Ellen Thomas William Thomas Concepcion Picciotto 2817 11th Street N.W. Apt. B 2817 11th Street N.W. Apt. B P.O.B 4931 Washington, D.C. 20001 Washington, D.C. 20001 Washington, D.C. 20008 202-462-0757 202-462-0757
MARY HUDDLE
P.O. BOX 27217
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20038
CONCEPCION PICCIOTTO,
WHITE HOUSE ANTI-NUCLEAR VIGIL,
P.O. Box 4951
Washington, DC 20008
ELLEN THOMAS,
PEACE PARK ANTI-NUCLEAR VIGIL,
2817 11th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
WILLIAM THOMAS
PEACE PARK ANTI-NUCLEAR VIGIL,
2817 11th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
PHILIP JOSEPH
P.O. BOX 27217
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20038
SUNRISE S. HARMONY
P.O. BOX 27217
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20038
SCOTT GALINDEZ
P.O. BOX 27217
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20038
KARIN LOVE CARTWRIGHT
2817 11th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Director, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Old Executive Office Building
1602 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C.,
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
Executive Protection Branch
l800 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC
MANUEL LUJAN
Secretary, Interior Department (DOI)
18th and D Streets, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
RICHARD ROBBINS, DOI
18th and D Streets, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
RANDY MEYERS, DOI
18th and D Streets, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
MANUS J. FISH,
National Park Service (NPS)
1100 Ohio Drive, S.W.
Washington, D.C.
SANDRA ALLEY, NPS
1100 Ohio Drive, S.W.
Washington, D.C.,
UNITED STATES PARK POLICE (USPP)
1100 Ohio Dr. S.W.
Washington, D.C.
LYNN HERRING, Chief, USPP
1100 Ohio Drive, S.W.
Washington, D.C.
JAMES LINDSEY, USPP
1100 Ohio Drive, S.W.
Washington, D.C.
DEPUTY CHIEF LANGSTROM, USPP
1100 Ohio Drive, S.W.
Washington, D.C.
MAJOR HOLMSBURG, USPP
1100 Ohio Dr. S.W.
Washington, D.C.
CAPTAIN BARRETT, USPP
1100 Ohio Drive, S.W.
Washington, D.C.,
LT. HUGH IRWIN, USPP
1100 Ohio Drive, S.W.
Washington, D.C.
LT. CLIPPER, USPP
1100 Ohio Dr. S.W.
Washington, D.C.
SGT. McNALLY, USPP
1100 Ohio Dr. S.W.
Washington, D.C.
SGT. RULE, USPP
1100 Ohio Dr. S.W.
Washington, D.C.
OFFICER FEREBEE, USPP
1100 Ohio Dr. S.W.
Washington, D.C.
PRIVATE KEVIN FORNSHILL, USPP
1100 Ohio Drive, S.W.
Washington, D.C.
PRIVATE LESLIE WAITE, USPP
1100 Ohio Drive, S.W.
Washington, D.C.
PRIVATE MICHELLE BERKOWITZ, USPP
1100 Ohio Drive, S.W.
Washington, D.C.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Metropolitan Police Force
l350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC
Captain MICHAEL CANFIELD
D.C. Metropolitan Police
500 Indiana Ave. NW,
Washington, D.C.
QUESTIONS PRESENTED ................................................................. i
PARTIES IN THE DISTRICT COURT ................................................. ii
TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................... v
RELATED CASES ........................................................................... viii
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ............................................................... ix
ABBREVIATIONS USED HEREIN ...................................................... xiii
GROUNDS FOR JURISDICTION OF THIS COURT ............................... xiv
1. Opinions Below ....................................................................... xiv
2. Statutory Provision Sustaining Jurisdiction .................................... xiv
CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS AND STATUTES ............................. xv
I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE ........................................................ 1
II. DISCUSSION ............................................................................. 5
A. THE CIRCUIT COURT ERRED IN GRANTING SUMMARY
AFFIRMANCE OF THE DISTRICT COURT'S DISMISSAL ......... 6
1. The Lower Courts Erred in Holding that Petitioners Failed
to State a Claim under 42 U.S.C. 1985(3) and 1986 ......................
