Civil Rico and John E. Steele

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTMIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

FORT MYERS DIVISION

JORG BUSSE

Plaintiff,

vs. Case No. 2:07-cv-228-FtM-29SPC

LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA; BOARD OF LEECOUNTY COMMISSIONERS; THE LEE COUNTYPROPERTY APPRAISER; STATE OF FLORIDABOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNALIMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND, STATE OFFLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTALPROTECTION,

Defendants.___________________________________

ORDER

This matter comes before the Court on review of defendants

Motion for Entry of Order Directing Public Sale of Real Property

(Doc. #432) filed on May 21, 2010. No response has been filed and

the time to respond has expired.

Upon review, the Court desires a response from plaintiff.

Recognizing that a Pre-Filing Injunction (Case No. 2:09-cv-791-FTM-

36SPC, Doc. #245) was issued on July 20, 2010, prohibiting any

further filings without leave of Court, the Court will grant

plaintiff leave to file a single responsive document to defendants

motion.

Accordingly, it is now

ORDERED:

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Plaintiff may file one response to defendants Motion for

Entry of Order Directing Public Sale of Real Property (Doc. #432)

within FOURTEEN (14) DAYS of this Order. If no response is

received, the Court will rule on the motion without the benefit of

a response and without further notice.

DONE AND ORDERED at Fort Myers, Florida, this 22nd day of

July, 2010.

Copies:PlaintiffCounsel of record

-2-

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Civil RICO: Points to Remember

by

Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S.

Private Attorney General, Federal Witness

and Qualified Criminal Investigator

1. The Civil RICO statute at 18 U.S.C. 1964 expressly authorizes civil remedies, in

addition to any criminal remedies that also exist to prosecute organized crime.

2. State courts have original jurisdiction to enforce the Civil RICO statute at 18 U.S.C.

1964. See Tafflin v. Levitt and Lou v. Belzberg, Rice v. Janovich and Village at

Camelback v. Carr.

3. The Civil Case Cover Sheet for the Superior Court of California shows RICO as astandard case category.

4. A pattern of racketeering is expressly defined to mean only two (2) RICO predicate

acts during any given 10-year period. See 18 U.S.C. 1961(5).

5. The federal statute at 18 U.S.C. 1961 itemizes all RICO predicate acts. The most

common are mail fraud, extortion, obstruction of justice, obstruction of a criminal

investigation, and witness tampering or retaliation.
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6. Violations of State and federal laws both qualify as RICO predicate acts. 18 U.S.C.

1961(1

)( B) itemizes a long list of federal offenses that qualify as predicate acts.

7. Any act or threat involving murder, kidnapping, gambling, arson, robbery, bribery,obscene matter, controlled substances or extortion is also a RICO predicate act, if it is

chargeable under State law and punishable by imprisonment for more than one year.

See18 U.S.C. 1961(1

)( A).

8. The Supremacy Clausein the U.S. Constitutionelevates all RICO statutes to the status

of supreme Law, and resolves any conflicts with State laws in favor of the RICO

statutes. Whenever conflicts occur, State laws and State constitutional provisions have

no standing (notwithstanding).

9. Congress intended the RICO statutes to be liberally construed. See 84 Stat. 947, Sec.

904, Oct. 15, 1970. However, this liberal construction rule was never codifiedanywhere in Title 18 of the U.S. Code, even though Title 18 has been enacted intopositive law by Act of Congress.

10. A specific Congressional objective is encouraging civil litigation to supplement

government efforts to deter and penalize the practices prohibited by the RICO statutes.

11. Another objective of Civil RICO is to turn victims into prosecutors, private attorneysgeneral, dedicated to eliminating racketeering activity. See Rotella v. Wood.

12. Civil RICO specifically has a further purpose of encouraging potential private plaintiffs

to investigate diligently. Rotella v. Wood.

13. Organized crime is a serious national problem for which public prosecutorial resources

are deemed inadequate. See Agency Holding Corp. v. Malley -Duff & Associates.
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14. Civil RICO authorizes triple damages (3x) to be awarded to successful private

plaintiffs. See18 U.S.C. 1964(c).

15. The provision for triple damages is justified by the expected benefit of suppressingracketeering activity, an object pursued the sooner the better. Rotella v. Wood.

16. The private attorney general concept holds that a successful private party plaintiff is

also entitled to recovery of his legal expenses, including attorney fees, if he hasadvanced the policy inherent in public interest legislation on behalf of a significant

class of persons. Dasher v. Housing Authority of City of Atlanta.

17. A private attorney general may appear in court without the license to practice law that is

required of all State Bar members. See sections 6067 and 6068 of the CaliforniaBusiness and Professions Code.

18. A private attorney general may appear in court ex rel. on behalf of the United States

(i.e. the federal government), the State of California, the People of California or thePeople of the United States of America. Confer at Ex relatione in Blacks Law

Dictionary, Sixth Edition.

19. Civil RICO statutes are supplemented by 2 Human Rights Treaties - the Universal

Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and PoliticalRights - both of which are rendered supreme Law by virtue of the Supremacy Clause

(just like the Bill of Rights

).

20. The latter Covenants Reservations enacted by Congress expressly reserve original

jurisdiction to State and local governments, to the end that their competent authoritiesmay take appropriate measures for the fulfillment of the Covenant.
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PS USE CODE

ADDRESS WETLANDS

SITE INSPECTION

REMARKS ACQUISITION DATE

AGENDA DATE

GRANTOR

BLUE SHEET

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