October 2, 2007
Just stop...That's pretty much what U.S. District Court Judge Adalberto Jordan told controversial Miami attorney Jack Thompson in an order issued yesterday.
Judge Jordan, presiding over one of Thompson's two lawsuits against the Florida Bar, last week (in a story broken by GamePolitics) spanked the anti-game attorney for including gay porn in a filing with the Court. His Honor gave Thompson until this Friday to explain why he shouldn't be subjected to discipline in the matter, which could include a contempt of court finding.
Instead of filing a single response, however, Thompson has peppered the case docket with multiple responses (GP lost count). Apparently the Judge has run out of patience. Yesterday's order reads, in part:
Mr. Thompson is hereby advised that the number of documents he has filed in this lawsuit is unreasonable and will not be tolerated... in the last week alone, Mr. Thompson filed 13 different documents in response to a single show cause order.
Here comes the zinger:
Despite what Mr. Thompson may think, this case is not a war with the world regarding the state of its moral standards (if it is, I clearly do not have jurisdiction). Therefore, he cannot continue to use this case as platform to battle everything in society with which he disagrees.
Ouch... By way of response (you knew he couldn't just sit quietly) Thompson has filed a 14-page motion to have Judge Jordan removed from the case. In his filing, the quixotic attorney manages to drag in references as diverse as the film Animal House and the Monica Lewinsky affair:
...this particular judge was nominated by a President who... told the nation that “he did not have sexual relations with that woman.”
Thompson seems to indicate that he will ignore the order:
This court, as if it were King Canute ordering the tide not to come in... today orders Thompson to stop filing responses...
...and he repeatedly accuses the judge of lying (not generally recommended as a winning legal strategy):
Thompson, upon receipt of [Judge Jordan's order], is embarrassed not by his conduct but that a federal judge could actually concoct such a fib.
...[Thompson] did not assume this court would make up facts and misrepresent the law.
Thompson actually threatens Judge Jordan with the specter of legal damages:
...when it a court goes beyond its pure decision-making judicial function, then it strips itself of its judicial immunity and exposes fully the person of the judge, individually, as a private citizen, to a claim for damages.
Here comes the Animal House reference:
Thompson is akin to Flounder in Animal House, when he is told by the brothers, “Hey, you screwed up. You trusted us.”
Actually, the line is, "You f***ed up. You trusted us," but perhaps Thompson is trying to clean up his court filings in the wake of the gay porn fiasco. By the way, the pic attached to this article is, of course, actor Stephen Furst playing Kent "Flounder" Dorfman in Animal House.
GP: We asked Thompson for comment on Judge Jordan's shut up-and-desist order via e-mail, but received no response.
Comments
According to legal blogs (okay, not nearly as professional as I was expecting them to be), he's a laughing stock. How can his wife not be affected by this? How can his wife condone bringing their underage son into what is clearly going to be his Waterloo?
How can she condone that he's practically got no income? That he's basically squandered "31 years of practicing law."
And 31 years practicing law? You've hardly practiced Jack, unless you're representing rich people on DUIs and speeding tickets. Or chasing down some frivolous malpractice lawsuit.
Massacre Chaser!
But by calling upon a rump committee, the court lays bare its extrajudicial, administrative purpose.
Uh-huh-huh-huh-huh, he just said "rump." And "lays bare."
I'm going to be sad when he gets disbarred, I won't have this daily entertainment to look forward to anymore. :(
I am JT and I bring you "Annoyance"!!
Sigh. It seems pretty clear to me that Jack has lost his last bid for retaining his ability to practice law (maybe he should have practiced more instead of creating his own along the way). I am worried though. Yes worried. Oh I will offer a small dance when he is disbarred (pety I know but hey I am vicious gamer type) My worry is what happens afterwards. I had a nightmare that I could see all to easily coming true.
Jack loses his licence and goes underground for a short bit. We all go back to watching the pretty pixels (Shooting innocents, burning, raping and pillaging) and let down our guard... then.... Poof. JT returns as a Minister (Gods "Angry man" or some-such) leading his holy crusade against us on public television. Scary huh?
He's been a lawyer for 31 years, but he hasn't been in business for himself for that full time.
