Time: Sat Nov 16 07:50:53 1996 To: joseph.d.robertson@nhmccd.cc.tx.us From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: Habeas Corpus ready? Cc: amm@azstarnet.com Bcc: Dale, My former client, Sheila Wallen, was convinced to believe, falsely, that I am a government agent, at a crucial point in my post-conviction strategy for her. I now have strong evidence to prove that the man who convinced her of this false belief is a criminal for other reasons. His lie to her caused her to drop me like a rock, the moment this man succeeded in making her believe I am a deep cover government operative, which I am not. She was sentenced to prison, where she now sits. It occurs to be that we have excellent grounds for a Habeas Corpus here, because my strategy was not allowed to work; she should be released, pending litigation of the Removal, Notice and Demand for Temporary Assignment of a Judge from the Court of International Trade, and the Petition for Order to Show Cause. Copies of these have already been sent to you. The Ninth Circuit docketed the Notice and Demand as a Mandamus, but at that point I was pulled off the case and no longer received updates. It is recent enough that the Clerk of the Ninth Circuit may remember it. I also have contacts among the Ninth Circuit legal staff, if you really need to dip into the well. Let me know what you think. This could be a real triumph for you. I argue that she should be released from prison O.R., pending resolution of all this litigation. This is due process of law. FYI, we have already filed a good brief on the fundamental Right to effective assistance of Counsel, so we can simply extend that argument to cover the criminal consequences of lying to her, in order to get me removed from the case. See what I mean about "scuttling"? I do not have the Ninth Circuit docket number, unfortunately, but this should be easy enough to locate. /s/ Paul Mitchell copy: David Wallen, Sheila's brother
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