Monday, July 23, 2018

Who Is The Gravest Threat To Democracy? Is It President Trump or Congressman Adam Schiff?

Post 36

Most of you are probably aware of the spectacle surrounding the summit in Helsenski involving President Trump and Russian President Vladmir Putin. Responses from Republicans and Democrats alike have been very critical of President Trump because of his refusal to condemn Putin for Russia's alleged interference during the 2016 presidential election during a joint news conference by Putin and Trump. I have to say I agree with Trump's tweet yesterday (7-22-18) that this Russian meddling and Trump-Russia controversy is all a big hoax. This is no new position for me. I questioned the credibility of this Russian meddling and collusion nonsense in a post on 7-31-18. Just as the President asked in his tweet, why didn't President Obama do something about this attack? Why isn't there any criticism of Mr. Obama for not publicly calling out Putin for his role in this supposedly attack on our democracy? The other big issue for me is that the Mueller investigation into Russian meddling and Trump- Russia collusion only began because of the firing of FBI Director James Comey. It is as simple as this. No Comey firing. No Mueller investigation. It is unlikely that I will ever see the Mueller investigation as being credible. As I implied in my post on 7-31-18, this is all about deceiving the American people. The Mueller investigation is all about retaliation. It's not about Russian meddling or collusion between Trump and Russia. The weak and do nothing Congress has to detract Americans from their own corruption and dysfunction by giving attention to this Mueller investigation and constantly attacking President Trump and the Russians. This is all about politics. This scandal is a national disgrace, and its not all because of President Trump. He has every right to be ticked off by this Russia nonsense. Some Democrats and Republicans alike continue to refer to Russia's apparent meddling into the past presidential election as some kind of attack on our democracy. Yet, they refuse to do anything about the public corruption in many of our federal courts that is destroying our judicial system. Public corruption is the greatest threat to our democracy. Many of my prior posts detail public corruption crimes by the US District Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and San Jose city officials during two lawsuits I filed against the City of San Jose for racial and disability discrimination. Congressman Adam Schiff, one of the most vocal critics of the President, called President Trump the gravest threat to our democracy. But Congressman Schiff has not responded to my letter requesting an investigation into public corruption crimes committed by San Jose city officials and officials with the US District Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Because of Congressman Schiff's unwillingness to take action against public corruption that threatens our institutions of government, he is more of a threat to democracy than President Trump. Below is a copy of the letter I sent to Congressman Schiff:


Frederick Bates
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                                                                                                            Folsom, CA 95630
                                                                                                            (408) -----------

April 27, 2018

Congressman Adam Schiff
2372 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515

Re: Public corruption complaint against officials with the City of San Jose, the U.S. District Court – San Jose Division and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Dear Congressman Schiff,

