Petition for Writ of Certiorari — Kelechi Linardon, Petitioner v. Timothy H. Gailey, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Justice of the District Court of Middlesex County
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IN THE
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Kelechi Linardon
PETITIONER
VS.
Timothy H. Gailey, individually and in his official capacity as
Justice of the Justice of the District
Court of Middlesex County
RESPONDENT (5)
ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO:
United States Court of Appeals
John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse
1 Courthouse Way,
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI
Kelechi Linardon
P.O. Box 52661
Boston, MA 02205
RECEIVED
DEC - 5 2017
OFFICE OF THE CLEK
SUPREME COURT, U.S.
Question(s) Presented
Does a judge have entitlement to absolute immunity when a judge
denies access to court and violates the rights of party who is
disabled, wheel chair bound, home bound, chronically and severely
ill under 24/7 observation of medical physicians heart monitoring
nursing patients' rights to be deemed medically fit by physician to
stand a civil trial as a defendant under title II of the Americans
with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. § 12131 et seq. and
the civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 1983)?
Does a judge have the entitlement to absolute immunity when a judge
denials a disabled wheel chaired patient rights to due process and
equal protection under title II of the Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1990 ("ADA") , 42 U.S.C. § 12131 et seq. and the civil Rights
Act (42 U.S.C. §1983)? ..
Does The Rooker-Feldman Doctrine for injunctive relief apply when a
state judge violates a litigant's 14th amendment to the U.S.
Constitution?
Can a state judge be subject to a civil rights suit for violating a
litigant's 1st Amendment engagement in protective conduct, a judge's
retaliation for the exercise of 18t Amendment rights an act taken in
retaliation for the exercise of a constitutionally protected right
is actionable under § 1983?
List Of Parties
] All parties appear in the caption of the case on
the cover page.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Question(s) Presented
List Of Parties
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TableOF Contents -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------iii
IndexTo Appendices ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------iv
Table OF Authorities Cases
Opinions Below
Statement Of Jurisdiction
Constitutional And Statutory Provisions Involved -----------------------------------------------2
Statement Of The Case -------------------------------------------------------------------------------3
Reasons For Granting The Petition -----------------------------------------------------------------12
Conclusion-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------30
Index To Appendices
APPENDIX A:
Decision of the United States court appeals
Appendix B:
Decision of the United States district court appeals
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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES CASES
PAGE
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Al-Ziab v Mourgis, 424 Mass. 847, 850 (1991)
Buckley V. Wolfinger, 18 MDLR 158 (1996) -------------------8
Broad Street Associates v Leine, No. 12-P-2041 (2011)
25
Briscoe v Lahue, 460 US 325, at 346 (1983) -----------------
26
Boston Housing Authority v. Hemingway, 363 Mass. 184, 194 (1973)
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Cameron v. Seitz, 38 F.3d 264, 271 (6th Cir. 1994)
27
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Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41, 46, 78 S. Ct. 99, 102 (1957)----
16
Chandler v Johnson, No. 09-P-2272 (2011) ----------------------25
Costa v Fall River Housing, 71 Mass. App. Ct. 269, (2008) ------22
Gauthier v Sunhealth Specialty Servs., Inc., 555 F.Supp.2d 227, 237
(2008) ---------------------------------------------------------24
Gardner v. Pianka, 28 M]JLR 189 (2006) ---------------------------8
Drucker v. Chin, No. 01822 (November 1974) ---------------------24
DiBella v Finumara, 63 Mass. App. Ct. 640, 646 (2005) ---------22
Dolbern v Friedman, No. 10034 (208) ----------------------------25
Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 105, 97 S. Ct. 285, 291 (1976)
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Feldman v. Jasinski, 2009 Mass. App. Div. 249 (2009) ------------24
Ferranti v. Moran, 618 F.2d 888, 889 (1st Cir. 1980)
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Flagg v. AliMed, Inc. 466 Mass 23, 28-33 (2013) ------------------24
Forrester v. White, 484 U.S. 219, 224-225 (1988) ----------------27
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Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 520, 92 S. Ct. 594, 595 (1972)
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Harris v Harvey, 605 F.2d 330, 335 n. 7 (7th Cir. 1979) ----------26
Jarvis v First Natl. Realty Corp., 428 F.2d. 1071, 1074 (D.C. Cir.
