Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S.

c/o Trustee

P.O. Box 3097

Winston 97496

Oregon, USA

 

In Propria Persona

 

 

 

 

 

United States District Court

Western District of Missouri

Southern Division / Springfield

 

United States                    )  Case No. 14-3506-CV-S-MDH-P

ex relatione                     )

Paul Andrew Mitchell,            )  VERIFIED CRIMINAL COMPLAINT,

                                 )  ON INFORMATION:

        Civil Cross-Plaintiff,   )

                                 )  18 U.S.C. 4, 241, 242, 1341;

        v.                       )  OR Rev. Stat. 135.733;  and,

                                 )  FREV Rule 201(c)(2).

Nancy Dell Freudenthal,          )

Stephan Harris,                  )

L. Robert Murray,                )

Linda Sanders,                   )

Scott W. Skavdahl                )

Kelly H. Rankin,                 )

Christopher Crofts, and          )

Does 5 thru 100,                 )

                                 )

         Civil Cross-Defendants. )

_________________________________)

 

Comes now the United States ex rel. Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S., Citizen of Oregon State (expressly not a federal citizen), Private Attorney General under the Civil RICO statute at 18 U.S.C. 1964 and Agent of the United States as Qui Tam Relator under the False Claims Act at 31 U.S.C. 3729 et seq., to request mandatory judicial notice by this honorable Court of the instant VERIFIED CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, ON INFORMATION, pursuant to Rule 201(c)(2) of the Federal Rules of Evidence (“FREV”), and to provide formal notice of same to all interested Party(s), whereby Relator formally charges:


Peter A. DeFazio with:

(1)    commission of a felony, during the ten (10) years commencing March 1, 2007 A.D., by placing in a post office, or in an authorized depository for mail, matter to be sent and delivered by the Postal Service, for the purposes of executing a scheme or artifice to defraud and of obtaining money by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations or promises, after having devised or intended to devise said scheme or artifice to defraud and to obtain money by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations or promises, in violation of the Federal criminal statute at 18 U.S.C. 1341 (one or more counts);

 

(2)    commission of a misdemeanor by willfully subjecting Relator to the deprivation of His Fundamental Rights to officers and employees of the United States who are bound by Oath or Affirmation to support the Constitution for the United States of America, as required by Article VI, Clause 3 in said Constitution and by the Federal statute at 5 U.S.C. 3331, and to be free from unlawful attacks on His honor and reputation and to the protection of the law against all such attacks, as guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, all under color of laws, statutes, ordinances, regulations or customs, in violation of the Federal criminal statute at 18 U.S.C. 242 (one or more counts) and Oregon Revised Statutes section 135.733 (2015) (one or more counts);


(3)    commission of a felony by conspiring with one or more of the others charged in related Docket #14-3460-CV-S-MDH-P to injure, oppress, threaten or intimidate Relator in the free exercise and full enjoyment of His Fundamental Rights to officers and employees of the United States who are bound by Oath or Affirmation to support the Constitution for the United States of America, as required by Article VI, Clause 3 in said Constitution and by the Federal statute at 5 U.S.C. 3331, and because of His having so exercised and attempted to exercise the same Rights, and to be free from unlawful attacks on His honor and reputation and to the protection of the law against all such attacks, as guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, all in violation of the Federal criminal statute at 18 U.S.C. 241 (one or more counts) and Oregon Revised Statutes section 135.733 (2015) (one or more counts).

 

AFFIDAVIT OF PROBABLE CAUSE

On or about August 15, 2016 A.D., I received an email message from one of the two (2) Trustees of my private estate.  That email message stated in pertinent part:  “Paul just received this in the mail ....”  Attached to that email message was a digital photograph of a letter dated August 12, 2016 and signed by PETER DeFAZIO [sic] Member of Congress.  The latter letter stated in pertinent part: 

“Reputable online media resources state ... Paul Andrew Mitchell was found mentally incompetent to go to trial and federal charges were dismissed.”


