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No. 10-3000
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
vs.
Defendant-Appellants.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Authorities…………………………………………………………....p 2
Jurisdiction……………………………………………………………………..p.3.
Legal argument…………………………………………………………………p 9
A. The Court erred in assuming jurisdiction over the case in diversity, when
the lead plaintiff did not provide any evidence of her state citizenship….p9
POLICY…………………………………………………………..P21
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BELCHER . ……………………………………………………………….p23
F. CONCLUSION…………………………………………..………………..p25
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
3. Bautista v Pan American World Airlines, Inc. (1987, CA9 Cal) 828 F2d
4. Roche v Lincoln Prop. Co. (2004, CA4 Va) 373 F3d 610………….…p10
1225………….…………………………………………………………………..p11
6.Filla v Norfolk & Southern Ry. (2003, CA8 Mo) 336 F3d 806………...p12
7. Jeter v Jim Walter Homes, Inc. (1976, WD Okla) 414 F Supp 791.259.p12
8. Shahmoon Industries, Inc. v Imperato (1964, CA3 NJ) 338 F2d 449, 9 FR
10,Maier v. Orr, 758 F.2d 1578, 1584 (Fed. Cir. 1985); Meeks v. Jewel Cos., 845
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Certification
The appeal does not exceed the allowed number of pages or words
JURISDICTION
comes from the United District Court for the District of Pennsylvania. The appeal
deals with the issue of lack of jurisdiction for the federal courts to hear the case,
due to the fact that the case was filed in diversity, however the lead plaintiff never
provided any evidence of her state citizenship. Without such evidence, no federal
court has jurisdiction to hear the case and the case needs to be dismissed, which
Case at hand was filed on May, 4, 2009 by Pennsylvania Attorney Philip J. Berg
(hereinafter Berg) as a plaintiff and an attorney for plaintiffs, who are Appellees
herein. Lead Plaintiff is one Lisa Renee Liberi, (hereinafter Liberi), who has at
Liberi's latest conviction was in the state of CA, in 2008, when she received eight
year prison term, which was subsequently reduced to three years probation due to
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her medical problems. (case FWV028000, defendant 1608112 Lisa Renee Liberi,
aka Lisa Courville Richardson, aka Lisa Courville Rich, aka Lisa Richardson and
case FSB044914 for Lisa Liberi ) (Appendix 1 Lisa Liberi's mug shot and
on 10.07.10 in this case, he employs Liberi as his paralegal and she drafted
pleadings, which he filed with courts. Berg is known as an attorney, who filed
legal actions against Bush administration, claiming, that President Bush was
involved in 9/11 attacks. Berg was, also, the first attorney to file a legal action
questioning Barack Obama's eligibility to U.S. presidency. His case Berg v Obama
was filed in the Eastern District of PA, this Court and the Supreme Court of the
United States. Berg admitted that Berg v Obama complaint was drafted by Liberi
and filed with the courts by him. Appellant Orly Taitz is a president of Defend
and as an attorney in the state of CA. Taitz is very outspoken in regards to the
need for transparency in the government and adherence to the Constitution. Taitz
contacted Berg and let him know that she is concerned about the fact, that he filed
forger Liberi. Taitz asked Berg, if he would allow her and a forensic document
expert review the originals of the affidavits from Africa, attesting to Obama's birth
there. Taitz let Berg know, that while she believes that this constitutional issue
needs to be resolved in courts and original vital records need to be reviewed, use
of a document forger does not help the case. Taitz, also, advised Berg, that Liberi
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she is not allowed to handle credit cards of others. Berg runs large nation wide
donations drives, where thousands of people donated, since he has cases against
both Bush and Obama administrations. Taitz advised Berg, that he is endangering
the public by continuously working with a convicted thief Liberi. Berg never
responded and never agreed to allow Taitz and her expert to review the original
documents from Africa in question. Taitz posted on the website for her foundation
criminal record of Lisa Liberi. It was done with a proper purpose of warning the
public. Berg filed this legal action on 05. 04.09 in the Eeastern District of PA
District Court. He listed jurisdiction under diversity and nature of the suit Assault,
Libel, Slander. In this suit he claimed that he and his paralegal were slandered,
because, she is not Lisa Renee Liberi, who was convicted in CA and allowed to
reside only in CA and NM, according to her probation, but rather a different Lisa
Renee Liberi, who happens to have the same first, middle and last name and the
same birth date, but allegedly is a different woman, an innocent woman, who is
Liberi's home address, but rather gave his business address as her address. Taitz
has provided the court with a positive ID of Liberi's mug shot, as one, who was
convicted in CA and also one who appeared in front of the Presiding Judge
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Taitz and her foundation Berg sued a number of other individuals and entities, all
of whom were whistleblowers, exposing to the public the fact, that Attorney Berg
is using a convicted forger and thief Lisa Liberi as his assistant. Berg filed
multiple motions in the district Court and in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals,
requesting this case to be sealed, claiming that Liberi's life is in danger. Neither
the District court nor the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ever found any value in
Berg's claims and never granted his motions. The District Court case was
suspended by Judge Robreno, while Berg filed his appeal. When the Third Circuit
Court of Appeals issued an order to show cause to Berg, to show cause why within
a period of half a year he never produced a transcript, that he was appealing, Berg
abruptly withdrew his interlocutory appeal. On 06. 04.10 Judge Robreno issued
an order and memorandum, where he assumed jurisdiction over the case based
on Diversity of citizenship and ordered the case severed into two cases and
Taitz filed a motion for Reconsideration on 06.14.10, arguing that the court erred
Appeal and requested transcripts of two hearings held by the court: on 06.25.09
and on 08.07.09. On 07.26.09 the plaintiffs filed yet another motion to keep the
transcript of the 08.07.09 hearing under seal. Plaintiffs also filed a motion with the
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Third Circuit Court of Appeals to dismiss the appeal due to lack of jurisdiction.
