Paul Andrew Mitchell

c/o 500 West Broadway, Box 428

San Diego 92101

CALIFORNIA, USA

 

tel:  (510) 452-2020

fax:  (510) 832-8507

 

In Propria Persona

 

All Rights Reserved

without Prejudice

 

 

 

United States Court of Appeals

 

Ninth Circuit

 

 

Paul Andrew Mitchell,          )  Appeal No. 02-15269 and

                               )  372(c) No. 02-89005

          Plaintiff/Appellant, )

     v.                        )  NOTICE OF MOTION AND

                               )  MOTION REQUESTING ROUTINE

AOL Time Warner, Inc. et al.,  )  EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPLY TO

                               )  UNIVERSITY DEFENDANTS,

          Defendants/Appellees.)  BY AFFIDAVIT:

                               )

                               )  28 U.S.C. 1746(1).

_______________________________)

COMES NOW Paul Andrew Mitchell, Appellant in the above entitled case, pursuant to this Court’s INFORMATION PACKAGE FOR PRO SE APPELLANTS/PETITIONERS, specifically to request an extension of time to reply to the University Defendants, due to the extraordinary circumstances that have now arisen in the instant appeal.

Appellant now summarizes the meritorious reasons for granting a routine extension of 30 calendar days, until August 17, 2002 A.D., due mainly to the extraordinary circumstances that have developed with the delivery of Appellant’s first class legal mail.

 

INCORPORATION OF CERTIFIED ATTACHMENT

Appellant hereby attaches His LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL to the United States Postal Inspection Service at the U.S. Post Office in downtown San Diego, California, dated July 16, 2002 A.D., and incorporates same by reference to Attachment “A” infra, as if set forth fully here.

Specifically, Attachment “A” documents the fact that several of Appellees’ briefs were never delivered to Appellant, who now has probable cause to believe that each missing brief was stolen and/or obstructed by the prime suspects named in Attachment “A”.

 

AFFIDAVIT OF PROBABLE CAUSE

While sharing the business offices of prime suspect Teresa Giordano dba Quality Paralegal Services in Temecula, California, Appellant mailed to the U.S. Postal Service (“USPS”) a complete set of standard forwarding orders.  The destination shown on said forwarding orders was 40960 California Oaks Road, Box 281, Murrieta 92562, CALIFORNIA, USA, which Appellant believes is a private mail service like Mail Boxes Etc.

On or about July 1, 2002 A.D., Appellant became fully aware that He had not received any confirmations from the USPS of said forwarding orders;  and, by that date He had received only one (1) Appellee’s brief, namely, from the law firm of Latham & Watkins alleging to appear on behalf of Defendant AOL Time Warner, Inc. and the Individual AOL Defendants.

Also on July 1, 2002 A.D., Appellant took affirmative steps to rectify this situation by transmitting electronic mail (“email”) requesting certain law firms to confirm whether or not they had filed an Appellee’s brief in the instant appeal and, if they had done so, also to Express Mail another copy to Appellant’s forwarding agent ‑‑ Dr. John C. Alden in Oakland, California.

Appellant’s email request resulted in the delivery of two (2) more Appellee’s briefs ‑‑ one from attorneys for Defendant Carnegie Mellon University, and one from attorneys for the University Defendants.

Appellant has now completed and served His BRIEFS in reply to Defendant Carnegie Mellon University, and to Defendant AOL Time Warner, Inc. and the Individual AOL Defendants.

However, Appellant did not receive the brief from the firm of Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, alleging to appear on behalf of the University Defendants, until 2:00 p.m. on Monday, July 15, 2002 A.D.

Because the brief for the University Defendants came as somewhat of a surprise to Appellant, He had previously scheduled other professional work for the calendar week ending tomorrow.

As of this writing ‑‑ on Thursday, July 18, 2002 A.D. ‑‑ Appellant is unsure whether He will be permitted to reply to the brief for the University Defendants, in light of the extraordinary circumstances which have developed in large part because of the apparent obstruction and/or theft of Appellant’s first class legal mail.

Accordingly, Appellant submits the instant MOTION to request a routine extension of 30 days, to August 17, 2002 A.D.

Barring the unexpected arrival of any further briefs for Appellees, Appellant believes that this new deadline will provide sufficient time for Him to reply thoroughly to any new issues that are raised in the brief for the University Defendants.

 

VERIFICATION

I, Paul Andrew Mitchell, Sui Juris, Plaintiff in the above entitled action, hereby verify under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the United States of America, without the “United States” (federal government), that the above statement of facts and laws is true and correct, according to the best of My current information, knowledge, and belief, so help me God, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1746(1).

 

Dated:   July 18, 2002 A.D.

 

Signed:  /s/ Paul Andrew Mitchell

         __________________________________________________

Printed: Paul Andrew Mitchell, Appellant 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):

 

NOTICE OF MOTION AND

MOTION REQUESTING ROUTINE EXTENSION OF TIME

TO REPLY TO UNIVERSITY DEFENDANTS,

BY AFFIDAVIT:

28 U.S.C. 1746(1)

 

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:

 

Judge Alex Kozinski                Clerk of Court (5x)

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals     Attention:  Cathy Catterson

P.O. Box 91510                     Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Pasadena 91109-1510                P.O. Box 193939

CALIFORNIA, USA                    San Francisco 94119-3939

                                   CALIFORNIA, 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

P.O. Box 13711

Sacramento 95853-4711

CALIFORNIA, USA

 

 

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

 

 

Dated:   July 18, 2002 A.D.

