This would be a good time to tell Ravalli County that Michael Spreadbury helped a nameless Misoula Law firm beat you in Federal Court in this case...........
The next move for Ravalli County?
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False imprisonment, regional defamation, intimidation of employers and "witnesses", tampering with evidence, malicious and intentional destruction of livlihood, willful destruction of property, why not some fun on a board?
Any Federal agencies interested in Ravallimo, Montanistan?
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What the Shooks were subjected to:
The Shooks and Ravalli County have come to an agreement. The County will pay $200,000 to the Shooks. A county commissioner says it is a good business decision. We think it is taxpayers paying for their mistakes:
- The Shooks were subject to a search warrant from the RCSO
- The Shooks were subject to (malicious) prosecution
- The Shooks were subject to verbal harassment from county officials
WHEN WILL IT END RAVALLI COUNTY? Civil Rights are not a business decision, nor something to merely pay off people who had them violated. To provide difinitive leadership, please outline how county employees will not violate the rights of US Citizens in the Hamilton, MT area in the future.
THIS INCLUDES SHERIFF CHRIS HOFFMAN AND HIS DEPUTIES
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WE PAY FOR YOUR MISTAKES:
courtesy of rdkennedy.files.worldpress.com
This was the first of many lawsuits exposing the practices of Ravalli County: conspired to deprive civil rights by County Atorney Corn, Sheriff Hoffman.
Please scroll to see some history of the court wrangling in this case.....
In US District Court in Missoula, a civil rights case is filed against Ravalli County. The file number is CV-172-DWM and is being heard by Donald Malloy, the same Judge for the WR Grace trial (Libby).
The US District Court, Montana District 201 E. Broadway, Missoula, MT 59801 www.mtd.uscourts.gov
The case is known as a Section 1983 of United States Code. The code in question is 42 USC Section 1983, or Civil Conspiracy to deprive civil rights. We cheer that this family has had the courage to take this case to a court of law who can hear it without the BIAS that the local courts have under GEORGE H. CORN. We have no justice in Montana Courts in Ravalli County and elsewhere.
***updated information is at the end of this page, please scroll to see the update.***
Here is a list of the counts against the county:
- Malicious Prosecution
- Abuse of Process
- Negligence
- Intentional Interference
- Negligence Per Se
- Breech of Contract (a court order)
- Negligent Misrepresentation
- Constructive Fraud / Duty to Disclose
- Infliction of Emotional Distress
The main issues that Ravalli County face is the issue with AMERICANS right to be treated equally. It is written into the Montana and US Constitutions. Malicious Prosecution is when this county really wants to stick it to someone and does so with such disregard, that the county prosecutors enjoy and savor the victory. Up until now, no one has held them accountable for these constitutional crimes. We the People have done the same outside a court of law. Enter the dragon, WE are now in the courts.
The Shooks are seeking relief in a court, this website is making the issue public, something that the county's papers will never allow. Equal protection means that even if it is the prosecutors mom, she would expect, and demand the same treatment as anyone else.
It is hoped that this case will be a deterent to all law enforcement, prosecutors, and judges in Ravalli County that thier current actions can, and may cost Ravalli County quite a bit of money. The current case is approximately $2M plus costs. Then there is possible jail time..... if the US Justice Department is independent of the White House staff.... see www.mtjustice.info for more info, press releases, etc.
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What is clear, is that Ravalli County just does not get it. This case is NOT about the floodplain, it is how the Plaintiffs were treated. Period.
Prosecutorial, and Qualified immunity is nice in concept, but when there is any clue that people worked together, as in so called "assistance" this keys into the section 1983 which denies the immunity. When there is intent, there is no immunity.
The county is right is when they emphatically state "they don't have enough information."
It is not a noble or protected task to prosecute anyone in the name of the State of Montana, or Ravalli County. This seems to be their defense. From what we have seen of the state (some of us have spoken to high ranking Montana AG officials) the paper is not even worth the seal. Montana has no protected justice, as we state in our sister web site www.mtjustice.info.
What also came out of the County's 4/7/09 answer is the questionable behavior with respect to the plea bargain process. Back door injustice is not OK.
Use of conspirators, like the Ravalli Republic Newspaper will end, as soon as the county has full understanding that people like the Shooks (former Ravalli County residents) are fighting back against this alleged criminal system with George H. Corn (RCAO) as its leader. Delay tactics under the pretext of innocence show us thier true colors.
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One of the last major actions by the court on April 1, 2009 was to deny the motions for dismissal written by the Defense (county). Ravalli County has witheld two requests for discovery, and has not given initial disclosures to the Shooks. Malloy indicated that their is no response to the complaint nor the amended complaint.....sounds like denial to us.
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On May 11, 2009 the Defense (Ravalli County) filed their "1st Amended Answer" to the plaintiff, and on May 18th, filed a joint discovery plan.
Our favorite quote is "County prosecutors, acting within the course and scope of thier employment..." (have no idea about people's rights---they think it is their right to crap on other people). Dr. Phillip Zimbardo calls this incremental steps towards evil in his book The Lucifer Effect Random House; 2007.
It is also indicative of the Defense to ask for lots of time....April 30, 2010 as the end of discovery...maybe the Plaintiffs will run out of money and want to settle. NOT!
More denials and seemingly weak legal arguments...and delays. We think that Ravalli County might get it in 2010....at the jury decision, and the election in Nov. 2010. Our new saying is "we hope the Shook case will shake some sense into the community."
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Defendant's pre-trial statement of May 27, 2009 is filled with Montana only citations to trials, and Supreme Court decisions. PS this is a Federal Case.
One of the striking statements is that the Shooks should have had remedy in Ravalli County court. We have no justice there, that is why the defense are afraid of the US Court.
Laura Hendrix has been excused from counts 1,2,3,5,9 but must face the Conspiracy to deprive Civil rights (or the Section 1983 claim). When the county all work together to make people's lives miserable (even if unknowingly or without intent) this can be seen as deprivation of rights. It is a slipery slope in Ravalli County...lets hope there is plenty of slippage so the County can understand how to take great care with their residents.
We are sorry to see that Ravalli County is looking for a Floodplain Manager. Laura is a very professional manager, and is more of an asset to Ravalli County than any replacement. We wish her well in future endeavors, knowing that the impetus to the civil rights problems were squarely in the Ravalli County Attorney Office (RCAO). "It's them, not you" (Laura was pulled into this).
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Case Schedule:
Pretrial Conference May 29, 2009
Deadline Ammended Pleadings August 31, 2009
Liability and Damage Experts December 31, 2009
Discovery Deadline March 1, 2010
Motions Deadline March 21, 2010
Attorney Pretrial Conference May 10, 2010
Final Pretrial Conference June 3, 2010 13:30hrs Msla
Jury Trial June 21, 2010 8:30 hrs Msla
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Please check back to this page and site for more updates.....
for detailed info on the Montana Justice System seewww.mtjustice.info