1970) -------------------------------------------------------------22
'kids for cash' scandal
case, Philadelphia, (Jan. 10, 2014) ------28
Mellor v. Berman, 390 Mass. 275, 278 (1983) ---------------------- -25
Morrison v. Lipscomb, 877 F.2d 463 (6th Cir. 1989) ---------------27
Mohamed et al v. Leone, 25 MDLR 110(2003) ------------------------8
Peabody Props., Inc. v. Sherman, 418 Mass. 603
,
608 (1994) ------11
Pulliam v. Allen, 466 U.S. 522 (1984) ----------------------------15
Rosenblatt v. Baer, 383 U.S. 75, 84, 86 S.Ct. 669, 15 L.Ed.2d 597-- 28
Simon v. Solomon 385 Mass 91, 99 (1982) --------------------------25
Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, 356 (1978) ----------------------27
Slyvester Harris v.Richard G. Harvey, Jr., 605 F.2d 330 (7th Cir. 1979)
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Cited Authorities
United States Constitution
14th
1St
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Amendment------------------------------------------------Passim
Amendment ----------- -------------------------------------Passim
STATUTES AND RULES
42 U.S.C. § 12131 --------------------------------------------i
42 U.S.C. § 1983 -----------------------------------------------i
42 U.S.C. §3602 -------------------------------------------24
42 U.S.C. § 12102 (2) --------------------------------------
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42 U.S.C. § 3604 ------------------------------------------- 10
M.G. L. c. 1513, § 4 --------------------------------------10
M.G.L. C 111 §127. ---------------------------------------------
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M.G.L. c. 93A. ------------------------------------------------
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M.G.L. c. 186, §15B -------------------------------------------
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M.G.L. c.151B4(7A) -------------------------------------------
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M.G.L. c 239 §9-10 --------------------------------------------26
M.G.L. C. 239, §8A --------------------------------------------23
M.G.L. C. 111 §127C-D ----------------------------------------
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M.G.L. C. 111 §127H -------------------------------------------11
Landlord Survival Guide, GEREB 8th Ed. ------------------------23
Alexander Mitchell-Munevar, GBLS, Chapter 3. ------------------24
Landlord and Tenant Law, Daher and Chopp, 3rd ed., Vol. 33, §10
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Residential Landlord-Tenant Handbook, Flaschner Judicial Institute,
3rd Ed, (2013) § 11.4. ------------------------------------------11
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IN THE
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI
Petitioner respectfully prays that a writ of certiorari issue to
review the judgement below.
OPINIONS BELOW
( x ] For cases from federal courts:
The opinion of the United States court appeals at Appendix A to the
petition and is unpublished.
The opinion of the United States district court appeals at Appendix B
to the petition and is unpublished.
STATEMENT OF JURISDICTION
[ x ] For cases from federal courts:
The date on which the United States Court Appeals decided my case was
July 7, 2017 Appendix B
An extension of time to file the petition for a writ of certiorari was
granted to including December 4, 2017 on October 4, 2017 in
Application No. 17A357
The jurisdiction of this court is invoked under 28 U.S.C. §1254(1)
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CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY PROVISIONS INVOLVED
14th
Amendment
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to
the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the
state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law
which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life,
liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any
person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
16t
Amendment Retaliation
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
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Statement of the case
The Petitioner is a disabled home care patient, proceeding pro se and
in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §
1983 and title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. § 12131 et seq. Plaintiff filed a complaint
commencing this action on November 20, 2015, against Defendant Timothy
H. Gailey, individually and in his official capacity as Justice of the
Massachusetts District Court of Middlesex County. In the complaint
Plaintiff alleges a violation of the equal protection clause and her
right to due process under the United States Constitution. Plaintiff
also alleges causes of action for denial of access to courts under the
First Amendment of the Constitution and retaliation.
Petitioner is a black female and has chronic physical handicap
disability with other medical issues and allergies. Petitioners signed
Standard Form Apartment Lease (Fixed Term yearly) with property owner
dated August, 2013.
BACKGROUND OF THE CASE
Because Middlesex County has not financed a housing court, the summary
process proceedings in this case were held in the Middlesex County,
District Court Department, Woburn Division. Tenant would argue that
had she been able to avail herself of a housing court, there would be
no roadblock in this matter. See Boston Housing Authority v.
