) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BENJAMIN GREEN, III ) ) Respondent. ) ________________________________ ) ) Benjamin Green, III ) ) Defendant/Counter Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) Assignee of U.S.A. ) ) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, ) ) Plaintiffs/ Counter Defendants. ) )
COMMON LAW COUNTERCLAIM FAILURE TO STATE A JURISDICTIONAL CLAIM UPON WHICH RELIEF MAY BE GRANTED; WANT OF JURISDICTION IN PERSONAM FRCRP RULE 12(b) 2,3 (A)(B) MOTION to ABATE THE INDICTMENT
Benjamin Green III REPLY TO PROSECUTOR SEAN BEATYS RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT COUNTER-PLAINTIFFS FRCrP RULE 12(b) 2,3 (A)(B) MOTION TO ABATE THE INDICTMENT FASHIONED AS A COMMON LAW COUNTER CLAIM: FAILURE TO STATE A JURISDICTIONAL CLAIM UPON WHICH RELIEF MAY BE GRANTED WANT OF JURISDICTION IN PERSONAM I, Benjamin Green III, in esse and Sui juris (the living being free-man able to contract), the sole secured beneficiary of the debtor trust organization BENJAMIN GREEN III, (DEFENDANT Counter-Plaintiff) being duly sworn, depose and say under penalty of perjury, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1746 as follows: 1 of 13
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Defendant Counter Plaintiff Benjamin Green III, in esse and sui juris is
before this court in a special, restricted appearance in propria persona along with PUBLIC DEFENDER assistance of counsel in a general appearance representing BENJAMIN GREEN, III; and as such as of right this is Benjamin Green III REPLY TO PROSECUTOR SEAN BEATYS RESPONSE (filed as Docket 144 herein 11-06-2013) IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT COUNTER-PLAINTIFFS FRCrP RULE 12(b) 2,3 (A)(B) MOTION TO ABATE THE INDICTMENT FASHIONED AS A COMMON LAW COUNTER CLAIM: FAILURE TO STATE A JURISDICTIONAL CLAIM UPON WHICH RELIEF MAY BE GRANTED WANT OF JURISDICTION IN PERSONAM, with an extension of the prior exhibits thereto attached 1 through 5 herein extended herein. 2. That Defendant Counter Plaintiff reply is in opposition and generally denies
the allegations and presumptive characterizations proffered to the Court by PROSECUTOR SEAN BEATYS RESPONSE including various footnotes thereto and attach a copy of the Court docket herein listing the orders and motions (See Exhibit 6); and with all due respect to the Court, in consideration of the prior motions and orders this motion is subject to my altered status regarding exhibits 1 and 4 accordingly.. 3. That Benjamin Green III (Counter-Plaintiff) claims that he, as the in esse sui
juris (a non-corporate, non-artificial, living man and American Freeman/Citizen of the United States as per Section 1 of the 14th Amendment being able to contract without exception) is non-surety for BENJAMIN GREEN III (DEFENDANT) despite what DOJ wrongly alleges as to somehow quote: "purportedly subscribes to the 'redemption' or 'strawman' theory, which has been roundly rejected by the IRS and the courts." with reference to Buczek v. Bruce, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 55409, *3-5 (W.D.N.Y. May 19, 2011); United States v. Buczek, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17271, *4-6 (W.D.N.Y. Feb. 26, 2 of 13
2010). as if such cases were to pose a supposed description of what the nature of what Defendant / Counter Plaintiff subscribes to; and as to that said, PROSECUTOR SEAN BEATYS assumption and presumption could not be further from the truth. 4. PROSECUTOR SEAN BEATYS has wrongly conflated properly punishable
offenses of the "Sovereign Movement" and "Redemption Movement" to which Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff Benjamin Green III absolutely does not embrace or subscribes. 5. Defendant/Counter Plaintiff contends that no person except the Pope and or
Queen Elizabeth II may be considered "Sovereign" per se. 6. Defendant/Counter Plaintiff contends he, as a Private American Citizen of the
United States, is merely one of the sovereign "We the People" referenced in the Preamble of the Constitution of the United States and related Constitution of the State of Connecticut. 7. Defendant/Counter Plaintiff contends he privately resides at Common Law in
the State of Connecticut as a non-statutory natural person and de jure Citizen of the United States of America fully protected by section 1 of the 14th Amendment. 8. Defendant/Counter Plaintiff also contends that the DOJ and its agents
actively participate in propagating and participating in the spread of wrongful process under the rubric of both the "Sovereign" and Redemption" movements; and that such participation in entrapment has been done since the "Montana Freeman Movement" espoused the wrongful belief in the doctrine of individual sovereignty that rejected the authority of the federal government of the United States. For the "Montana Freemen " as they all rejected their actual surety-ship status and acted without use of available law of their respective birth state to change that "U.S. citizen," quasi corporate status. 3 of 13
Therefore, as per their mis-conceived system of government in "Justus Township," including their own versions of common-law court de jure, banking, and credit ended in the "Ruby Ridge" execution action by DOJ - Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff Benjamin Green III absolutely rejects every aspect of such wrongful ideology, as it does not apply to the complex process under the Internal Revenue code associated with an "Original Issue Discount" done as an internet electronic process that is much different herein. 9. That I have reviewed the cases referenced by PROSECUTOR SEAN
BEATYS RESPONSE and find n on that apply herein For a description of the Original Issue Discount (OID)variant of this theory, which the defendant asserted here, see
United States v. Morris, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11928, *3-4 (D. Colo. 2011); United States v. Marty, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2783, *14-17 (D. Cal. 2010).
10.
That as for the cynical use of civil action United States v. Marty, 2010 U.S. Dist.
injunction against Teresa Marty individually and through her return preparation business Advance Financial Services, LLC, barring Marty and her business from acting as a federal return preparer. United States v. Marty, 09-cv-006000, 2009 WL 3111823 (E.D. Cal. Aug. 31, 2009); http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2009/September/09-tax937.html. The court found that Marty prepared and filed fraudulent tax returns with false federal tax withholding. The court ordered Marty to provide the United States with a customer list and to notify her customers of the courts order , without any criminal conviction of her is a red herring in that based upon information and belief Defendant/ Counter-Plaintiff contends that Teresa was an agent of the IRS and Government in her 4 of 13
capacity to entrap filers for use by the Obama Administration of instilling terror into U.S. Citizens, as has been long intend since the Clinton Administration to install a singlepayer health system under the control of the Internal Revenue Service and United States Treasury Secretary. 11. That as for the Gemini Twin nature of the relationship between Benjamin
Green III, in esse and Sui juris (the living being free-man able to contract) born July 12, 1968, now as the sole secured beneficiary of the debtor trust organization BENJAMIN GREEN III having been created on July 23, 1968 is challenged by PROSECUTOR SEAN BEATYS RESPONSE with reference to Callan v. Paulson, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31987, 3-4, Fn. 2 (D. Conn. 2009) (quoting Callan v. Internal Rev. Serv. Commr, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12403, 2007 WL 552219 at *2) as if it were to apply despite what Movant cites in the Transcript from the civil case proceeding shown n Exhibit 3; and that were that so as PROSECUTOR SEAN BEATYS RESPONSE suggests then since the DOJ contends there is no difference between the names of "BENJAMIN GREEN III" and "Benjamin Green III," let the DOJ simply alter the name of Defendant/Counter Plaintiff on its indictment to read "Benjamin Green III." 12. In the matter of my need to focus on resolving issues related to my estate,
on or about October 26, 2013, Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff Benjamin Green III and the surety issue came across an article on a man in Ohio that had been presumed dead in a Probate proceeding and when appearing as a living being to be declared alive he was denied and as such is the emphasis on the Artificial nature of the Big letter name as it relates to the living being or surety nature as applies herein (see Exhibit 7). 13. That in consideration of my probate and estate status here in Connecticut,
juris American Freeman, as of right availed the relief under the substantive due process provided for and by the Connecticut Probate Law Title 45a; and 14. That Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff has duly provided notice to the DOJ, the
Court and to his birth state of Connecticut that he, by operation of law, has duly released the State of its trustee obligation without consideration NUNC PRO TUNC of Defendant/Counter- Plaintiff's prior existing surety-ship for the named entity BENJAMIN GREEN III having been duly registered as a statutory entity with ownership title and trusteeship of the State of Connecticut as it was appointed under unilateral adhesion contract under seal on July 23, 1968, by the natural birth mother. 15. Further, on November 1, 2013, Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff also affirmed and
provided due notice to DOJ and the State of Connecticut of rescission of surety-ship signatures NUNC PRO TUNC back to on or after July 23, 1968; and therefore, Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff Benjamin Green III in esse sui juris (a non-corporate, nonartificial, living man and American Freeman/Citizen of the United States as per Section 1 of the 14th Amendment being able to contract without exception) with natural birth date of July 12, 1968 is no longer the surety indenture, Gemini twin of the statutory debtor entity BENJAMIN GREEN III, a statutory "U.S. Citizen." Thereafter since November 1, 2013, natural born citizen Benjamin Green III has been a non-statutory, private citizen of the United States of America and therefore is as foreign to the extraconstitutional, statutorily imposed, martial process before this court. 16. That in the discontinuance of Surety matter raised by PROSECUTOR
SEAN BEATYS RESPONSE, I concur and request that, as no flight risk, I remain on release under my own recognizance as provide for in the FRCrP Rule 12(g) so that I may continue to transact my defense and related actions after Tuesday 11/12/2013. 6 of 13
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American Citizens under this Article 4 Section 2 and related Bill of Rights/Constitutional rights as otherwise broadened by the provision of section 1 of the 14th Amendment enacted in 1868. Defendant/Counter Plaintiff has a Constitutional right to be given a civilian due process to the exclusion of a martial due process forcefully imposed upon debtor(s) belligerents and rebels residing in occupied territories under rule of de facto military government. 18. Further, in regards to the report of the DOJ in regards to the Martial Law
Flag despite 4 U.S.C. chapter 1, 1, 2, & 3 (that still only specifies 48 stars), is that created by President, Dwight David Eisenhower, by Executive Order No.10834, signed on August 21, 1959 and printed in the Federal Register at 24 F.R. 6865, pursuant to law, stated that: "A military flag is a flag that resembles the regular flag of the United States, except that it has a yellow fringe border on three sides." The Attorney General reported that quote: The President of the United States designates this deviation from the regular flag, by executive order, and in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the military. The placing of a fringe on the national flag, the dimensions of the flag and the arrangement of the stars in the union are matters of detail not controlled by statute, but are within the discretion of the President as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy." 34 Ops. Atty. Gen. 83. 19. Further, since the DOJ contends there is no difference between the non-gold
fringed flag of the Republic of the United States of America as defined in 4 USC 1, and the gold-fringed flag of the Commander in chief of the United States Armed Forces as defined in 840-10, section 2-3b, c(4), let the DOJ request the Court remove said goldfringed flag to be replaced with a non-gold fringed flag of the Republic defined above.
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consideration for Defendant/Counter Plaintiff's Motion to Dismiss with Counterclaim at Common Law, he now is to be given every appearance of due process of law for civilians (pursuant to the Fifth Amendment) who are natural born Citizens of the United States (pursuant to Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment). Refusal to alter the spelling of the name of Defendant/Counter Plaintiff on the government's indictment and refusal to replace the court's martial flag with the civilian flag of the Republic of the United States validates Defendant/Counter Plaintiff's claims in his Motion to Dismiss.
