Thompson v. The Florida Bar

Filing 177

NOTICE by John B. Thompson (Letter to Chief Judge Moreno Re Judge Jordan's Misconduct, Request for Jordan's Emergency Removal) (Thompson, John)

Thompson v. The Florida Bar

Doc. 177

URGENT
John B. Thompson, Attorney at Law 1172 S. Dixie Hwy., Suite 111 Coral Gables, Florida 33146 305-666-4366 [e-mail]
October 8, 2007 The Honorable Federico A. Moreno Chief United States District Court Judge Southern District of Florida Federal Courthouse Miami, Florida Via Hand Delivery to Judge Moreno before 2 pm Re: U. S. District Court Judge Adalberto Jordan Dear Judge Moreno: I thought I had "seen it all" prior to today. I was wrong. The above Judge, who heretofore has enjoyed a fine reputation as a good judge, has gotten himself into a pickle with an ill-advised and baseless "show cause order" entered last week because I dared bring him the evidence of The Florida Bar's selective prosecution of me, which is a key issue in my federal civil rights action, Case No. 0721256. The evidence is also proof of "obscenity" trafficking with the cooperation of The Florida Bar. As Justice Potter Stewart would suggest, you have to see it to believe it, not only as to the obscenity but as to Judge Jordan's remarkable, unseemly, outrageous and baseless response. Judge Jordan fabricated facts and fabricated law to come up with his utterly contrived show cause order. I know full well the risk I run in saying such a thing. It is the truth. When I proved how improper Judge Jordan's order was, Judge Jordan apparently panicked and closed the "show cause window" that he had ordered to be open until October 5 by violating his own order and referring me to the "Ad Hoc Committee," whose members you appoint, on October 2. So thoroughly has Judge Jordan proven himself to be utterly incapable of impartiality in this case that no person could "reasonably," in the words of the disqualification statue, not think that Judge Jordan had disqualified himself by his antics. I have asked him to recuse himself. He refuses, even though he has decided not to be a mere decision-maker in the process but a participant in The Bar's unconstitutional assault upon my First

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Amendment rights. Judge Jordan has gone from jurist to tortfeasor. His show cause order did that, and then his crawfishing to cover his tracks has made it even worse. It is not irrelevant to point out that the Third District Court of Appeals just whacked Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Ronald Friedman for intemperate behavior that pales in comparison with what Judge Jordan has done in Case No. 07-21256, only a small portion of which is related herein. Look at the court file and note howJudge Jordan has gone out of his way in orders to attack me personally. Look at the various orders relation to the show cause issue that contradict one another on their face! I have never had a judge make up facts and then once the facts were refuted claim in a subsequent order that he did not assert those facts. This is a judge in full flight from his duties as a citizen, let alone his duties as a federal judge. I have never seen such a thing by any judge at any level. I have no problem with judges making mistakes. This is not that. This is a federal judge engaging in unethical activity that calls into question his fitness to continue as a judge presiding over any case. We now have a hearing not only on the show cause order but also on the defendants' motions to dismiss tomorrow morning. This judge can rule on none of them, so thoroughly has he insinuated himself personally into this case. And here is the icing on the cake which prompts me to say, truly, that now I have seen it all. I would not have sent this letter, hand-delivering it to you this afternoon, but for the following: I now find, Your Honor, that there have been three new members added to the Ad Hoc Committee, with which Judge Jordan has been threatening me. It was already so compromised as to eleven of its thirty-two members that if these eleven composed a jury pool in any case of any kind involving me they would have to be excused for cause. The three new members (are you ready?) are all partners in Steve Chaykin's Akerman Senterfitt firm. The Committee already had two other Akerman members, who were disqualified by virtue of their partnership with Chaykin. Now Steve Chaykin has been added to the Ad Hoc Committee as reported in today's Miami Herald! My federal lawsuit alleges that Chaykin has engaged in illegal activities in violation of federal law, which gives rise to federal civil rights remedies against The Bar. The placement of two more Chaykin partners and Chaykin himself on this committee makes FDR's "court packing" stunt look like a cloning of Saint Augustine. No fair and impartial federal judge would have entered such a show cause order based upon what Judge Jordan knew to be the law and the "facts" that we now know did not exist. Beyond that, no federal judge with any real judgment, knowing the composition of this Ad Hoc Committee, now including Chaykin and four of his law partners, would have

failed to vacate his show cause order by now. Finally, no fair federal judge inh is right mind would possibly preside over a hearing tomorrow morning when his decisionmaking largely turns upon whether this judge has acted fairly. This judge thinks a judge can judge himself. He cannot. No judge can. This judge is supposed to be above suspicion in all things. If he doesn't "get that," then the Chief Judge should surely get that. You have the authority to pull this judge off this case, immediately. You must do so. If you want me to appear before you on one hour's notice today or in the morning before the improper 9:30 am hearing, then I shall do so. I can attest to all of the above under oath. Regards, Jack Thompson