12
a) The District Court Twice Granted Relief
On the Basis of Facts Which Remain Undisputed ................
12
b) The Heightened Pleading Standard Was Met ..................... 14
i) Some Non-Conclusory Allegations of Respondents'
Common Plan ..........................................................
16
c) Factual Issues in Dispute Preclude Dismissal ..................... 21
i) Two Brief Meetings of Minds to Illustrate Cause and Effect of Respondents' Major Conspiracy ................................ 24
ii) A Recent Unexamined Meeting of Minds Intended to Stifle Opposition to War ................................................ 25
aa) The Lower Courts Erred in Dismissing Claims Against the President .................. 27
iii) A Meeting of Minds to Illustrate
the "On-Going Conflict" ........................................
28
aa) Respondents are Not Entitled to Official Immunity .......................................... 30
iv) A Meeting of Minds in Furtherance of the Main
Conspiracy .........................................................
32
v) Another Unexamined Meeting of Minds Pursuing the Same Objective ............................................................ 35
2. The District Court Erred in Failing to View the Complaint
in a Light Most Favorable to Petitioners ...................................
37
a) Who is Telling the Truth? ............................................ 38
b) Chronological Precision or Judicial Precision? .................. 39
c) Victims or Victimizer? ................................................ 39
d) Who Goaded Whom? .................................................. 40
3. The District Courts Erred in Failing to Consider
the Complaint Carefully ...........................................................
41
a) The Lower Courts Erred in Failing to Address Petitioners'
Allegations with Respect to 42 USC Section 1985(4) ............
42
b) The Lower Courts Erred in Failing to Address Petitioners'
Allegations with Respect to Respondents' Publication of RN 1024-
AB93, Federal Register Vol. 55 No. 193 ps. 40879-40881 ..... 42
c) The Lower Courts Erred in Failing to Address Petitioners'
Allegations with Respect to Respondents' Application of
36 C.F.R 2.12. ...........................................................
44
d) The Lower Courts Erred in Failing to Address Petitioners'
Allegations with Respect to Respondents' Application of
Various District of Columbia's Statutes ..........................
45
i) The Lower Courts Erred in Holding that Petitioners Failed
to State a Claim Under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 ........ 45
e) The Lower Courts Erred in Failing to Address Petitioners'
Allegations With Respect to Respondents' False Testimony and Publications
...............................................................
47
f) The Lower Courts Erred in Failing to Address Petitioners Claims Under the Fifth Amendment .......................................... 48
g) The Lower Courts Erred in Failing to Address Petitioners Claims Under the Ninth Amendment .......................................... 49
4. The Lower Courts Erred in Holding that Petitioners Failed to Allege Discriminatory Animus .................................................... 49
B. THE LOWER COURTS ERRED IN FAILING TO CONDUCT A
HEARING ON PETITIONERS' MOTIONS FOR SANCTIONS .... 51
1. The First Motion for Sanctions ..........................................
52
2. The Second Motion for Sanctions ......................................
53
III. IMPORTANCE OF THE CASE ..................................................... 55
IV. CONCLUSION .......................................................................... 60
APPENDIX with INDEX .............................................................. App. ps.1-325
Thomas v. Lujan, 791 F. Supp. 321; USDC Cir. No. 92-5204
currently pending
decision of Respondents' (there Appellees) Motion for Summary
Affirmance ......................................................................................
43
Thomas v. News World Communications, 681 F. Supp. 55-74
(1988) ........... 7, 8, 46
("Thomas I")
Thomas v. United States, 696 F. Supp. 702-714 (1988)
.......... 7, 8, 9, 15, 17, 23, 28, 35
("Thomas II")
* United States v. Jane Doe, 968 F.2d (1992) ........................................... 3, 26, 44
United States v. Harmony, 702 F. Supp. 295 (1988) ................................. 58
United States v. Picciotto, 875 F.2d 345 (1989) .................................... 3, 43
United States v. Picciotto and Thomas, USDC Cr. No. 82-243 .................... 23
United States v. Picciotto and Thomas, USDC Cr. No. 82-358 (1983) ........... 59
United States v. Thomas, USDC Cr. No. 83-0056 (1983) ........................... 56, 58
* United States v. Thomas, USDC Cr. No. 91-232 ...................................... 45
* United States v. Thomas, 557 A.2d 1296 (Dist. Col. 1989) ............ 30, 31, 32, 33, 38 ("Thomas III")
United States v. Thomas, et al, USDC Cr. Nos. 87-62, 87-64 (1987) ................ 58
United States v. Thomas and Thomas, 864 F.2d 188 (1988) ............ 12, 37, 57, 59
*United States v. Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Picciotto, Dorrough,
Manning
and Nelson, USDC Cr. 84-255 (1984) ................................................