INCORPORATION OF ATTACHED DOCUMENTS

In support of the instant VERIFIED CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, ON INFORMATION, Relator hereby attaches a true and correct copy of the following documents, and incorporates same by reference to all Attachments infra, as if set forth fully here:

(1)     REQUEST FOR NEUTRAL ARBITRATION dated June 29, 2016 A.D.;

(2)     Letter from Gary Leif to Congressman DeFazio dated July 26, 2016;

(3)     Letter from PETER DeFAZIO [sic] Member of Congress to Paul Mitchell dated August 3, 2016;

(4)     Press Release entitled “Oregon’s Douglas County Commissioner-Elect Gary Leif Writes to U.S. Rep. DeFazio in Support of Federal Tort Claims” dated August 3, 2016 A.D.;

(5)     Privacy Act release signed by Paul Mitchell on 8/8/2016;

(6)     Letter from Trustee, Estate of Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S. to Peter DeFazio, dated August 15, 2016 A.D.;

(7)     Press Release entitled “IRS Office of Chief Counsel Now Obstructing a Federal Tort Claim after Protecting Lois Lerner” dated September 21, 2016 A.D.;

(8)     Set of documents with cover page entitled “EVIDENCE: DO NOT DESTROY” date-stamped “RECEIVED Oct. 5, 2016 Peter A. DeFazio M.C., Eugene, OR”;

(9)     Letter from Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S., Damaged Party, to Mr. DeFazio dated 10/8/2016 A.D.;

(10)   JW Obtains IRS Documents Showing Lerner in Contact With DOJ about Potential Prosecution of Tax-Exempt Groups,” dated April 16, 2014;  and,

(11)   ELEMENTS OF LIBEL IN OREGON,” by Cynthia Hodges, J.D. LL.M, M.A. (as quoted in full supra).


PARTIAL MEMORANDUM OF LAW

Relator now incorporates the following short article entitled “ELEMENTS OF LIBEL IN OREGON,” by Cynthia Hodges, J.D., LL.M, M.A., as published at the following Internet address:

http://cynthiahodges.com/law/pages/libel.html

 

The Oregon Bar defines libel as “communicating a defamatory statement by writing or picture.”  Oregon State Bar, “Libel and Slander” at http://www.osbar.org/public/legalinfo/1186.htm.

 

Likewise, case law has defined libel as “a malicious defamation, made public either by printing, painting, writing, signs or pictures, tending to blacken the ... reputation of one who is living, and to expose him to public hatred, contempt or ridicule.”  Willetts v. Scudder, 72 Ore. 535, 541 (Or. 1914).

 

The elements for libel in Oregon appear to be that the plaintiff must prove:

 

(1)     a false and defamatory statement about the plaintiff was made;

(2)     which was an unprivileged publication to a third party;

(3)     the defendant acted intentionally or negligently;  and

(4)     damages.

 

False and defamatory statement

 

The Oregon State Bar defines defamation as “a false statement communicated to another person that damages [one’s] reputation by exposing [one] to hatred, contempt, or ridicule from other people.” Oregon State Bar, “Libel and Slander” at http://www.osbar.org/public/legalinfo/1186.htm.  “A communication is defamatory if it tends so to harm the reputation of another as to lower him in the estimation of the community or to deter third persons from associating or dealing with him."  Beecher v. Montgomery Ward & Co., 267 Ore. 496, 499-500 (Or. 1973).

 

Published to a third party

 

“Publication is an essential element of the tort of libel.”  Morrow v. II Morrow, Inc., 139 Ore. App. 212, 218 (Or. Ct. App. 1996). “'Publication,' ... includes any communication by the defendant to a third person.”  Morrow v. II Morrow, Inc., 139 Ore. App. 212, 220-221 (Or. Ct. App. 1996).

 

“The plaintiff is entitled to recover if he can show the defamatory words were understood as referring to him by persons who knew him, or if the words are such that the world would apply them to the plaintiff."  Patzer v. Liberty Communications, Inc., 58 Ore. App. 679, 682 (Or. Ct. App. 1982).


Intentional or negligent action

 

“Publication of defamatory matter is its communication intentionally or by a negligent act to one other than the person defamed."  Morrow v. II Morrow, Inc., 139 Ore. App. 212, 218 (Or. Ct. App. 1996).

 

A “presumption of malice and of general damage to reputation arises from the making of the defamation alone, and direct proof of culpability on the part of the defendant is unnecessary.”  Bank of Oregon v. Independent News, 65 Ore. App. 29, 31 (Or. Ct. App. 1983).  “The standard of care for those allegedly defamatory statements that require proof of negligence should be ordinary negligence ...  Bank of Oregon v. Independent News, 298 Ore. 434, 445 (Or. 1985).