            The purpose of this letter is to bring to your attention public corruption complaints I filed with the F.B.I., the Department of Justice, the House Judiciary Committee, and Chief Judge Sidney R. Thomas of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals against officials with the City of San Jose, the U.S. District Court – San Jose Division and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals relative to two lawsuits I filed against the City. Please be aware that I have also notified several other members of Congress seeking their help in opening an investigation into my complaints. The members of Congress include, Senators Feinstein, Harris, McCain and Graham; Speaker Paul Ryan, House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte and Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren. So far I have only received one response from Senator Feinstein that does not address my request for an investigation.
            I have enclosed copies of my complaints that contain indisputable facts and evidence that San Jose city officials conspired with district court officials to obstruct justice during the litigation of my first lawsuit by falsifying court dockets, creating a false document regarding a fraudulent stipulation of dismissal and staging a fake hearing on a Rule 60 motion I filed and then creating a false transcript of that purported hearing. It should be noted that I was told by a court official over the phone and in person that there would be no hearing on my motion. As to my second lawsuit, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals officials terminated an appeal I filed challenging the district court’s denial of my motion for relief from judgment without allowing me to file an opening brief. It is unmistakable that the judgments in both of my lawsuits are flagrantly biased, based on fraud, and are inconsistent with federal statutory law, the U.S. Constitution and binding precedent of the Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The judgments are void and unenforceable by law. Yet, the judgments are being enforced by the courts. I find this to be intolerable.
I am well aware that I do not reside in your congressional district and that you are not my representative in Congress. I am bringing this matter to your attention out of extreme anger and frustration because of the lack of response my complaints have gotten by members of Congress, the Judiciary Committee, the F.B.I. and D.O.J. I am counting on you to take action on my complaints based on a statement you made during the impeachment of former district judge Thomas Porteous Jr. During those proceedings, you stated that litigants have the right to expect a judge hearing their case will be fair and impartial, and avoid even the appearance of impropriety.
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Not only were the judges in my cases biased, they made no attempt at all to avoid the appearance of impropriety.
My anger and frustration also results from the fact that as a black/African American that grew up in the South during Jim Crow I have been treated with less respect and dignity by San Jose city officials and the federal courts than I was treated by the segregationist government officials I encountered. I am desperate to obtain a fair resolution to this matter. To that end, I am willing to take some extreme measures. This is not a threat to engage in violence. But going to jail in protest of this blatantly racist and bigoted violation of my rights by San Jose city officials and the courts is clearly an option for me. At this point, I feel I have nothing to lose.
It is absolutely stunning that many of the same members of Congress I notified about my complaints called President Trump a racist based on an alleged comment he made about African countries in a private meeting. But they have done nothing in regards to my complaints, even though I allege that San Jose city officials discriminated against me based on my race and disability, and that these officials committed several crimes relating to public corruption. It is also stunning that San Jose city officials and courts within the Ninth Circuit are willing to grant privileges to undocumented immigrants and refugees while at the same time I am being deprived of my rights that are guaranteed by law. Many of the members of Congress I just mentioned in this letter, including you, support the pro immigrant efforts of San Jose city officials and the federal courts. Certainly, one would think that I should be treated with the same respect and dignity as non-citizens. After the humiliating experience of living in the South during Jim Crow, I have paid my dues.
It is clear that there is a cover-up occurring of this scandal, not only to hide the racist conduct of San Jose city officials, but also to hide the fact that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and many district courts within the circuit are engaging in a huge case fixing scheme. It is my hope that you will take advantage of the small window of opportunity that’s left to address my complaints, otherwise, I will make good on my promise to take care of this matter in my own way. Please read the enclosed documents, especially the letter and attachments I sent to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Sidney R. Thomas. They prove without a doubt that the judgments in my cases are void; that criminal misconduct occurred during the litigation of my cases; and they contain my demands that must be met in order for this matter to be resolved.

                                                                                                Sincerely,


                                                                                                Frederick Bates 

The documents I sent to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Sidney R. Thomas can be viewed on my group facebook page at: 

Thursday, July 12, 2018

Where is the Attorney General? - Good Question Mr. President

Post 35

You might be aware of President Trump's tweet yesterday (7-11-18) that goes like this:

As I head out to a very important NATO meeting, I see that FBI Lover/ Agent Lisa Page is dodging a Subpoena & is refusing to show up and testify. What can she possibly say about her statements and lies. So much corruption on the other side. Where is the Attorney General?

Well Mr. President, I have been asking that same question about AG Sessions for about a year since I filed a public corruption complaint with him against several San Jose city officials and officials with the US District Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in July 2017 for criminal misconduct committed during the litigation of two lawsuits I filed against the City of San Jose for racial and disability discrimination. I also filed letters with the AG in October 2017 and April 2018. Among the criminal acts committed by these officials were conspiracy, obstruction of justice, subornation of perjury, perjury, bribery and fraud. These are only some of the crimes that were committed. There were many others that are too numerous to mention here. What is so disgusting about this scandal is that much of the misconduct committed by these officials is to cover up racism and bigotry by San Jose city officials, and more disturbing than that, to cover up an elaborate case-fixing scheme by the US District Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

