A New Mexico man says he will get started on a writ of habeas corpus now that a judge has dismissed his latest request to set aside an open-container conviction. Gary Southern was convicted in 2008 of violating a law…
Me in 2010, on Stayart v. Yahoo: “Like many,” this opinion begins, “Beverly Stayart was curious about what she would find when she put her name into a search engine.” And like many, Beverly Stayart was not happy with what…
Pretty sure the number in the win column is right, at least.
But most of his many other allegations have been untrue, so don’t hold your breath for this one.
Internet darling Charles Carreon has already amended the complaint he filed just last week, and while it's not unheard of to file an amended complaint that quickly, it does tend to encourage the belief that maybe the initial filing was…
… did not, surprisingly, persuade the Fifth Circuit that the district court had erred when it found that his appeal was not taken in good faith and therefore refused to allow him to proceed in forma pauperis (i.e., for free). The…
From a Courthouse News summary of newly filed cases: Robin Hood, et al. v. US Gov. Banking Industry, et al., No. 3:12-cv-1542-EDL (N.D. Cal. filed Mar. 27, 2012). RICO class action. "But yet this subject matter 'Over-limit' / 'Overdraft' is on the…
Huh?
From a complaint filed last week in San Francisco: Michael M ____ v. City and County of San Francisco; San Francisco Superior Court; Dennis Herrera; Wayne Snodgrass; Andrew Gschwind; Harry Gower III; Robert Baysinger; Alisa Hollander Ella Yip; Adena Gilbert; Charlotte Woolard;…
Via Overlawyered: Donald Trump has filed a $100 million counterclaim against the "Trump University" graduate who sued him over allegedly disappointing results, and this is another one of those lawsuits that you hope nobody wins. I'm guessing that there is a…