On 07.29.2010 defendants responded in the District Court by pointing out, that the
On 07.30.10. Plaintiffs filed a reply, where they claimed, that Judge Robreno's
during 08.07.09 hearing, but such records need to be sealed. Plaintiffs made up an
Attorney and Doctor Orly Taitz tried to hire a hit man to kill Lisa Liberi, and that
is the reason, why Liberi's "allegedly existent" Pennsylvania driver's license needs
to be sealed, and the court needs to decide that she is a resident of PA without
providing the defendants with any proof or any evidence of her residence.
On 08.31.10 the transcript of the 08.07.09 hearing was released to the Third
Circuit Court of Appeals and published on court public terminal. The transcript
showed, that during the hearing the Plaintiff's attorney Berg promised to provide
the court Liberi's driver's license, however he committed Fraud on the Court and
never provided such Driver's license. The driver's license is not an exhibit with
the transcript of the hearing and is not listed with any exhibits anywhere on the
docket. On 10.28.10 with her motion pleadings Taitz provided the court with the
Affidavits of Caren Hale and Ed Hale (Appendix Vol 2, #3), who were present at
the 08.07.09 hearing and declared under penalty of perjury, that Attorney Berg did
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not tend to Judge Robreno any documents, and that Berg left the courtroom at the
same time as they did. They also identified Lisa Liberi, as the same person, who is
depicted on the mug shot as a California convicted felon and as the same woman,
who appeared during the 08.07.09 hearing, claiming to be a different person, who
was not convicted of any crimes and who resides in PA. The most egregious error
any evidence of state residence of the lead plaintiff. Due to this error, the
decision of the District court needs to be reversed and the case needs to be
Amended Motion to Dismiss for 12(b) lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction and
LEGAL ARGUMENT
when the lead plaintiff did not provide any evidence of her state
citizenship.
Case at hand was filed based on diversity. For diversity parties are required to
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has burden to show, first, that applicable statute confers jurisdiction, and,
limitations of due
process. Weight v Kawasaki Motors Corp. (1985, ED Va) 604 F Supp 968.
than California but failing to allege that plaintiffs were all citizens of
CA9 Cal) 828 F2d 546, 126 BNA LRRM 2559, 107 CCH LC P 10159.
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were citizens of State; also patient only sought $ 10,000 in cost and
unspecified amount for other damages, which did not meet amount in
Supp 2d 1225.
dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because there was risk that
if John Doe's identity were discovered there could have been no diversity,
result of allowing case with only one party and only state law claims to
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so, it properly declined to decide doubtful question of state law and, instead,
Filla v Norfolk & Southern Ry. (2003, CA8 Mo) 336 F3d 806.
whether there are adequate grounds to sustain its jurisdiction over subject
matter. Shahmoon Industries, Inc. v Imperato (1964, CA3 NJ) 338 F2d 449,
Court has duty to look to its own jurisdiction and lack of subject matter
jurisdiction may be asserted by court, sua sponte, at any time. Jeter v Jim
preponderance of evidence.
Plaintiffs did not present any evidence, not a shred of evidence, showing
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probation she can reside only in CA or NM, she is subject to the jurisdiction
Federal court. If Federal court does not have jurisdiction to hear the case, it
another Federal Court a case, where it did not have jurisdiction in the
first place, as other Federal Courts equally will not have jurisdiction.
