[North-NV-Greens] Fwd: Nevada Secretary of State in contempt of
court. Secretary
defies court order instead seeks court's permission to argue 'Motion to
Dismiss' Patricia Axelrod's request for 2004 Presidential election public
records.
Paul Etxeberri
eusko at earthlink.net
Fri Jan 14 23:16:41 PST 2005
>
>
>In an interesting turn of events the Nevada Secretary
>of State, Dean Heller, has defied a court ordered
>'Alternative Writ of Mandamus to surrender the 2004
>Presidential election public records or to explain why
>he can not do so under oath by January 11. In defiance
>of an Alternative Writ of Mandamus issued by Judge
>William Maddox, Secretary Heller has filed a
>motion/plea with the court to request permission to
>file a motion to dismiss the case against him. The
>Secretary had already filed an earlier Motion to
>Dismiss which Judge Maddox took into consideration in
>finding for Patricia Axelrod and ratifying the court's
>jurisdiction over the matter and Axelrod's legitimate
>legal right to the public records of the Nevada
>Presidential race. Axelrod plans to request Judge
>Maddox to find the Secretary of State in contempt of
>court.
>
>"The Nevada Secretary of State is guilty of contempt
>of court by every definition of the phrase. He has
>shown a blatant disregard for the court's order as
>well as for the entire lawful process which I AND
>Judge Maddox entered into in good faith. It is quite
>obvious that the Nevada Secretary of State believes
>himself to be above the law. Hopefully, Judge Maddox
>will think otherwise and find Dean Heller in contempt
>of court," said Patricia Axelrod.
>
>A hearing in the matter is set for Tuesday, January
>18.
--
Paul Etxeberri
"Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow" ---Chateaubriand
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