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Attorney for Plaintiffs, Markham Robinson
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SANTA ANA (SOUTHERN) DIVISION
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Plaintiffs, ) EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR
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5 Respectfully submitted,
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Attorney or Markham obinson and
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1 MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES
2 l. INTRODUCTION
3 The initial complaint in this matter was filed by Dr. Taitz on January 20, 2009.
4 Dr. Taitz included the names of Mr. Robinson and Dr. Drake as plaintiffs in the
5 complaint, with neither Mr. Robinson's nor Dr. Drake's knowledge or consent. On
6 or before July 13,2009, PLAINTIFFS decided that they would remain as plaintiffs in
7 the present case, but that they preferred to be represented by Mr. Kreep (See
8 Declarations of Markham Robinson and Dr. Wiley S. Drake). On July 20,2009,
9 pursuant to PLAINTIFFS' requests, Mr. Kreep prepared a Request for Approval of
10 Substitution of Attorney and an Order on Request for Approval of Substitution of
11 Attorney for both Mr. Robinson and Dr. Drake (See Exhibits "1" and "2"). Upon
12 receiving PLAINTIFFS' signed documents, on July 24, 2009, Mr. Kreep signed the
13 documents and had his law clerk, Elliot Wilson, mail them, via overnight mail, to Dr.
14 Taitz for her signature (See Declaration of Elliot Wilson, submitted herewith). On
15 July 30, 2009, Dr. Taitz sent an email to PLAINTIFFS and informed them that she
16 was refusing to comply with PLAINTIFFS' request for her to sign the Request for
17 Approval of Substitution of Attorney (See Exhibit u3", a copy of which is attached
18 hereto and made a part thereof). On August 1,2009, Dr. Taitz, without PLAINTIFI,S'
19 knowledge or consent, filed NOTICE with the Court (See Exhibit "4", a copy of
20 which is attached hereto and made a part thereof). NOTICE does not contain the
21 signature of Dr. Taitz (See Exhibit "4").
22 In NOTICE, Dr. Taitz alleges that PLAINTIFFS "submit that they have
23 irreconcilable differences with the strategy of the undersigned counsel", that
24 PLAINTIFFS "submit that infighting among allies is among the most
25 counterproductive factors which can possible arise in litigation", that PLAINTIFFS
26 "would aver that they have never previously dismissed any federal or state-court
27 action based on or including the same claims as in the present action", and that
28 PLAINTIFFS "ask this Court to take Notice of and Approve their withdrawal from
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11 EX PARTE APPLICATTON FOR ORDER VACA TTNG VOT .lINT ARY mSMTSSAT.
1 this action" (See Exhibit '"4"). PLAINTIFFS mayor may not agree with the above
2 first three quotes, however, PLAINTIFFS never communicated such claims or
3 sentiments to Dr. Taitz, and, thus, did not '"ask" for, '"submit", or '"aver" anything
4 relating to their dismissal as plaintiffs from this case (See Declarations of Markham
5 Robinson and Dr. Wiley S. Drake).
6 Due to the fact that Dr. Taitz acted unilaterally to dismiss PLAINTIFFS from
7 this case, rather than consenting to their being represented by Mr. Kreep, and due to
8 the fact that PLAINTIFFS wish to remain as plaintiffs in this case and never desired
9 or intended to be dismissed from the matter, the Court should vacate PLAINTIFFS'
10 voluntary dismissal from the case, and reinstate Mr. Robinson and Dr. Drake as
11 plaintiffs, with Mr. Kreep as their counsel of record.
12 II. ARGUMENT
13 Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (hereinafter referred to as
14 '"FRCP") § 60, the Court may vacate PLAINTIFFS' voluntary dismissal from the
15 case. FRCP § 60 provides that "[o]n motion and upon such terms as are just, the court
16 may relieve a party ... from a final judgment, order, or proceeding for ... any other
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17 reason justifying relief from the operation ofthejudgment. FRCP § 60(b)(6). In tIns
18 case, PLAINTIFFS' relief from the dismissal is justified. PLAINTIFFS wish to
19 remain as plaintiffs in the case, and, through their Request for Approval of
20 Substitution of Attorney, they clearly expressed their intent to Dr. Taitz to do so, prior
21 to her filing of NOTICE (See Exhibits '"I" and '"2"). Dr. Taitz refused to cooperate
22 with PLAINTIFFS' requests to substitute Mr. Kreep as their attorney, and Dr. Taitz
23 went behind PLAINTIFFS' backs in an attempt to have PLAINTIFFS dismissed from
24 the case to avoid allowing PLAINTIFFS to be represented by an attorney of their
25 choosing. Since PLAINTIFFS wish to remain named as plaintiffs in the case, and
26 since they did not consent to Dr. Taitz's filing of NOTICE dismissing them from the
27 case, the Court should find that relief is justified, and it should vacate PLAINTIFFS'
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III. CONCLUSION
2 Based on the reasons set forth above, PLAINTIFFS respectfully request that
3 the Court grant PLAINTIFF's ex parte application to grant an order vacating the
4 voluntary dismissal and reinstate PLAINTIFFS as plaintiffs in this case, with Mr.