17, 48, 59
Action v. Gannon, 450 F.2d 1227 ......................................................... 50
* Adickes v. Kress, 398 U.S. 144 ......................................................... 15
Airport Commissioners v. Jews for Jesus, 482 U.S. 203 (1986) ................... 5
AM Int'l Inc. v. Eastman Kodak, 39 Fed.R.Serv.2d (Callaghn) 433 ............ 54
Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, 477 U.S. 317 (1988) ..................................... 27
* Baggett v. Bullitt, 377 U.S. 976 ......................................................... 22
* Bell v. Hood, 327 U.S. 678 ............................................................... 46
* Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents, 483 U.S. 388 (1971) .................... 36, 46
Boos v. Barry, 485 U.S. 312 (1989) ...................................................... 5
* Bounds v. Smith, 430 U.S. 817 .......................................................... 55
Brandon v. D.C. Parole Board, 734 F.2d 56 ........................................... 41
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners v. Scott, 103 S. Ct. 3352 ................ 50
Brown v. Louisiana, 383 US l3l (l96l) ................................................... 5, 34
* Buckley v. Veleo, 424 U.S. 1 ............................................................ 49
* Cantwell v. Connecticut, 310 U.S. 303 ................................................ 56
Carey v. Brown, 447 U.S. 455 (1980) .................................................... 5
CCNV v. Watt, 703 F.2d 589 ............................................................. 17, 19, 36
Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317 .................................................. 16
Clark v. CCNV, 468 U.S. 288 .................................................... 7, 17, 18, 19, 36
City Council v. Taxpayers for Vincent, 103 S. Ct. 2118 ............................ 7
City of Newport v. Facts Concerts, 453 U.S. 267 ..................................... 14
Coates v. Cincinnati, 402 U.S. 611 ....................................................... 5
* Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41 (1957) ................................................. 12, 22
Cox v. Louisiana, 379 U.S. 536 (1965) .................................................. 5
Dombrowski v. Pfister, 380 U.S. 479 .................................................... 22
Eastway Construction Corp v. City of New York, 762 F.2d 243 ................. 54
District of Columbia v. Carter, 409 U.S. 418 .......................................... 46
Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347 (1976) ..................................................... 6
Ex Parte Young, 209 U.S. 122 ............................................................. 22
* Felton v. United States, 96 U.S. 703 ................................................... 57
Fitzgerald v. Seamans, 553 F.2d 220 (1971) ............................................ 16
Frito-Lay v. Willoughby, 863 F.2d 1029 ................................................ 27
* Glasson v. City of Louisville, 518 F.2d 899 (5th Cir.),
cert denied, 423 U.S. 930 .................................................................
