I am organizationally challenged, and my life is stored in 50 cardboard boxed, some of which have flood damage, I do not at the moment have a copy of that agreement to show you. I certify and attest that there was such an agreement.
When I returned the document, I included a written statement that I was agreeing under duress. This statement was true - my house was scheduled to be sold at the tax sale. What happened next was that the official I was speaking with became enraged. He spent about 4 minutes yelling at me, and called sheriff's deputies to eject me from the building. This ejection was a violation of my 4th Amendment and Article 1 section 11 rights, although I chose not to sue.
No record of my acceptance of the offer was made; instead, I learned yesterday, false information was entered into my file that I had rejected the offer.
My appeal was scheduled for a hearing before the board. I did not attend that hearing, because I consider the matter to have been finalized when I accepted the offer for $30,000.
I continued to be incorrectly billed for taxes calculated at the 55,200 figure, including the 2005 taxes which I paid yesterday.
I am seeking for the county to honor the $30,000 agreement, and refund the excess taxes billed for 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005. Alternatively, I ask that the 2004 hearing be vacated, since at the time the board lacked jurisdiction to hold a hearing since the matter had been finalized by my acceptance of the county's offer, and a new hearing be held. Relevant to a new hearing is the sworn evidence that the purchase price was $17,500, that the current valuation is 21,200, that I attested in my appeal that the value was $20,000, that I have not been able to sell the property, that there were no bidders at $2540, and that properties in the 00-300 blocks of North Temple sell for $100 to $30,000, with an average price of about $15,000.
__________
Robbin Stewart
Notary info
Motion to vacate hearing.
@draft only do not file@
I am Robbin Stewart. In 2002 my house at 225-227 N Temple was miss-assessed at 55,200, from $12,600 previously. I filed an appeal. In 2004, I settled that appeal with an agreed settlement of $30,000, by signing and returning the County's offer of settlement. Due to misconduct by a former employee of the County, that settlement was not entered into the records. Instead, a hearing was held, at which I did not appear, since the matter was final, at which my appeal was denied and the full mis-assessment of $55,200 continued.
In this motion, I am asking the board to vacate the previous hearing,reopen the appeal, and to either
accept the $30,000 which was the agreed settlement, or to schedule a new hearing.
To do otherwise than to grant this motion, or find some comparable relief, would be to knowing participate in an injustice.
This board has jurisdiction to vacate its prior hearing based on new evidence that the board lacked jurisdiction to hold the prior hearing, or, if it did not, to find that notice was improper, where a party reasonably believed that the matter was settled, based on his acceptance of a settlement.
Respectfully submitted,
Robbin Stewart
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
did: moved out of apartment
daily task list for wednesday
call arkansas
laundry
taxes
move stuff to basement
----
did:
moved out of apartment 9:30 am
6 loads laundry
moved stuff to basement
didn't do taxes
went to tea party
got a balloon
gutted bathroom at 227
didn't clean out car yet
checked mail
bought drywall mud $13.
rochester $40.
found toothbrush.
am exhausted.
to do:
10 loads laundry
move stuff to basement
unpack car
call arkansas
set up computer
make better list
write letter/s to arkansas cops
make better list
dig garden
take a bath
find toothbrush
find bears
fix car
cles
revise amended complaint
find counsel for voter id case
visit rj
tow truck
clean up 227
write out instructions for 227.
get homeowners insurance
do taxes
call dave
find toothbrush
bath
make better list
dtl thursday:
work on living room.
more laundry.
make better list.
outline letter to arkansas.
clean out car.
get car worked on? chris at one way or gregg.
taxes.
daily task list for wednesday
call arkansas
laundry
taxes
move stuff to basement
----
did:
moved out of apartment 9:30 am
6 loads laundry
moved stuff to basement
didn't do taxes
went to tea party
got a balloon
gutted bathroom at 227
didn't clean out car yet
checked mail
bought drywall mud $13.
rochester $40.
found toothbrush.
am exhausted.
to do:
10 loads laundry
move stuff to basement
unpack car
call arkansas
set up computer
make better list
write letter/s to arkansas cops
make better list
dig garden
take a bath
find toothbrush
find bears
fix car
cles
revise amended complaint
find counsel for voter id case
visit rj
tow truck
clean up 227
write out instructions for 227.
