What made me think the clerks in the Supreme Court of the United States would be honest?

Defense firm Troutman & Pepper is working for debt buyer Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC, and apparently Judge Lee P. Rudofsky, trying to get this blog banned.

Make copies of everything you want to keep. My response to the motion to ban the blog is due on Friday December 27th. My experience with Lee Rudofsky foretells that he will grant the motion.

The basis of the motion is that PRA did not receive a copy of my motion to initially seal certain appendices to my petition for writ of certiorari served on October 7th, and then immediately unseal them. The idea to first ask to seal the documents came from Case Analyst Angela Jimenez. She wanted me to write two separate motions, but I combined them as one.

Good thing! The motion is not posted or linked on the docket. The bulk of the 10-page motion, discussing why the documents should be unsealed, was not mentioned. The date of filing was changed to October 7, 2024, more than two weeks before the motion was written and served.

Don’t believe me? Here is some proof.

Missing Motion

Letter from Case Manager Angela Jimenez dated December 10, 2024, envelope was postmarked December 12, 2024 and USPS informed delivery shows that it was upside down in the mail and did not get delivered until December 18th. Defense Team of Troutman & Pepper and Rose Law Firm filed their motion to ban my blog on December 20, 2024. I sent a request for a certified copy of the motion I filed with a check for fees on December 12, 2024. No word back.

I don’t know if I can get this letter in the mail today. I’ll try.