This scandal has caused more harm to our institutions of government, particularly the judiciary, than an other scandal in modern history. The officials involved have absolute disdain for the Constitution and the rule of law. Just as you have stated on prior occasions Mr. President, the courts are rigged. It is absolutely shocking that there has not been an investigation initiated into this matter by the DOJ or the FBI. So Mr. President when you do finally track down the Attorney General, as I am sure you will, would you please take up this issue with him? Copies of the letters I filed with AG Sessions are below:


Frederick Bates
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                                                                                                            Folsom, CA 95630
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July 24, 2017
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Re: Public Corruption Complaint
To Whom It May Concern:
            The purpose of this letter is to request an investigation into my complaint of public corruption against officials of the City of San Jose, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California – San Jose Division and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals relative to two lawsuits I filed against the City of San Jose in August 2006 and December 2015 for violating my civil rights. My first lawsuit resulted after I was unlawfully denied a CCW permit following my medical disability retirement from the San Jose Police Department. My second lawsuit resulted after San Jose city officials refused to investigate my discrimination and misconduct complaints against the City Attorney’s Office and three police administrators relative to the denial of my CCW permit.
            My allegation of public corruption against San Jose city officials relating to my first lawsuit is in regards to a stipulation of dismissal, the depositions of two police officials, and a motion for summary judgment filed by the City of San Jose. As to the stipulation of dismissal, San Jose City Attorney Richard Doyle, Assistant City Attorney Nora Frimann, and former Deputy City Attorney Michael Dodson conspired with my former attorney, Stuart Kirchick, to obstruct justice by stipulating to the dismissal of Defendant Tuck Younis without my knowledge or consent, then misrepresented to the court that I had agreed to the dismissal. The dismissal provided me no benefit whatsoever, and the clear purpose of the dismissal of Younis was to sabotage my case because the evidence is incontrovertible that Younis violated my constitutional rights. I have evidence strongly suggesting that the dismissal of Younis resulted from a quid pro quo arrangement between Kirchick and the San Jose City Attorney’s Office. The crimes implicated are conspiracy, obstruction of justice, honest services fraud and bribery.
As to the depositions of the two police officials, City Attorney Richard Doyle, Assistant City Attorney Nora Frimann, former Deputy City Attorney Michael Dodson, former Chief of Police Robert Davis, former Assistant Chief of Police Tuck Younis and former Deputy Chief of Police Adonna Amoroso conspired to present false testimony under oath in the depositions of Younis and Amoroso in June 2007. Younis and Amoroso did, in fact, commit perjury in their depositions. Several perjured statements from the depositions of Younis and Amoroso were used by Doyle, Frimann and Dodson in support of the City’s motion for summary judgment which was filed with the clear intent of perpetrating fraud on the court. The district court granted the City’s summary judgment motion, even though it is a total hoax based on a false premise and the
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perjured testimony of Younis and Amoroso. I have evidence to present proving that there was a quid pro quo between Younis and San Jose city officials for his perjured testimony. The crimes implicated are conspiracy, subornation of perjury and perjury, bribery, and obstruction of justice.
My allegation of public corruption against officials of the United States District Court relate to a scheme by court officials to conduct a fake hearing on a Rule 60 motion I filed in February 2013 seeking relief from the order granting the City’s motion for summary judgment.
In order to carry out this scheme, Courtroom Deputy Jackie Garcia and another court official (initials “bw”) falsified docket entries by mischaracterizing my motion as pertaining to “costs taxed.” My motion had nothing to do with “costs taxed.” The basis for my motion was that attorneys for the City of San Jose perpetrated fraud on the court with the filing of the City’s fabricated motion for summary judgment; and on the failure of the courts to follow 28 U.S.C. Section 1738 (the Full Faith and Credit Act) in their application of collateral estoppel or issue preclusion to a small claims court judgment relied upon by the City.
            The hearing on my Rule 60 motion was held on April 26, 2013 in front of Judge Ronald M. Whyte. It is clear that the hearing was a total sham because I was advised weeks earlier by Court Clerk Cita Escolano that no hearing would be held on my motion. Escolano stated that my motion would be decided on the papers submitted; and that the decision of the court would be sent to my residence. Escolano also informed me that I did not have to appear in court on the April 26, 2013 hearing date. I have a witness that will corroborate these claims. Based on the instructions of Escolano, I did not appear for the hearing.