get homeowners insurance
do taxes
call dave
find toothbrush
bath
make better list
dtl thursday:
work on living room.
more laundry.
make better list.
outline letter to arkansas.
clean out car.
get car worked on? chris at one way or gregg.
taxes.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
daily task list thursday
call covance
draft memo re concance
midas draft memo to self
1 get brakes done
motion to file admendment to complaint
bidding on auction re drexel
crises
taxes irs
taxes texas
taxes 227
check 227
get insurance 4015, 227.
cles
xmas presents - marg bird books
- jeanie get harmonica
go thru bills?
clean stack of paper in house
move boxes to 4015.
tapes for car.
channel 6
testing company problem
nuts and bolts company problem
CCA contact odgen
constitutent services memo
battery for camera
d cells for jayk.
fix garage
get seeds
plant seeds
call olsens
make better list - 24 ittems on list so far. 3 a day for a week?
call covance
draft memo re concance
midas draft memo to self
1 get brakes done
motion to file admendment to complaint
bidding on auction re drexel
crises
taxes irs
taxes texas
taxes 227
check 227
get insurance 4015, 227.
cles
xmas presents - marg bird books
- jeanie get harmonica
go thru bills?
clean stack of paper in house
move boxes to 4015.
tapes for car.
channel 6
testing company problem
nuts and bolts company problem
CCA contact odgen
constitutent services memo
battery for camera
d cells for jayk.
fix garage
get seeds
plant seeds
call olsens
make better list - 24 ittems on list so far. 3 a day for a week?
Friday, February 20, 2009
General Tso's Tofu
replace chick w tofu
Sauce
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/4 cup water
1 1/2 tsp minced garlic
1 1/2 tsp minced ginger root
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup cooking wine
1 1/2 cups hot chicken broth
1 tsp salt (optional)
Mix 1/2 cup cornstarch with water. Add garlic, ginger, sugar, 1/2 cup soy sauce, vinegar, wine, chicken broth and salt (if desired). Stir until sugar dissolves. Refrigerate until needed.
Chicken
3 lbs deboned chicken (white/breast meat), cut into large chunks
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 tsp white pepper
1 egg
1 cup cornstarch
Vegetable oil for deep-frying
In separate bowl, mix chicken, 1/4 cup soy sauce and white pepper. Stir in egg. Add 1 cup cornstarch and mix until chicken pieces are coated evenly. Add cup of vegetable oil to help separate chicken pieces. Divide chicken into small quantities and deep-fry at 350 degrees until crispy. Drain on paper towels.
Stir-Fry
2 cups sliced green onions
16 small dried hot peppers
Place a small amount of oil in wok and heat until wok is hot. Add onions and peppers and stir-fry briefly. Stir sauce and add to wok. Place chicken in sauce and cook until sauce thickens.
replace chick w tofu
Sauce
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/4 cup water
1 1/2 tsp minced garlic
1 1/2 tsp minced ginger root
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup cooking wine
1 1/2 cups hot chicken broth
1 tsp salt (optional)
Mix 1/2 cup cornstarch with water. Add garlic, ginger, sugar, 1/2 cup soy sauce, vinegar, wine, chicken broth and salt (if desired). Stir until sugar dissolves. Refrigerate until needed.
Chicken
3 lbs deboned chicken (white/breast meat), cut into large chunks
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 tsp white pepper
1 egg
1 cup cornstarch
Vegetable oil for deep-frying
In separate bowl, mix chicken, 1/4 cup soy sauce and white pepper. Stir in egg. Add 1 cup cornstarch and mix until chicken pieces are coated evenly. Add cup of vegetable oil to help separate chicken pieces. Divide chicken into small quantities and deep-fry at 350 degrees until crispy. Drain on paper towels.
Stir-Fry
2 cups sliced green onions
16 small dried hot peppers
Place a small amount of oil in wok and heat until wok is hot. Add onions and peppers and stir-fry briefly. Stir sauce and add to wok. Place chicken in sauce and cook until sauce thickens.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Anonymous 02/16/09(Mon)05:44 No.828056
>>828051
oh man, what I'd do to have access to an acre of land.
