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Gothmog

(143,999 posts)
Thu Jan 31, 2019, 04:07 PM Jan 2019

Judge Slaps Down Carter Page Lawsuit Against The DNC

Carter Page is an idiot. This fool filed a pro se lawsuit against the DNC on the grounds that his civil rights were violated. Page filed this lawsuit in a federal court in Oklahoma because a court in New York had dismissed a similar case. The judge was not amused https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/carter-page-defamation-dnc-lawsuit-dismissed

In a brief but biting order, a federal judge in Oklahoma dismissed a defamation lawsuit Carter Page brought against the Democratic National Committee and its lawyers related to the involvement of the DNC’s law firm in funding the Trump-Russia dossier.

Chief Judge Joe Heaton of the Western District of Oklahoma, who is a George W. Bush appointee, said the court lacked jurisdiction over the case, given that the defendants have no relationship to Oklahoma, nor did their alleged actions.

“Plaintiff has offered nothing to suggest that the individual defendants are domiciled in Oklahoma and it appears undisputed that none of them are,” Heaton said, before critiquing Page’s arguments that the DNC has a relationship to Oklahoma, via its affiliate, the Oklahoma state Democratic Party.

“The DNC is a national organization with local affiliates throughout the United States. It cannot be ‘at home’ in every state,” the judge said.
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Judge Slaps Down Carter Page Lawsuit Against The DNC (Original Post) Gothmog Jan 2019 OP
A fool goes judge shopping. Thomas Hurt Jan 2019 #1
For this thread Gothmog Jan 2019 #2
Dopey pile of GOP slime. oasis Jan 2019 #3
You had me at "Carter Page is an idiot." (n/t) PJMcK Jan 2019 #4
I have been following this case including reading many of the briefs Gothmog Jan 2019 #6
I had forgotten that one Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #7
This is another one of my soap operas that I follow for grins Gothmog Jan 2019 #9
I appreciate you sharing what you find Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #10
Did he think the Western Oklahoma District doesn't know what went on in New York? gratuitous Jan 2019 #5
KR! Cha Jan 2019 #8

Gothmog

(143,999 posts)
6. I have been following this case including reading many of the briefs
Thu Jan 31, 2019, 05:29 PM
Jan 2019

Page's last filing was truly stupid but funny https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211593837 A number of lawyers have had fun laughing at Carter's attempt to play lawyer

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
5. Did he think the Western Oklahoma District doesn't know what went on in New York?
Thu Jan 31, 2019, 04:27 PM
Jan 2019

Damn, and he would've gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for that meddling internet!

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