Lieberman urges Mfume for high court: In make-up speech recommends NAACP boss with no law degree

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Friday, July 18, 2003

[lugsoul]

agreed, and the refusal on the default seems odd. at least where I am they will usually grant the default but are quite liberal about opening defaults if a basis is presented. but I have zero knowledge of WA procedure.

[RightWhale]

isn't this a wonderful example for the younger members of American society

Maybe this person has something going for himself we are not aware of. Besides, he might not be a shining ideal role model, but he might be a person that could relate to a good-sized chunk of the populace that is being nearly ignored right now. He could spend his first 2 or 5 years up at the local Law College getting the rudiments of law under his belt and maybe figure out what he has been doing as a legislator these recent years. It's got potential, and who says a SC justice has to be a lawyer anyway?

[freeangel]

'just doing his part to promote welfare moms and provide democrat votes

[connectthedots]

Washington rules and statutes regarding defaults are very similar to the federal rules of civil procedure. The main difference is that in Washington, a judge is required to enter the judgment in the amount demanded in the complaint when the defendant fails to answer, appear or otherwise defend within the statutory time limitation period. In order to get a default judgment vacated, the defendant must establish both a meritorious defense and excusable neglect.

Excusable neglect by a government agency is virtually impossible and apprroximately one year after I was entitled to the default judgment, the county claimed they had never even investigated the allegations in my complaint (I've got that in an affidavit of the deputy prosecutor who intially represented the county in the lawsuit). They didn't have to investigate because they knew damn well everything I alleged was true. If they had actually created a report of an investigation, it would have been discoverable pursuant to a public records request and they couldn't risk that. Based on the principle of collateral estoppel, I could choose which position they were stuck with. In this case, it should have made no difference. If they did not investigate, they could not possibly have establish a meritorious defense, could they?

[DoctorMichael]

Joe, you're an 'effin idiot.

[DoctorMichael]

Joe, go lick a boot, you moron.

[connectthedots]

One more comment. There would have been no possible basis for vacating a default judgment in my case, so the corrupt judges decided to simply deny entry. I also had another judge tell me that all the superior court judges in my county that they had all sgeed that none of them would enter my default judgment, and the judge who was involved in the intial corruption personally solicited a judge from another county to enter an order denying me the default judgment. I have a copy of a letter from one judge to another that proves this fact. As you must know, a judge who recuses himself cannot pick his replacement. If my case had no merit, why would they do this kind of crap?

[honeygrl]

"Black conservative ping "

I think this one might be a "hold muh beer" as well since lieberman must have been drinking before he said this stuff! LOL

[connectthedots]

I forgot to mention that unlike the federal rules which do not permit default judgments to be entered against the U.S. government, Washington governments do not have that benefit, and not court has claimed they do.

[Liz]

...you forgot the southern fried ginger Chicken and the sesame-seeded Poke salad...

Yeah, and the machacha wonton soup, the spaghetti chimichangas, and the sweet and sour brisket.