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

c/o UPS PMB #332

501 W. Broadway, Suite “A”

San Diego 92101

CALIFORNIA, USA

 

tel:  (619) 234-5252 (msg)

fax:  (619) 234-5272

 

In Propria Persona

 

All Rights Reserved

without Prejudice

 

 

Supreme Court of the United States

 

October Term, 2002

 

Paul Andrew Mitchell,          )  No. 03-5070

                               )  9th Cir. No. 02-15269 and

          Plaintiff/Appellant, )  372(c)   No. 02-89005

     v.                        )

                               )  MOTION FOR LEAVE TO PROCEED

AOL Time Warner, Inc. et al.,  )  IN FORMA PAUPERIS:

                               )

          Defendants/Appellees.)  28 U.S.C. §§ 1746(1), 1915.

_______________________________)

COMES NOW Paul Andrew Mitchell, Petitioner in the above entitled case, respectfully to request leave to proceed henceforth In Forma Pauperis upon filing his PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT, lodged concurrently herewith.

Petitioner honestly misunderstood this Court’s Rules to allow petitions to be filed in 8½ x 11” format, even if the docket fee of $300 was prepaid in full (by remitting a U.S. Postal Money Order).

After Petitioner transmitted that docket fee and forty (40) copies of his PETITION in 8½ x 11” format, the Clerk of this Court rejected it because it was not formatted in Booklet Format.

On March 12, 2003 A.D., Petitioner also filed a civil RICO action in the Superior Court of California in downtown San Diego, California, against many of the same defendants in this case.  18 U.S.C. 1964(a).

The causes of action in that civil RICO case are based in part upon allegations of peonage and witness retaliation.  Specifically, said defendants failed to honor Petitioner’s several invoices for professional services which he rendered and which they accepted.

The filing date of that action was dictated by the statute of limitations for civil RICO claims.  See 18 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.

Accordingly, Petitioner has been forced by those defendants into a very painful and very protracted period of near abject poverty.

And, the cumulative cost of serving numerous pleadings upon as many defendants has now totally depleted Petitioner’s funds.

There have been many days during the past 12 months when Petitioner found it necessary to expend his limited funds to pay for office supplies and postage, rather than to buy food.

The accompanying AFFIDAVIT in support of this MOTION details a few economic consequences of the poverty that Petitioner has been forced to endure, as a direct consequence of the RICO predicate acts alleged in the instant case, and also in his California State case.

To summarize, although he has not previously requested leave to proceed In Forma Pauperis here, Petitioner is presently unable to afford the additional costs that would now be required to re‑format, re‑print, re‑bind and re‑serve his PETITION in Booklet Format.

Accordingly, Petitioner respectfully requests leave to proceed henceforth In Forma Pauperis before this honorable U.S. Supreme Court, and to file his PETITION and its Appendices in 8½ x 11” format.

Dated:   June 21, 2003 A.D. (55th Birthday)

 

 

Signed:  /s/ Paul Andrew Mitchell

         ___________________________________________________

Printed: Paul Andrew Mitchell, Petitioner In Propria Persona


PROOF OF SERVICE

I, Paul Andrew Mitchell, Sui Juris, hereby certify, under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the United States of America, without the “United States” (federal government), that I am at least 18 years of age, a Citizen of ONE OF the United States of America, and that I personally served the following document(s):

 

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO PROCEED

IN FORMA PAUPERIS:

28 U.S.C. §§ 1746(1), 1915

 

by placing one true and correct copy of said document(s) in first class United States Mail, with postage prepaid and properly addressed to the following:

 

Clerk of Court (10x)

Supreme Court of the United States

One First Street, Northeast

Washington 20543-0001

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, USA

 

Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley    DeForest & Koscelnik

(failed to exhibit oaths)         (failed to exhibit oath)

1001 Marshall Street               3000 Koppers Building

Redwood City 94063                 436 Seventh Avenue

CALIFORNIA, USA                    Pittsburgh 15219

                                   PENNSYLVANIA, USA

 

Murphy Austin Adams Schoenfeld LLP  Pillsbury Winthrop LLP

(failed to exhibit oaths)          (failed to exhibit oaths)

P.O. Box 1319                       400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1700

Sacramento 95812-1319               Sacramento 95814-4419

CALIFORNIA, USA                     CALIFORNIA, USA

 

Curiale Dellaverson Hirschfeld     Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver

Kraemer & Sloan, LLP               & Hedges, LLP

(failed to exhibit oaths)          (failed to exhibit oaths)

727 Sansome Street                 201 Sansome Street, 6th Floor

San Francisco 94111                San Francisco 94104

CALIFORNIA, USA                    CALIFORNIA, USA

 

Office of the General Counsel      Paul Southworth

(failed to exhibit oaths)          2018 N. New Hampshire Ave.

University of California           Los Angeles 90027

1111 Franklin Street, 8th Floor    CALIFORNIA, USA

Oakland 94607-5200

CALIFORNIA, USA

 

Karl Kleinpaste                    Ram Samudrala

P.O. Box 1551                      UW Micro Box 357242

Beaver Falls 15010                 Seattle 98195-7242

PENNSYLVANIA, USA                  WASHINGTON STATE, USA

 

Laskin & Guenard                   Rivkin Radler, LLP

(failed to exhibit oath)           (failed to exhibit oaths)

1810 South Street                  1330 N. Dutton Ave., #200

Sacramento 95814                   Santa Rosa 95401-4646

CALIFORNIA, USA                    CALIFORNIA, USA

 

Harvey Siskind Jacobs LLP          Office of Solicitor General

(failed to exhibit oaths)          950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.

3 Embarcadero Center, Ste. 1060    Room 5614

San Francisco 94111                Washington 20530-0001

CALIFORNIA, USA                    DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, USA

 

Register of Copyrights             Steinhart & Falconer LLP

Library of Congress                (failed to exhibit oaths)

101 Independence Avenue, S.E.      333 Market Street, 32nd Floor

Washington 20559-6000              San Francisco 94105-2150

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, USA          CALIFORNIA, USA

 

Matheny Sears Linkert & Long LLP   Latham & Watkins

(failed to exhibit oaths)          (failed to exhibit oaths)

P.O. Box 13711                     633 West Fifth St., Ste. 4000

Sacramento 95853-4711              Los Angeles 90071-2007

CALIFORNIA, USA                    CALIFORNIA, USA

 

 

Courtesy copy:

 

Hon. Sandra Day O’Connor (supervising)

Supreme Court of the United States

One First Street, Northeast

Washington 20543-0001

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, USA

 

[Please see USPS Publication #221 for “addressing” instructions.]

 

 

Dated:   June 20, 2003 A.D.

 

 

Signed:  /s/ Paul Andrew Mitchell

         ___________________________________________________

Printed: Paul Andrew Mitchell, Petitioner In Propria Persona