Here you go gardeners, a list I found of seed resources. May your harvests be plentiful and damn tasty!
Mushroom Magic- Kits and Supplies
http://mushroommagic.com/
Seed- Burpees
http://www.burpee.com/
Seed- Caribbean Seeds
http://www.caribbeanseeds.com/index.html
Seed- Cook's Garden
http://www.cooksgarden.com/
Seed- Fedco Seeds catalog items
http://www.fedcoseeds.com/
Seed- Gourmet International
http://www.gourmetseed.com/index.html
Seed- Gurneys
http://gurneys.com/
Seed- Johnny's
http://www.johnnyseeds.com/
Seed- Jung
http://www.jungseed.com/default.asp
Seed- Park Seed
http://www.parkseed.com/
Seed- Pinetree Garden Seeds
http://www.superseeds.com/
Seed- Renees Garden
http://www.reneesgarden.com/
Seed- Savers Exchange
http://www.seedsavers.org/
Seed- Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
http://www.southernexposure.com/
Seed- Territorial
http://www.territorial-seed.com/
Seed- Totally Tomatoes
https://www.totallytomato.com/
>>828051
oh man, what I'd do to have access to an acre of land.
Here you go gardeners, a list I found of seed resources. May your harvests be plentiful and damn tasty!
Mushroom Magic- Kits and Supplies
http://mushroommagic.com/
Seed- Burpees
http://www.burpee.com/
Seed- Caribbean Seeds
http://www.caribbeanseeds.com/index.html
Seed- Cook's Garden
http://www.cooksgarden.com/
Seed- Fedco Seeds catalog items
http://www.fedcoseeds.com/
Seed- Gourmet International
http://www.gourmetseed.com/index.html
Seed- Gurneys
http://gurneys.com/
Seed- Johnny's
http://www.johnnyseeds.com/
Seed- Jung
http://www.jungseed.com/default.asp
Seed- Park Seed
http://www.parkseed.com/
Seed- Pinetree Garden Seeds
http://www.superseeds.com/
Seed- Renees Garden
http://www.reneesgarden.com/
Seed- Savers Exchange
http://www.seedsavers.org/
Seed- Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
http://www.southernexposure.com/
Seed- Territorial
http://www.territorial-seed.com/
Seed- Totally Tomatoes
https://www.totallytomato.com/
Thursday, February 12, 2009
I am a vegan, and as such I must let everyone know. You see, as a vegan I have self esteem problems, and by letting everyone know of my ethically and morally superior lifestyle I am proving I am better than you.
You see, I have a psychological impairment that does not allow me to differentiate between animals as food and humans. You know how pets like cats and dogs are bread with certain characteristics to make them more appealing to humans, well its like that except I am attracted to, I mean I feel for all the worlds animals.
I am educated (obviously as a vegan more educated than you) and believe in evolution. The traits that humans exhibit such as, poor ability to digest plant matter (I do fart too much and my breath wreaks), omnivore digestion system and lactose tolerance past adolescence are things I don't understand because its just carnivore propaganda that everyone just calls proven facts.
I, being so in tune with nature, only eat organic. Even though organic food means nothing, I choose to believe it makes me better. The food I eat is so natural, even though I must eat lots of heavily processed foods (like soy) fortified with nutrients (mostly made from the byproducts of bacteria one would never eat) I can't get just from plant life. And because it is not possible to maintain my health using only local plants, the extra carbon created by all the hauling of foods from around the world to me is offset by how awesome I am.
I am vegan, and although my diet isn't healthy or sustainable, I am better than you.
You see, I have a psychological impairment that does not allow me to differentiate between animals as food and humans. You know how pets like cats and dogs are bread with certain characteristics to make them more appealing to humans, well its like that except I am attracted to, I mean I feel for all the worlds animals.
I am educated (obviously as a vegan more educated than you) and believe in evolution. The traits that humans exhibit such as, poor ability to digest plant matter (I do fart too much and my breath wreaks), omnivore digestion system and lactose tolerance past adolescence are things I don't understand because its just carnivore propaganda that everyone just calls proven facts.