AS AND FOR THE REPLY TO PROSECUTOR SEAN BEATYS RESPONSE AS TO THE INFRINGEMENT OF DEFENDANT COUNTER-PLAINTIFF FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHT AGAINST ENTRAPMENT SITUATION OF SELF INCRIMINATION 21. As for the Issue of a Fifth amendment infringement perpetrated by agents of
the USA in regards to the Indictment herein that relied upon the internet tax filing process with use of IRSs software FILING INFORMATION RETURNS ELECTRONICALLY (F.I.R.E.) proprietary software used in conjunction with Defendants own commercially available software in preparation of the return in question without aid of an accountant. 22. That Court testimony of the actual IRS webmaster () on the stand on
Thursday (11/07/13) and Friday (11/8/ 13) entered into evidence supposed F.I.R.E. 2012 webpage shot from the Internet Wayback Machine (IWM) to suggest that that was what Defendant Counter-Plaintiff saw when he entered the system; 23. That Defendant Counter-Plaintiff sought out the expertise of the Investigative
Journalist Kevin Richard Powell of Atlanta Georgia who in the past has published
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expos with use of the Internet Wayback Machine and who produced a calendar record of IRS F.I.R.E. screen captures by IWM from 2004 through 2013 (see Exhibit 8). 24. That as shown in Court by the Webmaster as supposedly what Defendant
Counter-Plaintiff saw in 2009 was 2012 is herein depicted from the Exhibit 8 record on say the May 15, 2012 captured home screen page stored by the IWM shows:
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That the Webmaster on August 20, 2013 as herein depicted from the Exhibit
8 record presently uses an intense warning as shown captured home screen page stored by the IWM shows:
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That the "GLARING" warning shown on August 20, 2013 above is more
intense that even that shown on the November 7, 2004 captured home screen page stored by the IWM shows in the chronological presentation of Exhibit 8 as follows:
27.
IWM record shown as Exhibit 8, what would have possibly seen in 2009 that had been installed before 2010 in 2010 in fact was without a GLARING warning as shown in 2004 or 2013 above referenced, in 2010 is shown on the May 28, 2010 captured home screen page stored by the IWM shows considerably smaller WARNING typeface than depicted by the Webmaster using the May 15, 2012 exhibit at trial as follows :
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The fifth amendment entrapment infringement issue question is that when the
2004 "GLARING" HARD WARNING was taken down to become the post 2009 screen 2010 soft-warning with the "login " immediately on the left for the user that beckons use rather than as done on the 2004 right side lower down as a button with an instruction piece first not last is I think a 5th Amendment violation of intentional entrapment and whereby the taking down of the glaring warning coaxed a user to enter as a matter of curiosity - like entering onto a spiders web or onto flypaper, The Obama Administration from 2009 having caught the filers on the web to make a public record of convictions to terrorize US Citizens, reinstalled a larger WARNING typeface in 2012 and even more so 2013 "GLARING" HARD WARNING than had been there during the Bush Administration in 2004. 29. NOTE that if the IRS Webmaster had left the F.I.R.E. GLARING WARNING
as they then in 2012 enlarged and thereafter reinstalled to emphasize the urgent nature of the warning to prevent any the curiosity seeking aspects in 2013, now as in 2004 has been cut short even-though they still have the login button on top and on the left rather than on the right and at the bottom as done in 2004 that placed instructions over than of registration and login. 30. Based upon information and belief, In criminal law, entrapment is when a law
enforcement agent induces a person to commit an offense that the person would have otherwise unlikely committed. It is a type of conduct that is frowned upon, and thus in many jurisdictions is a defense against criminal liability; and depending on the law in the jurisdiction, the prosecution may be required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was not entrapped or the defendant may be required to prove that he was entrapped as an affirmative defense. 11 of 13
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designed to catch a person committing a crime. A typical sting will have a lawenforcement officer or cooperative member of the public play a role as criminal partner or potential victim and go along with a suspect's actions to gather evidence of the suspect's wrongdoing as above shown from evidence of screen shoots from 2004 thru 2013, and that sting operations as alleged done with Teresa Marty are abundantly easier when on the web created flypaper present with use of F.I.R.E. shown above.
WHEREFORE, it is now incumbent upon this Court to order the USA and PROSECUTOR SEAN BEATY to disclose all exculpatory internal records eliminating the suspicion of affirmative actions by the I.R.S. and or Treasury Department to entrap using its agents and or electronic means as with F.I.R.E. That DEFENDANT / Counter-plaintiff be permitted to submit the screen shot evidence shown herein as Exhibit 8 as rebuttal to 2012 screen shoot trial evidence submitted by PROSECUTOR SEAN BEATY; That DEFENDANT / Counter-plaintiff be granted a continuance in the trial until this motion is completed; That the I.R.S. F.I.R.E. Webmaster be recalled to testify as to the Exhibit 8 evidence; That USA and PROSECUTOR SEAN BEATY be granted a Sur-reply opportunity as to the REPLY; and The DEFENDANT / Counter-plaintiff be granted different and other relief the Court deems necessary to meet FRCrP Rule 12 generally and specifically
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) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BENJAMIN GREEN, III ) ) Respondent. ) ________________________________ ) ) Benjamin Green, III ) ) Defendant/Counter Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) Assignee of U.S.A. ) ) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, ) ) Plaintiffs/ Counter Defendants. ) )
COMMON LAW COUNTERCLAIM FAILURE TO STATE A JURISDICTIONAL CLAIM UPON WHICH RELIEF MAY BE GRANTED; WANT OF JURISDICTION IN PERSONAM FRCRP RULE 12(b) 2,3 (A)(B) MOTION to ABATE THE INDICTMENT
Benjamin Green III REPLY TO PROSECUTOR SEAN BEATYS RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT COUNTER-PLAINTIFFS FRCrP RULE 12(b) 2,3 (A)(B) MOTION TO ABATE THE INDICTMENT FASHIONED AS A COMMON LAW COUNTER CLAIM: FAILURE TO STATE A JURISDICTIONAL CLAIM UPON WHICH RELIEF MAY BE GRANTED WANT OF JURISDICTION IN PERSONAM
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Terminated Counts None Highest Offense Level (Terminated) None APPEAL,EFILE,PROSE Complaints None
Disposition
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Disposition
Plaintiff Case title: USA v. Green Assigned to: Judge Vanessa L. Bryant Defendant (1) Benjamin Green, III represented by Sarah A. L. Merriam Federal Public Defender's Office - NH 265 Church St., Suite 702 New Haven, CT 06510-7005 203-498-4200 Fax: 203-498-4207 Email: Sarah_Merriam@fd.org LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Designation: Public Defender Disposition Date Filed: 09/06/2012 USA represented by Deirdre M. Daly U.S. Attorney's Office-NH 157 Church St., 23rd floor New Haven, CT 06510 203-821-3700 Fax: 203-773-5376 Email: Deirdre.Daly@USDoj.gov LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Sean Beaty U. S. Attorney's Office-CT 157 Church Street 25th Floor New Haven, CT 06519 202-616-2717 Email: sean.p.beaty@usdoj.gov LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Susan Wines U.S. Attorney's Office-NH 157 Church St., 23rd floor New Haven, CT 06510 203-821-3700 Fax: 203-821-3829 Email: susan.wines@usdoj.gov LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Pending Counts FALSE OR FRAUDULENT CLAIMS; False, Fictitious or Fradulent Claims against the United States (1) CORRUPT OR FORCIBLE INTERFERENCE; Attempt to Interfere with the Adminsitration for the Internal Revenue Laws (2) Highest Offense Level (Opening) Felony
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Docket Text SEALED INDICTMENT returned before Judge Ellen Bree Burns. Arrest Warrant to issue, returned before grand jury number N-12-1 as to Benjamin Green, III (1) count(s) 1, 2. (Perez, J.) (Entered: 09/10/2012) Arrest of Benjamin Green, III (Jaiman, R.) (Entered: 10/01/2012)
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SCHEDULING ORDER as to Benjamin Green, III Discovery Motions due 10/18/2012 Substantive Motions due 10/23/2012 Government Response due 10/30/2012 Jury Selection set for 12/4/2012 09:30 AM in Courtroom Two, 450 Main St., Hartford, CT before Judge Vanessa L. Bryant. Signed by Judge Holly B. Fitzsimmons on 10/4/2012. (Blough, B.) (Entered: 10/05/2012) Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Holly B. Fitzsimmons:Arraignment as to Benjamin Green III (1) Count 1,2 held on 10/4/2012, Bond Hearing as to Benjamin Green, III held on 10/4/2012, Detention Hearing as to Benjamin Green, III held on 10/4/2012, Not Guilty Plea entered by Benjamin Green III (1) Count 1,2. Jury Selection set for 12/4/2012 09:30 AM in Courtroom Two, 450 Main St., Hartford, CT before Judge Vanessa L. Bryant. Bond set as to Benjamin Green III (1) 100,000.00 Nonsurety. Defendant to surrender passport by 4:00 p.m. on 10/5/2012. and 50 minutes(Court Reporter M. Marshall.)(Blough, B.) (Entered: 10/05/2012) SEALED BAIL INFORMATION SHEET by Benjamin Green, III (Blough, B.) (Entered: 10/05/2012) ORDER Setting Conditions of Release as to Benjamin Green, III. Signed by Judge Holly B. Fitzsimmons on 10/4/2012. (Blough, B.) (Entered: 10/05/2012) APPEARANCE Bond Entered as to Benjamin Green, III in amount of $ $100,000.00 Non-surety. (Blough, B.) (Entered: 10/05/2012) NOTICE OF HEARING ON MOTION as to Benjamin Green, III. ALL PERSONS ENTERING THE COURTHOUSE MUST PRESENT PHOTO IDENTIFICATION. Motion Hearing re: 9 is set for 10.30.12 at 2:00 PM in Courtroom Two, 450 Main St., Hartford, CT before Judge Vanessa L. Bryant. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on October 5, 2012. (Butler, Ayanna) (Entered: 10/05/2012) NOTICE OF E-FILED CALENDAR as to Benjamin Green, III: THIS IS THE ONLY NOTICE COUNSEL/THE PARTIES WILL RECEIVE. ALL PERSONS ENTERING THE COURTHOUSE MUST PRESENT PHOTO IDENTIFICATION. Jury Selection set for 12/4/2012 at 09:30 AM in Courtroom Two, 450 Main St., Hartford, CT before Judge Vanessa L. Bryant (LaLone, L.) (Entered: 10/09/2012) ORDER as to Benjamin Green, III re 17 Calendar Entry: Substantive Motions, List of Witnesses, Anticipated Duration of Trial, a Preliminary Exhibit List, and Request for Charge are due October 29, 2012, Jury Interrogatories and Voir Dire Questions are due November 8, 2012, and Three Trial Binders (one original and two copies) with complete Exhibit List are to be filed by noon on November 23, 2012 in the Clerk's Office. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on October 10, 2012. (Butler, Ayanna) (Entered: 10/10/2012) Receipt for Surrender of Passport as to Benjamin Green, III Passport Number 420729343 issued by USA Receipt Number 41 (Attachments: # 1 Notice) DOCKET Page 4 of 20
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Oral MOTION to Dismiss Case, Oral MOTION to be released from custody by Benjamin Green, III. (Jaiman, R.) (Entered: 10/01/2012)