I am not homophobic just wondering.
Actually, this case has everything to do with video games.
This case arose out of the Florida Bar’s disciplinary proceedings regarding Thompson’s alleged misconduct in the Alabama “Grand Theft Auto” wrongful death lawsuit (Strickland v. Sony Corp.) and his attempt to have “Bully” declared a nuisance in Florida (Thompson v. Wal-Mart Stores). In each of those cases, the presiding judge asked the Florida Bar to look into whether Thompson’s conduct violated the Bar’s code of conduct. After reviewing the matters, the Florida Bar filed two disciplinary complaints against Thompson with the Florida Supreme Court.
The legal case that is the subject of this thread is a lawsuit filed by Thompson against the Florida Bar in federal court that attempts to block the bar’s disciplinary proceedings related to his conduct in the video game cases.
So, while the procedural history is confusing, this case IS about video games.
What next, is he going to start quoting Eminem lyrics, too? (Given what a hypocrite Jack is, I wouldn't be surprised if he does.)
Tim (aka the Slipperman)
Stop. Just stop.
http://www.tmz.com/2007/10/01/why-britney-lost-custody/
Anyway, back on topic:
Further proof Jack has lost his mind.
“What you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.”
Practice what you preach: Grow up and get a life. And get a new cause, since yours has always been lost.
“Shut the fuck up, you’re out of your element.”- Walter, The Big Lebowski
If it is, that coffins gotta be more nail than wood, right?
It seems to me that Judge Jordan has been more than fair, as i'm sure some would have given up long ago. So, it begs the question, what would JT term as a 'fair' judge?
And how many more times do we have to hear or read that JT is a so called 'Christian'?
He's gotta have more nails than coffin by now.
"Stupid kids you only make money because of me and hits I generate. Not
real reporter wah hooah!"
"We don't make money off of hits and we don't have ads, we're probably one of the farthest things from a profit-site on the internet."
"Let's try to avoid the FACTS Dennis, and look at MY facts that say you're not a real journalist, because I say so. You're not a real journalist for doing everything a journalist does but I'm a real attorney for making everyone despise me and abusing the court system."
"Ok Jack, best wishes."
I love dialogue.
A fair judge would be one that blindly agrees with Jack and lets him win all his cases.
E. Zachary Knight
Divine Knight Gaming
Random Tower: Game News and Commentary
I was thinkng that, but then I thought maybe Jack would like to just get rid of the whole Judge thing and just declare himself always right and morally incorruptible (shame he isn't mentally incorruptible though)
The Florida Bar, Miami office - (305)377-4445.
or Dr. Wunderman, the one who Thompson paid off to say he's sane.
Dr. Oren Wunderman’s office - (305)960-5521.
god this is sad, just plain sad, maybe jack never got to be a kid growing up and thats why he is acting like one now.
I'm happy to see hes doing the opposite because no one shows just how crazy-loco-batsh*t-insane Jack Thompson is than Jack Thompson
goes down swinging like the nutjob resisting the straight jacket (how long before thats not a metaphor?)
Perhaps he's setting up an insanity defense? After reading his filings over the past year, the phrase "Completely batshit insane" is about all that seems to come to mind anymore when I think of Thompson.
In any event, he's probably the single best thing to ever happen to the video game industry.
"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it."
— Voltaire
now who else do we know to practice such a thing?......hmmm
Judge Jordan just hit the nail squarely on the head. He wins a muffin.
same old rubbish from a hack
Not only is it a rehash of his ramblings about everything he does along with his accusitory tone of writing/rambling but the great thing about this one is it is so patently clear he is in the wrong
he is trying to criminalise the judge for asking thompson to show the relevance of his gay porn filing, painting it as threats and punishments whenthe judge is doing his job. Every sentence almost is Jt trying to demonise jordan for this and exonerate himself.
Guess what jack it wont work, jordan is simply trying to make you prove the relevance of your filing, if it was relevant you have nothing to fear, but you are afraid because you know youre acting like a douchebag.
enjoy losing your lisence, i know we will.
I am not in control of you, and am generally not one to throw rocks in a glass house, but this is something I wanted to bring to your attention. If you believe there is a "conflict" between you and Mr. Thompson, take it up with him.