According to the transcript of Court Reporter Lee-Anne Shortridge, the court disposed of my Rule 60 motion during the hearing by granting the City’s “motion to dismiss” made by Deputy San Jose City Attorney Richard North because I failed to appear. However, no word for word account of the motion to dismiss by the City appears in the transcript or anywhere in the record. The City’s motion to dismiss is a mystery. It appears that the City’s mystery motion to dismiss was either intentionally omitted from the official transcript or it was made ex parte. Further confusing the issue is the fact that the Civil Minutes of Courtroom Deputy Jackie Garcia contradicts the official transcript of Court Reporter Lee-Anne Shortridge. The Civil Minutes shows that the court made a ruling during the hearing denying my motion by finding that it was untimely and that no evidence was presented to support my theories for relief. While there is uncertainty as to what happened during the hearing, there is no uncertainty that the hearing and the judgment on my motion, that is biased in favor of the City of San Jose, was rigged as a result of a conspiracy involving Judge Whyte, Courtroom Deputy Jackie Garcia, Court Reporter Lee-Anne Shortridge, Court Clerk Cita Escolano, and San Jose Deputy City Attorney Richard North. The crimes implicated as to these officials are conspiracy, fraud, and obstruction of justice.
It should be noted that I filed two additional Rule 60 motions in September 2013 and May 2016 also seeking relief from the judgment in my first lawsuit on the basis of the fraudulent stipulation of dismissal of Defendant Tuck Younis and on the courts’ misapplication of collateral estoppel or issue preclusion. Even though relief was mandatory based on the courts’ lack of discretion as it relates to these two issues, my motions were denied by the district court just as my first Rule 60 motion filed in February 2013.
My allegation of public corruption against San Jose city officials also pertains to a vast conspiracy to cover up this public corruption scandal. It is undeniable that current and former San Jose city officials refused to investigate discrimination and criminal misconduct complaints I
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filed against the San Jose City Attorney’s Office and former police officials Davis, Younis and Amoroso relative to the denial of my CCW privileges. Former City officials I filed complaints with include Mayor Chuck Reed and the City Council in 2010. My most recent complaints against the City Attorney’s Office were filed with current San Jose mayor Sam Liccardo and members of the San Jose City Council in June 2015 and October 2015. The refusal of City officials to investigate my discrimination and misconduct complaints is clear evidence of a cover-up. The City’s failure to investigate my complaints formed the basis of my second lawsuit filed in December 2015. San Jose city policy and California law mandates that an investigation be conducted into discrimination complaints.
It is also clear that there is a vast conspiracy by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California – San Jose Division and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to cover up this scandal and to punish me for exercising my right to free speech with their biased and corrupt rulings in my two lawsuits. It is indisputable that all of the rulings of the district court relative to my first lawsuit are void judgments because, as noted above, the court did not follow the requirements of the Full Faith and Credit Act by failing to follow California preclusion law in giving preclusive effect to a small claims judgment from California. The district court also failed to follow the requirements of FRCP 41 by permitting the San Jose City Attorney’s Office and my former attorney to stipulate to the dismissal of Defendant Tuck Younis without my knowledge or consent, in clear violation of my absolute right as the plaintiff.
            As to my second lawsuit, Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins dismissed by complaint pursuant to FRCP 12(b)(6) even though, the precedent he cited as authority unequivocally proves the claims in my complaint. Judge Cousins also did not allow me the opportunity to amend my complaint as is required by FRCP 15(a), and he denied my Rule 60 motion seeking relief from his clearly erroneous judgment. Judge Cousins’ rulings show a willful and wanton disregard for my due process rights and are evidence that he is part of the courts’ conspiracy to obstruct justice.