Pennsylvania. While Berg stated at the 08.07.09 hearing, that he will provide
the court with Liberi’s driver’s license and other documents, he never provided
any documents. The docket and transcripts do not show any vital records for
On the other hand the court refused to consider any and all evidence provided
criminal convictions, showing that she is not allowed to reside in any other
state except CA and NM until the end of her probation in March of 2011.
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OF PENSYLVANIA
Liberi is the lead plaintiff in this case. Her citizenship is at issue for the purpose of
the court assuming jurisdiction in diversity. It is also the linchpin of the case, as
she and her attorney are claiming, that she was defamed and slandered, because,
she is not Lisa Rene Liberi, born in 1965 and convicted in CA, but a different Lisa
Rene Liberi, born in 1965, who was never convicted of forgery and theft and who
Liberi and Berg are refusing to provide her driver's license to prove her PA
citizenship. Without any shred of proof they made up a story, claiming that
attorney Orly Taitz tried to hire a hit man to kill Liberi, and this is the reason, why
the District Court should assume jurisdiction in diversity without any shred of
evidence.
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The District Court showed bias and abuse of judicial discretion in giving
Defendants.
a. Defendant's provided Liberi's mug shot and summary of her criminal record,
showing that Liberi is not allowed to reside in any other state aside from Ca and
NM according to the terms of her probation. Judge Robreno saw Liberi right in
from of him during the 08.07.09 hearing. He could plainly see that the woman
right in front of him, is the same woman, depicted on the mug shot.
b. Judge Robreno disregarded the e-mail from Assistant District Attorney James
Secord, who prosecuted and convicted Liberi of 10 counts of forgery and theft. In
his e-mail Mr. Secord identified Liberi on her mug shot, as one convicted in CA.
The same mug shot was identified by Ed and Caren Hale, who attended 08.07.09
hearing of Liberi and identified Liberi on the mug shot as the same woman, who
officer and licensed investigator Neil Sankey, where Sankey produced Liberi's
picture given to him by Liberi's ex-boyfriend and father of her son John Allen.
The same picture was identified by Ed and Caren Hale as the picture of Lisa
woman.
d. Judge Robreno disregarded evidence, showing that the signature of Lisa Liberi,
that she affixed to the pleadings and affidavits in this case, is the same signature as
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1608112 Lisa Renee Liberi, aka Lisa Courville Richardson, aka Lisa Courville
Rich, aka Lisa Richardson and case FSB044914 for Lisa Liberi and in her
signatures was completely disregarded, but the evidence was deleted from the
that Liberi has a history and pattern of making false accusations of crimes and
harassing and torturing innocent individuals with frivolous law suits. Taitz
provided the court with information, showing that in 2005, while Lisa Liberi was
Racketeering and Corrupt organizations law suit (Appendix Docket of Lisa Liberi
District Attorney's office, West Valley Detention Center, San Bernardino sheriff's
department, deputies from the West Valley detention center, nurses from the West
Valley Detention Center, deputy District attorney, police detectives, Judge Joan
Borba, bail bonds company, USA Federal Credit Union and many other entities
and individuals. After she harassed and terrorized all of the above individuals she
abandoned the case. Judge Robreno could see, that there is a pattern of behavior of
those individuals with multimillion dollar frivolous law suits. It should have given
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excerpts of transcript from the court hearing in The People of the State of
current case of Liberi et al v Taitz et al, Lisa Liberi brought her mother Shirley
defendants and in danger for her life, transcript of FSB-044914 shows that
Liberi's mother not only knew, that her daughter was not an innocent woman in
PA but a convicted criminal from CA, but she was the one who paid the premium
g. Judge Robreno exhibited bias and abuse of judicial discretion by refusing to pay
attention to the motifs of behavior of the parties. While neither one of the
defendants had any motif to state anything that was not true or in any was threaten
or harm Liberi, Liberi and Berg had a motif to commit fraud and perjury. Judge
Robreno refused to consider letters from Geoff Staples, computer consultant for
Berg's web site "Obama Crimes.com' Not only Mr. Staples sworn statement was
not considered by the court, it was not even docketed. Without any explanation or
justification Geoff Staples sworn statement was removed from the electronic
defendants request for the court to use it's inherent power to sanction the plaintiffs,
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attorney Berg and witness Shirley Waddell for repeated acts of fraud on the court
h. Judge Robreno showed bias and abuse of Judicial discretion by ignoring the
fact that Liberi is a convicted criminal with at least 42 criminal charges and at
crimes are indeed innocent individuals who were never convicted or charged with
any crimes. Judge Robreno repeatedly refused to take into consideration multiple
affidavits provided by multiple individuals, attesting to the fact, that they never
committed any crimes, that they were maliciously accused of crimes by Liberi and
Berg. Liberi and Berg claimed that Liberi is in danger and her driver's license
needs to be kept sealed and they accused Licensed investigator Sankey of stalking
Liberi and hacking into her computer, desert storm veteran Pamela Barnett of
forgery of letter from Linda Belcher, volunteer Linda Belcher of forgery of seal,
Staples of forging Liberi's e-mails, Taitz of trying to hire a hit man to kill Liberi.