4 ORAL MOTION to Unseal Indictment by USA as to Benjamin Green, III. (Jaiman, R.) (Entered: 10/01/2012) 5 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Holly B. Fitzsimmons: Initial Appearance; Motion Hearing as to Benjamin Green, III held on 9/27/2012; denying 3 Oral Motion to Dismiss the indictment, filed by Benjamin Green, III (1); denying 3 Oral Motion to be release from custody, filed by Benjamin Green, III; Attorney Sarah Merriam Appointed as Standby Counsel; Granting 4 Oral Motion to Unseal the indictment as to Benjamin Green III (1) filed by USA; Detention Hearing held on 9/27/2012; ( Detention Hearing Continued for 9/28/2012 at 2:00 PM in Courtroom Four-Annex, 915 Lafayette Blvd., Bridgeport, CT before Judge Holly B. Fitzsimmons). Defendant detained. 45 minutes(Court Reporter Baldwin.) (Jaiman, R.) (Entered: 10/01/2012) CASE UNSEALED as to Benjamin Green, III (Jaiman, R.) (Entered: 10/01/2012) 6 ELECTRONIC FILING ORDER as to Benjamin Green, III - PLEASE ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH COURTESY COPY REQUIREMENTS IN THIS ORDER. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on 9/27/2012. (Jaiman, R.) (Entered: 10/01/2012) ORDER SCHEDULING A DETENTION as to Benjamin Green, III. Signed by Judge Holly B. Fitzsimmons on 9/27/2012. Detention Hearing set for 9/28/2012 02:00 PM in Courtroom Four-Annex, 915 Lafayette Blvd., Bridgeport, CT before Judge Holly B. Fitzsimmons (Jaiman, R.) (Entered: 10/01/2012) Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Holly B. Fitzsimmons:Detention Hearing as to Benjamin Green, III held on 9/28/2012, ( Detention Hearing set for 10/4/2012 02:00 PM in Courtroom Four-Annex, 915 Lafayette Blvd., Bridgeport, CT before Judge Holly B. Fitzsimmons. Defendant detained. 12 minutes(Court Reporter Baldwin.)(Jaiman, R.) (Entered: 10/01/2012) MOTION for Leave To Proceed Pro Se, MOTION for Sarah A. L. Merriam to Withdraw as Attorney by Benjamin Green, III. (Merriam, Sarah) (Entered: 10/02/2012) MOTION for Pretrial Detention by USA as to Benjamin Green, III. (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 10/02/2012) DOCKET Page 3 of 20 10/11/2012 19 10/09/2012 17
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(Corriette, M.) (Entered: 10/11/2012) 10/17/2012 20 MOTION for Order Re: To Adjust Deadline for Filing of Discovery Motions To Comport with Standing Order (filed by Standby Counsel) by Benjamin Green, III. (Merriam, Sarah) (Entered: 10/17/2012) First MOTION to Continue Deadline for Submission of List of Witnesses, Anticipated Duration of Trial, Preliminary Exhibit List, and Request for Charge (filed by Standby Counsel) by Benjamin Green, III. (Merriam, Sarah) (Entered: 10/17/2012) NOTICE of Intent to Introduce Expert Testimony by USA as to Benjamin Green, III (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 10/18/2012) MOTION for Order to Exclude Speedy Trial Time by USA as to Benjamin Green, III. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order Excluding Time Under the Speedy Trial Act)(Beaty, Sean) Modified on 10/25/2012 to correct event. (D'Onofrio, B.). (Entered: 10/22/2012) ORDER, denied as moot 10 Motion for Pretrial Detention in light of the release order as to Benjamin Green III (1). Signed by Judge Holly B. Fitzsimmons on 10/22/2012. (Jaiman, R.) (Entered: 10/22/2012) MOTION to Dismiss (pro se motion, e-filed by Standby Counsel) by Benjamin Green, III. (Merriam, Sarah) (Entered: 10/22/2012) MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction by Benjamin Green, III. Responses due by 11/13/2012 (Grady, B.) (Entered: 10/24/2012) MOTION to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, debt previously discharged and not triable issue before the court by Benjamin Green, III. (Grady, B.) (Entered: 10/24/2012) Memorandum in Opposition by USA as to Benjamin Green, III re 25 MOTION to Dismiss (pro se motion, e-filed by Standby Counsel) (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 10/24/2012) RESPONSE/REPLY by USA as to Benjamin Green, III re 9 Motion for Miscellaneous Relief, Motion to Withdraw as Attorney (Proposed Colloquy for October 30, 2012 Faretta Hearing) (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 10/24/2012) Memorandum in Opposition by USA as to Benjamin Green, III re 26 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction, 27 MOTION to Dismiss (Attachments: # 1 Attachment A to US's Opposition to Green's 2nd and 3rd Motions to Dismiss)(Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 10/26/2012) ORDER denying 25 Motion to Dismiss as to Benjamin Green III (1). The defendant's motion is nonsensical and does not articulate any factual or legal basis. See Jones v. Natn'l Commc'ns & Surveillance Networks, 266 Fed.Appx.31, 2008 WL 482599 (C.A.2 (N.Y.)). Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on October 26, 2012. (Butler, Ayanna) (Entered: 10/26/2012) DOCKET Page 5 of 20
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Proposed Jury Instructions by USA as to Benjamin Green, III (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 10/29/2012) Proposed Voir Dire by USA as to Benjamin Green, III (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 10/29/2012) NOTICE of Anticipated Length of Trial and Preliminary List of Witnesses by USA as to Benjamin Green, III (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 10/29/2012) Preliminary Exhibit List by USA as to Benjamin Green, III (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 10/29/2012) NOTICE OF E-FILED CALENDAR as to Benjamin Green, III: THIS IS THE ONLY NOTICE COUNSEL/THE PARTIES WILL RECEIVE. ALL PERSONS ENTERING THE COURTHOUSE MUST PRESENT PHOTO IDENTIFICATION. Faretta Hearing is reset from 10.30.12 to 11.27.12 at 2:00 PM in Courtroom Two, 450 Main St., Hartford, CT before Judge Vanessa L. Bryant. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on October 31, 2012. (Butler, Ayanna) (Entered: 10/31/2012) ORDER Returning Submission as Deficient: Various documents returned to Benjamin Green, III. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on 11/01/2012. (Grady, B.) (Entered: 11/01/2012) MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction (filed by Standby Counsel) by Benjamin Green, III. (Merriam, Sarah) (Entered: 11/01/2012) MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction (pro se motion, e-filed by Standby Counsel) by Benjamin Green, III. (Merriam, Sarah) (Entered: 11/01/2012) Memorandum in Opposition by USA as to Benjamin Green, III re 39 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction (pro se motion, e-filed by Standby Counsel), 38 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction (filed by Standby Counsel) (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 11/01/2012) RESPONSE/REPLY by USA as to Benjamin Green, III re 9 Motion for Miscellaneous Relief, Motion to Withdraw as Attorney, 29 Reply/Response Misc US's Supplemental Proposed Faretta Colloquy (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 11/01/2012) MOTION for Hearing on an Expedited Basis (filed by stand-by counsel) by Benjamin Green, III. (Merriam, Sarah) (Entered: 11/01/2012) Memorandum in Support by Benjamin Green, III re 26 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction, 39 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction (pro se motion, e-filed by Standby Counsel), 27 MOTION to Dismiss, 25 MOTION to Dismiss (pro se motion, e-filed by Standby Counsel), 38 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction (filed by Standby Counsel) (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Errata B, # 3 Exhibit C, # 4 Exhibit D, # 5 Exhibit E, # 6 Exhibit)(Merriam, Sarah) (Entered: 11/07/2012)
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REPLY TO RESPONSE to Motion by Benjamin Green, III re 26 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction, 39 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction (pro se motion, e-filed by Standby Counsel), 27 MOTION to Dismiss, 38 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction (filed by Standby Counsel) (Merriam, Sarah) (Entered: 11/07/2012) MOTION for Discovery (pro se motion, e-filed by Standby Counsel) by Benjamin Green, III. (Merriam, Sarah) (Entered: 11/07/2012) ORDER VACATING 17 Calendar Entry and 18 Order setting pretrial filing deadlines as to Benjamin Green, III. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on November 8, 2012. (Butler, Ayanna) (Entered: 11/08/2012) Memorandum in Opposition by USA as to Benjamin Green, III re 45 MOTION for Discovery (pro se motion, e-filed by Standby Counsel) (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 11/13/2012) RESPONSE/REPLY by Benjamin Green, III re 36 Calendar Entry, Objection to Hearing (Merriam, Sarah) (Entered: 11/21/2012) ORDER granting 20 Defendant's Motion for Order as to Benjamin Green III (1). Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on November 26, 2012. (Butler, Ayanna) (Entered: 11/26/2012) ORDER granting 21 Motion to Continue as to Benjamin Green III (1). The Court will set a schedule following the Faretta Hearing. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on November 26, 2012. (Butler, Ayanna) (Entered: 11/26/2012) ORDER denying without prejudice 45 Motion for Discovery as to Benjamin Green III (1). The defendant is to read and comply with the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, including the defendant's reciprocal discovery duty. Requests are to be supported by a memorandum of law with citations to the rule upon which his request is predicated. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on November 26, 2012. (Butler, Ayanna) (Entered: 11/26/2012) Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Vanessa L. Bryant: taking under advisement 26 , 27 , 38 , 39 Motions to Dismiss as to Benjamin Green III (1); granting 9 Motion for Leave To Proceed Pro Se as to Benjamin Green III (1); granting 9 Motion to Withdraw as Attorney. Sarah A. L. Merriam withdrawn from case as to Benjamin Green III (1); granting 23 Motion for Order to Exclude Speedy Trial Time as to Benjamin Green III (1); Motion Hearing as to Benjamin Green, III held on 11/27/2012 re 9 MOTION for Leave To Proceed Pro Se, MOTION for Sarah A. L. Merriam to Withdraw as Attorney filed by Benjamin Green, III; 26 , 27 , 38 , 39 MOTIONS to Dismiss; 23 Motion for Order to Exclude Speedy Trial Time. 53 minutes(Court Reporter S.Baldwin(ECRO).) (LaLone, L.) (Entered: 11/27/2012) NOTICE by Prior Standby Counsel by Benjamin Green, III (Merriam, Sarah) (Entered: 11/28/2012) DOCKET Page 7 of 20
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Terminate Hearings as to Benjamin Green, III: Jury Selection set for 12/4/12 continued. (LaLone, L.) (Entered: 12/04/2012) MOTION to Re-Open the Court's Faretta Inquiry re 9 MOTION for Leave To Proceed Pro Se MOTION for Sarah A. L. Merriam to Withdraw as Attorney, 29 Reply/Response Misc, 41 Reply/Response Misc by USA as to Benjamin Green, III. (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 12/12/2012) ORDER granting in part and denying without prejudice in part 54 Government's Motion to Re-Open Faretta Hearing and for Psychological Evaluation as to Benjamin Green III (1). See attached memorandum of decision. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on February 1, 2013. (Butler, Ayanna) (Additional attachment(s) added on 2/4/2013: # 1 REPLACEMENT PDF) (LaLone, L.). (Entered: 02/01/2013) ORDER for Psychological/Psychiatric Evaluation as to Benjamin Green, III re 55 Order on Motion by the Government for a Psychological Evaluation. See attached memorandum of decision. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on February 1, 2013. (Butler, Ayanna) (Entered: 02/01/2013) Docket Entry Correction as to Benjamin Green, III re 55 Order on Motion, REPLACEMENT PDF (LaLone, L.) (Entered: 02/04/2013) ORDER finding as moot 42 Motion for Hearing as to Benjamin Green III (1). Faretta hearing was held by the Court on November 27, 2012. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on February 4, 2013. (Butler, Ayanna) (Entered: 02/04/2013) MOTION for Hearing by USA as to Benjamin Green, III. (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 03/25/2013) ORDER granting 59 Motion for Hearing as to Benjamin Green III (1). The Arraignment and Competency Hearing will take place on April 24, 2013 at 3:30pm. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on March 27, 2013. (Butler, Ayanna) (Entered: 03/27/2013) NOTICE OF E-FILED CALENDAR as to Benjamin Green, III: THIS IS THE ONLY NOTICE COUNSEL/THE PARTIES WILL RECEIVE. ALL PERSONS ENTERING THE COURTHOUSE MUST PRESENT PHOTO IDENTIFICATION. Arraignment and Competency Hearing set for 4/24/2013 at 03:30 PM in Courtroom Two, 450 Main St., Hartford, CT before Judge Vanessa L. Bryant (LaLone, L.) (Entered: 03/28/2013) MOTION to Appoint Counsel by USA as to Benjamin Green, III. (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 04/11/2013) ATTORNEY APPEARANCE: Sarah A. L. Merriam appearing for Benjamin Green, III (Merriam, Sarah) (Entered: 04/11/2013) AFFIDAVIT by Benjamin Green, III as to Benjamin Green, III, re: 62 MOTION to Appoint Counsel filed by USA (Grady, B.) (Entered: 04/16/2013)