46, 50
Gregory v. Chicago, 394 U.S. 111 (1969) ............................................... 5
* Hague v. C.I.O., 307 U.S. 496 (1939) ................................................. 5, 44, 49
* Halbertstan v. Welch, 705 F.2d 481 ................................................... 21
Hampton v. Hanrahan, 600 F.2d 600, 446 U.S. 754 ................................. 50
Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800 ....................................................... 31
Heisler v. Thomas, 24 ALR 1215; aff'd 260 U.S. 245 ............................... 7
* Hobson v. Wilson, 737 F.2d 1 (1984) ....................................... 16, 22, 31, 46, 50
Iannelli v. United States, 420 U.S. 770 .................................................. 56
In re Pope, 679 F.2d 931 (1982) ........................................................... 41
Jamison v. Texas, 318 U.S. 413 (1943) .................................................. 5
Johnson v. Virginia, 373 U.S. 61 ......................................................... 35
Keating v. Carey, 706 F.2d 377 ........................................................... 50
Kollander v. Lawson, 461 U.S. 352 ...................................................... 17
* MacArthur Area Citizens Association v. Republic of Peru, 823 F. 2d 606 ..... 53, 54
* Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cranch 149 (1803) .......................................... 27, 55, 59
Marlowe v. Fisher Body, 489 F.2d 1057 ................................................ 50
Matthews v. Glenn, 41 S.E. 735 ........................................................... 9
Means v. Wilson, 522 F.2d 833, 424 U.S. 958, cert. denied ........................ 50
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe v. Carlucci, 353 F. Supp 973 .......................... 27
Mobile County v. Kimball, 102 U.S. 691 ............................................... 9
Monell v. New York, 430 U.S. 690 ....................................................... 57
Morisette v. United States, 342 U.S. 246 ............................................... 60
Murdock v. Pennsylvania 319 U.S. 105 (1949) ......................................... 58
Neff v. George, 354 Ill. 306; 4 NE 195(a) ............................................... 7
New York Times v. United States, 427 U.S. 763 ..................................... 6
Newburry v. Ruffin, 45 S.E.2d 733 ................................................... 9-10
Ragsdale v. R.R. Co., 82 Miss 847 ....................................................... 9
Ramirez de Arellano v. Weinberger, 745 F.2d 1500 (1984) ....................... 6, 14
Redwood v. Council of D.C, 679 F.2d 931 (1982) .................................. 41
Ricks v. United States, 414 F.2d 1097, 134 U.S.App.D.C. 201 ................... 30
Rizzo v. Goode, 432 U.S. 362 (1976) ..................................................... 30
Scheuer v. Rhodes, 416 U.S. 232 (1974) ................................................ 37
Schneider v. State, 308 U.S. 147 (1939) ................................................. 20
Seamster v. Blackstock, 2 S.E. 38 ....................................................... 10
Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham, 382 U.S. 87 (1965) ................................... 34
* Sills v. Bureau of Prisons, 761 F.2d 792 (DC Cir. 1985) ........................... 41
* Spence v. Washington, 418 U.S. 411 (1969) ......................................... 5, 56
* Taxpayers Watchdog v. Stanley, 819 F.2d 294 (D.C. Cir. 1987) ............... 5
Taylor v. Louisiana, 378 U.S. 154 ........................................................ 35
* Terminiello v. Chicago, 337 U.S. 4 (1945) ........................................... 5
* Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989) ................................................ 5, 44, 57
Thornbill v. Alabama, 310 U.S. 88 (1940) .............................................. 5
Thomas v. Review Board, 450 U.S. 707 (1981) ........................................ 58
Tinker v. Des Moines, 393 U.S. 503 ..................................................... 5
* United States v. Abney, 543 F.2d 984 (1976) ...................................... 35
* United States v. Eichman, 58 LW 4745 (1990) ...................................... 5
United States v. Grace, 461 U.S. 177 .................................................... 5, 44
United States v. Musser, 873 F.2d 1513 ................................................ 7, 33, 34
United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 .................................................... 27
United States v. O'Brien, 391 U.S. 368 (1969) ........................................ 5
Walker v. Washington, 627 F.2d 541 (D.C. Cir.), cert
denied,
449 U.S. 994 (1980) ..........................................................................
5
Ward v. Connor, 657 F.2d 45, cert. denied, 455 U.S. 907 ......................... 50
Ward v. Rock Against Racism, 490 U.S. 781, 790 (1989) .......................... 44
Warner v. Louisiana, 368 U.S. 157 (1961) ............................................. 35
Watson v. Memphis, 373 U.S. 526 (1962) .............................................. 34
* Westmoreland v. CBS, 770 F.2d 1168 ................................................ 52, 53, 54
White House Vigil for ERA v. Clark,
746 F.2d 1518 ....................................................
7, 18, 19, 20, 28, 29, 33, 44, 47
White Motor Co. v. United States, 372 U.S. 253 (1953) ............................ 32
* Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 (1972) ............................................. 58
Wood v. Strickland, 420 U.S. 308 ........................................................ 31
Wright v. Georgia, 373 U.S. 284 ......................................................... 35
22 Col.L.R. 72 ................................................................................. 60
90 Harv.L.Rev. 1721 (1977), Private Conspiracies to Violate Civil Rights ..... 50
L. Tribe, American Constitutional Law, Sec. 14-10 ................................. 58
C. Wright & A. Miller, Federal Practice and Procedure,
Sec. 1357,
p. 304 (1990) ..................................................................................