 

Signed:  /s/ Paul Andrew Mitchell

         __________________________________________________

Printed: Paul Andrew Mitchell, Appellant In Propria Persona


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attachment “A”:

 

Appellant’s LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

 

to

 

United States Postal Inspection Service

United States Post Office (downtown)

San Diego 92101

CALIFORNIA, USA

 

Dated:  July 16, 2002 A.D.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

 

 

TO:        Postmaster

           Attention:  U.S. Postal Inspection Service

           United States Post Office (downtown)

           San Diego 92101

           CALIFORNIA, USA

 

FROM:      Paul Andrew Mitchell

           Private Attorney General

 

DATE:      July 16, 2002 A.D.

 

SUBJECT:   Mail Theft and Vandalism Complaint

           (USPS Form 2016)

 

 

Dear Postmaster:

 

Attached is my completed Mail Theft and Vandalism Complaint, as provided to me yesterday by a member of your staff.

 

Also attached are documents supporting my charge of Mail Theft against the following prime suspects:  Ms. Teresa Giordano and Mrs. Darcy Marshall.

 

I am writing this letter to provide you with additional insight into the documents of evidence attached.

 

The sheet entitled “Prime Suspects” lists all of the latest addresses and telephone numbers in my possession.

 

Also shown on that sheet is the name and address of the local Sheriff who responded to my request for a civil standby, on the day prime suspect Giordano ejected me from her office on 20 minutes notice.  In addition to stealing my labor, on that day she also stole my new “EBS” bicycle.

 

My first clue that U.S. Mail was missing came from realizing that several orders of mine, forwarding mail from several former addresses to Box 281 in Murrieta, California, were never confirmed.  Giordano receives most of her business mail at that private mail service.

 

The addresses for which I submitted forwarding orders are shown with check marks on the attached address list.

 

Then, the loss of additional U.S. Mail became an extremely serious matter, when briefs from opposing attorneys in my federal copyright case never arrived.  Thus, you will please find the enclosed copies of each PROOF OF SERVICE from:

 

·                     Cynthia Marie Aros, dated June 24, 2002

·                     Stephanie C. Hart, dated June 24, 2002

·                     Jennifer Rewers, dated June 24, 2002

·                     Linda Gregg, dated June 24, 2002

 

Quite by chance, one defendant’s attorneys also mailed a second copy of his brief to one of our eyewitnesses, who forwarded same to me without any further delays.  That extra brief alerted me to the fact that my mail to Box 281 was not being delivered, or forwarded, to me, despite the fact I had filed multiple forwarding orders with the Postmaster in Murrieta.

 

When no other briefs arrived in my mail or in the mail of that eyewitness for one full week after the June 24 deadline, I sent urgent email to all attorneys whose briefs never arrived.  A sample of that urgent email is shown in my memo to Wesley C.J. Ehlers at the law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop, dated July 1, 2002 A.D.

 

Finally, I have received additional confirmation from two clients who have separately reported sending other mail that was never delivered or forwarded to me, and who have now requested assistance of the Postmaster in Murrieta, where Box 281 is located.

 

All evidence now attached strongly suggests that the mail recently addressed to me at 40960 California Oaks Road, Box 281, Murrieta 92562, CALIFORNIA, USA, has been stolen by Teresa Giordano, possibly aided and abetted by Mrs. Darcy Marshall.  Some of that mail contained U.S. Postal Money Orders intended for me in payment for my professional services.

 

It is now painfully obvious to me that the obstruction of correspondence and of my legal mail was timed to coincide with the deadline for replying to the attorneys’ briefs in our copyright case against AOL and numerous other defendants.

 

Postmaster, please allow me to take this opportunity to express my sincere appreciation to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, for any assistance you can provide in this matter.

 

I am prepared to press charges against Teresa Giordano.

 

 

Sincerely yours,

 

/s/ Paul Andrew Mitchell

 

Paul Andrew Mitchell, Plaintiff

Mitchell v. AOL Time Warner, Inc. et al.

 

U.S. Mail:

 

  c/o 500 West Broadway, Box 428

  San Diego 92101

  CALIFORNIA, USA

 

copies:

 

     Cathy A. Catterson, Clerk of Court

     U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

     P.O. Box 193939

     San Francisco 94119-3939

     CALIFORNIA, USA

 

     Judge Alex Kozinski (supervising)

     U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

     P.O. Box 91510

     Pasadena 91109-1510

     CALIFORNIA, USA

 

     Susan Handelman, Attorney

     Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley

     1001 Marshall Street

     Redwood City 94063

     CALIFORNIA, USA

 

     Daniel Scott Schecter, Attorney

     Latham & Watkins

     633 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000

     Los Angeles 90071-2007

     CALIFORNIA, USA

 

     Ranjitsinh Mahida, Attorney

     Harvey Siskind Jacobs LLP

     Three Embarcadero Center, Tenth Floor

     San Francisco 94111

     CALIFORNIA, USA

 

     Wesley C.J. Ehlers, Attorney

     Pillsbury Winthrop

     400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1700

     Sacramento 95814-4419

     CALIFORNIA, USA

 

     Dr. John C. Alden, M.D. (eyewitness)

     350 – 30th Street, Suite 444

     Oakland 94609-3426

     CALIFORNIA, USA