Hemingway, 363 Mass. 184 (1972) supra at 210 (Quirico, J. concurring
in part and dissenting in part, joined by Readon and Wilkins, ii).
On or about February 2015, Tenant deducted $400.00 from March's rent
to abate the heating problems that she was consistently reporting
which were caused by defects in the condition of her apartment. Tenant
provided an expert's report showing the problems with her ceilings,
windows, and sliding door. Tenant also provided Landlord with copies
of her heating and gas bills.
Landlord responded, on or about April 21, 2015, by seeking to evict
her through Summary Process despite her having a lease with, at least,
four (4) months remaining. The underlying action relating to this
Summary Process in Woburn District Court is lengthy.
Petitioner suffered racial hate crime and disability
discrimination from the landlord
1. Petitioners was severely bitten /injured in petitioner homes by
rodents which the landlord knew about. This injury leads
Petitioner to be rushed to the hospital urgent care unit on the
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same day and was treated for the injury. Petitioner's heat which
was paid for by the Petitioners was purposely turned off on
February 15, 2015 by the landlord on the coldest days of the year
which severely affected petitioner's health. The doctor was
called urgently the same day due the severe breathing attack
Petitioners had in the middle of the night which was very
dangerous for a sick disabled homecare patient.
This apartment had many issues; on the first day Petitioner was
trying to move in, Petitioner noticed centipedes before Petitioner
even put her belongings in. Petitioner was infested with
centipedes that crawled through her belongings, which made her
worried to even keep her food out. When Ms. Noke came into
Petitioners home in 2013, Petitioner even showed her several of
the centipedes. A few months after moving in, Petitioner came
home and noticed a large crack on the front door cage. When
Petitioner opened her door, she noticed large cracks running along
the ceiling and walls. Petitioner went into her bathroom and also
noticed large running cracks on the floor. All of these occurred
on the same day, which were serious concerns. Petitioner contacted
the landlord and spoke to Ms. Noke. She responded by stating "it
is sinking again". I was very shocked to hear this and immediately
asked her what she meant by that. She was very rude and defensive.
None of the above-mentioned issues were disclosed to Petitioner
before moving into this apartment, which was very disturbing and
stressful.
During the same period, Petitioner's keys to front entrance door
could not open the door, which several individuals tried very hard
to open, but couldn't open using my key. Sometimes Petitioner was
locked out at night and needed to wait for other tenants to let
her in, which was very humiliating and exhausting. After several
instances of this problem, I contacted the office and it was the
community gate security guard who answered. The guard tried to
open the door that night with my key. He couldn't open it either,
and came back after few hours to bring me a new and working key.
The maintenance manager of petitioner's rental property threatened
me with physical harm in petitioner home in the past in front of
petitioner's guest as retaliation against petitioner for reporting
to the Board of Health regarding petitioner's apartment winter
repair condition which is not conducive to petitioner handicap
conditions. He was very angry when he came into petitioner home and
verbally abused Petitioners stating that I should move into a
nursing home since I am disabled handicap person, that this place is
not for me, I didn't belong here and your kind, do not belong here
and that Petitioners is the bad luck of the apartment. He said that
the wealthy landlord owned the city, the town hall, and the police
department, that they have been in the town longer than I and that I
am wasting my time with my complaints. He also said to petitioner
that women complain a lot and that Petitioner is a horrible tenant
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and many more statements which amounted to verbal abuse of
petitioner. The maintenance manager then followed up with
threatening me with physical assault. The maintenance manager said
that when he is angry he does two things, smokes tobacco or hits his
wife and that he wasn't going to smoke but that he would hit me.
Petitioner's guest then asked him "so you are going to hit her in
front of me a sick patient"? Petitioner filed a report with the
police regarding the threat. The police didn't do anything because
they knew them as the bragged that they owned the town, the police
and the local court house. The Petitioner was afraid for her safety
which is also why petitioner sent them a letter and avoided them due
to the bodily threat and intimidation and harassment including the
fact that petitioner isolated herself in her home while the manager
was using the building and gate security camera as a surveillance
camera to stuck and invade the petitioners privacy, peace of mind
and quiet enjoyment of her home for almost about a year.