This modus operandi is similar to what Liberi exhibited previously, when she was
incarcerated in CA. Judge Robreno allowed this convicted criminal and her
unscrupulous attorney to terrorize innocent victims for a year and a half. All of the
suffered a heart attack due to stress inflicted by this law suit. Judge Robreno had a
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the onset of the case. It was a material matter in the case and essential in
Pennsylvania citizenship and allowed this case to become a dumping ground for
thousands of pages of slander coming from a career criminal Lisa Liberi. This was
06.11.10 she filed a second amended motion to dismiss due to lack of jurisdiction.
(Document 59-Clerk's record) In her motion Taitz argued that a motion to dismiss
1. one of the defendants James Sundquist was a resident of New Jersey. Plaintiffs
Lisa Ostella and GoExcell global were also residents of New Jersey, which
destroyed diversity.
2. Lead Plaintiff Lisa Liberi claimed to be a resident of PA, but never showed a
and probation record, showing, that she is on probation and allowed to reside only
prejudice.
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Sundquist to agree with the plaintiff's request to dismiss him without prejudice.
without prejudice. Judge Robreno acted with clear bias and abuse of Judicial
discretion. He did not assist Sundquist in any way, since Berg can continue
harassing Sundquist at any time in the state of New Jersey. On the other hand
Judge Robreno artificially created jurisdiction for the Plaintiffs, where it didn't
to address the fact that the lead plaintiff never provided any evidence of her state
one of whom is a career criminal and a vexatious plaintiff, green light to harass
and terrorize the defendants with thousands of pages of pleadings, most of which
were nothing but inflammatory and slanderous material about the defendants.
While at a later hearing on 08.07.09. Attorney Berg stated, that he will provide
Liberi's Pennsylvania driver's license, he never did that. Within a year and a half
Judge Robreno never demanded from Berg to actually provide the license and
never responded to all of the requests by the defendants. These actions by the
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POLICY
There are two main issues, where the actions by the court we against the public
policy.
1. The court went against the established policy of establishing state citizenship
green light for anyone and particularly a convicted felon on probation, like
Liberi to simply show up in any court, commit perjury and fraud, file an
action solely for the purpose of harassment and use the federal court as a tool
probation.
2. Judge Robreno refused to consider the fact, that according to the fact that
Liberi committed multiple economic crimes, she was not allowed access to
period of a year and a half Taitz reported that Berg runs a website
handled the credit cards of others on that web site. Public was and is in
consider matters of the well being of the public was an error. Additionally,
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violation of her probation and a motif to commit perjury and fraud on the
court and claim, that she is a different person, It was also a motif for Berg to
claim that Liberi is a different person, as he knew that the truth will expose
legal proceedings with the goal of harassment. Berg’s actions could expose
When Berg filed this case, he has written incorrect address for defendant Linda
Belcher. Docket entry of 12.22.09 states that a letter sent to defendant Linda
Belcher returned , unable to forward. Berg was claiming, that he served Belcher,
however in May of 2010 Belcher forwarded to the court a letter, stating that she
was not served with any pleadings from July of 2009 until May of 2010. Belcher
became a pro se defendant, when her attorney resigned, as she could not afford
the fees. From May of 2010 until now Belcher has written to judge Robreno
repeatedly, advising him that her Constitutional rights for due process under 5, 9,
14 amendment were violated as she was not served with any pleadings, the court
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had a wrong address and she demanded the court to set aside all orders issued
from July 2009, as she was unable to respond. Judge Robreno simply ignored
any and all letters sent by Belcher, who is a resident of Texas, an indigent and
had limited means of fighting this legal action. Not only this affected Belcher, it
researcher for Philip B erg, she had access to all the information and knew, that
Lisa Liberi did not reside in PA, she knew that Liberi manned the web site with
pay[pal and merchant accounts, as well as the fact, that Berg instituted a pay-pal
account for his girlfriend and connected it to the web site, which was dedicated
to the donations for Berg’s constitutional legal efforts. Additionally, in her letters
Belcher disclosed, that Liberi was receiving Social Security as a disabled person.