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ORDER as to Benjamin Green, III re 64 Affidavit filed by Benjamin Green, III: The defendant is directed to submit a complete net worth statement with the Probation Office by April 23, 2013. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on April 17, 2013. (Butler, Ayanna) (Entered: 04/17/2013) ORDER finding as moot 62 Motion to Appoint Interim Counsel for Benjamin Green III (1) in light of Attorney Merriam's appearance on 4.11.13 63 and the defendant's 4.15.13 Affidavit 64 . Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on April 18, 2013. (Butler, Ayanna) (Entered: 04/18/2013) Terminate Arraignment and Competency Hearing 61 as to Benjamin Green, III: In light of the defendant's request for the appointment of counsel 64 , the Faretta hearing to determine his competency to waive his right to counsel for April 24, 2013 is marked off. The parties are directed to schedule the Arraignment before Magistrate Judge Thomas P. Smith. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on April 18, 2013. (Butler, Ayanna) (Entered: 04/18/2013)
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Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Vanessa L. Bryant:Motion Hearing as to Benjamin Green, III held on 8/7/2013 re 83 First MOTION to Continue Jury Selection Third MOTION for Order Re: Excluding Time Under the Speedy Trial Act for the Commencement of Trial filed by USA Total Time: 1 hours and 8 minutes(Court Reporter D.Smith(ECRO).)(LaLone, L.) (Entered: 08/08/2013) ORDER granting 82 Motion for Hearing as to Benjamin Green III (1). See Dkt No. 84.Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on 8-9-13.(Bryant, Vanessa) (Entered: 08/09/2013) ORDER: The Court grants in part and denies as moot in part 69 United States' Second Motion for an Order Excluding Time Under the Speedy Trial Act for the Commencement of Trial and 75 United States' Second Motion For a Hearing and Third Motion for An Order Excluding Time Under the Speedy Trial Act for the Commencement of Trial. See attached Order. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on 8/26/13. (Rock, K.) (Entered: 08/26/2013) ORDER: The Court grants 83 United States' First Motion to Continue Jury Selection and Third Motion for an Order Excluding Time Under the Speedy Trial Act for the Commencement of Trial. See attached Order. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on 8/26/13. (Rock, K.) (Entered: 08/26/2013) AMENDED SCHEDULING ORDER as to Benjamin Green, III: The Court sets the following amended case management deadlines: The parties' Joint Trial Memorandum (JTM) is due by 10/15/2013 and Jury Selection is set for 11/5/13 at 9:30 AM in Courtroom Two, 450 Main St., Hartford, CT before Judge Vanessa L. Bryant. Dates for the presentation of evidence will be designated following the submission of the JTM. Counsel shall be prepared to present evidence on any day during the month of November, 2013. All proposed Voir Dire questions, proposed Jury Charge Instructions and verdict forms, and all Motions in Limine must be filed along with the JTM. All evidentiary objections raised in the JTM must be the subject of a Motion in Limine supported by applicable Second Circuit precedent and accompanied by the exhibit to which there is an objection. Each party shall file three exhibit binders and any courtroom technology requests with the courtroom deputy, Loraine LaLone no later than October 29, 2013. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on 8/26/13. (Rock, K.) (Entered: 08/26/2013) ORDER: denying as moot 70 Defendant's Motion to Dismiss For Lack of Speedy Trial, pursuant to the Court's Orders excluding time from the Speedy Trial Clock. See [Dkt. 52 ], [Dkt. 88 ], [Dkt. 89 ]. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on 8/26/13. (Rock, K.) Modified on to create link to 52 , 88 , 89 8/27/2013 (LaLone, L.). (Entered: 08/26/2013) NOTICE OF E-FILED CALENDAR as to Benjamin Green, III: THIS IS THE ONLY NOTICE COUNSEL/THE PARTIES WILL RECEIVE. ALL PERSONS ENTERING THE COURTHOUSE MUST PRESENT PHOTO DOCKET Page 11 of 20
IDENTIFICATION. Jury Selection set for 11/5/2013 at 09:30 AM in Courtroom Two, 450 Main St., Hartford, CT before Judge Vanessa L. Bryant (LaLone, L.) (Entered: 08/27/2013) 09/05/2013 93 ORDER Returning Submission as Deficient: documents returned to Benjamin Green, III as to Benjamin Green, III Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on 9/5/13. (LaLone, L.) (Entered: 09/05/2013) ORDER setting Faretta hearing for 10/2/13 at 3:00 PM in Courtroom Two, 450 Main St., Hartford, CT before Judge Vanessa L. Bryant. See attached Order and Exhibit. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on 9/5/13.(Rock, K.) (Entered: 09/05/2013) NOTICE OF E-FILED CALENDAR as to Benjamin Green, III: THIS IS THE ONLY NOTICE COUNSEL/THE PARTIES WILL RECEIVE. ALL PERSONS ENTERING THE COURTHOUSE MUST PRESENT PHOTO IDENTIFICATION. Faretta Hearing set for 10/2/2013 at 03:00 PM in Courtroom Two, 450 Main St., Hartford, CT before Judge Vanessa L. Bryant (LaLone, L.) (Entered: 09/06/2013) RESPONSE/REPLY by USA as to Benjamin Green, III re 94 Order US's Opposition to the October 2, 2013 Faretta Hearing (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 09/09/2013) MOTION To Permit Defendant To Proceed Pro Se by Benjamin Green, III. (Merriam, Sarah) (Entered: 09/10/2013) ORDER as to Benjamin Green, III: In response to 96 the United States' Opposition to the October 2, 2013 Faretta Hearing, the Court notes that it found Defendant competent to stand trial, but did not make a finding that Defendant is competent to represent himself, as Defendant's agreement to continued representation by appointed counsel obviated the need to make such finding. In regards to Defendant's Fed. R. Crim. P. 16(b) Disclosures, Defendant's Fed. R. Crim. P. 16(b) Disclosures will be due on or before 10/4/13, unless Defendant files an objection to this deadline on or before this Friday, 9/13/13. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on 9/10/13. (Rock, K.) (Entered: 09/10/2013) RESPONSE/REPLY by Benjamin Green, III re 98 Order,, (Merriam, Sarah) (Entered: 09/13/2013) TRANSCRIPT of Proceedings: as to Benjamin Green, III Type of Hearing: Faretta Hearing. Held on 11/27/12 before Judge VANESSA L. BRYANT. Court Reporter: eScribers. IMPORTANT NOTICE - REDACTION OF TRANSCRIPTS: To remove personal identifier information from the transcript, a party must electronically file a Notice of Intent to Request Redaction with the Clerk's Office within seven (7) calendar days of this date. If no such Notice is filed, the court will assume redaction of personal identifiers is not necessary and the transcript will be made available through PACER without DOCKET Page 12 of 20
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redaction 90 days from today's date. The transcript may be viewed at the court public terminal or purchased through the Court Reporter/Transcriber before the deadline for Release of Transcript Restriction. After that date it may be obtained through PACER. The policy governing the redaction of personal information is located on the court website at www.ctd.uscourts.gov. Redaction Request due 10/7/2013. Redacted Transcript Deadline set for 10/17/2013. Release of Transcript Restriction set for 12/15/2013. (Gottlieb, J) (Entered: 09/16/2013) 09/16/2013 101 TRANSCRIPT of Proceedings: as to Benjamin Green, III Type of Hearing: Competency Hearing. Held on 06/26/13 before Judge VANESSA L. BRYANT. Court Reporter: eScribers. IMPORTANT NOTICE - REDACTION OF TRANSCRIPTS: To remove personal identifier information from the transcript, a party must electronically file a Notice of Intent to Request Redaction with the Clerk's Office within seven (7) calendar days of this date. If no such Notice is filed, the court will assume redaction of personal identifiers is not necessary and the transcript will be made available through PACER without redaction 90 days from today's date. The transcript may be viewed at the court public terminal or purchased through the Court Reporter/Transcriber before the deadline for Release of Transcript Restriction. After that date it may be obtained through PACER. The policy governing the redaction of personal information is located on the court website at www.ctd.uscourts.gov. Redaction Request due 10/7/2013. Redacted Transcript Deadline set for 10/17/2013. Release of Transcript Restriction set for 12/15/2013. (Gottlieb, J) (Entered: 09/16/2013) RESPONSE/REPLY by USA as to Benjamin Green, III re 97 Motion for Miscellaneous Relief US's Response to Green's Second Motion to Proceed Pro Se (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 09/20/2013) Proposed Jury Instructions by USA as to Benjamin Green, III (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 09/27/2013) NOTICE Pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 902(11) by USA as to Benjamin Green, III (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 09/30/2013) ORDER denying 26 Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction as to Benjamin Green III (1) for the reasons stated in the Government's Opposition Dkt.No. 29 . Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on 10-1-13. (Bryant, Vanessa) Modified on 10/2/2013 to create link (LaLone, L.). (Entered: 10/01/2013) ORDER denying 27 Motion to Dismiss as to Benjamin Green III (1)for the reasons stated in the Government's Opposition Dkt.No.29. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on 10-1-30. (Bryant, Vanessa) (Entered: 10/01/2013) ORDER denying 38 Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction as to Benjamin Green III (1) for the reasons stated in the Government's opposition. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on 10-1-13. (Bryant, Vanessa) (Entered: 10/01/2013) ORDER denying 39 Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction as to Benjamin Green III (1) for the reasons stated in the Government's Opposition Dkt.No. 40. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on 10-1-13.(Bryant, Vanessa) Modified on DOCKET Page 13 of 20