I, being so in tune with nature, only eat organic. Even though organic food means nothing, I choose to believe it makes me better. The food I eat is so natural, even though I must eat lots of heavily processed foods (like soy) fortified with nutrients (mostly made from the byproducts of bacteria one would never eat) I can't get just from plant life. And because it is not possible to maintain my health using only local plants, the extra carbon created by all the hauling of foods from around the world to me is offset by how awesome I am.
I am vegan, and although my diet isn't healthy or sustainable, I am better than you.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
today was not a total loss.
wrote a draft of a one page motion, called the court to doublecheck my position,
started the case management plan, but only started.
booked a screening at jasper.
talked to covance - i'm on an 8 day limit for studies there.
went to a libertarian meeting
bought a cup of tea at dino's vino
went tot he metro, had coffee, watched american idol, there was no kareoke anymore.
introduced my tenant to my hardware guy, bought more plumbing.
tomorrow: pay plumber if it's done.
pay rent.
get plasticboard from garage.
get volvo looked at.
write the case management plan.
wrote a draft of a one page motion, called the court to doublecheck my position,
started the case management plan, but only started.
booked a screening at jasper.
talked to covance - i'm on an 8 day limit for studies there.
went to a libertarian meeting
bought a cup of tea at dino's vino
went tot he metro, had coffee, watched american idol, there was no kareoke anymore.
introduced my tenant to my hardware guy, bought more plumbing.
tomorrow: pay plumber if it's done.
pay rent.
get plasticboard from garage.
get volvo looked at.
write the case management plan.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Friday, January 02, 2009
daily task list january 2
x... 1 po box
x.... 2 bank deposited $2150
x.... 3 laundry $6
4 make better list
5 cook goose
x.... 6 haircut $14
x ... 7 hardware store $130
8 write out list of stuff to be done at 4015 for rochester
9 email joell $320 credit = december is paid
10 and stuff or joell about the lawsuit
11 work on the lawsuit
a) new complaint
b) discovery requests
c) review lastest ruling
d) contact prospective co-counsel
d2) call democratic hq
d3) call larry reuben
12 10 minutes cleaning room. set timer.
13 oil change * done saturday $32
x... 14 make a comic.
15call ray re sushi
make better list
16. car insurance * done thrusday $197.00
17. ticket
saturday: oil change
18: check phone messages
19 pay water bill
20 call credit card company
21 write to that xray billing co
22 FEC comment period.. still open?
to do list:
taxes
income 2008
income 2007
income 2000
penalty 2000
revenge 2000
227 taxes problem
texas taxes problem.
erato
cles
filing fees
garage at 4015
winthrop
habitat
go thru old list, update for 2009.
john pool
did today: sex w jaxx
did monday: spanked enrice'
--
did thurs:
deposit 1800, save $600 for rent and 4015.
emailed study wva.
didn't get much else done.
x... 1 po box
x.... 2 bank deposited $2150
x.... 3 laundry $6
4 make better list
5 cook goose
x.... 6 haircut $14
x ... 7 hardware store $130
8 write out list of stuff to be done at 4015 for rochester
9 email joell $320 credit = december is paid
10 and stuff or joell about the lawsuit
11 work on the lawsuit
a) new complaint
b) discovery requests
c) review lastest ruling
d) contact prospective co-counsel
d2) call democratic hq
d3) call larry reuben
12 10 minutes cleaning room. set timer.
13 oil change * done saturday $32
x... 14 make a comic.
15
make better list
16. car insurance * done thrusday $197.00
17. ticket
saturday: oil change
18: check phone messages
19 pay water bill
20 call credit card company
21 write to that xray billing co
22 FEC comment period.. still open?
to do list:
taxes
income 2008
income 2007
income 2000
penalty 2000
revenge 2000
227 taxes problem
texas taxes problem.
erato
cles
filing fees
garage at 4015
winthrop
habitat
go thru old list, update for 2009.
john pool
did today: sex w jaxx
did monday: spanked enrice'
--
did thurs:
deposit 1800, save $600 for rent and 4015.
emailed study wva.
didn't get much else done.
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