In her letter she stated, that a merchant account was created under the name of
was an indication of possible social security fraud, IRS fraud and terms of
probations fraud and a motif for this law suit. Only, when Belcher became
to Taitz and Taitz included those in her pleadings, that she submitted to court on
and all Constitutional rights violations against defendant Linda Belcher and
refused to provide any response. These actions were in error and represented
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abuse of judicial discretion. Belcher was an integral part of the case and
violation of her constitutional rights of due process affected all the defendants.
As the Appendix Vol 2, #1, 3, 4 clearly show Attorney Philip J. Berg used the
district court and filed pleadings based on fraud on the court and perjury and
harassment of defendants. His motif was the fact, that since 2006-2007 he was
working with a convicted forger and thief on probation Lisa Liberi. He clearly
knew, that she did not physically reside in PA, did not work in his office, but
rather corresponded with him via e-mails and phone. With extreme malice and
against the whistleblowers, who exposed Liberi and him. For a year and a half he
harassed the whistleblowers with a frivolous law suit for nearly a billion dollars.
fraud on the court and perjury and together with Liberi made up an accusation of
capital crimes, claiming that her driver’s license cannot be revealed due to
threats and he further defamed and slandered the defendants by accusing them of
stalking, trying to hire hit men to kill her, forging documents and so on.
Plaintiff’s were not content with lying by themselves, they enlisted Liberi’s
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mother to lie and submit perjured affidavits, claiming that Liberi was an innocent
woman, even though Liberi’s mother was the one who previously posted bail in
order to bail her daughter from prison. Defendants are asking this court to
sanction the plaintiffs for these egregious acts of fraud, perjury, uttering,
institution of legal proceedings with the sole purpose to harass. Defendants are
Philip J. Berg for the above acts. Defendants are also asking this court to
While FRCP Rule 11 is not directly applicable to the appellate court since it
has not been incorporated by reference or otherwise in appellate rules of court, its
may be imposed for conduct inconsistent with its standards. In re Kelly, 808 F.2d
549 (7th Cir. 1986). Berg by putting his signature on the frivolous and deceptive
motion to dismiss with its false factual allegations against Dr. Taitz has opened
himself up to sanctions should this Court wish to impose them sua sponte.
Further FRAP Rule 38 is also available to this Court and Appellees have
for the content of frivolous motions which waste judicial resources and are without
merit and therefore are potentially sanctionable under FRAP Rule 38. See Maier v.
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Orr, 758 F.2d 1578, 1584 (Fed. Cir. 1985); Meeks v. Jewel Cos., 845 F.2d 1421
CONCLUSION
Appellants request the Third Circuit Court of Appeals to find that District
Court assumed jurisdiction in error and had a duty to Dismiss the case 09-1898
due to lack of evidence of state citizenship Plaintiff Liberi and therefore the court
was without jurisdiction to rule over the case in diversity. Any orders as to this
case are in error and need to be reversed and the case dismissed.
Appellants are asking for sanctions against the Appellee and their attorney Philip
J. Berg and witness Shirley Waddell for repeated acts of fraud on the court and
filing this case for the dole reason of harassment of the defendants/appellants.
______/s/Orly Taitz_____________________
Orly Taitz, Appellant in
Pro Se and as Counsel for
Appellant Defend Our
Freedoms Foundation
(Pro Se parties Neil Sankey and Linda Belcher adopt the Appeal by the
Appellants)
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I hereby certify thata true and correct copy of the Appellan’t opening brief was
served on all the parties on 11.02.10 by electronic mail.
All parties and entities were served by MAIL AND/or ELECTRONIC MAIL on
November 2,, 2010
Neil Sankey
The Sankey Firm, Inc. a/k/a The Sankey Firm
Sankey Investigations, Inc.
2470 Stearns Street #162
Simi Valley, CA 93063
Phone: (805) 520_3151and (818) 366_0919
Cell Phone: (818) 212_7615
FAX: (805) 520_5804 and (818) 366_1491
Email: nsankey@thesankeyfirm.com
Ed Hale
Caren Hale
Plains Radio
KPRN
Bar H Farms
1401 Bowie Street
Wellington, Texas 79095
Phone: (806) 447_0010 and (806) 447_0270
Email: plains.radio@yahoo.com and
Email: barhfarms@gmail.com and ed@barhfarms.net
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E_Mail: philjberg@gmail.com
Disciplinary Board
Supreme Court of Pensylvania
820 Adams Ave, ste 170
Trooper, PA 19403
Philadelphia, PA
US Attorneys' office
Eastern District of PA
Philadelphia PA 19106-4100
James Secord
909-387-8309
www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us/da
Probation Department
S. Bernardino, CA
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Department of Justice
Washington DC 20530-0001
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
tel: + 41 22 917 91 51
email: ototh@ohchr.org
__/s/Orly Taitz_________________________
Dr. Orly Taitz, Esq
11.02.10
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Appendix
Volume I #1 notice of Appeal
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Query
Reports
Utilities
Logout
Plaintiff
LISA LIBERI represented by PHILIP J. BERG
LAW OFFICES OF
PHILIP J. BERG
555 ANDORRA GLEN
COURT
SUITE 12
LAFAYETTE HILL, PA
19444
610-825-3134
Fax: 610-834-7659
Email:
philjberg@gmail.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE
NOTICED
Plaintiff
ESQ. PHILIP J. BERG represented by PHILIP J. BERG
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE
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NOTICED
Plaintiff
THE LAW OFFICES OF PHILIP J. represented by PHILIP J. BERG
BERG (See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE
NOTICED
Plaintiff
EVELYN ADAMS represented by PHILIP J. BERG
a/k/a MOMMA E (See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE
NOTICED
Plaintiff
LISA M. OSTELLA represented by PHILIP J. BERG
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE
NOTICED
Plaintiff
GO EXCEL GLOBAL represented by PHILIP J. BERG
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE
NOTICED
V.