10/2/2013 date signed 10/1/13 (LaLone, L.). (Entered: 10/01/2013) 10/02/2013 109 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Vanessa L. Bryant: granting 97 Motion To Permit Defendant To Proceed Pro Se as to Benjamin Green III (1); Court appoints Sarah A. L. Merriam as standby counsel; Motion Hearing as to Benjamin Green, III held on 10/2/2013 re 97 MOTION To Permit Defendant To Proceed Pro Se filed by Benjamin Green, III.. 31 minutes(Court Reporter D.Smith(ECRO).) (LaLone, L.) (Entered: 10/02/2013) First MOTION in Limine to Admit Evidence by USA as to Benjamin Green, III. (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 10/07/2013) MOTION for Opening Statements by USA as to Benjamin Green, III. (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 10/07/2013) EXHIBIT (Attachment A to US's First Motion in Limine to Admit Evidence) by Benjamin Green, III re 110 First MOTION in Limine to Admit Evidence (Beaty, Sean) (Additional attachment(s) added on 10/16/2013: # 1 REPLACEMENT PDF) (Grady, B.). (Entered: 10/07/2013) Appearance Pro Se as to Benjamin Green, III. (Malone, P.) (Entered: 10/18/2013) MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction by Benjamin Green, III. (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum in Support, # 2 Affidavit Signed by Benjamin Green III, # 3 Exhibit A Primer on Money)(Malone, P.) (Entered: 10/18/2013) AFFIDAVIT by Benjamin Green, III as to Benjamin Green, III 116 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction filed by Benjamin Green, III (Malone, P.) (Entered: 10/18/2013) MOTION for Discovery and Inspection by Benjamin Green, III. (Malone, P.) (Entered: 10/18/2013) Memorandum in Opposition by Benjamin Green, III re 111 MOTION for Opening Statements (Malone, P.) (Entered: 10/18/2013) Memorandum in Opposition by Benjamin Green, III re 110 First MOTION in Limine to Admit Evidence (Malone, P.) (Entered: 10/18/2013) TRIAL MEMO by USA as to Benjamin Green, III (Attachments: # 1 Appendix A (Witness List), # 2 Appendix B (Exhibit List), # 3 Appendix C (Proposed Voir Dire), # 4 Appendix D (Proposed Jury Instructions), # 5 Appendix E (Proposed Verdict Form))(Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 10/15/2013) NOTICE Pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 902(11) by USA as to Benjamin Green, III (Attachments: # 1 Attachment A to US's Supplemental 902(11) Notice)(Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 10/17/2013)
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Bryant. The presentation of evidence will commence on Thursday, 11/7/13 at 9:30 AM in Courtroom Two, 450 Main St., Hartford, CT before Judge Vanessa L. Bryant, and will continue on Friday 11/8, Tuesday 11/12, Thursday, 11/14, and Friday 11/15. Trial will begin at 9:30 AM and will conclude at 4:30 PM. The Parties must be present by 9:00 AM to address any evidentiary or other housekeeping matters. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on 10/21/13. (Ives, D) (Entered: 10/21/2013) 10/21/2013 Set Hearings as to Benjamin Green, III: Jury Trial set for 11/7/2013, 11/8/2013, 11/12/2013, 11/14/2013, and 11/15/2013 at 09:30 AM in Courtroom Two, 450 Main St., Hartford, CT before Judge Vanessa L. Bryant. See order dkt# 121 . (LaLone, L.) (Entered: 10/21/2013) 122 123 Memorandum in Opposition by USA as to Benjamin Green, III re 118 MOTION for Disclosure (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 10/21/2013) Memorandum in Opposition by USA as to Benjamin Green, III re 116 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 10/21/2013) MOTION in Limine to Admit Evidence Pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 803(6) and 902(11) by USA as to Benjamin Green, III. (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 10/23/2013) Proposed Witness List by USA as to Benjamin Green, III (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 10/23/2013) Proposed Jury Instructions by USA as to Benjamin Green, III (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 10/28/2013) Proposed Voir Dire by USA as to Benjamin Green, III (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 10/28/2013) MOTION for Extension of Time to satisfy due process law (no date specified) by Benjamin Green, III. (Payton, R.) (Entered: 10/30/2013) Emergency MOTION for Hearing for the Purpose of a Limited Faretta Inquiry by USA as to Benjamin Green, III. (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 10/31/2013) ORDER: The Government's 123 Memorandum in Opposition to Defendant's 116 Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction does not respond to all of the arguments raised in 116 the Defendant's Motion to Dismiss. The Government is ORDERED to file a Memorandum of Law, compliant with all applicable rules of procedure, that responds to all arguments raised in the Defendant's 116 Motion to Dismiss, by 2:00 PM EDT on Friday, 11/1/13. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on 10/31/13.(Rock, K.) (Entered: 10/31/2013) ORDER: granting 110 Government's First Motion in Limine to Admit Evidence, as Government Trial Exhibit 21 bears a certification that it is a true copy of the original document maintained in the office of the Town Clerk of the DOCKET Page 15 of 20
City of Stratford, which is signed by the Town Clerk. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on 10/31/13. (Rock, K.) (Entered: 10/31/2013) 10/31/2013 Set/Reset Deadlines as to 116 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction. Responses due by 11/1/2013. See order dkt# 130 . (LaLone, L.) (Entered: 10/31/2013) 132 ORDER granting 111 Government's Motion for Opening Statements. The parties may each make an opening statement of no more than ten (10) minutes. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on 10/31/13. (Rock, K.) (Entered: 10/31/2013) Memorandum in Opposition by USA as to Benjamin Green, III re 116 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction (Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 10/31/2013) ORDER: The Court sets a hearing on 128 Defendant's Motion to Extend Time and 129 the Government's Emergency Motion for a Faretta Hearing for Monday, 11/4/13 at 3:00 PM in Courtroom Two, 450 Main St., Hartford, CT before Judge Vanessa L. Bryant. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on 11/1/13. (Rock, K.) (Entered: 11/01/2013)
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135 Motion Hearing as to 128 MOTION for Extension of Time to satisfy due process law until no date specified, 129 Emergency MOTION for Hearing for the Purpose of a Limited Faretta Inquiry set for 11/4/2013 at 03:00 PM in Courtroom Two, 450 Main St., Hartford, CT before Judge Vanessa L. Bryant (LaLone, L.) (Entered: 11/04/2013) 136 ORDER granting in part and denying in part the Government's 124 Motion in Limine. The Motion is DENIED as to Government Trial Exhibits 13A-C for failure to comply with Federal Rule of Evidence 902(11). The certification for Exhibits 13A-C, provided by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., does not comply with Federal Rule of Evidence 902(11) as it is neither given under oath nor signed under penalty of perjury. The Motion is GRANTED as to Government Trial Exhibits 9A-E, 10, 11 & 11A, 73-74, 77 & 77A, 78, and 79. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on 11/4/13. (Rock, K.) (Entered: 11/04/2013) ORDER denying 128 Motion for Extension of Time as to Benjamin Green III (1)as Defendant's application for Taxpayer Advocate Assistance has been declined and the Defendant has both declined the appointment of counsel and acknowledged his continued intent to represent himself. Further, Defendant's challenge to the competency of standby counsel was previously raised and ruled on by the court. The matters at issue are largely factual and Defendant has failed to establish that the matters at issue require knowledge of or expertise in tax law beyond the capability of standby counsel (who is more experienced than the government's counsel)to master. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on 11-413. (Bryant, Vanessa) (Entered: 11/04/2013) ORDER granting 129 Motion for Hearing as to Benjamin Green III (1) See Dkt. DOCKET Page 16 of 20
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No. 134. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on 11-4-13.(Bryant, Vanessa) (Entered: 11/04/2013) 11/04/2013 139 ORDER denying 118 Motion for Disclosure as to Benjamin Green III (1)without prejudice as Defendant has failed to specify any relevant discovery the government has failed to produce. For example, the government's exhibit list includes actual tax returns, checks, bank records and other primary documents. The government is not relying on computerized records to prove its charges. Thus the qualifications of IRS data-entry staff have not been shown to be relevant. Further, the Defendant has and may exercise his right of compulsory process. (Bryant, Vanessa) (Entered: 11/04/2013) Amended MOTION in Limine to Admit Bank Records Pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 803(6) and 902(11) by USA as to Benjamin Green, III. (Attachments: # 1 Attachment A to US's Amended Motion in Limine to Admit Bank Records)(Beaty, Sean) (Entered: 11/04/2013) Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Vanessa L. Bryant:Motion Hearing as to Benjamin Green, III held on 11/4/2013 re 128 MOTION for Extension of Time to satisfy due process law until no date specified filed by Benjamin Green, III, 129 Emergency MOTION for Hearing for the Purpose of a Limited Faretta Inquiry filed by USA. 58 minutes(Court Reporter D.Smith(ECRO).)(LaLone, L.) (Entered: 11/05/2013) Common Law Counterclaim: Failure to state a jurisdictional claim upon which relief may be granted want of jurisdiction in personam by Benjamin Green, III (Attachments: # 1 Attachment)(Grady, B.) (Entered: 11/06/2013) ORDER: The Court Orders the Government to respond to Defendant's Common Law Counterclaim by 5:00 PM on Thursday, 11/7/13. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on 11/5/13. (Rock, K.) (Entered: 11/05/2013) Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Vanessa L. Bryant:Jury Selection as to Benjamin Green, III held on 11/5/2013, Voir Dire begun on 11/5/2013 Benjamin Green III (1) on Count 1,2 Total Time: 3 hours and 44 minutes(Court Reporter D.Smith(ECRO).)(LaLone, L.) (Entered: 11/05/2013) RESPONSE/REPLY by USA as to Benjamin Green, III 145 Common Law Counterclaim: Failure to state a jurisdictional claim upon which relief may be granted want of jurisdiction in personam, re: 142 Order US's Opposition to Green's Seventh Motion to Dismiss (Styled as a "Common Law Counter Claim") (Beaty, Sean) Modified on 11/6/2013 to link to document (Grady, B.). Modified on 11/8/2013 to create association (Grady, B.). (Entered: 11/06/2013) ORDER denying 116 Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction as to Benjamin Green III (1). Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on 11/7/13. (LaLone, L.) (Entered: 11/07/2013) ORDER granting 140 the Government's Motion in Limine to admit Government DOCKET Page 17 of 20 11/07/2013 11/07/2013 148 149
