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$10,000 Sanction Proposed Against “Birther” Lawyer (Orly Taitz)
WRBL ^ | September 18, 2009 | Teresa Whitaker

Posted on 09/18/2009 4:09:29 PM PDT by GoldStandard

Edited on 09/18/2009 4:48:36 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Federal Judge Clay Land may have made good on his threat of sanctions against a lawyer for an army officer fighting deployment on the claim that President Barack Obama was not born in this country. In an order today Judge Land denied a motion for a Stay of Deployment for Captain Connie Rhodes, filed by Attorney Orly Taitz yesterday. The motion was filed after Judge Land threatened sanctions and dismissed the complaint calling it frivolous. Taitz has 14 days to show why a $10,000 penalty as a sanction should not be imposed against her. We tried reaching Taitz. She has not returned our calls.

In a bizarre twist, News 3 has received a copy of a letter to Judge Clay Land, written by the officer in this case, Captain Connie Rhodes. In it she writes she is shipping out to Iraq and asks the Judge to withdraw the Motion to Stay the Deployment. She denies authorizing Taitz to file on her behalf.

Related: Rhodes v MacDonald


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: birthcertificate; birthers; certifigate; kook; obama; orly; orlytaitz; truthers
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1 posted on 09/18/2009 4:09:30 PM PDT by GoldStandard
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To: GoldStandard
The documents are linked at this thread.
2 posted on 09/18/2009 4:18:16 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: GoldStandard

This certainly complicates things.

On the (still unconfirmed but likely) news that Orly’s client has withdrawn from the case, see:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343231/posts

This was posted by an apparent troll, and may be viewed with suspicion, but it also may be true.

This complicates things. But it still seems to me that if the judge tries to fine Orly, that opens the door for her to appeal and keep the issue open. Although if the original party has decided not to go further, that may leave the issue “moot,” I’m afraid. Instead of an appeals court suggesting that Obama should cough up his birth certificate, they might at best just strike down the fine.

We’ll see.


3 posted on 09/18/2009 4:19:34 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Cicero

OK, and see #2.


4 posted on 09/18/2009 4:21:01 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: GoldStandard
She denies authorizing Taitz to file on her behalf.

Is that regarding the original complaint? In other words O'Rly used her name without authorization? Or is this about the withdrawal?

5 posted on 09/18/2009 4:32:30 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: GoldStandard

Was Orly Taitz set up? Just wondering.


6 posted on 09/18/2009 4:41:36 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists...Call 'em What you Will, They ALL have Fairies Living In Their Trees.)
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To: Cicero
But it still seems to me that if the judge tries to fine Orly, that opens the door for her to appeal and keep the issue open. Although if the original party has decided not to go further, that may leave the issue “moot,” I’m afraid. Instead of an appeals court suggesting that Obama should cough up his birth certificate, they might at best just strike down the fine.

If the client doesn't want to appeal, Orly cannot appeal the decision dismissing the case. If she is sanctioned, she can appeal the sanction, but remember that she is being threatened with sanctions not for filing the original case, but only for filing the motion to reconsider. So the only issue on appeal would be whether the motion for reconsideration is sanctionable. Since she threw in gratuitous insults of Judge Land (including accusing him of treason!), I wouldn't bet on the sanctions order being reversed.

7 posted on 09/18/2009 4:43:29 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: GoldStandard

“Clay Land”? Gotta be an alias.


8 posted on 09/18/2009 4:45:17 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: mnehring
Is that regarding the original complaint? In other words O'Rly used her name without authorization? Or is this about the withdrawal? p>She admits authorizing the original case, but says that after she lost, she told Orly that she would go to Iraq, and didn't authorize Orly to file for reconsideration.
9 posted on 09/18/2009 4:45:18 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: rockinqsranch
Was Orly Taitz set up? Just wondering.

Set up by whom?

10 posted on 09/18/2009 5:05:37 PM PDT by Jean S
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To: Brilliant

Land is a *RAT-APPOINTED* far left activist judge *SHILLING* for 0bambi. Who *CARES* what he thinks?


11 posted on 09/18/2009 5:14:58 PM PDT by Sir Valentino
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To: Lurking Libertarian

Too bad. This looked very promising just this morning. And now, this.


12 posted on 09/18/2009 5:17:05 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Sir Valentino
Land is a *RAT-APPOINTED* far left activist judge *SHILLING* for 0bambi. Who *CARES* what he thinks?

More like Land was appointed by George W. Bush.

13 posted on 09/18/2009 5:18:17 PM PDT by GoldStandard
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To: Sir Valentino
Land is a *RAT-APPOINTED* far left activist judge *SHILLING* for 0bambi. Who *CARES* what he thinks?

he is a conservative Republican appointed by George W. Bush.

14 posted on 09/18/2009 5:19:45 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: Sir Valentino

I think Bush appointed this judge.


15 posted on 09/18/2009 5:22:33 PM PDT by Jean S
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To: GoldStandard

16 posted on 09/18/2009 5:24:36 PM PDT by montag813 (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. -George Orwell)
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To: GoldStandard
Imagine the reception a writer would have received five or ten years ago with a proposal to write a novel with this story line:

The main character is a relatively unknown inexperienced, undocumented, illegal alien, who is a known Marxist/Socialist, an associate of extreme left radials with violent backgrounds, and a twenty year patron of an anti-US black power church. He is elected to the White House with the overt aid of a compliant media, blatant appeals to black and white racists for support, and unprecedented hundreds of millions in mysterious and questionable financial backing from unidentifiable foreign and domestic sources.

Once elected President, while the character openly works to destroy the USA economy, culture and Constitution, he is protected and supported by majorities in the US Senate, the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court, the local and appellate courts, the wealthiest people in the financial industry and 95% of the established media.

Efforts of the working class and middle class to expose and oppose the fraud and to prevent further destruction of the nation are met with disdain and active opposition of the government, the established power structure, the wealthy elitists and the ruling classes and the media. Critics of the usurper are ridiculed, labeled as racists and potential terrorists, and the recipients of thinly veiled government threats.

The book proposal would have been turned down as implausible, too far fetched, and needlessly provocative.
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17 posted on 09/18/2009 5:25:11 PM PDT by Iron Munro ("You can't kill the beast while sucking at its teat." - Claire Wolfe)
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To: Sir Valentino
Land is a *RAT-APPOINTED* far left activist judge *SHILLING* for 0bambi. Who *CARES* what he thinks?

Land was appointed by George W. Bush.

But then you were informed of this two days ago.

Did you forget or do you truly believe that GWB was a democrat?

18 posted on 09/18/2009 5:29:37 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: GoldStandard
Open letter to CPT Connie Rhodes, U.S. Army:

Thank you for your respectful courtroom demeanor during the hearing and adjudication of your request. Thank you also for your gracious letter to Judge Clay Land of the U.S. District Court requesting him to end procedings on your request for a Temporary Restraining Order re your deployment to Iraq.

Like many other Americans, I appreciate the sacrifice you have made in serving your country in a dangerous part of the world.

May you return safely back to the states once your tour in the Middle East is completed.

Sincerely,

An appreciative American
19 posted on 09/18/2009 5:32:19 PM PDT by normanpubbie
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To: Sir Valentino

I may be incorrect, but I recall seeing on these threads that he was a Bush appointed Republican. Or do I have him confused with the California judge?


20 posted on 09/18/2009 5:33:38 PM PDT by mono
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