            Evidence of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ participation in the cover up of this scandal is compelling. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals failed to take action on motions and letters I filed in 2010, 2011 and 2012 seeking to vacate the orders of the Ninth Circuit Court that affirms the clearly erroneous judgments of the district court in my first lawsuit. No reasonable explanation was given for the court’s lack of action. Further evidence of a cover-up by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is that former Chief Judge Judge Alex Kozinski failed to take action on a complaint I filed in May 2010 against the San Jose City Attorney’s Office. Judge Kozinski responded to my complaint with false information that he had no authority to consider complaints against state officials. He stated that I must file my complaint against the City Attorney’s Office with state and local authorities. This claim by Judge Kozinski is not credible because Ninth Circuit Rule 46-2 states that the Chief Judge may initiate disciplinary proceedings based on misconduct by attorneys before the Court of Appeals. Courts also have the inherent power to initiate disciplinary proceedings based on misconduct by attorneys.
            Additionally, the final appeal in each of my two lawsuits was disposed of by summary affirmance of the district court judgments with the outrageous claim that the issues I raised on appeal was so unsubstantial that no further argument was required. The issues I raised on appeal were that the district court rulings were biased; the court violated the Full Faith and Credit Act; the court failed to hold an evidentiary hearing based on my claim that I did not authorize the
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stipulation of dismissal of Defendant Tuck Younis; and that the district court failed to follow precedent and federal law in dismissing my second lawsuit without leave to amend. It is insane for the court to find that these issues are unsubstantial. This is evidence of bias and a cover-up.       
I am well aware that the Department of Justice and the F.B. I. does not normally get involved in matters relating to on-going litigation involving the courts because of the “separation of powers” doctrine; and because of the importance of an independent judiciary that is necessary to the proper functioning of government. However, this is one of the most egregious cases of public corruption in recent memory. The criminal misconduct by the courts and San Jose city officials has been brazen and persistent with a total lack of regard for the truth, the Constitution and the rule of law. It is undeniable that these officials falsified court records, created false documents, and staged a fake hearing on one of my Rule 60 motions in order to facilitate a judgment in favor of the City of San Jose. The evidence is compelling that some of these officials were bribed in return for their involvement, whereas others appeared to have been coerced into participating. More appalling and detestable than the crimes committed, is the extent to which San Jose city officials and the courts have gone in order to cover-up this scandal. A criminal investigation is mandatory in order to restore credibility to our judicial system and to protect our democracy.
It should be noted that I filed a formal complaint with the F.B.I. and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Francisco against San Jose city officials and the courts for public corruption in letters dated May 24, 2014. It is apparent my complaint was not taken seriously because it does not appear that an investigation was initiated. I give caution that a failure of the government to act on my current complaint will have consequences because I have no intentions of honoring the judgments of the courts in my lawsuits because they are void by law. This fact is not debatable. The only final outcome to this matter that I will accept is that the judgments of the courts are reversed. And to make this happen, I am willing to take some extreme measures, including engaging in civil disobedience. But first I am willing to give the Department of Justice and Congress an opportunity to address this matter.
            Included with this letter are copies of my May 24, 2014 complaint letter and an email dated July 17, 2015 that I sent to the F.B.I. Also included are copies of a special motion and a motion for recusal of Judge Whyte, copies of two posts from my blog that provides additional facts about this scandal, and a copy of a letter I submitted to the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee dated July 24, 2017. The special motion and motion for recusal is undeniable proof that the judgments in my two lawsuits against the City of San Jose show such contempt for justice that they are a mockery. Additional information about the misconduct of San Jose city officials and federal court officials can be found at the links below: https://www.facebook.com/groups/624131267713226/
            I am also requesting a meeting with a representative from the Department of Justice in order to provide additional facts and evidence relative to my complaint.
                                                                                                Sincerely,
                                                                                                Frederick Bates
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Frederick Bates
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                                                                                                            Folsom, CA 95630
                                                                                                            (408) -----------