Trial Exhibits 13A, 13B, and 13C. Signed by Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on 11/7/13. (Rock, K.) (Entered: 11/07/2013) NOTICE OF APPEAL (Interlocutory) by Benjamin Green, III, re: 146 Order on Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction. (Grady, B.) (Entered: 11/07/2013) INDEX TO RECORD ON APPEAL by Benjamin Green, III re 148 Notice of Appeal - Interlocutory, 95 Calendar Entry, 26 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction, 35 Exhibit List, 34 Notice (Other), 32 Proposed Jury Instructions/Request to Charge, 119 Memorandum in Opposition to Motion, 101 Transcript,,,, 46 Order, 91 Order on Motion to Dismiss, 108 Order on Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction, 87 Order on Motion for Hearing, 68 Order, 62 MOTION to Appoint Counsel , 146 Order on Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction, 104 Notice (Other), 121 Scheduling Order,, 39 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction (pro se motion, e-filed by Standby Counsel), 24 Order on Motion for Pretrial Detention, 5 Order on Motion to Dismiss, Order on Motion for Miscellaneous Relief, Order on Motion to Unseal Case, Initial Appearance, Motion Hearing, Detention Hearing, Set Deadlines/Hearings,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 147 Order on Motion in Limine, 51 Order on Motion for Discovery, 22 Notice (Other), 125 Witness List, 55 Order on Motion for Miscellaneous Relief, 83 First MOTION to Continue Jury SelectionThird MOTION for Order Re: Excluding Time Under the Speedy Trial Act for the Commencement of Trial , 69 Second MOTION for Order Re: Excluding Time Under the Speedy Trial Act for the Commencement of Trial , 100 Transcript,,,, 61 Calendar Entry, 7 Order of Detention, 15 Order Setting Conditions of Release, 140 Amended MOTION in Limine to Admit Bank Records Pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 803(6) and 902(11), 105 Order on Motion to Dismiss/Lack of Jurisdiction, 75 Second MOTION for Hearing Third MOTION for Order Re: Excluding Time Under the Speedy Trial Act for the Commencement of Trial , 113 Trial Memo, 8 Detention Hearing, Set Deadlines/Hearings,, 89 Order on Motion to Continue, Order on Motion for Order,, 60 Order on Motion for Hearing, 90 Scheduling Order,,,, 50 Order on Motion to Continue, 73 USM Return Executed, 99 Reply/Response Misc, 17 Calendar Entry, 110 First MOTION in Limine to Admit Evidence, 57 Docket Annotation, 10 MOTION for Pretrial Detention, 4 MOTION to Unseal Case, 27 MOTION to Dismiss, 93 Order Returning Submission, 3 MOTION to Dismiss MOTION to be realesed from custody, 97 MOTION To Permit Defendant To Proceed Pro Se , 13 Arraignment, Bond Hearing, Detention Hearing, Plea Entered, Set Deadlines/Hearings, Bond Set/Reset,,,,,,,,,,,, 82 MOTION for Hearing by Telephone, 117 Affidavit, 29 Reply/Response Misc, 31 Order on Motion to Dismiss, 28 Memorandum in Opposition to Motion, 70 MOTION to Dismiss, 56 Order, 11 Notice of Hearing on Motion, 86 Motion Hearing, 41 Reply/Response Misc, 115 Appearance Pro Se, 124 MOTION in Limine to Admit Evidence Pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 803(6) and 902(11), 12 Scheduling Order, 141 Motion Hearing, 64 Affidavit, 71 MOTION for Hearing , 129 Emergency MOTION for Hearing for the Purpose of a Limited Faretta Inquiry, 21 First MOTION to Continue Deadline for Submission of List of Witnesses, Anticipated Duration of Trial, Preliminary Exhibit List, and Request for Charge DOCKET Page 18 of 20
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(filed by Standby Counsel), 143 Jury Selection, Voir Dire Begun,, 20 MOTION for Order Re: To Adjust Deadline for Filing of Discovery Motions To Comport with Standing Order (filed by Standby Counsel), 106 Order on Motion to Dismiss, 54 MOTION to Re-Open the Court's Faretta Inquiry re 9 MOTION for Leave To Proceed Pro Se MOTION for Sarah A. L. Merriam to Withdraw as Attorney, 29 Reply/Response Misc, 41 Reply/Response Misc, 19 Receipt for Passport, 76 Order on Motion for Hearing,, Order on Motion for Order,,, 30 Memorandum in Opposition to Motion, 16 Bond, 37 Order Returning Submission, 9 MOTION for Leave To Proceed Pro Se MOTION for Sarah A. L. Merriam to Withdraw as Attorney, 132 Order on Motion for Miscellaneous Relief, 1 Indictment (Sealed), 102 Reply/Response Misc, 98 Order,, 23 MOTION for Speedy Trial (Motion to Exclude Time), 85 Order on Motion for Order, 59 MOTION for Hearing , 136 Order on Motion in Limine,, 122 Memorandum in Opposition to Motion, 134 Order, 118 MOTION for Disclosure, 96 Reply/Response Misc, 81 Notice (Other), 52 Order on Motion to Dismiss/Lack of Jurisdiction,, Order on Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction,, Order on Motion for Miscellaneous Relief, Order on Motion to Withdraw as Attorney, Order on Motion for Order, Motion Hearing,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 33 Proposed Voir Dire, 114 Notice (Other), 79 Witness List, 139 Order on Motion for Disclosure,, 40 Memorandum in Opposition to Motion, 65 Order, 88 Order on Motion for Order,,, 78 Competency Hearing, Set/Clear Flags, 111 MOTION for Opening Statements , 109 Order on Motion for Miscellaneous Relief, Motion Hearing,, 67 Notice of Hearing, 44 Reply to Response, 47 Memorandum in Opposition to Motion, 43 Memorandum in Support of Motion,, 116 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction, 137 Order on Motion for Extension of Time,, 45 MOTION for Discovery (pro se motion, e-filed by Standby Counsel), 144 Reply/Response Misc, 131 Order on Motion in Limine, 66 Order on Motion to Appoint Counsel, 36 Calendar Entry, 120 Memorandum in Opposition to Motion, 80 MOTION for Order Re: Setting Trial Date , 72 Memorandum in Opposition to Motion, 133 Memorandum in Opposition to Motion, 126 Proposed Jury Instructions/Request to Charge, 2 Warrant Issued, 135 Set Motion and Rcmd Ruling Deadlines/Hearings, 18 Order,, 58 Order on Motion for Hearing, 53 Notice (Other), 94 Order, 130 Order,, 74 Financial Affidavit - CJA23, 25 MOTION to Dismiss (pro se motion, e-filed by Standby Counsel), 128 MOTION for Extension of Time to satisfy due process law until no date specified, 92 Calendar Entry, 63 Attorney Appearance - Defendant, 38 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction (filed by Standby Counsel), 127 Proposed Voir Dire, 112 Exhibit, 84 Set/Reset Motion and R&R Deadlines/Hearings, 107 Order on Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction, 123 Memorandum in Opposition to Motion, 42 MOTION for Hearing on an Expedited Basis (filed by stand-by counsel), 142 Order, 103 Proposed Jury Instructions/Request to Charge, 138 Order on Motion for Hearing, 77 Calendar Entry, 6 Electronic Filing Order, 145 Notice (Other), 49 Order on Motion for Order, 14 Bail Information Sheet, 48 Reply/Response Misc.For docket entries without a hyperlink, contact the court to arrange for the document(s) to be made available to you. (Grady, B.) (Entered: 11/07/2013) 11/07/2013 150 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Vanessa L. Bryant:Jury Trial as DOCKET Page 19 of 20
to Benjamin Green, III held on 11/7/2013 Jury Trial Continued Until 11/8/13 at 10:00AM, Motion Hearing as to Benjamin Green, III held on 11/7/2013 re 116 MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction filed by Benjamin Green, III Total Time: 5 hours and 15 minutes(Court Reporter D.Smith(ECRO).)(LaLone, L.) (Entered: 11/08/2013) 11/08/2013 11/08/2013 151 ORAL MOTION for Acquittal by Benjamin Green, III. (LaLone, L.) (Entered: 11/08/2013) 152 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Vanessa L. Bryant: denying 151 Oral Motion for Acquittal as to Benjamin Green III (1); Jury Trial as to Benjamin Green, III held on 11/8/2013 Jury Trial Continued Until 11/12/13 at 10:00AM; Motion Hearing as to Benjamin Green, III held on 11/8/2013 re 151 ORAL MOTION for Acquittal filed by Benjamin Green, III. Total Time: 3 hours and 20 minutes(Court Reporter D.Smith(ECRO).) (LaLone, L.) (Entered: 11/08/2013)
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) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BENJAMIN GREEN, III ) ) Respondent. ) ________________________________ ) ) Benjamin Green, III ) ) Defendant/Counter Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) Assignee of U.S.A. ) ) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, ) ) Plaintiffs/ Counter Defendants. ) )
COMMON LAW COUNTERCLAIM FAILURE TO STATE A JURISDICTIONAL CLAIM UPON WHICH RELIEF MAY BE GRANTED; WANT OF JURISDICTION IN PERSONAM FRCRP RULE 12(b) 2,3 (A)(B) MOTION to ABATE THE INDICTMENT
Benjamin Green III REPLY TO PROSECUTOR SEAN BEATYS RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT COUNTER-PLAINTIFFS FRCrP RULE 12(b) 2,3 (A)(B) MOTION TO ABATE THE INDICTMENT FASHIONED AS A COMMON LAW COUNTER CLAIM: FAILURE TO STATE A JURISDICTIONAL CLAIM UPON WHICH RELIEF MAY BE GRANTED WANT OF JURISDICTION IN PERSONAM
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) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BENJAMIN GREEN, III ) ) Respondent. ) ________________________________ ) ) Benjamin Green, III ) ) Defendant/Counter Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) Assignee of U.S.A. ) ) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, ) ) Plaintiffs/ Counter Defendants. ) )
COMMON LAW COUNTERCLAIM FAILURE TO STATE A JURISDICTIONAL CLAIM UPON WHICH RELIEF MAY BE GRANTED; WANT OF JURISDICTION IN PERSONAM FRCRP RULE 12(b) 2,3 (A)(B) MOTION to ABATE THE INDICTMENT
Benjamin Green III REPLY TO PROSECUTOR SEAN BEATYS RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT COUNTER-PLAINTIFFS FRCrP RULE 12(b) 2,3 (A)(B) MOTION TO ABATE THE INDICTMENT FASHIONED AS A COMMON LAW COUNTER CLAIM: FAILURE TO STATE A JURISDICTIONAL CLAIM UPON WHICH RELIEF MAY BE GRANTED WANT OF JURISDICTION IN PERSONAM
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UNITED STATES OPPOSITION TO GREENS SEVENTH MOTION TO DISMISS On November 4, 2013, Benjamin Green filed with the Clerk of the Court a Common Law Counter Claim: Failure to State a Jurisdictional Claim Upon Which Relief May Be Granted Want of Jurisdiction in Personam.1 Later that day, Mr. Green faxed a letter to the Court asking the Court to treat his counterclaim as a pretrial motion under Fed. R. Crim. P. 12(b). The Court has ordered the United States to file this response to Mr. Greens filing, which the government understands to be in essence Mr. Greens seventh motion to dismiss.2 Like his first six motions to dismiss, Mr. Greens counterclaim is replete with traditional tax defier gibberish.3 The United States has reviewed Mr. Greens filing,
Although the Clerk of the Court received Mr. Greens counterclaim, it has not actually been accepted as a pleading or motion on the Courts docket in this matter.
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Mr. Green purportedly subscribes to the redemption or strawman theory, which has been roundly rejected by the IRS and the courts. For a description of the redemption theory, see Buczek v. Bruce, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 55409, *3-5 (W.D.N.Y. May 19, 2011); United States v. Buczek, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17271, *4-6 (W.D.N.Y. Feb. 26, 2010). For a description of the Original Issue Discount (OID) variant of this theory, which the defendant asserted here, see United States v. Morris, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11928, *3-4 (D. Colo. 2011); United States v. Marty, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2783, *14-17 (D. Cal. 2010).
and has again undertaken a good faith effort to parse through Mr. Greens motion to identify any cognizable theory upon which relief could be granted. At the outset, the government notes that Mr. Greens motion styled as a common law counterclaim against the United States and the Internal Revenue Service in utterly inapposite here. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure contemplate counterclaims;4 there is no such animal in federal criminal cases. Here, Mr. Green is charged by indictment with two violations of federal criminal law. If Mr. Green wants to file a separate civil suit against the United States (writ large) or the Internal Revenue Service, he will have to follow the appropriate administrative and civil judicial procedures. However, that civil action would exist separate and apart from the instant criminal case against Mr. Green. The Court has personal jurisdiction over Mr. Green Interpreting Mr. Greens counterclaim as a motion to dismiss, it appears that Mr. Green is asserting that there is some legal distinction between Benjamin Green, III, the flesh and blood man, and a fictional legal entity, BENJAMIN GREEN, III, expressed in all capital letters. Mr. Green asserts that the Court has jurisdiction over one of them, but not the other. This distinction is simply tax protestor folklore, which this district court has seen before.5 There is only one Mr. Green as it relates to these proceedings, and there is no legal distinction between Mr. Greens name written in all capital letters or only initial capital letters.
