Ward v. Cisco Systems, Inc. et al

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COMPLAINT against Cisco Systems, Inc., Rick Frenkel ( Filing fee $ 350 receipt number 4000128.), filed by John Ward, Jr. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A)(cap)

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ESN EDTX Convlnces Court Clerk To Alter Docume n ts Try To Manufacture To Subject iAatte rJurisdiction WhereNoneExisted
polntlnl out thEt I got a couph of anonymous emritr thls mornlnB, tit ddcket In EgNv. Cisco(the Texesdocket. not the Connettlc{rt docket), had been eltered. OneemalL sugg$ted th8t ESH'$ tocal ftuftet cattedthe EDTX court clerk, dnd cdnvincedhih/hEr to chan8etlre doclt to reflect afl Octqber16 flltdg dat , rather thff the October15filinS dEte. I checked,Endsur onough,that's exactty yvhathappened the dffket v?as altered td reflect rn Cktober 16 fitlng date and the complaint wasaltEred to dtrn8$ thE filing dtrte Etaifip ffom October to October Onty$s EDTX 15 16. CburtCterk tould hEvemadesuchchangos. Of courst, there are a coupteof ftrws ln thls consplrucy,FlEt, ESN munset Eric a.tbrlttdnrigned d|e Civil CoverSheetstating thEt tl|e c o m p t r l n thadbeenflted on October Second, 15. ther'stor$ of proof that ESH ntEd on oetober 15. I'M, Dennis crouch m8y be subpoenaed a witrBssl as YoucEn't dlan$ historv, and lt's outrageous ti6t the EEste{nDlEtritt of Ter(as dpparenfly, wittingly dr unwittingty, con$lrlnq vrith e non" is prdrticin3 ntity to try to manufaf,ture FubjeCtlnatter iuriidktlod. Thit is yet BnotherFxEmpleof the Eburiven8turc of lltlgatifiB patent cas$ In the Banana Repubtlcof EastTexas. backonce the hlghcr{,r.b.: dofi't be srDrised if the docketchanges upr in the Court Bt vr,ind thls, mEking of thii poEtcomptetety lrrelcvrnt).

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Wett, I knew thE d8y woutd cofic, I'm Bettlngmy trolt ner,Jtfrom a suod Pennir Crouchr$w. Af,cordingto Dennfs, cdmpany(a[ed ESt'l Ctrcofor pfftent Infrlngementon october 15thr while the patEnt did not ilsue untit O{tober t6th. I too|(ed,and ESH Eppee]I to b a Ehett efit{ty firandged the PreEidefit CEoof Dtrctrdylce, an ontlne by and financlal,wekite, And, ),er, her a lawyer. He cterkedfor a federaL JudgeIn Confi$tlcut, and was an attom.y at Dry, Beny ft Howard, Now he'r lutng Ciscom bchrtf of a non-practking efitity.

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