Petitioner was constantly retaliated against (bullying, harassment,
and invasion of privacy, insults, emotional and verbal abuse) by the
landlord management since Petitioner's complaint at a government
public agency. The law in Massachusetts presumes that the landlord
has a retaliatory motive if the landlord commences an eviction or
increases the rent within six months after the tenant has exercised
any of the following tenant rights: Using the repair and deduct
remedy, or telling the landlord that the tenant will use the repair
and deduct remedy; Complaining about the condition of the rental
unit to the landlord, or to an appropriate public agency after
giving the landlord notice; beginning arbitration based on the
condition of the rental unit; The punishment Petitioner received
from the landlord included those listed above. The landlord
management violated the housing Act by using self-help tactics
including harassing, evicting and discriminating against me because
Petitioner exercised her legal rights protected by the Act including
opposing practices that are unlawful under the Act; Informed law
enforcement officials of practices that the person believes are
unlawful under the Act.
The Petitioner exercised her tenants' rights after she made several
requests to the landlord to repair the defects repair in her home
which they refuse to repair. Petitioner also made several attempts
to the city board of health to inspector, to come and inspect her
home and the inspector also refused to inspect petitioners home
because he knows the landlord and are close friends with the
landlord. The landlord failed to disclose the serious inhabitable
defects in petitioner's apartment during the rental process.
Petitioner deducted the sum of $400 which was a small portion of her
monthly rent from my March 2015 month rent for needed winter repairs
which the landlord refuse to repair by failing to perform his duties
as a landlord for almost two years. Petitioner started making this
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repair request since 2013 and yet Petitioner continued paying full
the rent. In 2015, Tenant provided an expert's report showing the
problems with her ceilings, windows, and sliding door. Tenant also
provided Landlord with copies of her heating and gas bills. Landlord
denied Tenant's allegations.
The landlord attempts to wrongfully evicted Petitioner because of
$400 which she rightfully deduction from her monthly rent while she
was still paying full rent till December 2015 same month of the
eviction is an act of retaliation because petitioner made a
complaint at the HUD. The landlord wrongful eviction actions are
based on a discriminatory motive because Petitioner engaged in the
protected activity, and the landlord's conduct is retaliatory. The
landlord refuses to provide services to Petitioner home while
providing services to other tenants when Petitioner was paying
monthly rent. Petitioner watched many times the landlord maintenance
workers knock/enter from door to door neighbor's home for
maintenance services and they skip and walked past Petitioner home
intentionally. The landlord intentionally refused and neglected to
properly address and repair the inhabitable issues in a Petitioner
home for a long time, even after several requests from the
petitioner which is violation of the leasing contract agreement
entered with Petitioner as the tenant.
The landlord is in violation of Chapter 93A of the Massachusetts
General Laws "Consumer Protection Law." and the M.G.L., c. 186
According to the M.G.L., c. 186, Structural Elements: Landlords must
maintain the foundation, floors, walls, doors, windows, ceilings,
roof, stairwells, porches, chimneys and all structural elements so
as to exclude wind, rain, and snow; so as to be rodent-proof,
weather tight, watertight, and free of chronic dampness, in good
repair and fit for human habitation at all times. Petitioner as a
tenant and customer is entitled to a safe and habitable living
environment throughout my entire tenancy. No one deserves to have
inhabitable safety conditions in their home leading to bodily harms
in a place that they are paying a lot of money for rent and
utilities. The landlord failed to disclose the serious defects in
Petitioner apartment during the rental process, which makes it an
unfair and deceptive act and according the law: (1) Conditions and
Maintenance of a Dwelling Unit. It shall be an unfair or deceptive
act or practice for an owner to: (a) Rent a dwelling unit which, at
the inception of the tenancy 1. Contains a condition which amounts
to a violation of law which may endanger or materially impair the
health, safety, or well-being of the occupant; or 2. is unfit for
human habitation; (b) Fail, during the terms of the tenancy, after
notice is provided in accordance with M.G.L. c. ill, S. 127L, to 1.
