...and My
Motion to Dismiss
This is the latest post in what I
half-jokingly call The Kimberlin Saga®. If you are new to the story, that’s okay! Not
everyone reads my blog. The short
version is that convicted terrorist Brett Kimberlin has been harassing me for
over three years, his worst conduct being when he attempted to frame me for a
crime. I recognize that this might sound
like an incredible claim, but I provide video and documentary evidence of that
fact; in other words, you don’t have to believe my word. You only have to believe your eyes. Indeed, he sued me for saying this and lost
on the issue of truth. And more recently
when his wife came to us claiming that this convicted terrorist had threatened
her harm, we tried to help her leave him, and for that, he sued myself, John
Hoge, Robert Stacy McCain and Ali Akbar for helping his wife and he is suing
Hoge, McCain, Akbar, DB Capital Strategies, Michelle Malkin, Glenn Beck,
Patrick “Patterico” Frey, Mandy Nagy, Lee Stranahan, Erick Erickson,
Breitbart.com, the Blaze, Mercury Radio Arts, Red State, the National Bloggers
Club, and others alleging that we are
all in organized crime for reporting factually about the spate of SWATtings
committed against myself, Frey and Erickson.
So, if you are new to the story, go to this page and you’ll be able to catch up on what has
been happening.
Update: I see now how I was reasonably
misunderstood about my publishing plans.
I plan to publish my memorandum of points and authorities tomorrow and
COB, not today. My apologies for being
less than clear.
If you have
been following over at Hogewash.com,
you might know Brett Kimberlin has sued me, again. As you might recall, Brett Kimberlin had
previously sued me and some twenty-odd other people, websites, corporations and
the like claiming that I, and people like Michelle Malkin and Stacy McCain were
all in essentially organized crime in order to defame him, more or less. The suit was beyond dumb and the opinion
dismissing it can be read here,
and the opinion refusing reconsideration of that dismissal can be read here.
The short
version is that Brett alleged the following:
1) RICO claims against most of the
Defendants,
2) Civil Rights Act violations against
Patrick Frey (this is about the claim that somehow Patrick violated his
constitutional rights by talking to the police about the SWATting committed
against him),
3) The KKK Act against most defendants (including
Ali Akbar... yes, really), and
4) Various state causes of action against
most defendants.
The judge
dismissed the RICO and KKK Act stuff outright.
He decided to let the Civil Rights Act stuff stand against Patrick
alone. Finally, he had discretion as to
whether to allow the state law causes of action to go forward, so Judge Hazel
decided against it. So when all the dust
settled, the only person in the case was Patrick Frey, for this dumb Civil
Rights claim, which I believe will die at the motion for summary judgment
stage.
But the rules
also say that Brett still had 30 days to re-file those state causes of action
(if they are not otherwise barred) and so that is what he did, for the most
part. And exclusive to this site and for
the first time, you can see that complaint, here (with the usual information
redacted, of course):
Of course, if
you have read the final
complaint he filed in the RICO case, all of this will look familiar. It is pretty much the exact same complaint, only
with the federal claims dropped out, a few defendants cut out, and this new
third claim for invasion of privacy. It
is so obvious that the invasion of privacy stuff was cut and pasted from another
document that you can see that the numbering is different in that section, and
then goes back to the usual sequence for the next part. I honestly don’t remember which document he
might have been drawing from, because he has been hocking his bogus invasion of
privacy theory in many different settings.
And, of
course, he didn’t do a perfect job cutting what he needed to. For instance, most of his silly and false
accusations that this person or that “joined the RICO enterprise” was replaced with
“joined the smear campaign” or something like that. But every now and then he slips. For instance, in paragraph 52, he writes:
When
these Defendants agreed to and did publish the false narratives of the National
Bloggers Club regarding Plaintiff and the Club's fraudulent 501(c)(3) status,
they joined the RICO Enterprise. Defendant Akbar later stated that he can order
bloggers in the National Bloggers Club to target people or not target people.
Yep, he is
still beating that National Bloggers Club dead horse even though they have
actually been granted that §501(c)(3) status, proving all claims that it was a
fraud are simply false (you, dear reader, should know by now not to trust a
word he writes). But the point of
quoting that is to show he is still accidentally talking about RICO.
