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"Disruption of
Congress"
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
IT'S DONE! On
Tuesday, June 28, 2005 -- a year to the day
after Elena Sassower was sentenced and
incarcerated for six months on the bogus and
malicious "disruption of Congress" charge of
which she was wrongfully convicted -- she
filed her perfected appeal to the D.C. Court
of Appeals.
Elena Sassower's APPELLANT'S BRIEF
&
SUPPLEMENTAL FACT STATEMENT
Appendix Vol. 1:
Appealed-From Judgment, Orders, & Pre-Trial
Proceedings
Appendix Vol. 2:
Trial
Transcripts
Appendix Vol. 3:
Trial
Documents, Exhibits, & Post-Trial
Proceedings
The "CELLULOID DNA":
Videotape &
Still-Frame Analysis
of US Senate Judiciary Committee's May 22,
2003 hearing
Elena Sassower's June 28, 2005 procedural
motion to exceed page limits or extend
time & other relief
D.C. Court of Appeals' July 14, 2005 order
(Reid, Glickman, Pryor)
Elena Sassower's July 28, 2005 motion for
reconsideration & other relief,
including en banc review &
disqualification of/disclosure by the
three-judge panel
SEE:
PAPER TRAIL FROM JAIL
PAPER TRAIL TO JAIL
Elena Sassower's August 4, 2005 petition for
en banc review of consolidated
appeals pursuant to Rule 35(b),
disqualification & disclosure
D.C. Court of Appeals' August 5, 2005 order
(Reid, Glickman, Nebeker)
D.C. Court of Appeals' October 5, 2005 order
(all nine of the Court's judges)
Elena Sassower's October 14, 2005 motion to
vacate the three-judge panel's August 5,
2005 order, reconsideration/vacatur of the
Court's October 5, 2005 order,
disqualification/disclosure,
transfer/removal to the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
& other relief
Table of Exhibits
Ex. A-1:
August 5, 2005 order (Reid, Glickman,
Nebeker)
Ex. A-2:
July 14, 2005 order (Reid,
Glickman, Pryor)
Ex. B:
October 5, 2005 order (all
nine of the Court's judges)
Ex. C-1:
April 8, 2004 order (Farrell,
Glickman, Nebeker)
Ex. C-2:
July 7, 2004 order (Steadman,
Reid, Nebeker)
Ex. C-3:
July 29, 2004 order (Terry, Steadman,
King)
Ex. C-4:
September 16, 2004 order (Terry, Reid,
Newman)
Ex. C-5:
September 23, 2004 order (Terry,
Farrell, Reid)
Ex. C-6:
October 14, 2004 order (Washington,
Glickman, Nebeker)
Ex. C-7:
October 14, 2004 amended order
(Glickman, Washington, Nebeker)
Ex. C-8:
May 18, 2005 order (signed by Chief
Judge Wagner)
Ex. D:
April 6, 2004
mandamus/prohibition/certiorari petition
Ex. E:
April 6, 2004 motion for stay, with request
for disqualification/disclosure
Ex. F:
ERS' July/August 2004 motion of
reargument/reconsideration, etc.
-- Ex.
C:
ERS' June 29-July 6, 2004 affidavit
-- Ex.
D:
ERS' draft memo of law on unconstitutionality of
"disruption of Congress"
-- Ex.
E:
uncharged disruption of Congress incidents:
9/12/01; 4/27/04
-- Ex.
F:
uncharged disruption of Congress incident:
5/7/04
-- Ex.
G:
affidavit of Mark Goldstone, Esq., July 19,
2004
Ex. G:
ERS' August 12, 2004
background affidavit & Rule 9 application
Ex. H:
ERS' August 24, 2004
motion for procedural order & clarification
Ex. I-1: ERS' September 13,
2004 procedural motion
Ex. I-2:
ERS' September 13, 2004 reply affidavit
Ex. J-1: page 7 of DC Judicial Nomination Commission
Questionnaire
Ex. J-2:
D.C. Judicial Nomination press release
Ex. J-3:
info on John Fisher's
nomination/confirmation
Ex. J-4:
info on Noel Anketell Kramer's
nomination/confirmation
Ex. J-5:
pp. 4, 13, 21 of John Fisher's responses to
Senate questionnaire
D.C. Court of Appeals' October 27, 2005
order (Reid, Glickman, Nebeker)
IT'S
DONE!...AGAIN
Elena Sassower's
"CONFORMING BRIEF ON THE MERITS",
filed November 7, 2005
Elena Sassower's
November 6, 2005 consented-to motion for a procedural
order
D.C. Court of Appeals' November 14, 2005
"RETURN NOTICE" --
returning Elena Sassower's November 6, 2005 motion for a
procedural order
AMICUS CURIAE
BRIEF
by
Professor Andrew Horwitz
4th APPELLATE ISSUE:
Unconstitutionality of Probation Terms
&
Sentence
U.S. Attorney's December 7, 2005 motion for
an extension of time
D.C. Court of Appeals' December 12, 2005
order (Court Clerk Pinkston)
Elena Sassower's January 10, 2006 letter to
Chief Judge Eric Washington -- RE:
Supervisory Oversight Pursuant to Canons 3C
and D of the Code of Judicial Conduct for
the District of Columbia Courts
--
Attachment #1: November 14, 2005 "RETURN
NOTICE"
& Elena Sassower's original November
6, 2005 consented-to procedural motion
--
Attachment #2: Elena Sassower's returned
October 28, 2005 letter
AMICUS CURIAE
BRIEF
by District of
Columbia National Lawyers Guild
3rd Appellate Issue:
Unconstitutionality
of
Disruption of
Congress statute
Elena Sassower's February 22, 2006 judicial
misconduct complaint to the D.C. Commission
on Judicial Disabilities & Tenure
against (1) D.C. Court of Appeals Chief
Judge Eric T. Washington; (2) The Associate
and Senior Judges of the D.C. Court of
Appeals..; (3) D.C. Superior Court Judge
Brian F. Holeman; and (4) D.C. Superior
Court Chief Judge Rufus G. King, III and
D.C. Superior Court Criminal Division
Presiding Judge Harold L. Cushenberry, Jr.