Remedy a violation of law in a dwelling unit which may endanger or
materially impair the health, safety, or well-being of the occupant,
or 2. maintain the dwelling unit in a condition fit for human
habitation; provided, however, that said violation of law was not
caused by the occupant or others lawfully upon said dwelling unit;
(c) Fail to disclose to a prospective tenant the existence of any
condition amounting to a violation of law within the dwelling unit
of which the owner had knowledge or upon reasonable inspection could
have acquired such knowledge at the commencement of the tenancy; (d)
Represent to a prospective tenant that a dwelling unit meets all
requirements of law when, in fact, it contains violations of law;
(e) Fail within a reasonable time after receipt of notice from the
tenant to make repairs in accordance with a pre-existing
representation made to the tenant; (f) Fail to provide services
and/or supplies after the making of any representation or agreement,
that such services would be provided during the term or any portion
of the term of the tenancy agreement; (i) Fail to comply with the
State Sanitary Code or any other law applicable to the conditions of
a dwelling unit within a reasonable time after notice of a violation
of such code or law from the tenant or agency. Chapter 93A of the
Massachusetts General Laws commonly called the "Consumer Protection
Law." it prohibits the use of any unfair and deceptive acts and
practices in the conduct of any trade or business. Renting housing
is generally considered to be a trade or business, and the
Massachusetts Attorney General has issued regulations which define
unfair and deceptive acts or practices in the rental housing field.
Among the things that constitute an unfair practice is if landlord
fail to disclose to a tenant or prospective tenant any fact the
disclosure of which may have influenced the tenant not to enter into
the transaction. Also listed as an unfair practice is any violation
of any law meant to protect consumers and any act which is
oppressive or otherwise unconscionable in any respect. According to
Supreme Judicial Court Boston Massachusetts on Gender, Racial,
Ethnic Equality in court it state, "Courts must take special care to
treat all victims of crime with respect and sensitivity to the
trauma that they have experienced." Petitioner has been a victim of
punishment, torture and trauma from the time petitioner notified the
HUD regarding the landlord matters.
Landlord did discriminate against Petitioner and failed to
accommodate Petitioner disability and handicap medical condition.
Petitioner's landlord refused to make several repairs in petitioner
home which caused Petitioner several bodily harm knowing that
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Petitioner was a handicap patient, they refused to modify petitioner
home to meet ADA accommodation rules and requirements for handicap
accessible housing for a disabled person including the fact that
petitioner suffered severe slips and falls in her bathroom for not
having a ADA bathroom.
11. In petitioner's complaint, petitioner contends that during 2013
petitioner asked for reasonable modification accommodations in her
home and an accommodation regarding the weatherproofing of the
windows and sliding doors to keep the cold air out due to Petitioner
medical condition. Landlord told petitioner that they are very good
for winter and energy saving, but that was not true the landlord
obviously did not conduct a move in ready inspection check list
repairs as prescribed by the law, to properly prepare the apartment
for a new tenant to move in. Landlord said that the accommodation
would not be required because the apartment already met the
accommodation request. In addition to the request for
weatherproofing the windows and sliding doors, Petitioner asked for
an accommodation regarding the infestation of insects in her home,
to which Petitioner is allergic to. Petitioner accommodation request
was reasonable and Landlord did not respond in a reasonable time
frame because of a "big job" Landlord was involved with. M. G. L.c.
1513 § 4(7) prohibits discrimination in the terms, conditions and
privileges of housing accommodations because of handicap. G.L. c.
151B54(7A) states that discrimination on the basis of handicap
includes (1) a refusal to make, at the expense of the handicapped
person, reasonable modification of existing premises occupied or to
be occupied by such person if such modification is necessary to
afford such person full enjoyment of such premises. In the case of
publicly assisted housing or contiguously located housing consisting
of ten or more units, reasonable modifications must be at the
expense of the owner or other person having rights of ownership.
M.G.L. c.151B4(7A). In order to establish a prima facie case of
handicap discrimination in housing, Petitioner must demonstrate that
(1) she suffers from a handicap as defined by the statute; (2) that
Landlord knew of Petitioner handicap or could be reasonably expected
to know of it; (3) that the accommodation sought may be reasonably
necessary to afford Petitioner an equal opportunity to use and enjoy
the premises; and (4) that Landlord has refused to make the
requested accommodation. Buckley v. Wolfinger, 18 MDLR 158 (1996).