October 24, 2017

The Honorable Jeff Sessions – Attorney General of the United States
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

Re: Public Corruption Complaint

Dear Mr. Sessions,

            In a letter dated July 24, 2017, I filed a public corruption complaint with the Department of Justice against officials of the City of San Jose, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California – San Jose Division and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals relative to two lawsuits I filed against the City of San Jose in August 2006 and December 2015 for violating my civil rights. A copy of my complaint letter filed with the Department of Justice, as well as, copies of letters I filed with other government officials is also included. These letters present clear and convincing evidence that the US District Court and San Jose city officials conspired to obstruct justice in my first lawsuit by falsifying court records, by creating false documents, by staging a fake hearing on a Rule 60 motion I filed, and by creating a fraudulent transcript for that hearing. It is also undeniable that the courts failed to follow federal laws relating to issue preclusion and a stipulation of dismissal that places strict limitations on their discretion. As to my second lawsuit, the US District Court dismissed it by citing two cases as precedent that actually supports my claims against the City. After dismissing my second lawsuit, the court refused to allow me an opportunity to amend my complaint as is required by FRCP 15 because of my pro se status. Additionally, the Ninth Circuit Court of appeals entered summary dispositions on several appeals I filed in both lawsuits in clear violation of the court’s own precedent. The latest summary disposition occurred September 21, 2017 prior to me being allowed to file an opening brief, even though, Ninth Circuit precedent stated in United States v. Hooton requires that for summary disposition to be appropriate, it must be manifest that the questions raised on the face of an appellant’s opening brief be so insubstantial as not to require further argument. Based on Ninth Circuit precedent as stated in the Hooton case, it is impossible for there to be a summary disposition without an appellant’s opening brief that states the questions being raised on appeal. A collusion and cover-up by San Jose city officials and the federal courts are undeniable.
            The purpose of this letter is to make a personal appeal to you to initiate an investigation into my complaint since I have not received a response from the Department of Justice, the FBI or the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee. Please take note that in 2014, I also filed a public corruption complaint with the FBI field office in San Francisco against San Jose city officials, officials with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California – San Jose Division and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Apparently my complaint was not taken
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seriously because there is no evidence that an investigation was ever completed. In my current complaint letters, I warn that a failure to take action on the egregious and criminal misconduct of the above officials will result in me taking action on my own in the form of civil disobedience.
            To show that I am serious about my warning, I met with an FBI agent on August 18, 2017 in the Sacramento office of the FBI located in Roseville, California. The name of that agent is unknown. During that meeting, I discussed many of the allegations in my complaint and the facts to support them. However, my primary purpose of the meeting was to make it very clear that I have run out of patience with the courts and that I will not abide by any of the courts’ ruling in my two lawsuits because it is unmistakable they are void judgments that were entered as a result of criminal misconduct. I also made it clear that I am frustrated and very angry with the lack of response from government officials to my complaint letters. I made it very clear to the FBI agent I spoke to that it will be my intent to “go to jail” in the near future based on acts of civil disobedience.
            I explained to the agent that my civil disobedience will be based on the clear instances where the courts violated the law relative to 28 USC Section 1738 (the Full Faith and Credit Act) and FRCP 41 that governs a stipulation of dismissal. As you are aware, the Full Faith and Credit Act commands federal courts to give the same preclusive effect to a state court judgment as would courts from the state where the judgment was rendered. Federal courts simply have no discretion in regards to this issue. Nevertheless, the courts dismissed by first lawsuit against the City of San Jose based on issue preclusion by giving preclusive effect to a small claims court judgment from California that the City won against me, even though it would not be given preclusive effect by courts in California since there is no record whatsoever from the Small Claims Court that shows what issue was litigated and determined. Furthermore, there was no litigation at all in my small claims case. The Small Claims Court made a ruling that implied it did not have authority to grant the compensation I was seeking without addressing any issues in my complaint. Courts in California will not apply issue preclusion against a plaintiff that loses in a small claims case unless there is a record that is “sufficiently clear” that the issue sought to be foreclosed upon was litigated and determined. It is indefensible that the courts would refuse to reverse their judgments as to this issue when it is clear from Supreme Court precedent and the courts’ very own precedent that their judgments are void judgments and are unenforceable by law based on their violation of the Full Faith and Credit Act.
            As to FRCP 41, the City of San Jose in collusion with my former attorney was allowed to fraudulently dismiss the main defendant in my lawsuit without any stated reason and without my knowledge and authority. The stipulation of dismissal provided me no benefits and it harmed my cause of action. The dismissal of a defendant or a cause of action is the absolute right of the plaintiff. The City acknowledged in their answer to my complaint that the defendant that was dismissed without my authority had taken actions that clearly violated my rights. This same defendant committed perjury in his deposition and in a declaration in support of a summary judgment motion the City filed. This defendant also refused to appear on two subpoenas in the small claims matter referred to above. While these claims might seem far-fetched, the evidence to support them is indisputable. Even so, the district court refused to conduct an evidentiary hearing on my motion for relief from the stipulation as is required by law. This is a clear violation of my right to due process and a case of bias and obstruction of justice.