Another
difference is that he deleted a lot of stuff related to defendants who are not
in this case. Most of the ones not in
this case have settled, but the decision not to include Stacy McCain is...
interesting. I know Stacy didn’t settle,
so why leave him out? It could be that
Brett finally realized that Stacy didn’t write any of the things Brett was
whining about and he realized it would be unethical to continue to include...
...okay, I am
going to stop that line of thought right there.
So, barring a sudden and out-of-character pang of honesty, my best guess
is that Brett decided that something about having Stacy in the case was so
unpleasant he preferred not to do let him in again.
So this
cobbled together complaint... let’s just say it continues to do him very little
good. And since it is so similar to his
recently-mostly-dismissed RICO suit, it shouldn’t be hard to write a motion to
dismiss, right?
So, I did, and
filed it yesterday, and equally exclusive to this site, I present it to you
now. The only difference between this
and what I filed is stuff like I didn’t include my signature and the redaction
of some personal information. But
without further ado, here it is...
Oh, except all
of that is kind of a head fake, isn’t it?
Well, maybe more like a taste of what is to come. Of course the meat of it will be the
memorandum of points and authorities. Hey,
as I have told you on a regular basis, “case first, blog second”—as in, I never
let my blogging harm these cases. Brett
will probably get my entire filing tomorrow (Thursday), so at about close of
business, I will share what I filed.
Hopefully there will be some popcorn-worthy moments although I don’t
want to over-hype it. To be blunt, given
that Brett more or less filed the same document that was just dismissed, you
can imagine that the majority of my writing is going to look very
familiar. I would guess that about two-thirds
of my memorandum is old material reworked for this new context, and that the
remaining third is new stuff. But even
where I was cutting and pasting stuff, you can see that I still gave things a
fresh look. In short, I am saying to
long-time readers, “don’t assume because a section looks similar there isn’t
something new there.” On the other hand,
much of what I wrote might only be interesting the law geeks such as myself.
Always stock up before watching Brett Kimberlin fail in court! |
And of course
there is something kind of funny buried in the complaint. In fact, if you read over this
post you might see it. And if you
don’t, I’ll hit you over the head with it before too long.
Anyway, so
Brett will have to file his response in 15 days, which would be May 13, and I am
likely to share his response. And you
know what that means...
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My wife and I
have lost our jobs due to the harassment of convicted terrorist (and
adjudicated pedophile) Brett Kimberlin, including an attempt to get us killed
and to frame me for a crime carrying a sentence of up to ten years. I know that claim sounds fantastic, but if you
read starting here,
you will see absolute proof of these claims using documentary and video
evidence. If you would like to help in
the fight to hold Mr. Kimberlin accountable, please hit the donation link on
the right. And thank you.
Follow me at
Twitter @aaronworthing, mostly for
snark and site updates. And you can
purchase my book (or borrow it for free if you have Amazon Prime), Archangel: A
Novel of Alternate, Recent History here.
And you can read a little more about my
novel, here.
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Disclaimer:
I have accused
some people, particularly Brett Kimberlin, of reprehensible conduct. In some cases, the conduct is even
criminal. In all cases, the only justice
I want is through the appropriate legal process—such as the criminal justice
system. I do not want to see vigilante
violence against any person or any threat of such violence. This kind of conduct is not only morally
wrong, but it is counter-productive.
In the
particular case of Brett Kimberlin, I do not want you to even contact him. Do not call him. Do not write him a letter. Do not write him an email. Do not text-message him. Do not engage in any kind of directed
communication. I say this in part
because under Maryland law, that can quickly become harassment and I don’t want
that to happen to him.
And for that
matter, don’t go on his property. Don’t
sneak around and try to photograph him.
Frankly try not to even be within his field of vision. Your behavior could quickly cross the line
into harassment in that way too (not to mention trespass and other concerns).
And do not
contact his organizations, either. And
most of all, leave his family alone.
The only
exception to all that is that if you are reporting on this, there is of course
nothing wrong with contacting him for things like his official response to any
stories you might report. And even then
if he tells you to stop contacting him, obey that request. That this is a key element in making out a
harassment claim under Maryland law—that a person asks you to stop and you
refuse.
And let me say
something else. In my heart of hearts, I
don’t believe that any person supporting me has done any of the above. But if any of you have, stop it, and if you
haven’t don’t start.
You put a big smile on my face with this and I'm hoping for a bigger one this evening.
ReplyDeleteIt's good to be a happy warrior ...
Best of luck, brother.
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