When Landlord fails to rebut Petitioner claims, Petitioner need only
establish a prima facie case of housing discrimination in order to
prevail. See, e.g. Mohamed et al v. Leone, 25 MDLR 110(2003);
Gardner v. Pianka, 28 MDLR 189(2006).
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Here, Petitioner made Landlord away of Petitioner disability
immediately and immediately asked for accommodations for the
disability. Petitioner provided the Landlord with reasonable
accommodations needed, explaining that her disabilities and medical
breathing condition required the carpet to be thoroughly cleaned,
the curtains be free of dust, a roll-in shower with completely a
flat entrance for wheelchair roll-in, grab bars in the shower, hand
held shower head, ADA taller toilet with grab bars, Reachable lower
bathroom floating sink with opening to allow wheelchair to roll-in,
remove and flatting or level the room transitions (entrance door,
bedrooms door and bathrooms door), double door fridge, Modify
kitchen for ADA, lowered for wheelchair height, the front entrance
door pick-hole because of her physical disability, and the floor
needed to be continuance or have a ramp like connection to
accommodate her mobility equipment's wheelchair/walker. Since the
complaint, the petitioner have been aggressively harassed, bully,
retaliated and discriminated by the landlord including deprivation
of service as they provide to other tenants, petitioner private
affairs has been put in the public as a method of humiliation which
caused Petitioners a lot of health trauma and emotional distress.
The Landlord also intruded petitioner solitude and seclusion and
violated petitioner right to privacy since the petitioner moved into
apartment in the community which has caused her a lot of traumatic
stress sometimes. The landlord has been evading petitioner privacy
with the community security cameras and using the security guards at
the gate to harass me, petitioner guests, discussing petitioner
affairs with neighbors and having petitioner neighbors who are her
friends keep track of petitioner every step she take to the point
Petitioners have become a prisoner in petitioner home. Petitioner
private has been constantly violated to the point that Petitioners
couldn't even call ambulance when she have emergency for the fear of
petitioner privacy been publicize as the landlord has done several
times. The stress and traumas Petitioners went through from the
landlord has affected petitioner daily life. Due to the gross
invasion of privacy by the landlord with the surveillance camera use
in tracking petitioner every movement, the oppression of the
landlord to the Petitioners was so severe to the point that
Petitioners can't even, open petitioner curtain most of the times.
The landlord's wrongful eviction actions were based on a
discriminatory, racial hatred motive because Petitioner engaged in
the protected activity, and the landlord's conduct was retaliatory.
Petitioner has been discriminated against, and the landlord violated
the discrimination laws. Petitioner was a victim of punishment by
landlord as a result of exercising petitioner tenant legal right.
Petitioner has been discriminated against, and violated so much by
the landlord due to the fact that petitioner's health was constantly
at risk due the inducing stress. Petitioner's landlord had been
trying to evict her since petitioner complaint to HUD even though
petitioner payed rent and did not bother anybody just because she
engaged in the tenant protected activity by asking the landlord to
make repairs in petitioner's home and to stop evading petitioner
privacy.
14. Petitioner's landlord property manager publicly slandered and
defamed petitioner name, and harassed Petitioner at home which
prevented Petitioner from having peace of mind and enjoyment of
petitioner home that she was paying to rent. She targeted
Petitioner with ill hatred and malice because Petitioner refused to
allow petitioner's landlord to prey on petitioner's private affairs
and invade petitioner space which she decided to use a different
method (eviction) to taint and publicly humiliate me. Petitioner's
landlord property manager Ms. Eddie Noke came to petitioner's home
while Ms. Noke was intoxicated with Marijuana smell. She demanded
to talk about petitioner's private affairs which petitioner refused
to do and informed Ms. Noke of her right to privacy. While the
Petitioner not knowing at the that time of Ms. Noke dangerous
obsession for the Petitioners ex-partner, Ms. Noke insisted, making
obsessive remarks and demanded that petitioner should bring
petitioner's ex-partner back home. However Petitioner refused to do
so and asked Ms. Noke to leave her home. In response she threatened
petitioner that she is the kind of woman that doesn't back down on
what she wants. She claimed they owned city officials and as a
tenant petitioner's life would be miserable if she didn't bring her
ex-partner back or discuss her private affairs. Ms. Noke's gross
obsession was very uncomfortable, dangerous and unsafe for the
petitioner.