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DECLARA TION OF MARKHAM ROBINSON
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I, Markham Robinson, hereby declare as follows:
1. That I am a Certified California Elector of the American Independent Party, Vice Chaimlan of
America's Independent Party, and Chaiffilan of the American Independent Party, and that, if called upon
2. That Dr. Taitz never asked me for my permission to include my name as a plaintiff in the
3. That, however, I desire to remain as a plaintiff in this case, and that it is my preference to be
4. That, on July 13,2009, I requested, through an email to Mr. Kreep, that Mr. Kreep prepare the
necessary paperwork in order to substitute Mr. Kreep for Dr. Taitz as my counsel in this case.
5. That, on July 21, 2009, I received the Request for Substitution of Attorney, agreed to its ternls,
signed the Request, and mailed the Request, and emailed a digital copy of the Request, to Mr. Kreep's
office.
6. That, on July 30, 2009, I received an email from Dr. Taitz, informing me that she was refusing to
consent to the Request for Substitution of Attorney, and that she would like Mr. Kreep to file a Notice of
7. That, on August 2,2009, I was infoffiled by Mr. Kreep that Dr. Taitz had filed documents to
8. That I was not infoffiled, prior to her filing the Notice of Voluntary Dismissal, that Dr. Taitz
9. That I did not, and would not, consent to my being voluntarily dismissed from the case.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct and that this declaration
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DECLARATION OF WILEY S. DRAKE
i. That I wa." the vice-presidential candidate for the America's Independent Party m
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l That, on July 13,2009, I requested, through an email 10 Mr. Kreep, that Mr. Krccp
prepare the neceSSaI)' paperwork in order to substitute Mr. Kreep for Dr. Taitz as my
j. That, on July 21, 2009, I recei ved the Request for Substitution of Attorney, agreed
to its krms, signed the Request, and mailed the Request, and faxed the Request, to Mr
Krcep's office.
o. Thal, on July 30,2009, I received an email from Dr. Taitz, informing me that she
wus refusing to consent to the Request for Substitution of Attorney, and that she would
7. That, on August 2,2009, I was informed by Mr. Kreep that Dr. Taitz had filed
documents to dismiss me from the case; that I was not infoffiled, prior to the filing of said
documents, that Dr. Taitz planned to dismiss me as a plaintiff; and that I did noL and
1 declare under penalty of peljury that the foregoing is true and correct and that
this declaration was executed on August 12, 2009, at Buena Park, California.
DECLARi\TION OF ELLIOT WILSON
2. '1'ha1, on the afternoon of July 24, 2009, I drove to the United States Post Office
branch located in Ramona, California and mailed, via Express Mail, two Requests for Approval
of Substitution of Attorney signed by Mr. Robinson and Dr. Drake, and a cover letter from Mr.
3. That, on the morning of July 27,2009, I accessed the United States Post Office's
website, and entered the above-mentioned Express Mail package's tracking number into the
website's package tracking system, and that the website showed that the package was delivered
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct and that this
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fHE LA W OFF1CE OF GARY G. KRf~EP
G/\RY G. KREEP. ESQ.(SBN0t56482)
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CENTRAL DIS1;RICT OF CALIFORNIA
CASE NUMBER
;\lan Keyes, PhD., Wiley S. Drake, and
Markham Robinson. SACV09·00082·DOC (Anx)
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EXHIBIT 3
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Attorney-at-Law
E-Mail: drtaitz(l4yahoo.com
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You put me in a rather awkward position! Based on prior experience, ealier this year,
it is my opinion that Gary G. Kreep and I simply do not make a good legal team.
Naturally this is no reflection on Mr. Kreep or (in my opinion) on me either: an eagle and
a dolphin might well think highly of one another, but typically they cannot and should
not even attempt to work together. For my part, I am in the midst of developing new
strategies for the Obama litigation, and I am very optimistic, but I have neither the time nor
the inclination to fight with any more people than is necessary for our side to win, and I'm
sure you will agree that infighting is a terrible thing, and has probably destroyed more
patriotic causes than all enemy actions combined.
For that reason, and since no Defendant has appeared or answered, much less filed an
answer or motion for summary judgment, you may indeed "drop out" of the case without
adverse publicity of any kind. I urge you to do so. Ri;e 41(a) of the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure permits voluntary dismissal without prejudice of a case under these
circumstances, and even ifthere were a negative article or two concerning the point, which
lETTER TO DR/\KE AND ROBINSON.doc • http://mail.google.cOmle '?ui=2&ik=2ebOOc22d6&vie w=att&th= 1...
I doubt, it would be better than setting the stage for infighting regarding strategy,
procedure, and timing between me and NIr. Kreep.
If Mr. Kreep will simply and expeditiously file a Rule 41 (a) Motion for Voluntary
Dismissal without prejudice on behalf of his clients only, or if you two wish to do so in
propia persona, then the new 50 or so new (mostly military) Plaintiffs who were added
onto my case by the First Amended Complaint can proceed quite well without Mr.