Defendant
ORLY TAITZ represented by ORLY TAITZ
a/k/a DR. ORLY TAITZ, a/k/a LAW 29839 SANTA
OFFICES OF ORLY TAITZ; MARGARITA PKWY
a/k/aWWW.ORLYTAITZESQ.COM, a/k/a SUITE 300
WWW.REPUBX.COM, a/k/a ORLY TAITZ, RANCHO SANTA
INC. MARGARITA, CA 92688
PRO SE
Defendant
DEFEND OUR FREEDOMS represented by DEFEND OUR
FOUNDATIONS, INC. FREEDOMS
FOUNDATIONS, INC.
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PRESIDENT
C/O ORLY TAITZ
26302 LA PAZ
SUITE 211
MISSION VIEJO, CA
92691
PRO SE
PHILIP J. BERG
(See above for address)
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE
NOTICED
Defendant
YOSEF TAITZ represented by BRAD MILLER
TERMINATED: 05/26/2009 COOPER MORRISON &
ASSOCIATES, LLC
325 CHESTNUT ST.
SUITE 403
PHILADELPHIA, PA
19106
215-829-9500
Email:
brad.miller@cbmfirm.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE
NOTICED
Defendant
THE SANKEY FIRM
Defendant
SANKEY INVESTIGATIONS, INC. represented by SANKEY
INVESTIGATIONS,
INC.
c/o NEIL SANKEY
4230 ALAMO STREET
SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063
PRO SE
L. THEODORE HOPPE ,
JR.
HOPPE & MARTIN LLP
423 MCFARLAN RD STE
100
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KENNETT SQUARE, PA
19348
610-444-2001
Email:
thoppe@hoppemartin.com
ATTORNEY TO BE
NOTICED
Defendant
NEIL SANKEY represented by NEIL SANKEY
4230 ALAMO STREET
SIMI VALLEY, CA 98063
PRO SE
L. THEODORE HOPPE ,
JR.
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE
NOTICED
Defendant
JAMES SUNDQUIST represented by JAMES SUNDQUIST
TERMINATED: 06/26/2009 551 VALLEY ROAD,
PMB #123
MONTCLAIR, NJ 07043
PRO SE
Defendant
ROCK SALT PUBLISHING
Defendant
LINDA SUE BELCHER represented by LINDA SUE BELCHER
a/k/a LINDA S. BELCHER a/k/a LINDA 210 PARIS STREET
STARR; a/k/a NEWWOMENSPARTY a/k/a CASTROVILLE, TX
STITCHENWITCH a/k/a EVA BRAUN a/k/a 78009
WEB SERGEANT a/k/a KATY a/k/a PRO SE
WWW.OBAMACITIZENSHIPDEBATE.ORG
L. THEODORE HOPPE ,
JR.
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE
NOTICED
Defendant
EDGAR HALE represented by EDGAR HALE
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L. THEODORE HOPPE ,
JR.
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE
NOTICED
Defendant
CAREN HALE represented by CAREN HALE
1401 BOWIE
WELLINGTON, TX 79095
PRO SE
L. THEODORE HOPPE ,
JR.
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE
NOTICED
Defendant
PLAINS RADIO NETWORK represented by L. THEODORE HOPPE ,
a/k/a PLAINS RADIO NETWORK, INC. JR.
a/k/a PLAINS RADIO (See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE
NOTICED
Defendant
BAR H FARMS represented by L. THEODORE HOPPE ,
JR.
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE
NOTICED
Defendant
KPRN AM 1610 represented by L. THEODORE HOPPE ,
JR.
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE
NOTICED
Defendant
DOES 1 THROUGH 200 INCLUSIVE
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V.