 

Damages

 

“In a libel claim, the plaintiff need not allege or prove special damages. ‘If the communication was capable of a defamatory meaning and was so understood by the recipients, damage is assumed although no special harm or loss of reputation results therefrom.’"  C.A.R. Tow, Inc. v. Corwin, see also 76 Ore. App. 192, 195 (Or. Ct. App. 1985), Balsiger v. American Steel & Supply Co., 254 Ore. 204, 210 (Or. 1969).  Courts are “committed to the rule...[that] ‘One who falsely, and without a privilege to do so, publishes matter defamatory to another in such a manner as to make the publication a libel is liable to the other although no special harm or loss of reputation results therefrom.’"  Beecher v. Montgomery Ward & Co., 267 Ore. 496, 501 (Or. 1973), see also Harley-Davidson Motorsports, Inc. v. Markley, 279 Ore. 361, 364 (Or. 1977).

 

VERIFICATION

I, Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S., Sui Juris, Citizen of Oregon, Private Attorney General and Agent of the United States as a Qui Tam Relator, hereby verify under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the United States of America, without (outside) the “United States” (federal government), that the above statements of facts and laws is true and correct according the best of my current information, knowledge and belief, so help me God, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1746(1):  the Constitution, Law and Treaties of the United States (federal government) are the supreme Law of the Land.  See Supremacy Clause.

 

Dated:   February 27, 2017 A.D.

Signed:  /s/ Paul Andrew Mitchell

         ___________________________________________________________

Printed: Paul Andrew Mitchell, Relator/Petitioner In Propria Persona


PROOF OF SERVICE

I, Paul Andrew Mitchell, Sui Juris, hereby certify, under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the United States of America, without the “United States” (federal government), that I am at least 18 years of age, a Citizen of ONE OF the United States of America, and that I personally served the following document(s):

VERIFIED CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, ON INFORMATION:

18 U.S.C. 4, 241, 242, 1341;

OR Rev. Stat. 135.733;  and,

FREV Rule 201(c)(2)

 

by placing one true and correct copy of said document(s) in first class United States Mail, with postage prepaid and properly addressed to the following:

 

Clerk of Court

U.S. District Court

400 East Ninth Street, Room 1510

Kansas City 64106

Missouri, USA

 

Nancy Dell Freudenthal

c/o Clerk of Court

2120 Capitol Avenue, Room 2131

Cheyenne 82001-3658

Wyoming, USA

 

Scott W. Skavdahl

c/o Clerk of Court

2120 Capitol Avenue, Room 2131

Cheyenne 82001-3658

Wyoming, USA

 

Kelly H. Rankin

c/o Clerk of Court

2120 Capitol Avenue, Room 2131

Cheyenne 82001-3658

Wyoming, USA

 

Stephan Harris

c/o Clerk of Court

2120 Capitol Avenue, Room 2131

Cheyenne 82001-3658

Wyoming, USA


L. Robert Murray

c/o Office of U.S. Attorney

Post Office Box 668

Cheyenne 82003-0668

Wyoming, USA

 

Christopher Crofts

c/o Office of U.S. Attorney

Post Office Box 668

Cheyenne 82003-0668

Wyoming, USA

 

Linda Sanders

c/o Office of Warden

U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners

1900 West Sunshine Street

Springfield 65807

Missouri, USA

 

 

[Please see USPS Publication #221 for “addressing” instructions.]

 

 

 

Dated:   February 27, 2017 A.D.

 

 

 

Signed:  /s/ Paul Andrew Mitchell

         ___________________________________________________________

Printed: Paul Andrew Mitchell, Relator/Petitioner In Propria Persona


Attachments:

 

http://supremelaw.org/cc/hill/tort.claim/defazio/arbitration.htm

 

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http://supremelaw.org/press/rels/leif.to.defazio.htm

 

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http://supremelaw.org/cc/hill/tort.claim/defazio/letter.2016-08-15/objection.cease.and.desist.htm

 

http://supremelaw.org/press/rels/tort.claim.obstruction.htm

 

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http://supremelaw.org/cc/hill/tort.claim/lerner/JW1559-000183.pdf

 

http://supremelaw.org/cc/hill/tort.claim/lerner/irs.scandal.gets.worse.pdf

 

http://supremelaw.org/cc/hill/tort.claim/lerner/irs.doj.prosecution.plan.pdf

 

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[EDIT:  links to DeFazio evidence page08 thru page12 supra are available here:

http://supremelaw.org/cc/hill/tort.claim/defazio/vcc/transmittal.2.htm ]

 

http://supremelaw.org/cc/hill/tort.claim/defazio/letter.2016-10-08/question.re.jw.htm

 

http://supremelaw.org/cc/hill/tort.claim/lerner/irs.contacts.doj.re.prosecution.pdf

 

http://cynthiahodges.com/law/pages/libel.html