In Petitioner letter dated March 1, 2014, Petitioner stated that she
needs "an expedited resolution so that she can be able to heat
petitioner's home properly and be comfortable", which shows that
Petitioner continued to remind Landlord of accommodation request.
Landlord's reply was that Petitioner should go to a nursing home.
Landlord did not want to accommodate Petitioner disability and medical
conditions. Landlord knew Petitioner had a physical impairment which
substantially limited one of more of Petitioner's major life
activities. The impairments are recorded and Petitioner had brought
up the disability and other medical conditions to Landlord.
Discrimination prohibited by the Fair Housing Act includes the
"refusal to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies,
practices, or services, when such accommodations may be necessary to
afford [a handicapped] person equal opportunity to use and enjoy a
dwelling." 42 U.S.C. § 3604 (f) (3) (B) See M.G. L. c. 1513, § 4 (7A)
(2) Here, the Petitioner has provided sufficient and substantial
evidence that Landlord refused to make reasonable accommodations that
would be necessary to afford Petitioner equal opportunity to use and
enjoy the apartment.
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Landlord did not accommodate the Petitioner request that impacted
Petitioner disability and medical condition. Chapter 151B, Section 4
Paragraph 7a pertains to persons with disabilities. It describes what
are reasonable modifications and reasonable accommodations and defines
the discrimination involved when an owner refuses to make these
changes. Here, Petitioner provided sufficient and substantial evidence
that Landlord knew that Petitioner apartment was cold and that cold
was impacting Petitioner disability and medical conditions and failed
to adjust and fully correct the reasonable accommodations. "A
'reasonable accommodation' is one which would not impose an undue
hardship or burden on the entity making the accommodation." Peabody
Props., Inc. v. Sherman, 418 Mass. 603 , 608 (1994).
When temperatures are low, the cold air can take Petitioner breath
away. In fact, it can do a number of harmful things to Petitioner
lungs. But there are ways to protect Petitioner lungs and other
medical conditions. Non-disabled residents of the complex can easily
open and close heavy curtains that would have helped alleviate, but
not solve, the cold air from entering from the sliding doors and other
areas of the apartment. By contrast, Petitioner was unable to do so
without assistance or straining, falling and aggravating her
disability. Otherwise, Petitioner would have had to live without
natural sunlight from the sliding door. The accommodation requested
should be recognized as "reasonable" under c. 151B, section 4(7A)
Landlord made this matter into "unhappy" tenant that should be ignored
instead of taking time to explore the scope of Petitioner handicap as
well as the availability and feasibility of various accommodations.
Landlord was discriminatory against
Petitioner based on Petitioner disability, medical conditions, sex and
marital status.
Tenant respectfully submits that the Woburn District Court (Gainley,
J.) through its orders and decisions effectively eviscerated the
Summary Process as that codified process has been ruled upon by the
Supreme Judicial Court and by this Court. See M.G.L. c. 239 §8A;
M.G.L. c. 111 §127C-D; see also M.G.L. c. 111 §127H. Tenant argues
that she satisfied her obligations of rent payment under her lease.
Tenant contends that the Woburn District Court violated her statutory
and constitutional rights, both State and Federal, by allowing her to
be evicted despite her lease through Summary Process. See also
Residential Landlord-Tenant Handbook, Flaschner Judicial Institute,
3rd Ed, (2013) § 11.4.
Retaliation and Discrimination: State law makes it illegal for the
landlord to threaten to take any action against a tenant for engaging
in the following "protected activities": Notifying your landlord in
writing of violations of the state Sanitary Code; Reporting your
landlord to health inspectors, local boards, or other officials for
violations of law.
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The Landlord's retaliated and discriminated against petitioner for
reporting to the Board of Health regarding her apartment winter
repair condition and problems. It is illegal for a landlord to
retaliate against a tenant in Massachusetts, who has exercised a
legal right, including: complaining to the landlord about unsafe
living conditions, complaining to a government agency, such as a
building or health inspector, about unsafe living conditions.