Movant
J. JOHNSON represented by J. JOHNSON
2600 BRINKLEY ROAD
PH 1005
FORT WASHINGTON,
MD 20744
PRO SE
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(Entered: 06/26/2009)
06/26/2009 80 ORDER THAT A RULE IS ISSUED UPON PLFFS TO SHOW
CAUSE AS TO WHY THEIR COMPLAINT SHOULD NOT BE
DISMISSED FOR LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION. IT
IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT A RULE IS ISSUED UPON
PLFFS TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THIS CASE SHOULD NOT
BE SEVERED INTO (3) OR FEWER CASE AGAINST THE
FOLLOWING GROUPS OF DEFTS: (1) EDGAR & CAREN
HALE, ETC. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT THESE
RULES ARE RETURNABLE ON PLFFS BY 7/27/09. DEFTS
SHALL HAVE UNTIL 8/26/09 TO REPLY TO PLFFS'
RESPONSES. ( SIGNED BY HONORABLE EDUARDO C.
ROBRENO ON 6/25/09. ) 6/26/09 ENTERED AND COPIES
MAILED TO UNREPS, E-MAILED.(gn, ) (Entered: 06/26/2009)
07/24/2009 81 ORDER THAT THE ORDER DATED 6/26/09 (DOC #80) IS
AMENDED TO THE EXTENT THAT THE RULES TO SHOW
CAUSE ARE RETURNABLE ON PLFFS BY 8/26/09. DEFT
SHALL HAVE UNTIL 9/25/09 TO REPLY TO PLFFS'
RESPONSES. ( SIGNED BY HONORABLE EDUARDO C.
ROBRENO ON 7/24/09. ) 7/24/09 ENTERED AND COPIES
MAILED UNREPS, E-MAILED.(gn, ) Modified on 7/24/2009
(gn, ). Modified on 7/24/2009 (gn, ). (Entered: 07/24/2009)
07/27/2009 82 ORDER THAT THE CLERK SHALL FILE PLFFS' MOTION
FOR A TEMPORARY INJUNCTIO AND/OR TEMPORARY
RESTRAINING ORDER; ATTACHED HERETO, AS OF
RECORD. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT DEFTS SHALL
FILE THEIR RESPONSES TO PLFFS' MOTION, IF ANY BY
8/3/09. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT A HEARING
SHALL TAKE PLACE ONPLFFS' MOTION FOR A
TEMPORARY INJUNCTION AND/OR TEMPORARY
RESTRAINING ORDER, AND ANY RESPONSES THERETO,
ON 8/7/09 AT 10:30AM IN COURTROOM 11A. ( SIGNED BY
HONORABLE EDUARDO C. ROBRENO ON 7/27/09. ) 7/27/09
ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED TO UNREPS, E-
MAILED.(gn, ) Modified on 7/27/2009 (gn, ). (Entered:
07/27/2009)
07/27/2009 83 EMERGENCY MOTION FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PLFFS'
INJUNCTION OR RESTRAINING ORDER REQUESTED IN
PLFFS' MOTION FILED AND DOCKETED AS DOCUMENT
NO. 3 ON 5/4/09, FILED BY PLFFS' GO EXCEL GLOBAL,
LISA LIBERI, PHILIP J. BERG, THE LAW OFFICES OF
PHILIP J. BERG, EVELYN ADAMS, LISA M. OSTELLA,
MEMORANDUM, CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE.(gn, ) (Entered:
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07/27/2009)
07/27/2009 Set/Reset Deadlines as to 83 MOTION for Temporary Restraining
Order. MOTION HEARING SET FOR 8/7/2009 10:30 AM IN
COURTROOM BEFORE HONORABLE EDUARDO C.
ROBRENO. (gn, ) (Entered: 07/27/2009)
07/27/2009 Set/Reset Deadlines as to 83 MOTION for Temporary Restraining
Order. RESPONSES DUE BY 8/3/2009. (gn, ) (Entered:
07/27/2009)
07/28/2009 84 ORDER TO BE FILED OF RECORD. ( SIGNED BY
HONORABLE EDUARDO C. ROBRENO ON 7/27/09. ) 7/29/09
ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED TO UNREPS, PRO SE, E-
MAILED.(gn, ) Modified on 7/31/2009 (gn, ). (Entered:
07/29/2009)
07/30/2009 85 ORDER TO BE FILED OF RECORD. ( SIGNED BY
HONORABLE EDUARDO C. ROBRENO ON 7/29/09. ) 7/31/09
ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED TO UNREPS, E-
MAILED.(gn, ) (Entered: 07/31/2009)
07/31/2009 86 ORDER THAT THE REQUEST FOR CONTINAUCE IS
DENIED. ( SIGNED BY HONORABLE EDUARDO C.