If you want to follow the public records of his FL Bar hearing, I definitely encourage that. Encouraging the harassment of an "innocent" person with more experience in a field than you (me as well) is misguided.
I PROPOSE THE MOTION OF ADDING JUDGE JORDAN TO THE MUFFIN BASKET LIST!
but ONLY after the case is done because we know Jt will try and claim its a bribe from the insideos vidyagame industry
damn 1 muffin is like 10 cookies and 2 internets combined, but he did hit that nail on the head.
http://nationalgaynews.com/content/view/1771/173/
Thompson responded Monday evening to the Judge’s new order with a stunning seven page motion to recuse Judge Jordan, attacking the jurist personally for “illegal and unethical conduct,” at page 2 of his pleading.
Thompson added the judge acted “foolishly,” entering an illegal order that was a “masterwork in mendacity,” remarking that the judge’s order was “the single worst disregard of the truth that Thompson has seen in his 31 years of practicing law.”
Not finished there, then Thompson added at page 3 that Judge Jordan was nothing more than a “schoolyard bully,” who was still in law school while Thompson was a “foot soldier in the culture war.”
Thompson, in his next sentence added that Judge Jordan was playing “an amateur psychologist,” and had “disgraced the federal bench, violated its oath of office, and lost any presumption of impartiality and any semblance of decency.”
On page 4 of the motion Thompson added that the Court (Judge Jordan) knowingly lied (‘prevaricated,’ he wrote) in its September 24 order, and acted outside its judicial authority, threatening to sue the judge personally for damages, claiming “this federal judge….does not know the law.”
On the next page, Thompson concludes the Court was “careless and set a snare for itself,” proving its “patent bias” which stem from the Court’s “loyalty to the Florida Bar elitists and their ilk.”
Then, on page 6 of his motion to recuse Judge Jordan, he adds that before him is a jurist “for whom the facts and the law….mean nothing,” concluding that the Judge had “made up facts and misrepresented the law.”
Finally, Thompson reasoned that the court has to disqualify itself because it has “revealed its animus to him.”
However, one legal expert who reviewed the pleading says that once again the document failed to comply with the federal rules and was “legally insufficient.” Though choosing not to be identified, he said that Thompson has “all but assured this Court will sanction him severely, right up to direct criminal contempt,” a sanction that could lead to jail or fines.
In an earlier pleading Thompson dared Judge Jordan to put him in jail. “He may now get his wish,” the NGN source stated.
Sounds like Jack's going to PMITA prison.
While we make fun of Mr Thompson and despise his intolerant facist views, we needn't sink to his level of abuse, bullying, and harrasment.
Hopefully Denis will see this and edit out those numbers.
your concern is noted, but i do not encourage harassment.
i do encourage everyone to give both the Florida Bar and Dr. Wunderman a civil phone call.
The bar because it is appropriate and Thompson's continued lunacy should be rightly recorded to include every citizen's complaint against him.
Dr. Wunderman because it is entirely unfathomable that this for-hire shrink was fully impartial in his "diagnosis" of Thompson and he either needs to own up to his error or stop practising. He is just as culpable as when Thompson tries to use the "games made me do it" defense to free Devin Moore from responsibility of action.
Thank you for your frank appraisal, hopefully you understand (if not agree with) my methods.
Thank you so much for pointing this out.
I could kiss you, but, y'know, if Jack hears of it, he'll call it gay porn, and file it with all his BS motions.
It is a bit of a policy not to post adresses and phonenumbers, no matter what the intention is.
So please don't in the future. But I do appreciate the thought about Wunderman.
"The court is like the schoolyard bully who taunts and throws the first punch, and then complains that what he wanted to be a human punching bag is punching back."
So Jack, how is it any different from all the bullsh_t lawsuits you fling all over the place? How is it different from the unending torrent of insults you've rained on us since what seems like the beginning of time? Aren't you the one doing the complaining right now?
I see your plan. Keep pissing off all the presiding judges so you can recuse them claiming bias...what, are you hoping they'll eventually run out of judges? Intelligence-wise, pretty much par for the course for you. Nice knowing you, chump. Not.