November 15, 2007

A Blog? What Is It?

Sorry about teh quiet today. My intertubes access keeps freezing up, especially every time I try to jump from one site to another. This makes surfing tedious and linky pretty close to impossible.

Also, I'm pretty busy opening up a new case. It's too bad that I can't talk about what I do, because it's a fascinating study in the never-ending parade of human fallibility. Mom says I ought to keep track and use my adventures as a basis for some light fiction a la Rumpole of the Bailey.

Hey - ya never know. I drink too much plonk and have my very own She Who Must Be Obeyed, so I'm most of the way there already....

UPDATE: Heh. Speaking of the mysteries of the law, a friend just sent me this bizarro little case snippet:

Clarence Curtis Jones, Jr., Jesup, GA, Petitioner Pro Se.

HURLEY, District Judge.

*1 Petitioner, referring to himself as “Clarence Curtis Jones, El © 1973, All Rights Reserved,” was convicted of bank robbery October 11, 1996, and sentenced by this Court to 322 months incarceration. Now, “having been raised from the dead to a perpendicular level on a square ” (underscore in original), Petitioner moves this Court for “entry of an Order pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules 7(b), 60(b)(5), 77(b), and 78; and, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rules 32k(1) [Discharge], 47 and 56, excuting [sic] summary judgment on the substance side of this matter” in his favor. (See Docket Entry 100.) Respondent United States of America did not submit any replies to Petitioner's submissions.

The basis for Petitioner's motion is unclear. His “Introductory Certification” states: Squarely, standing on the Five Principals [sic] of Light-Love, Truth, Peace, Freedom and Justice; the 1787 Moroccan Peace and Friendship Treaty and Amnesty, Article 21; The 7 Circle Koran of The Holy Covenant for the Asiatic Nation; The Free Moorish Zodiac Constitution, and The Great Magna Carta ... Affiant ... by Right demands, by consequence of Respondent's intentional razor sharp actions, this cause of action by special delivery for benefit of protection....

Can't imagine why Uncle didn't choose to reply.

Posted by Robert at November 15, 2007 04:20 PM | TrackBack
Comments

I love the pro se stuff we get. Fun reading.

Posted by: jen at November 15, 2007 07:56 PM

My manager is a probate lawyer. I used to think law had to be boring and un-funny... until she started splitting my sides with stories about some of the weird cases she's worked over the years.

Oh, and Rumpole of the Bailey is positively brilliant. I ought to see if that's available on DVD.

Posted by: Hucbald at November 15, 2007 11:46 PM