ROBRENO ON 7/30/09. ) 8/3/09 ENTERED AND COPIES
MAILED TO UNREPS, E-MAILED.(gn, ) Modified on 8/3/2009
(gn, ). (Entered: 08/03/2009)
08/03/2009 87 RESPONSE to plffs' Emergency Motion, filed by deft LINDA
SUE BELCHER, Certificate of Service. (gn, ) (Entered:
08/03/2009)
08/03/2009 88 MOTION to Withdraw as Attorney filed by EDGAR HALE,
CAREN HALE, PLAINS RADIO NETWORK, BAR H FARMS,
KPRN AM 1610.Certificate of Service.(HOPPE, L.) (Entered:
08/03/2009)
08/03/2009 89 MOTION to Withdraw as Attorney filed by SANKEY
INVESTIGATIONS, INC., NEIL SANKEY.Certificate of
Service.(HOPPE, L.) (Entered: 08/03/2009)
08/03/2009 90 MOTION to Withdraw as Attorney filed by LINDA SUE
BELCHER.Certificate of Service.(HOPPE, L.) (Entered:
08/03/2009)
08/03/2009 91 MOTION FOR SANTIONS FOR VIOLATIONS OF RULE
11(b), FILED BY DEFTS' ORLY TAITZ, DEFEND OUR
FREEDOMS FOUNDATIONS, INC., CERTIFICATE OF
SERVICE. ( EXHIBITS A-F AND EXHIBITS I-M FILED IN
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10/06/2009 114 Request for Judicial Notice of U.S. District Court, Central District
of CA, Southern Division, Judge David O. Carter's Order of Sept.
30, 2009 Memorandum of Law and Certificate of Service by GO
EXCEL GLOBAL, LISA LIBERI, PHILIP J. BERG, THE LAW
OFFICES OF PHILIP J. BERG, EVELYN ADAMS, LISA M.
OSTELLA. (BERG, PHILIP) Modified on 10/7/2009 (lisad, ).
(Entered: 10/06/2009)
12/11/2009 115 ORDER THAT THE CLERK OF COURT MARK THIS
ACTION CLOSED FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES AND
PLACE THE MATTER IN THE CIVIL SUSPENSE FILE
UNTIL FURTHER ORDER OF THE COURT.. SIGNED BY
HONORABLE EDUARDO C. ROBRENO ON 12/9/2009.
12/11/2009 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED TO PRO SE
AND UNREPS, E-MAILED TO COUNSEL.(tomg, ) (Entered:
12/11/2009)
12/22/2009 Copy of Order dated 12/11/09 addressed to LINDA SUE
BELCHER returned as Unable to Forward. (dp, ) (Entered:
12/22/2009)
01/21/2010 116 ORDER, LETTER FROM PHILIP J. BERG DATED 1/20/10 RE:
CERTAIN FACTS. ( SIGNED BY HONORABLE EDUARDO C.
ROBRENO ON 1/21/10. ) 1/22/10 ENTERED AND COPIES
MAILED, E-MAILED.(gn, ) (Entered: 01/22/2010)
06/04/2010 117 MEMORANDUM. ( SIGNED BY HONORABLE EDUARDO C.
ROBRENO ON 6/3/0. ) 6/4/10 ENTERED AND COPIES
MAILED TO PRO SE, E-MAILED.(gn, ) (Entered: 06/04/2010)
06/04/2010 118 ORDER THAT DEFTS' MOTION SEEKS TOSEVER AND
TRANSFER THIS CASE FROM THE EASTERN DISTRIVT OF
PA, THE MOTION IS GRANTED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED
THAT DEFTS' MOTION TO DISMISS (DOC #10) IS DENIED
AS MOOT. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT THIS CASE
SHALL BE MARKED CLOSED. ( SIGNED BY HONORABLE
EDUARDO C. ROBRENO ON 6/3/10. ) 6/4/10 ENTERED AND
COPIES MAILED TO PRO SE, E-MAILED.(gn, ) Modified on
6/4/2010 (gn, ). (Entered: 06/04/2010)
06/04/2010 119 ORDER THAT THE ATTACHED CASE SHOULD BE
TRANSFERRED FROM THE CIVIL SUSPENSE FILE TO THE
ACTIVE DOCKET FOR FINAL DISPOSITION. ( SIGNED BY
HONORABLE EDUARDO C. ROBRENO ON 6/2/10. ) 6/4/10
ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED TO PRO SE, E-
MAILED.(gn, ) (Entered: 06/04/2010)
06/13/2010 120 EMERGENCY MOTION for Reconsideration ; Amendment of
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