From Devy Kidd

I became aware of this case only a few days ago and have exchanged email with Leo Donofrio. What has been done to Leo is an outrage and possibly judicial misconduct by individuals working in the justice system. It took some time, but I read all the material on Leo's site about his lawsuit. There can be no question powerful forces do not want his case heard in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. Now, he needs OUR help in getting his case before Clarence Thomas.

This is Leo's site. You will see he's in a real dog fight and he's fighting for what's right. I asked Leo to put together a short paper explaining the misconduct going on at the high court. This is his full explanation; click here. Please take time over the weekend or over lunch at work to read this; shouldn't take but about ten minutes. It will sicken you.

If you scroll down about 3/4th of the way to the bottom of Leo's site, this begins details on his lawsuit and you will see standing was NOT challenged in the lower courts. Section begins with:

US Supreme Court case: New Jersey Voter vs. Obama and McCain on "natural born citizen: status."

Nov.11.2008 @ 10:29 am

United States Supreme Court Docket #: 08A407

United States Supreme Court Application for Emergency Stay and supporting brief: ScotusStayAppBrief.doc

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Leo Donofrio is a retired attorney who had many years in full practice. He's an ace golfer and now a professional poker player. You might recognize Leo from the World Series of Poker. Leo is mad and he's a fighter. All Leo attempted to do was the right thing and now his life has become a night mare, but he is not backing down.

All of us need to help him because what's going on, not just with Obama, but with the courts is simply not acceptable. Only intense heat from we the people is going to make the difference.

Write a polite letter to Justice Clarence Thomas. No phone calls as the clerks will not take messages. I sent my letter to Justice Thomas today over night mail because time is short. You can use regular snail mail, but please get it done and in the mail by Monday. If 100,000 letters land on Justice Thomas' desk next week, things are going to happen. This is what Leo suggests from his web site:

The best thing you can do to help this case before Justice Clarence Thomas is to write to him and the other justices.

The Honorable Associate Justice Clarence Thomas
United States Supreme Court
One First Street, N.E.,
Washington, D.C. 20543.

Please include the docket # 08A407, and the URL to this blog

[Below is the original post. Thank you for your help.]

Supreme Court of the United States - Clerk's Office Continues Sabotage of New Jersey Citizen Stay Application for 08 Election. Your help is requested.

Dear Citizens of the United States of America,

I need your help and the US needs your help.

My case, LEO C. DONOFRIO v. NINA MITCHELL WELLS, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY - US Supreme Court Docket # 08A407 - continues to be subjected to misconduct by the US Supreme Court Clerk's office, particularly by Mr. Danny Bickell, the Stay Clerk.

For a full review of the Judicial treachery in this case, please review the entire UNORTHODOX PROCEDURAL HISTORY of the case.

It has come to my attention today that the US Supreme Court's Stay Clerk, Mr. Danny Bickell, has continued to list this case incorrectly thereby preventing it from ever crossing the desk of Justice Clarence Thomas.

The Docket of the case fails to mention that the case went directly from the Appellate Division in New Jersey to the New Jersey Supreme Court which is the nexus that allows the case to be properly before the US Supreme Court. The Clerk's office appears to be doing everything possible to see that this case never gets to the desk of Justice Clarence Thomas or any of the other Supreme Court Justices.

I have an order handed down from the New Jersey Supreme Court which makes reference to the Appellate Division case as well, but the US Supreme Court Clerk's office refuses to acknowledge the NJ Supreme Court's review and it is that review which allows my case to go before the US Supreme Court. The Appellate Division case avoided the Constitutional issue, but the NJ Supreme Court decision raised the Constitutional issue when it specifically said in its order of denial that it had relied on "movant's papers" while at the same time it made no mention of Judge Sabatino's Appellate Division order and opinion.

The NJ Supreme Court specifically relied upon "movant's papers" in their order denying emergency relief and "movants papers" focused on the "natural born citizen" issue.

Here is the decision of the Honorable Justice Virginia A. Long:

"This matter having come before the court on an application for emergent relief pursuant to Rule 2:9-8, and the undersigned having reviewed the movant's papers and the papers filed by the defendant in the Superior Court, Appellate Division, it is hereby Ordered that the application for emergent relief is denied."



The US Supreme Court Docket fails to mention the NJ Supreme Court decision and that is completely wrong and improper. This case continues to be subjected to Judicial/Clerical misconduct and it's time that US Citizens, be they Democrat, Republican or 3rd party affiliated, stand up and order that the Clerk's office of the highest Court in the land STOP interfering in a case that is rightly before the US Supreme Court.

This is unprecedented in that the Clerk's office at the SCOTUS appears to be injecting politics into the handling of paperwork properly before it. It will be a terrible blow to the separation of powers if Supreme Court review can be stopped by Clerks imposing their own political views on litigants who have properly followed legal procedure.



Justice Clarence Thomas and the rest of the Supreme Court must receive direct mail letters (not e mail) bringing this case Docket # and the URL of my blog to their attention.

If you write to Chief Justice Roberts, please make sure the envelope is addressed to: The Honorable John G. Roberts, Chief Justice of the United States

Thank you,
Leo C. Donofrio