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Judge Will Hear Terri Schiavo's Family's Motion to Restore Visitation
LifeNews.com ^ | May 14, 2004 | Steven Ertelt

Posted on 05/14/2004 10:06:30 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Clearwater, FL (LifeNews.com) -- For a month and a half, the parents of Terri Schiavo have been prevented from visiting their daughter. They hope to change that by filing an emergency petition with Judge George Greer asking him to restore their visitation rights.

Greer, who previously authorized Terri's estranged husband Michael to remove the feeding tube allowing her to live, has agreed to hear the motion.

The hearing is scheduled for May 26 and Greer has allotted 2 hours to consider the motion filed by attorney Pat Anderson on behalf of Bob and Mary Schindler.

Shortly after receiving the motion, Judge Greer, who presides over the guardianship matter involving Terri, refused to hear it on an expedited basis stating he does not consider this an emergency matter.

Following the suspicious discovery of puncture wounds on Terri's arms on March 29, the Schindlers were turned away from visiting Terri by nursing staff who told them they were acting on Michael's orders.

Last week, Deborah Bushnell, one of Michael's lawyers, faxed a letter to Pat Anderson, an attorney for the Schindlers.

Bushnell said the Schindlers could visit their daughter, but only if they would agree to hire an off-duty police officer to accompany them. Should Terri's parents fail to meet the request, they would continue to be denied visitation rights.

"This family is enduring a nightmare, all because of a staged incident," Anderson said. "Terri's mother cannot even see her own daughter, comfort her, touch her or interact with her."

"It's amazing to me that anyone would think Terri Schiavo deserves this form of punishment," Anderson explained. "For her to be confined and isolated in this fashion is something I find cruel and completely contrary to Florida statutes. Death row inmates get better treatment."

Clearwater, Florida attorney Jan Govan has filed to run against Judge Greer in his bid for re-election.

Govan has an uphill battle. He has yet to begin fundraising while Greer already has over $55,000 on hand, according to the Florida state election web site.

Related web sites:

Terri Schiavo's family - http://www.terrisfight.org


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: courts; florida; jebbush; law; prolife; righttolife; terrischiavo
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1 posted on 05/14/2004 10:06:32 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Lady In Blue; Canticle_of_Deborah; MarMema; kimmie7; floriduh voter; JulieRNR21; NautiNurse; ...

Terri Ping


2 posted on 05/14/2004 10:09:16 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I think that this is the most cruel and unbelievable story that I have ever heard in the USA. It makes me feel like vigilante action is still needed. The courts in Florida have gone "haywire". There is no sense, no justice, just evil riding the circuit.


3 posted on 05/14/2004 10:09:42 AM PDT by tessalu
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To: tessalu

If she were my daughter (I have only 1 child)there is no judge or other power on earth that could keep me away from her. I would do a Tony Soprano on someone.........


4 posted on 05/14/2004 10:12:57 AM PDT by Red Badger (KERRY'S LAW: FOR EVERY ACTION THERE IS AN EQUAL & OPPOSITE RETRACTION.........)
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To: Red Badger

I don't understand why this case keeps coming before the same crooked judge. Why can't the Schindler's lawyers get a change of venue? They will never get justice from this judge who has his mind made up, or is on the take from Schiavo.


5 posted on 05/14/2004 10:16:42 AM PDT by WVNan (Be faithful in little things, for in them our strength lies. (Mother Teresa))
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To: nickcarraway; floriduh voter; phenn; cyn; FreepinforTerri; kimmie7; Pegita; windchime; tutstar; ...

Thanks for the ping, Nick!

Pinging my Terri list for an update!

That Greer does not consider this an emergency shows us yet again where his "loyalty" lies. Does not bode well for Terri or her parents, but we can continue to pray!


6 posted on 05/14/2004 10:20:25 AM PDT by Ohioan from Florida (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.- Edmund Burke)
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To: WVNan

The way the law works (as I understand it) the case will always go before the same judge, so that another judge doesn't have to spend precious time reading up on all the ins & outs of each case. He just has to keep on top of his own caseload. They think it works better that way, and I suppose it does...IF you're Michael!


7 posted on 05/14/2004 10:23:57 AM PDT by Ohioan from Florida (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.- Edmund Burke)
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To: nickcarraway
Judge Greer, who presides over the guardianship matter involving Terri, refused to hear it on an expedited basis stating he does not consider this an emergency matter

You wanna know what Satan looks like? Look at Judge Greer.

8 posted on 05/14/2004 11:28:56 AM PDT by Saundra Duffy (Save Terri Schiavo!!!)
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To: tessalu
I think that this is the most cruel and unbelievable story that I have ever heard in the USA.

Me, too.

9 posted on 05/14/2004 11:29:54 AM PDT by Saundra Duffy (Save Terri Schiavo!!!)
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To: Ohioan from Florida

George W. Greer was born with the knowledge that 62 years in the future he would dehydrate and starve another human being and prevent her family from visiting her as well. It was in Greer's fate from the start. And he would proclaim that he was merely "following law, precedent, and justice." And the people of FL would say WHAT?????