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Callan v. Paulson, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31987, 3-4, Fn. 2 (D. Conn. 2009) (quoting Callan v. Internal Rev. Serv. Commr, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12403, 2007 WL 552219 at *2).
Seemingly all of Mr. Greens arguments regarding jurisdiction, addressed below, flow from Mr. Greens central argument that Benjamin Green, III is not BENJAMIN GREEN, III. Page 2 of Counterclaim Name of Counter Plaintiff Page 11 Proof of Claim Here, Mr. Green first asserts on page 2 that he is Benjamin Green, III and not BENJAMIN GREEN, III. On page 11, he concludes by arguing that the government must offer proof that Mr. Green has agreed to be held responsible for his fictitious entity. For the purposes of this case, there is only one Benjamin Green: the man who stole $616,434 from the United States Treasury. Mr. Green, the flesh and blood man, is who is on trial in this matter. Moreover, Mr. Greens argument blithely ignores the fact the Mr. Greens own drivers license attached to Mr. Greens counterclaim as Exhibit B lists Mr. Greens name in all capital letters. Page 4 of Counterclaim De Jure Constitutional Status of Counter Plaintiff Page 6 Emergency War Powers Page 8 Hybrid Citizen for a Hybrid Government In these sections of his counterclaim, Mr. Green continues his dissertation on what he argues is the legal distinction between flesh and blood people and the fictitious legal entity BENJAMIN GREEN, III. Mr. Green argues that he enjoys Private Citizenship of the United States, explaining that his fictional legal entity Benjamin Green, III is a quasi-corporate public U.S. Citizen of the United States in commerce. These arguments appear to relate to Mr. Greens assertion, made in his earlier motions to dismiss, that the United States is also a fictitious entity. It is not.
The United States is a real government, and Mr. Green stole real money from the United States Treasury. Page 4 Private Non-Statutory Resident Here, Mr. Green reasserts that while he is a resident of Connecticut, he is not a de facto, public U.S. Citizen. Mr. Green is a United States citizen, and enjoys the benefits and responsibilities that accompany his citizenship. Where the Court has subject matter jurisdiction in a criminal matter as it does here, it also has personal jurisdiction.6 Mr. Green is not sovereign and does not enjoy any immunity from prosecution for his crimes. Page 4 Counter Plaintiff Not Surety It is unclear to the United States what Mr. Green is claiming here. Mr. Green did send the IRS documents, on more than one occasion, titled Affidavit of Individual Surety. Tax protesters often used these forms to try to unlock what they claim are secret accounts held by the IRS on behalf of each taxpayer. In light of Exhibit 4 to Mr. Greens counterclaim, it appears that, like his 2008 federal tax return, Mr. Green now rescinds his Affidavit of Surety. It seems that Mr. Green is extending his I take it all back argument, claiming that there is no injury to the United States now that he has rescinded his fraudulent tax return and his frivolous affidavit.
United States v. Borbon, 326 Fed. Appx. 35, 37 (2d Cir. 2009) (quoting United States v. Williams, 341 U.S. 58, 65 (1951) ([t]he District Court had jurisdiction of offenses against the laws of the United States . . . hence it had jurisdiction of . . . the persons charged).
Of course, putting aside the fact that Mr. Green has failed to pay back the hundreds of thousands of dollars he stole from the government, simply stating I now retract my fraudulent filing does not foreclose the criminal case against Mr. Green. Indeed, even if Mr. Green had repaid the money he stole from the United States, he may still be prosecuted for his crime. If Mr. Green is ready to accept responsibility for his crimes, he can plead guilty to the indictment. If Mr. Green wants to tell the jury that this was one big misunderstanding, he will have the opportunity to do so at trial. However, he cannot undo what he has done by claiming rescission of his fraudulent documents. Page 4 Flags of Counter Plaintiff This is unintelligible to the United States. Tax protestors sometime argue that the particular fringe (or lack thereof) on the U.S. flags denote some significance with respect to the Courts jurisdiction. It does not. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this case,7 and personal jurisdiction over Mr. Green.
United States v. Drachenberg, 623 F.3d 122, 124 (2d Cir. 2010) (case citations omitted) (holding, In sum, the United States was not in want of jurisdiction.). 5
Page 5 Law of the Case Page 6 Due Process of Law Page 9 Statement of the Case Page 10 Legal Dilemma Mr. Green again raises his Fifth Amendment rights and his demand for due process, but still has not articulated any violation of his due process rights. On page nine of the Counterclaim, Mr. Green identifies the criminal statutes with which he is charged in the indictment, and seems to complain that the United States must prove its allegations against Mr. Green. He also complains that it would be a violation of due process to impose a martial due process again Mr. Green for the conduct of his fictitious legal entity, BENJAMIN GREEN, III. A duly-authorized grand jury returned an indictment against Benjamin Green, III, the man who filed a false federal tax return for tax year 20008 and who attempted to obstruct the IRSs recovery of the erroneous refund it issued. To the extent that Mr. Green is complaining that the United States has not yet proved its case against him beyond a reasonable doubt, his complaint is premature. Trial has commenced, and the United States will call its first witness on November 7, 2013. Mr. Green will get his day in Court, and the jury will decide his guilt or innocence.
CONCLUSION The Court should deny Mr. Greens counterclaim, which the United States has interpreted as his seventh motion to dismiss, and this case should continue with trial as scheduled.
Respectfully submitted, DEIRDRE M. DALY ACTING UNITED STATES ATTORNEY /s/ Sean Beaty SEAN BEATY TRIAL ATTORNEY Federal Bar No. phv05308 U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division PO Box 7238 Washington, DC 20044 Tel. (202) 616-2717 sean.p.beaty@usdoj.gov SUSAN L. WINES ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY Federal Bar No. phv2379 United States Attorneys Office 157 Church Street, 25th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 Tel. (203) 821-3700 susan.wines@usdoj.gov
CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that on November 6, 2013, a copy of the foregoing was filed electronically and served by email on anyone unable to accept electronic filing. Notice of this filing will be sent by email to all parties by operation of the Courts electronic filing system or by email to anyone unable to accept electronic filing as indicated on the Notice of Electronic Filing. Parties may access this filing through the Courts CM/ECF System.
) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BENJAMIN GREEN, III ) ) Respondent. ) ________________________________ ) ) Benjamin Green, III ) ) Defendant/Counter Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) Assignee of U.S.A. ) ) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, ) ) Plaintiffs/ Counter Defendants. ) )
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COMMON LAW COUNTERCLAIM FAILURE TO STATE A JURISDICTIONAL CLAIM UPON WHICH RELIEF MAY BE GRANTED; WANT OF JURISDICTION IN PERSONAM
COMMON LAW COUNTER CLAIM: FAILURE TO STATE A JURISDICTIONAL CLAIM UPON WHICH RELIEF MAY BE GRANTED WANT OF JURISDICTION IN PERSONAM
COMES NOW, Benjamin Green III, Counter Plaintiff, in esse and sui juris, and claims the following: 1 of 16
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SPECIAL APPEARANCE 1. Counter Plaintiff is before this court in a special, restricted appearance in propria
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2. Counter Plaintiff is not before this court in a general appearance, pro se, representing BENJAMIN GREEN, III, nor has he pled to the merits of the case.
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CONSTITUTIONAL POSTERITY 3. Counter Plaintiff is one of We the People, a member of the Posterity of the sovereign We the People, having established and ordained the Constitution of the State of Connecticut (1788) and the Constitution for the United States of America (1787). 4. Counter Plaintiff is not a member of the posterity of a conquered people. Counter Plaintiff is neither an enemy, rebel or belligerent within the United States, said enemy persons as defined by 12 U.S.C. 95b; nor does he publicly reside, pursuant to state or federal statute, within a conquered territory under martial rule of a military conqueror, i.e., the President of the United States in his martial role as Commander in chief and/or the Governor of the State of Connecticut in his/her martial role as Commander in Chief.
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NAME OF COUNTER PLAINTIFF 5. Counter Plaintiffs private Christian name at Common Law is Benjamin with use of the suffix (III) as the third use of the private Christian name Benjamin in line from his grandfather and father. His surname (family name) is Green.
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6. Concerning this action, Counter Plaintiff is known by no other civilian name. (See attached Exhibit 1 with sub-exhibits 1A thru 1C, and Exhibit 2). 7. Counter Plaintiff is not BENJAMIN GREEN, III, BENJAMIN GREEN, 3RD, Benjamin Green, 3rd or any other derivative of said nom de guerre/name of war denoted in all uppercase letters or upper and lower case letters with abbreviations. (See Exhibit 3 as shown on Exhibit 1 and Exhibit 2.)
IV.
DE JURE CONSTITUTIONAL STATUS OF COUNTER PLAINTIFF 8. Counter Plaintiff is a natural born, private individual citizen of the United States of America defined as the collective name of the states which are united by and under the Constitution. Hooven v. Allison Co. v. Evatt, 324 U.S. 652, 672 (1945). 9. Counter Plaintiff enjoys said Private Citizenship of the United States of America conferred by Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America (hereinafter Private American Citizen). Thus, Counter Plaintiff enjoys his constitutionally-protected, de jure, Private Citizenship status without having been reduced to an inferior grade of citizenship status by means of any state or federal contract, whether unilateral or bilateral, express or implied. (See as shown Exhibit 1 sub-exhibit 1A through 1C.) 10. Counter Plaintiff is not, nor has he ever been, BENJAMIN GREEN, III or BENJAMIN GREEN, 3rd, a statutorily-created, de facto, quasi-corporate, public U.S. citizen of the United States in commerce, the United States, in this instance, being defined as the territory over which the sovereignty of the United States extends. Hooven, supra, 671. Counter Plaintiff is not a state-created 3 of 16
entity in commerce, as are all state-created, artificial business entities such as corporations, statutory business trusts, etc. (As shown with Exhibit 1, Exhibit 2 and Exhibit 3)
V.
PRIVATE NON-STATUTORY RESIDENT 11. Counter Plaintiff is a de jure Private American Citizen at Common Law and therefore a Private Resident of the State of Connecticut, privately residing on the Land in the County of Fairfield. 12. Counter Plaintiff is not, nor has he ever been, BENJAMIN GREEN, III, a de
facto, public U.S. citizen and statutory public resident of the State of
Connecticut as are all state-created, artificial business entities such as corporations, partnerships, statutory business trusts, etc. (See as shown on the Exhibit 1 with sub-exhibits 1A thru 1C and Exhibit 2.)
VI.
COUNTER PLAINTIFF NOT SURETY 13. Counter Plaintiff is not, nor has he ever been, surety for, nor wedded into one artificial entity with BENJAMIN GREEN, III, a statutory creation of the State of Connecticut. (See shown on Exhibit 1 with sub-exhibits 1A thru 1C and Exhibit 2.) 14. Counter Plaintiff does not, nor has he ever, provided a signature of suretyship for BENJAMIN GREEN, III. (See Exhibit 4 )
VII.
