Time: Thu Oct 16 18:13:21 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA16333 for [address in tool bar]; Thu, 16 Oct 1997 18:11:30 -0700 (MST) by usr01.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id SAA28952; Thu, 16 Oct 1997 18:08:48 -0700 (MST) Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 18:09:50 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: Eyewitness at Roby Rallies When the Montana Freemen were surrounded by 633 federal agents, the standoff had escalated to the point that armored cars and ambulances were en route. That was probable cause for me to believe that bloodshed was imminent. So, on behalf of the People of the USA, I filed a civil action in Garfield county court, Montana, for a Temporary Restraining Order (aka "TRO"), to restrain all government officers and employees from using any lethal force in their ongoing negotiations with the Montana Freemen, and also from depriving any Citizens of Montana within that county of Their life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. The Petition in such a case need not be elaborate or lengthy, because time is of the essence. As I recall, it was only 3 to 4 pages, total. You can see that original Petition in the Supreme Law Library, in the case of People v. United States et al. The exact same thing could be done in Roby, as a way of bringing everyone into court, at least to chill any trigger-happy law enforcement personnel, and to review such matters of fact as the existence/absence of any verified complaints. TRO = Temporary Restraining Order These usually last about 30 days, then they are converted to a permanent injunction, on application of the Plainitiff(s). In People v. United States, the Plaintiffs, obviously, were all the People of the USA. /s/ Paul Mitchell http://supremelaw.com copy: Supreme Law School At 04:40 PM 10/16/97 +0900, you wrote: >Paul: As a non-lawyer, I don't understand the following. It sounds >important and I'd appreciate it if you could explain it in nonlegalese. >Thanks, Wes > >At 01:33 PM 10/16/97 -0700, you wrote: >>The legal foundation for a Temporary Restraining Order ("TRO"), >>against any and all lethal force, can be found in the >>original Petition filed in People v. United States et al., >>in Garfield county, Montana. That petition was deliberately >>short, because of the exigency of that situation; Roby is >>no different. I don't know how to make it any easier, >>ladies and gentlemen. If none of you has enough courage, nor >>one measly docket fee, then you can take responsibility for >>some of the consequences that result from failing to act. >>Confer at "Contributory negligence" in Black's Law Dictionary. >> >>This is my contribution: >> >> TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER >> against any and all lethal force and >> against any deprivation of life, liberty, >> or property, without due process of law >> >>People v. United States is now published in the >>Supreme Law Library, at the URL just below >>my name here. >> >>Learn from history, or condemn yourself to repeat it. >> >>/s/ Paul Mitchell >>http://supremelaw.com > > >
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