IZreep's assistance, and Mr. Kreep can refile on your behalf(Mr. Markham & Mr. Drake)
in Federal or State Court, wherever he sees best. I do not believe that severing this
litigation will be injurious to any party or to the movement as a whole, or even to the
specific litigation before Judge Carter. It has been my honor to represent you both and I
wish you and Mr. Kreep the very best of luck in whatever separate patriotic course of
action you may choose to take.
Attorney-at-Law
E-Mail: drtaitz@yahoo.com
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Dr. Orly Taitz
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arly Taltz Law Offices
4 26302 La Paz, Suite 211
Mission Viejo, California 92691
5 Telephone: (949) 683-5411
E-Mail: drtaitz@yahoo.com
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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SANTA ANA (SOUTHERN) DIVISION
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Captain Pamela Barnett, §
9 Lt. Colonel Richard Norton Bauerbach §
10 Captain Robin D. Biron §
Colonel John D. Blair, §
]] Mr. David 1. Bosley, §
Ms. Loretta G. Bosley, §
12 Captain Harry G. Butler, §
Representative Glenn Casada, Tennessee §
13 Jennifer Leah Clark, §
Representive Timothy Comerford, NH §
14 Charles Crusemire, §
Representative Cynthia Davis, Missouri § Civil Action No.:
15 Chief Warrant O. Thomas S. Davidson § SACV09-00082-DOC (Anx)
Wiley S. Drake, §
16 Matthew Michael Edwards, § TRIAL-BY-JURY
17 Lt. Jason Freese, § DEMANDED
Mr. Kurt C. Fuqua, §
18 Officer Clint Grimes, §
Representative Casey Guernsey, Iv1issouri §
19 Julliett Ireland, §
D. Andrew Johnson, §
Israel D. Jones, §
Timothy Jones, §
21 Alan Keyes, Ph.D., §
22 Commander David Fullmer LaRoque, §
Gail Lightfoot, §
Lita M. Lott, §
Major David Grant Mosby, §
24 MSGT Steven Kay Neuenschwander, §
Representative Frank Niceley, Tennessee §
25 Retired Senator Jerry O'Neil, Montana, §
SFC E7 Robert Lee Perry, §
26 Representative Larry Rappaport, NH §
Colonel Harry Riley, §
n Markham Robinson, §
Sergeant Jeffrey Wayne Rosner, §
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Rule 41(a)(l)(A)(i) Notice by Wiley S. Drake and Markham G. Robinson DR, ORL.EY T' n7
Notice o/Voluntary Dismissal, SACV09-00082-DOC (ANX), FOR THE PL,,, , ,0
Filed Augustl, 2009 - 1- 26302 L.A PAZ SUITE2]l
MISSION VIEJO, CALIFORNIA 92691
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4 Cmdr. Douglas Earl Stoeppelwerth §
Thomas J Taylor, §
5 Representative Eric Swafford, Tennessee §
Captain Neil B. Turner, §
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LCDR Jeff Graham Winthrope, and §
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Plaintiffs, §
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Barack Hussein Obama, §
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11 Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, §
Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense, §
12 Joseph R. Biden, Vice-President and §
President of the Senate, §
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14 PLAINTIFF WILEY S. DRAKE & MARKHAM G. ROBINSON
RULE 41(a) NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL without PREJUDICE
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Plaintiffs Wiley S. Drake and Markham G. Robinson have communicated
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through their preferred counsel Gary G. Kreep that they do not wish to be
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represented by the undersigned counsel and that they do not wish to work with her
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any more, in that they initially disapproved of filing in Federal Court.
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IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES WITH COUNSEL
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These Plaintiffs submit that they have irreconcilable differences with the
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strategy of the undersigned counsel. For her part, the undersigned counsel for all
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other Plaintiffs respectfully submits and states in good faith that she cannot
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effectively work or cooperate with these Plaintiffs' proposed counsel Gary G. Kreep,
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Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i) Notice by Wiley S. Drake and Markham G. Robinson DR. ORLEY TAITZ
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Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i) Notice by Wiley S. Drake and Markham G. Robinson DR. ORLEY TAITZ
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4 I the undersigned Charles Edward Lincoln, being over the age of 18 and not a
5 party to this case, so hereby declare under penalty of perjury that on this Wednesday
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Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i) Notice by Wiley S. Drake and Markham G. Robinson DR, ORLEY T\IT"
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Notice of Voluntary Dismissal, SACV09-00082-DOC (ANX), 26302 LA PAZ SUITE 211
Filed August 1, 2009 -5- MISSION VIEJO, CALIFORNIA
1 UNITED STATES JUSTICE FOUNDATION
GARY G. KREEP; SBN 066482
2 932 "D" Street, SUIte 2
(Email: usjfayusjf.net}
3 Ramona, California 92065
Tel: (760) 788-6624
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Attorney for Plaintiffs, Markham Robinson
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COlJRT
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FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SANTA ANA (SOUTHERN) DIVISION
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PROPOSED ORDER