10 posted on 05/14/2004 11:30:06 AM PDT by Theodore R. (When will they ever learn?)
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To: WVNan

I hate to say this but there just has to be something wrong with the way the Schindler's lawyers are operating.


11 posted on 05/14/2004 11:31:39 AM PDT by Saundra Duffy (Save Terri Schiavo!!!)
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To: Theodore R.
following law, precedent, and justice

Choking now! Where's a pal to do the Heimlich when you need him?

12 posted on 05/14/2004 11:39:34 AM PDT by Ohioan from Florida (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.- Edmund Burke)
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To: Saundra Duffy

AMEN!


13 posted on 05/14/2004 11:43:37 AM PDT by sport
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To: nickcarraway

Well, I could save him the 2 hours, since we already know how he will rule. However it is good to know that each and every time he makes a ruling, more word gets out about Terri. What is being done to Terri is in no way less than what was done to Nick Berg. Some day these torturers will pay, and I for one live for that day.


14 posted on 05/14/2004 12:44:21 PM PDT by trustandobey
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To: Lisa Ruby

You said that you thought George W. Greer despises the disabled. Isn't George W. Greer himself disabled -- mentally and by eyesight? Apparently, the voters there need to redeem themselves to remove this unfit individual from the bench. Probably only Greer and the other judges know why he is determined to kill this innocent victim.


16 posted on 05/14/2004 1:55:28 PM PDT by Theodore R. (When will they ever learn?)
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To: Saundra Duffy

You wanna know what Satan looks like? Look at Judge Greer.


Do you know anything about the Baptist Church that Greer attends? Is it a "conservative" church? If so, shouldn't he be excommunicated for extreme sin and told to depart from his wickedness?


17 posted on 05/14/2004 1:57:07 PM PDT by Theodore R. (When will they ever learn?)
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To: Lisa Ruby; floriduh voter; phenn; cyn; FreepinforTerri; kimmie7; Pegita; windchime; tutstar; ...

Lisa, your post is so compelling, that I am going to ping my Terri list. Absolutely great information! Did you find the info I was talking about from the first monster Terri thread? The fact that we found so little to connect them corroborates what the Scientology methodology is. Excellent work!

Pinging my Terri list, plus a few more that might be interested! Please ping your lists to this important information (post #15).


18 posted on 05/14/2004 2:30:08 PM PDT by Ohioan from Florida (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.- Edmund Burke)
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To: sport
For 46 days, including Mother's Day... the Schindler Family have been denied
access to their daughter for an alleged incident that turned out to be
nothing better than a hoax. Michael Schiavo and George Felos have created a
situation in which they forcibly isolated Terri Schindler-Schiavo from her
family. This was done on false accusations that they had caused harm to
their own daughter.  In a press release dated March 29th, George Felos of
Dunedin, Florida all but accused Terri's parents of injecting her and
inflicting puncture wounds on her arm. As you will read in the following
official press release from the Clearwater Police Department these charges
are false and unsubstantiated.
Decide for yourself what the motives were?

CHERYL FORD RN
FIGHT4TERRI@AOL.COM


Here is the Clearwater Police News Release



NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release
May 14, 2004

INVESTIGATION FINDS NO EVIDENCE OF CRIME

Clearwater Police Criminal Investigations Detectives concluded today an
expansive and detailed investigation into suspicions that physical harm done
with criminal intent had been visited upon a 40-year-old woman under the
care of Hospice in Clearwater.

The investigation found no evidence of harm, injury or violation as the
result of a criminal act, said Police Chief Sid Klein.

The Hospice patient, Mrs. Theresa M. Schiavo, was the subject of
investigative, forensic and medical scrutiny after concern was expressed for
her well-being on March 29, 2004.

At about 3:30 that Monday afternoon - as Mrs. Schiavo's feeding regimen
commenced - a Hospice employee noticed some marks on Mrs. Schiavo's arms,
and shared her observations with a Hospice supervisor at the Park Place
assisted living facility, 2750 Drew Street. Concerns were heightened by the
position of a plastic hospital bracelet on Mrs. Schiavo's forearm; the
positioning of a plastic feeding tube wrapped around the chair in which she
was sitting; and the discovery of a small, purple medical apparatus,
initially described as a "needle cap."

(The lavender object, manufactured by a New York medical supply company
called Qosina, is not a hypodermic needle cap, but rather a hollow,
open-ended polypropylene "catheter syringe tip adapter" - called a Luer,
part # 41501 - and is used as a plastic tubing connector in medical feeding
and irrigation setups; it has no application for injection).

The Hospice supervisor notified Mrs. Schiavo's husband, Michael, who called
his attorney and his wife's physician, Dr. Stanton Tripodis. The physician
examined Mrs. Schiavo at Park Place, and authorized her transfer to Mease
Hospital in Dunedin for an examination. Various procedures, including
toxicology tests for the presence of unauthorized drugs, proved negative,
and Mrs. Schiavo was returned to Hospice care.