6
Sanctions Under the New Federal Rule 11, A Closer Look, 104
F.R.D
182 (1985) ......................................................................................
55
Words and Phrases ........................................................................... 10
"App. p. ___" - Appendix hereto, page ___.
NOTE: [APPENDIX PAGE NUMBERS APPEAR IN UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER
OF PAGE]
"Docket # 45 Exhibit ___" - Clarification of Complaint
filed January 17, 1989,
Exhibits which correspond to Appendix hereto (See Index)
"Huddle Memo" - Dismissal Order below, May 24, 1991
"Mag. Memo" - January 13, 1987, Magistrate Burnett, Thomas II
"RECORD" - Record of this case
"S.CMPLT" - Supplemental Complaint herein, filed March 21, 1991, Docket #96
"Thomas I"/"II"/"III" - Identified
in Huddle Memo, p. 4; Related Cases
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons ... papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated...."
"No person shall be ... deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law...."
"In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved...."
"The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
"Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress. For the purposes of this section, any Act of Congress applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia shall be considered to be a statute of the District of Columbia."
xv
"If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire or go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another, for the purpose of depriving, either directly or indirectly, any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the law, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws; in any case of conspiracy set forth in this section, if one or more persons engaged therein do, or cause to be done, any act in furtherance of the object of such conspiracy, whereby another is injured in his person or property, or deprived of having and exercising any right or privilege of a citizen of the United States, the party so injured or deprived may have an action for the recovery of damages occasioned by such injury or deprivation, against any one or more of the conspirators."
"having knowledge that any of the wrongs conspired to be done and mentioned in Section 1985 of this Title, are about to be committed, and having power to prevent or aid in preventing the commission of the same, neglects or refuses to do so if such wrongful act be committed...."
Federal Register,, June 4, 1982, Vol. 47, No. 108, p. 24299-24306
Regulation cited at Appendix, hereto, Exhibit A .................................ps.
A-7, A-8
36 C.F.R. 7.96(g)(vii)
36 C.F.R. 7.96(i)(1)
Formerly codified at 36 C.F.R. 50.27(a)
Federal Register, June 17, 1983, Vol. 48, No. 118, ps. 28058-28063
Regulation cited at Appendix, hereto, Exhibit A .................................ps.
A-16, A-17
36 C.F.R. 7.96(g)(5)(viii)
36 C.F.R. 7.96(g)(5)(ix)
Formerly codified at 36 C.F.R. 50.19(e)(9) and (10)
Federal Register, March 5, 1986, Vol. 51, No. 43, p. 7556-7566,
Regulation cited at Appendix Exhibit A ....................................................p.
A-32
36 C.F.R. 7.96(g)(5)(x)(A)(1)
36 C.F.R. 7.96(g)(5)(x)(A)(2)
36 C.F.R. 7.96(g)(5)(x)(A)(3)
36 C.F.R. 7.96(g)(5)(x)(A)(4)
36 C.F.R. 7.96(g)(5)(x)(B)(2)
Formerly codified at 36 C.F.R. 50.19(e)(11) and (12)
Federal Register Vol. 57 No. 25, ps. 4574-4576
Regulation cited at Appendix, hereto, Exhibit A .................................ps.
A-38
Publication of RN 1024-AB93, Federal Register Vol. 55 No. 193 ps. 40879-40881, cited at Appendix, hereto, Exhibit A ...................................................ps. A-33, A-35
36 C.F.R. 7.96(j)(1)(2)
36 C.F.R. 2.12(a)(1)(i)
Regulation cited at Appendix, hereto, Exhibit A ......................................... p. A-39
D.C. Code 22-1121
Regulation cited at Appendix, hereto, Exhibit A ......................................... p. A-39
D.C. Code 22-403
Regulation cited at Appendix, hereto, Exhibit A ......................................... p. A-39