Opinion
Civil Action H-11-1085
03-21-2012
Charles Stringer, Plaintiff, v. Ed Peters, et ah, Defendants.
Opinion on Dismissal
The Court of Appeals did not understand a record that included two things: an order that said, "[f]or a variety of reasons, including res judicata and want of jurisdiction, this complaint is dismissed with prejudice;" and a sixty-three page complaint. A casual glance at it reveals its manifest lunacy.
Charles Stringer sued under at least ten statutes, from stalking to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, against thirty-nine defendants. These include:
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• Six district attorneys and their assistants;
• Six private attorneys;
• Seven police officers and one FBI agent;
• Three Hinds County Court judges and their clerk;
• Two workers for the Texas Attorney General;
• Two federal judges;
• One municipal court judge;
• An Assistant Attorney General of Mississippi and a worker there
• The governor of Mississippi;
• The mayor of Jackson, Mississippi;
• The director of Mississippi's Bureau of Narcotics and one of his agents;
• Stringer's former girlfriend;
• Ten unknown border patrol agents; and, most bizarrely,
• An "unknown drug agent, acting as his biological son."
In Stringer's general complaint, he requests both procedural and specific relief. He asks for:
1. The court to appoint him an attorney;
2. The FBI and Marshals to find and serve the defendants;
3. Seizure of the defendants' assets;
4. Compensation for stolen funds;
5. Statutory compensation; and
6. An injunction preventing the defendants from spying on him.
Stringer describes near data, but he does not have facts that are recognizable as a claim at law under the most generous reading. It cannot be amended to cure what is completely irrational. The court dismisses this case with prejudice.
Signed on March 21, 2012, at Houston, Texas.
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Lynn N. Hughes
United States District Judge
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦Name ¦Position ¦Date¦ +-----------------+--------------------------------------------------+----¦ ¦ ¦District Attorney, Hinds ¦ ¦ ¦Ed Peters ¦ ¦1987¦ ¦ ¦County, Mississippi ¦ ¦ +-----------------+--------------------------------------------------+----¦ ¦ ¦Assistant District Attorney, ¦ ¦ ¦Bobby DeLaughter ¦ ¦1988¦ ¦ ¦Hinds County ¦ ¦ +-----------------+--------------------------------------------------+----¦ ¦Charles Knauss ¦Criminal Attorney ¦1988¦ +-----------------+--------------------------------------------------+----¦ ¦ ¦Hinds County Assistant ¦ ¦ ¦Charles Hedgepeth¦ ¦1987¦ ¦ ¦District Attorney ¦ ¦ +-----------------+--------------------------------------------------+----¦ ¦Henry Clay, III ¦Mississippi Assistant Attorney General ¦1988¦ +-----------------+--------------------------------------------------+----¦ ¦William Allain ¦Governor of Mississippi ¦1987¦ +-----------------+--------------------------------------------------+----¦ ¦ ¦Office of the Texas Attorney ¦ ¦ ¦Carman Castilla ¦ ¦1988¦ ¦ ¦General, worker ¦ ¦ +-----------------+--------------------------------------------------+----¦ ¦ ¦Attorney in Jackson, ¦ ¦ ¦Tommy Mayfield ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦Mississippi ¦ ¦ +-----------------+--------------------------------------------------+----¦ ¦ ¦Clerk, Hinds County Circuit ¦ ¦ ¦Barbara Dunn ¦ ¦1988¦ ¦ ¦Court ¦ ¦ +-----------------+--------------------------------------------------+----¦ ¦Breland Hilburn ¦Hinds County Circuit Judge ¦1988¦ +-----------------+--------------------------------------------------+----¦ ¦ ¦Police officer, Jackson, ¦ ¦ ¦Richard Seavey ¦ ¦1988¦ ¦ ¦Mississippi ¦ ¦ +-----------------+--------------------------------------------------+----¦ ¦Mary Spikes ¦Office of the Mississippi Attorney General, worker¦1988¦ +-----------------+--------------------------------------------------+----¦ ¦William Garner ¦Police officer ¦1988¦ +-----------------+--------------------------------------------------+----¦ ¦Bob Campbell ¦Police officer ¦1988¦ +-----------------+--------------------------------------------------+----¦ ¦William Coleman ¦Hinds County Court Judge ¦1988¦ +-----------------+--------------------------------------------------+----¦ ¦Lloyd Paxton ¦Police officer ¦1988¦ +-----------------+--------------------------------------------------+----¦ ¦J.D. Savelle ¦Police officer ¦1988¦ +-----------------+--------------------------------------------------+----¦ ¦W. E. Patterson ¦Police officer ¦1988¦ +-----------------+--------------------------------------------------+----¦ ¦Jerry Barrett ¦Police officer ¦1988¦ +-----------------+--------------------------------------------------+----¦ ¦Thomas Low, Jr. ¦Appellate attorney ¦1988¦ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦Assistant District Attorney, ¦ ¦ ¦Behm Bell ¦ ¦1987 ¦ ¦ ¦Hinds County ¦ ¦ +---------------------+-------------------------------+------------¦ ¦ ¦United States District Judge, ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦Jackson, Mississippi, who was ¦ ¦ ¦Henry Wingate ¦ ¦1988 ¦ ¦ ¦a Hinds County District ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦Attorney ¦ ¦ +---------------------+-------------------------------+------------¦ ¦ ¦United States Magistrate ¦ ¦ ¦James C. Sumner ¦ ¦1988 ¦ ¦ ¦Judge, Jackson, Mississippi ¦ ¦ +---------------------+-------------------------------+------------¦ ¦Cynthia Stewart ¦Court-appointed attorney ¦1988 ¦ +---------------------+-------------------------------+------------¦ ¦Francisco Medina ¦Hired attorney ¦1988 ¦ +---------------------+-------------------------------+------------¦ ¦Merrida P. Coxwell ¦Hired attorney ¦1988 ¦ +---------------------+-------------------------------+------------¦ ¦William Barnett ¦Hinds County Court Judge ¦1988 ¦ +---------------------+-------------------------------+------------¦ ¦ ¦United States Magistrate ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦Judge, Jackson, Mississippi, ¦ ¦ ¦Linda Anderson ¦ ¦1987 ¦ ¦ ¦who was a Hinds County ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦Assistant District Attorney ¦ ¦ +---------------------+-------------------------------+------------¦ ¦Dennis Miller ¦Former FBI agent ¦1987 ¦ +---------------------+-------------------------------+------------¦ ¦ ¦Mississippi Bureau of ¦ ¦ ¦Chalme Koenig ¦ ¦1987 ¦ ¦ ¦Narcotics Agent ¦ ¦ +---------------------+-------------------------------+------------¦ ¦ ¦Director of Mississippi Bureau ¦ ¦ ¦Marshall Fisher ¦ ¦2005'present¦ ¦ ¦of Narcotics ¦ ¦ +---------------------+-------------------------------+------------¦ ¦ ¦Municipal Court Judge, Terry, ¦ ¦ ¦Lee B. Agnew ¦ ¦current ¦ ¦ ¦Mississippi ¦ ¦ +---------------------+-------------------------------+------------¦ ¦ ¦Office of the Texas Attorney ¦ ¦ ¦Stephanie Martinez ¦ ¦2008;2010 ¦ ¦ ¦General, worker ¦ ¦ +---------------------+-------------------------------+------------¦ ¦Estella Lee Hernandez¦Stringer's girlfriend ¦1988 ¦ +---------------------+-------------------------------+------------¦ ¦ ¦United States District Judge, ¦ ¦ ¦Ken Dawson ¦ ¦2010 ¦ ¦ ¦Las Vegas, Nevada ¦ ¦ +---------------------+-------------------------------+------------¦ ¦ ¦Acting as Stringer's biological¦ ¦ ¦Unknown Drug Agent ¦ ¦since 2009 ¦ ¦ ¦son, Joseph Michael Stephens ¦ ¦ +---------------------+-------------------------------+------------¦ ¦Harvey Johnson ¦Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi ¦since 1999 ¦ +------------------------------------------------------------------+
+---------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦Texas Assistant District¦ ¦ ¦Ken Gibson ¦ ¦2011 ¦ ¦ ¦Attorney, El Paso, Texas¦ ¦ +-------------------------+------------------------+------¦ ¦Ten unknown border patrol¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦agents ¦ ¦ ¦ +---------------------------------------------------------+