D.C. Commission on Judicial Disabilities &
Tenure's March 1, 2006 acknowledgment letter
U.S. Attorney's February 24, 2006 motion to
release evidence
Elena Sassower' March 8, 2006 affidavit in
opposition to motion to release evidence
Ex
A: U.S. Attorney's affidavit of service
& envelope
Ex B: U.S. Senate Judiciary
Committee's website for its May 22, 2003
hearing
to confirm judicial nominees
Ex C: exchange of correspondence
between Asst. U.S. Attorney & Elena Sassower
U.S. Attorney's
OPPOSING BRIEF,
filed March 10, 2006
D.C. Court of Appeals' March 15, 2006 order
(Chief Judge Washington)
Elena Sassower's March 16, 2006 motion for
permission to file
Ex A: October 27, 2005 order
(Reid, Glickman, Nebeker)
Ex
B: Elena Sassower's January 10, 2006 letter to
Chief Judge Washington
--
Attachment #1: November 14, 2005 "RETURN
NOTICE"
& Elena Sassower's original November
6, 2005 consented-to procedural
motion
--
Attachment #2: Elena Sassower's returned
October 28, 2005 letter
Ex C: Elena Sassower's February 22, 2006
judicial misconduct complaint
Elena Sassower's March 16, 2006 unopposed
motion for a procedural order for an
extension of time for filing her reply brief
Ex A-1: Elena Sassower's March 15,
2006 letter to Asst. U.S. Attorney
Ex A-2: Asst. U.S. Attorney's
March 15, 2006 letter
D.C. Court of Appeals' March 24, 2006
"RETURN NOTICE"
D.C. Commission on Judicial Disabilities &
Tenure's March 27, 2006 dismissal letter
Elena Sassower's April
4, 2006 letter to U.S. Attorney Kenneth
Wainstein --
"RE: NOTICE OF INTENT TO SEEK SANCTIONS AND
DISCIPLINARY & CRIMINAL REFERRALS"
Elena Sassower's REPLY
BRIEF,
filed
April 5, 2006
Elena Sassower's September 10, 2006 letter
to D.C. Court of Appeals Chief Judge Eric T.
Washington & Clerk Garland Pinkston, Jr.
-- "RE: Calendaring of Consolidated Appeals"
D.C. Court of Appeals' September 15, 2006
order ("on behalf of the merits division
assigned to consider this matter", signed by
Garland Pinkston, Jr., Clerk of Court)
Elena Sassower's October 16, 2006 letter to
D.C. Court of Appeals Chief Judge Eric T.
Washington & Appellate Panel Judges: Vanessa
Ruiz, Noel Anketell Kramer, Frank Q. Nebeker
--
"RE: (1)
Disqualification/Disclosure by the Appellate
Panel &
Transfer of These Consolidated Appeals to
the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia Circuit;
(2) Reconsideration of the Placement of
these Consolidated Appeals
on the Court's October 17, 2006 Summary
Calendar;
(3) Reconsideration of the Denial of Oral
Argument;
(4) Submission of this Letter for the
Record"
Enclosures:
Ex. A: Sassower’s September 10,
2006 letter to D.C. Court of Appeals
Ex. B: September 15, 2006 order
(“on behalf of the merits division”)
Ex. C: D.C. Court of Appeals notice
of panels for October 17, 2006
&
pages 1-3 of summary calendar for October
2006
Ex. D: October 27, 2005 order
(Judges Reid, Glickman, & Nebeker)
Ex. E: Sassower’s January 10, 2006
letter to Chief Judge Washington
with its two attachments
#1
#2
Ex. F: Sassower’s February 22, 2006
judicial misconduct complaint to
the D.C. Commission on Judicial
Disabilities & Tenure
Ex. G-1: Sassower’s March 16, 2006
motion for permission to file
G-2:
Sassower’s March 16, 2006 unopposed motion
for a procedural order
G-3: D.C. Court of Appeals return
notice, dated March 24, 2006
Ex. H: Sassower’s April 4, 2006
letter to U.S. Attorney Wainstein
with certified mail/return
receipt
December 20, 2006 Memorandum Opinion and
Judgment
(Ruiz, Kramer, Nebeker)
Elena Sassower's
PETITION FOR REHEARING
& REHEARING EN
BANC,
Motion to Vacate for Fraud & Lack of
Jurisdiction,
Disqualification/Disclosure & Transfer
filed January 3, 2007
Court of Appeals'
March 20, 2007 Order
(Chief Judge Washington & Associate Judges
Farrell, Ruiz, Reid, Glickman,
Kramer, Blackburne-Rigsby, Thompson; Senior
Judge Nebeker)
click here for the further appeal --
TO THE U.S. SUPREME
COURT
Elena Sassower's December 31, 2007 letter to
D.C. Court of Appeals Clerk Garland Pinkston
-- "Safekeeping the Videotape, Etc."
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