Clearwater Police Detectives conducted numerous interviews with family
members, physicians, Hospice employees and others. The Mease Hospital
attending physician found nothing untoward about the marks on Mrs. Schiavo's
arm, nor did her personal physician. Neither physician quantified the marks
on her upper arm as evidence of an injection; the origin of these specific
marks is undetermined.

Although Detectives cannot say conclusively what caused the other marks,
it's believed they could have been the result of a apparatus called a "Hoyer
Lift," used to move a patient from a reclining position on a bed to a
sitting position in a chair.

The plastic hospital bracelet, a rigid band of plastic, may have worked
itself up her forearm toward her elbow since Mrs. Schiavo's arms are often
contracted upward.

The feeding tube and its position was examined by Hospice employees when
concerns were initially expressed, and subsequently by investigators: there
was no indication of leakage; detectives found no indication of intentional
manipulation; the monitor warning alarm was never activated, nor was the
feeding ever interrupted.

Detectives identified the lavender piece of plastic found in Mrs. Schiavo's
clothes as a tubing connector, and had an independent company (National
Medical Services of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania) conduct chemical and gas
examinations of swabs taken from the Luer adapter. The test results were
negative for foreign substances.

The Clearwater Police Department found no evidence of criminal activity, no
indication of attempted criminal activity, and no harm done to Mrs. Schiavo.
The investigation has concluded.

All inquiries regarding this investigation should be directed to Public
Information Officer Wayne Shelor at (727) 562-4333.
/s/
SID KLEIN
Chief of Police

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,119615,00.html

They might as well be saying Judge Greer/Judge Baird/Michael/Bushnell/Felos,
etc. is great. Let's not let this happen to Terri.

___

Whoever said that "Crime doesn't pay" didn't live in our times.
 MOM MUST PAY ADMISSION TO SEE HER DAUGHTER?



This is Terri's 46th day of forced isolation from her parents, siblings,
priest, those who love her and her 1495th day confined to just a single
small room by Hospice of the Florida Suncoast (give or take a few days
of having to be in the hospital from neglect and almost being
dehydrated/starved to death).

Just when you thought the bottom of the barrel was being reached. now there
is a fax from Michael Schiavo's attorney Deborah Bushnell that the
Schindlers could be permitted to visit their daughter if they pay for an off
duty police officer to accompany them (arranged by Deborah Bushnell & Co. of
course):

                     Deborah A. Bushnell
                          Attorney
                     204 Scotland Street
                      Dunedin, FL 34698
                     Phone: (727)733-9064


By Facsimile: (727) 898-4903

                                                   May 06, 2004

Patricia Fields Anderson, Esq.
447 Third Avenue N., Suite 405
St. Petersburg, FL  33701

Re: Schiavo, Theresa - #1834 -Guardianship

Dear Pat:

I received your fax dated May 4, 2004.

We inquired of Hospice as to whether they would allow their
security officers to be in the room during Robert and Mary
Schindlers' visitation.  To date, we have not received their
consent to this arrangement, and it does not seem likely that
such an arrangement can be made with them in the near future.

In the interim, the Schindlers may visit Terri in the presence
of a security officer.  However, we would have to make private
security options.  If your clients are agreeable to paying the
cost of such supervision, please let us know, and we will
follow up to make arrangements for the visitation and let you
know the cost.


                                          Sincerely,



                                          <signed>
                                          Deborah A. Bushnell


cc Michael Schiavo
   George J. Felos, Esq.
   Scott P. Swope, Esq.

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Terri is denied any extensive/comprehensive range of motion therapy or any
kind of therapies that could make her better. Terri is not terminal yet
Michael Schiavo is trying hard to make it so. AHCA's April 1st investigation
didn't see anything wrong with Terri's teeth yet shortly after their
investigation 5 teeth were completely removed from her mouth, with no
restorative work considered. How could the AHCA not have noticed anything
wrong? The surveyors notes of this investigation are a must read. They show
to what lengths Hospice of Florida Suncoast, Michael Schiavo, etc. are going
to deceive investigators to cover up the fraud and criminal neglect they are
committing upon Terri, the people of Florida, United States and the world.
The AHCA appears to be complicit in aiding and abetting these crimes. These
Chapter 119 documents are available upon request.

There is a big question: WHAT ARE YOU AND YOUR FEDERAL AND
STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS DOING ABOUT BRINGING THE
PERPETRATORS TO JUSTICE? Contact the senators for your district and
ask them what can be done, there are any number of actions that can be
taken.

Contact as many people as you can (governmental and non-governmental)
about Terri's plight. Make stickers, bumper stickers, licence plates,
posters, etc.

Be creative, do take action.

"Petition for State protective custody for Terri" (please get the petition
information out to as many peoples as possible)
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/chisana7/

"Saving Terri Schiavo"
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/19461949/

Laws being broken:
http://zimp.org/

Petition for Governor Bush to put Terri in protective custody:
http://www.petitiononline.com/chisana7/petition.html

Connect the Dots ... for Terri
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1130771/posts?page=11#11

http://www.terrisfight.org
 
19 posted on 05/14/2004 2:30:18 PM PDT by pc93
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20 posted on 05/14/2004 2:47:11 PM PDT by phenn (http://www.terrisfight.org)
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