Paul Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S.
Citizen of Arizona state, federal witness
and Counselor at Law
c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776
Tucson [zip code exempt]
ARIZONA STATE

Under Protest, Necessity, and
by Special Visitation






                  DISTRICT COURT OF TEXAS STATE

                        JEFF DAVIS COUNTY


People of the United States     )  Case No. 1765
of America, ex relatione        )
Paul Andrew Mitchell,           )  EMERGENCY PETITION FOR
                                )  TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER:
          Petitioners,          )
                                )  Fifth Amendment,
     v.                         )  due process clause;
                                )  International Covenant on
United States et al.,           )  Civil and Political Rights,
                                )  and Universal Declaration of
          Respondents.          )  Human Rights, with explicit
                                )  reservations by Congress
________________________________)


COME NOW  the People of the United States of America (hereinafter

"Petitioners"), ex relatione  Paul  Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S.,

Citizen of  Arizona state,  expressly not a citizen of the United

States,  federal  witness,  and  Counselor  at  Law  (hereinafter

"Relator"), to  petition this  honorable Court  for an  immediate

Temporary Restraining  Order ("TRO")  restraining  all  officers,

agents, and  employees of the United States from using any lethal

force in its pending negotiations with the so-called "Republic of

Texas" Activists now situated within the geographic venue of this

honorable Court.


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     The recent  introduction of  alleged federal agents, and the

televised broadcasts  of armored personnel carriers being readied

by the  duly elected  Sheriff of Jeff Davis County, have provided

Petitioners with  probable cause to believe that bloodshed may be

imminent and,  therefore, the  doctrine of necessity now controls

in this  situation, in  order to  guarantee the objectives of the

Declaration  of   Independence  and   of  the   Preamble  in  the

Constitution for  the  United  States  of  America,  as  lawfully

amended, which prohibits summary punishment, to wit:

     "... [N]or  shall  any  person  ...  be  deprived  of  life,
     liberty, or property, without due process of law; ....

                                                 [emphasis added]


Dated:  May 1, 1997


Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Paul Andrew Mitchell

Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S.
Citizen of Arizona state, federal witness,
Counselor at Law, and Relator

all Rights reserved without prejudice


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                              ORDER

Good cause having been demonstrated for same,


IT IS  HEREBY ORDERED  that all officers, agents and employees of
the United  States now  situated within Jeff Davis County, Texas,
are hereby  restrained from  using  any  lethal  force  in  their
ongoing negotiations  with Republic  of  Texas  Activists,  until
further notice.

IT IS  FURTHER ORDERED  that there will be no further deprivation
of life,  liberty,  or  property  without  due  process  of  Law,
consistent with  the Fifth  Amendment to the Constitution for the
United States of America, as lawfully amended.


The Clerk  will serve  this ORDER  upon the nearest office of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation with all deliberate speed.



Dated:  ___________________________________________________



___________________________________________________________
District Court Judge, Jeff Davis County, Texas state


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                        PROOF OF SERVICE

I, Paul  Andrew, Mitchell,  B.A., M.S., Citizen of Arizona state,

do hereby  certify, under  the  laws  of  the  United  States  of

America, without the "United States," 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:

       EMERGENCY PETITION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER

by placing  one true  and correct  copy of  same in  first  class

United States  Mail, with  postage prepaid and properly addressed

to the following individuals:


Attorney General
Department of Justice
10th and Constitution, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
zip code exempt

Solicitor General
Department of Justice
10th and Constitution, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
zip code exempt


Dated:  May 1, 1997

/s/ Paul Andrew Mitchell

Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S.
Citizen of Arizona state, federal witness,
Counselor at Law, and Relator

all Rights reserved without prejudice


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