15. The flags of Counter Plaintiff are the civilian flag of the Republic of the United States of America and the civilian flag of the State of Connecticut. Neither 4 of 16
civilian flag is defined in either federal or state law as being bordered with gold fringe. 16. The martial flag of the President acting as Commander in chief of the United States and the martial flag of the Governor acting as Commander in chief of the State of Connecticut are each bordered on three sides with gold fringe and/or draped with a gold cord with a gold tassel attached to each end. These flags are not the civilian flags of Counter Plaintiff, a Private American Citizen at Common Law and not a rebel or belligerent publicly residing in a conquered territory of the United States.
VIII.
17. The Law of this case is the Constitution of the United States of America, the supreme law of the land, federal and state. 18. Every judge, federal and state, has taken an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America as the supreme law of the land, federal and state. Failure to do so would be a violation of that oath subjecting the judge to sanctions. 19. Pursuant to the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, every de jure Private American Citizen of the United States of America, privately residing at Common Law on the land of his county, was then entitled (in 1791) to a civilian due process at common law.
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IX.
DUE PROCESS OF LAW 20. Counter Plaintiff, a constitutionally-protected, de jure Private Citizen of the United States of America, is guaranteed due process of law in a federal court by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. At the federal level, said due process must be a civilian name without abbreviation, and opportunity to be heard, which procedure must be conducted under the law of the civilian flag of the Republic of the United States of America defined in Title 4 of the United States Code. 21. Counter Plaintiff is not a statutorily-created, de facto, public U.S. citizen or an enemy belligerent publicly residing in a conquered territory or military district and hence subject to martial due process. Therefore, Counter Plaintiff is not subject to martial due process, including notice to Counter Plaintiff in an all-upper-case nom de guerre, and opportunity to be heard, which procedure is conducted under the law of the martial flag of the temporary, de facto Emergency War Powers military government of the United States.
X.
EMERGENCY WAR POWERS 22. On March 9, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued his Emergency War Powers Proclamation 2040 imposing a de facto military government thereby displacing the de jure constitutional government of the Republic. On the same day Congress, in regulating banking commerce during the declared national emergency, passed its amended Trading With the Enemy Act thereby validating FDRs Proclamation, a de facto coup detat. At that moment every federal and state court, became in substance an Emergency War Powers court, while in 6 of 16
form remaining creations of their respective constitutions. Hence today, every court of record is IN FORM a constitutionally-created court, but IN SUBSTANCE is an Emergency War Powers Court sitting in legislative equity as the Judicial arm of its corresponding de facto Emergency War Powers government. 23. On April 25, 1938, the Supreme Court handed down two landmark decisions thereby abolishing federal general common law process, as well as the formerly protected common law right to contract, enjoyed during the glorious Lochner Era (1905-1938), and held to be sacred by the constitutional, de jure Private American Citizen. This was decided as a result of FDRs martial seizure of every
de jure Private American Citizen as booty of war on March 9, 1933. For the de jure Private American Citizen had been previously reduced to being registered
property of a state-created, commercial entity and thereby his de jure Private American Citizenship was reduced to an inferior grade. Counter Plaintiff believes that degrading of constitutional de jure status was accomplished by means of a legal fiction/presumption of law through the use of a cleverly designed, constructive contract. This contract reduced the de jure Private American Citizen to being mere property of, surety for and wedded as one entity with his mirrored, state-created, statutory, de facto, public U.S. citizen in commerceby operation of law. As a result of the two decisions above, this new individual public U.S. citizen, in substance a hybrid, artificial entity in commerce under emergency war powers, could never claim a right to a civilian common law process or procedure, as well as a common law right (including the common law right to contact his labor), in any federal court.
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24. These two decisions of the Supreme Court enabled both federal and state Emergency War Powers Courts to begin a new legal era (1938-Present so declared by The Pennsylvania Digest) by imposing SUBSTANTIVE Roman Civil Law/martial process to obtain In Personam jurisdiction over all de facto, public U.S. citizens in commerce (corporate and individual) having been directly seized as booty of war by the de facto Emergency War Powers Government in Washington, D.C. Evidenced by the martial process imposed on public U.S. citizens by both federal and state courts, these conquered and captive public U.S. citizens were subsequently considered to be enemies, combatants and rebels publicly residing according to statute within the conquered territories of the United States. For as the Republic of Rome became a de facto military empire by proclamation of Augustus Caesar in 27 B.C., even so the Republic of the United States of America Became, IN SUBSTANCE, a de facto military empire by a military war powers proclamation of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in A.D. 1933.
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HYBRID CITIZEN FOR A HYBRID GOVERNMENT 25. The individual de facto public U.S. citizen has been, since March 9, 1933, a hybrid combination of the constitutionally-protected, de jure Private American Citizen with the state-created, de facto public U.S. citizen in commerce, the latter status controlling. 26. The de facto military government of the United States and the de facto military government of the State of Connecticut have been, since March 9, 1933, mere hybrid combinations of the constitutionally-created, de jure Republican 8 of 16
governments with the temporarily imposed, de facto Emergency War Powers governments created by presidential proclamation and congressional statute, the latter governments controlling. These de facto military governments are republican IN FORM, but are martial IN POWER. Hence, the de facto Holy Roman Fourteenth Amendment, pro-socialist-communist, cartel-capitalist American Empire is composed of individual hybrid citizens of Washington, D.C., public U.S. citizensgoverned and regulated without limitation by statute while deemed to be enemy combatants in commerce by their hybrid, extraconstitutional, de facto military governments, federal and state.
XII.
27. The Counter Defendants have submitted allegations that Counter Plaintiff has somehow failed to perform to the terms of some presumed agreement for specific performance arising from an assumed commercial contract with either the state or federal governments. The terms are certain statutes of the Internal Revenue Code; the commercial contract is unstated resting upon a legal fiction/presumption of fact. 28. By Counter Defendants bringing their original INDICTMENT (18 U.S.C. section 287; 26 U.S.C, section 7212 (a), Counter Defendants have accused Counter Plaintiff of failing to specifically perform to some legislative statute regulating commerce which duty to perform arises from a legal fiction/presumption of law that Counter Plaintiff is similarly situated with other statutory public U.S. Citizens in commerce (Title 26) governed as enemies and belligerents as a matter of political status (Title 18) (see Exhibit 5). 9 of 16
29. Thus, because of this unsupported conclusion of law, and because the Counter Defendants have administratively decided that the accused Private American Citizen, privately residing on the Land at Common Law, is subject to the statues in question, the Counter Plaintiff holds that a contrary conclusion of law exists to challenge said legal fiction/presumption of law of the Counter Defendants necessary to invoke the personal jurisdiction of this court. 30. Counter Defendants have sought to impose an income tax on Counter Plaintiff when said 16th Amendment tax has clearly been stated by the Supreme Court to be an indirect excise tax on all income derived from commercial privilege conferred by either state or federal authority. Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad
Co., 240 U.S. 1 (1916). Counter Plaintiff is not a state-charted, commercial U.S.
citizen, but a Private Citizen of the United States of America protected by Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. 31. Counter Plaintiff has made it a matter of public record that he is a Non-taxpayer, and a Non-Belligerent as a matter of citizenship status, since he is a natural born, non-commercial, non-belligerent, Private Citizen of the United States of America.
XIII.
LEGAL DILEMMA
32. If the Counter Defendants attempt to use this de facto Emergency War Powers Court to impose a martial due process of law on Counter Plaintiff through the use of commercial nom de guerre BENJAMIN GREEN, III and the use of federal martial flags in said martial process, it would be a violation of Counter Plaintiffs right to a civilian due process at Law.
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33. Further, the judge, if he proceeds with said martial process, would be in violation of his oath of office to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America as it relates to Counter Plaintiff, a Private American Citizen of the United States and protected by Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment. Said violation of due process would create a major federal question to be resolved in an appellate court, while subjecting the judge to potential judicial review and sanctions. Counter Plaintiff does not believe this is the intent of Counter Defendants.
XIV.
PROOF OF CLAIM
34. THEREFORE, Counter Plaintiff demands that Counter Defendants step forward with a Proof of Claim establishing in law and fact: A. That Counter Plaintiff has lost his status of being a constitutionally-protected,
natural born, non-commercial, de jure, Private American Citizen status to the inferior grade of being a de facto, public U.S. citizen and enemy belligerent in commerce giving rise to a legal fiction/presumption of law translating into Counter Defendants determination of public U.S. citizenship/statutory resident/enemy belligerent/taxpayer status (which taxpayer status is held by all state-created corporations) and that Counter Plaintiff is therefore subject to the martial process of this constitutionally-created, Article III Court under the temporary Emergency War Powers Proclamation 2040 as of March 9, 1933, sitting in a substantive Equity enforcing provisions of the United States Code, including Titles 18 and 26.
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CONCLUSION
35. Counter Plaintiff, specially appearing in his proper person in challenging this martial process imposed by the Counter Defendants, demands the court take judicial notice that he has been compelled to make a special, restricted appearance to answer Counter Defendants jurisdictional allegations listed above. Counter Plaintiff contends said allegations are founded upon false conclusions of law. The following Memorandum of Law sets forth the position of Counter Plaintiff showing that no evidence is before this court which contradicts the position of Counter Plaintiff, including the potential existence of a legal fiction/presumption of law that would justify submitting Counter Plaintiff to the courts martial due process to confer In Personam jurisdiction and subsequent proceedings in legislative equity, as opposed to a civilian at Law process
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and subsequent In Personam procedure guaranteed to Counter Plaintiffa Private American Citizenby the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 36. Counter Defendants presumption of law, i.e., that Counter Plaintiff is a statutory resident of the State of Connecticut publicly residing within the district of this federal court, and thus a de facto, public U.S. citizen and enemy belligerent in privileged commerce, cannot stand in the face of a clear and direct challenge unless Counter Defendants meet their burden of proof in establishing the legal existence of said legal fiction/presumption of law. Without a proof of claim, Counter Defendants have failed to state a jurisdictional claim upon which relief may be granted, this court being precluded from assuming In Personam jurisdiction over Counter Plaintiff, a non-statutory, non-commercial, non-surety, non-state franchised, non-quasi corporate, non-belligerent, non-territorial residing, non-military district residing, de jure Private Citizen of the United States of America protected by Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment. 37. A MEMORANDUM OF LAW attached to this COMMON LAW COUNTERCLAIM: FAILURE TO STATE A JURISDICTIONAL CLAIM UPON WHICH RELIEF MAY MAY BE GRANTED; WANT OF JURISDICTION IN PERSONAM, is included by reference as though fully stated herein.
RELIEF DEMANDED THEREFORE, it is now incumbent upon this Court to order the Counter Defendants to bring forth their proof of claim that Counter Plaintiff is a public U.S. citizen and a taxpayer which can be subjected to a jurisdiction which utilizes a procedural martial 13 of 16
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BENJAMIN GREEN, III ) ) Defendant. ) ________________________________ ) ) Benjamin Green, III ) ) Defendant/Counter Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) Assignee of U.S.A. ) ) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, ) ) Plaintiffs/ Counter Defendants. ) ) CRIMINAL CASE NO. 3:12-cr-00193-VLB
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COMMON LAW COUNTERCLAIM FAILURE TO STATE A JURISDICTIONAL CLAIM UPON WHICH RELIEF MAY BE GRANTED; WANT OF JURISDICTION IN PERSONAM
COMMON LAW COUNTER CLAIM: FAILURE TO STATE A JURISDICTIONAL CLAIM UPON WHICH RELIEF MAY BE GRANTED WANT OF JURISDICTION IN PERSONAM