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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJudge 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 DNCs 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 Pages 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.
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 Pages 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
Did he think the Western Oklahoma District doesn't know what went on in New York?
gratuitous
Jan 2019
#5
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)1. A fool goes judge shopping.
Gothmog
(143,999 posts)2. For this thread
oasis
(49,151 posts)3. Dopey pile of GOP slime.
PJMcK
(21,917 posts)4. You had me at "Carter Page is an idiot." (n/t)
Gothmog
(143,999 posts)6. I have been following this case including reading many of the briefs
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
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,036 posts)7. I had forgotten that one
It's bad when a month feels like a year.
Gothmog
(143,999 posts)9. This is another one of my soap operas that I follow for grins
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,036 posts)10. I appreciate you sharing what you find
This has some grins that match the Kobach debacle.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)5. Did he think the Western Oklahoma District doesn't know what went on in New York?
Damn, and he would've gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for that meddling internet!