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            Just as I did with the FBI agent in the Sacramento office, I would like to make it clear to you in the most respectful manner possible that I will not accept the courts’ ruling in my lawsuits as being legitimate. And I will take some very drastic actions to affect their reversal through whatever reasonable and lawful extrajudicial means necessary since the courts have refused repeatedly to do what is lawful and just in my two lawsuits. If I receive no response from you,
the Department of Justice or the FBI in a reasonable amount of time, I will assume that my complaint is not a priority and I assure you I will make good on my threat to take matters into my own hands.
                                                                                                                                               
Additional details can also be found at the following links:

                I look forward to hearing from you regarding this matter.


                                                                                                            Sincerely,
                                                                                               
                                                                                                            Frederick Bates
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Frederick Bates
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                                                                                                            Folsom, CA 95630
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April 16, 2018

The Honorable Jeff Sessions – Attorney General of the United States
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

Re: Supplement to Public Corruption Complaint Letter Dated July 24, 2017

Dear Mr. Sessions:

            This letter is a supplement to the complaint letter I submitted to the Department of Justice dated July 24, 2017. In that letter I made allegations that several San Jose city officials and officials with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California – San Jose Division and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals had committed several public corruption crimes relative to the litigation of two lawsuits I filed against the City of San Jose for violating my civil rights. In a letter to you dated October 24, 2017, I made a personal appeal to you to open an investigation into my complaints. In that letter, I mentioned that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals had entered summary dispositions on several appeals I filed in the two lawsuits referred to above. I also stated that the latest summary disposition had occurred September 21, 2017 prior to me being allowed to file an opening brief, in clear violation of Ninth Circuit precedent as stated by United States v. Hooton. Subsequent to my letter to you in October 2017, I filed a motion for reconsideration of the September 21, 2017 summary disposition order by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. (It should be noted that the summary disposition affirms the order of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California – San Jose Division denying my motion for relief from judgment in the second of the two lawsuits I filed against the City of San Jose. The District Court Case Number is 15-05729 NC and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Case Number is 17-16413)
            I am alleging in this supplemental complaint that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals committed fraud and obstructed justice relative to the handling of my motion for reconsideration. Because of my pro se status, I filed my motion for reconsideration by priority mail express on September 27, 2017. My motion was available for pick up by the court on September 28, 2017. The deadline for filing my notion was October 5, 2017. After being available to the court for seven (7) days, my motion was filed by the court on October 6, 2017, one day past the filing deadline. My motion for reconsideration was denied as untimely on December 5, 2017.
            The long lists of criminals acts by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court relative to my two lawsuits against the City of San Jose as stated in my July 24, 2017 complaint letter makes it clear that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ failure to file my motion for reconsideration within the filing deadline was intentional. The intent was to obstruct justice by terminating my appeal with the manufactured claim that my motion for
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reconsideration was untimely. I appeal to you again to open an investigation into my public corruption complaint based on this letter, my July 24, 2017 complaint letter and my letter to you dated October 24, 2017. I am enclosing a copy of a letter and other documents I sent to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Sidney R. Thomas informing him of this matter and requesting that he open an investigation into this matter as well.

                                                                                                            Sincerely,




                                                                                                            Frederick Bates


c: FBI Director Christopher Wray