Massachusetts State Laws prohibit Landlord Retaliation. Landlord
violated my right to be free from retaliation and discrimination, for
exercising my legal rights. By law, a landlord cannot try to evict a
tenant, raise the rent, or change the terms of the tenancy because
the tenant has complained of conditions to the landlord in writing,
or to any government agency, or because the tenant has organized or
joined a tenants, union or engaged in certain other protected
activities. Yet Judge Gailey didn't give Petitioner a chance to be
deemed medically fit to stand a hearing before he unfairly sanctioned
me and entered a default judgement while Petitioner was in the
hospital for been severely sick and under medical treatment health
monitoring evaluation. Judge Gailey engaged in abuse of power and
intentional disregard of the Constitution and laws he swore to
defend. Petitioner alleges that judge Gailey has engaged in conduct
that is in violation of the US Constitution and "prejudicial to the
effective and expeditious administration of the business of the
courts. A judge should strive to maintain confidence in our judicial
system, but Judge Timothy Gailey's willful misconduct in office,
conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice actions
destroy confidence in the judicial system. Judge Gailey deprived
Petitioner of her right to due process, equal protection,
discriminated against her, violated her constitutional rights and
showed an evidence and pattern of behaving or ruling in a manner that
is prevented or hindered her from receiving full, fair, impartial
hearings or the full, fair, impartial administration of justice.
REASONS FOR GRANTING THE PETITION
TO THE HONORABLE COURT:
Comes Now the petitioner, very respectfully alleges and prays as
follows:
1. INTRODUCTION
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This action is brought the petitioner against Judge Timothy H.
Gailey, individually and in his official capacity as Administrator of
the Judicial System.
The memorandum from the federal judge in this matter brought to the
appeals court stated that "the actions of the respondent who is also a
judge were judicial acts entitling him to absolute immunity from suit
and that under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, a federal court lacks
jurisdiction over a final judgement of the state.
The Petitioner alleges a violation of title II of the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. § 12131 et seq.
Respondent has moved to dismiss on several grounds. The Petitioner
alleges a violation of the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 1983) The
Petitioner alleges a violation of 14th amendment to the U.S.
Constitution. The Petitioner alleges a violation of 1st Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution. The Petitioner urges the Court to grant
certiorari, because contrary to the basis on which the respondent
seeks such dismissal:
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Plaintiff has pleaded a prima facie case under title II of the
ADA.'
Congress has specifically abrogated the States' eleventh
amendment immunity for suits brought pursuant to the ADA;
Under title II of the ADA the defendants can be sued in their
official capacities; and
Judges do not enjoy absolute immunity for acts that are
administrative rather than judicial in nature.
Review is warranted to determine if the respondent acts were
Judicial Acts entitling him to absolute ixtimunity.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
District Court (Gainley, J.), acting as a Housing Court, erred as a
matter of law or as matter of abuse of discretion when he allowed
Appellee Landlord/Plaintiff! Cliff side Realty Trust (hereinafter
"Landlord") to evict Appellant Tenant/'Defendant/'Linardon (hereinafter
"Tenant")
Pursuant to Mass. App. P 16(d), the parties are hereinafter designated
by the category to which that party belongs, e.g., Tenant and
Landlord.
A. Did the Woburn District Court (Gainley, J.), acting as a Housing
Court, err as a matter of law or as matter of abuse of
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discretion when it denied Tenant's Motion to Amend Complaint on
or about August 28, 2015, to include Tenant's claims of racial
and disability discrimination, among others.
1. Cana state judge be subject to a civil rights suit for violating a litigant 15t Amendment
engagement in protective conduct, A judges retaliation for the exercise of l
Amendment rights an act taken in retaliation for the exercise of a constitutionally
protected right is actionable under § 1983?
B. Did the Woburn District Court (Gainley, J.), acting as a housing
court, err as a matter of law or as matter of abuse of discretion
when it denied Tenant's motions to postpone her appearances in
court and at her deposition due to medical emergency on or about
May 14, 2015, August 27, 2015, September 24, 2015, and on October
15, 2016.
2. Does a judge have the entitlement to absolute immunity when a judge denials a disabled
wheel chaired patient rights to due process and equal protection under title II of the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. § 12131 et seq. and the Civil
Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 1983)?
C. Did the Woburn District Court (Gainley, J.), acting as a Housing
Court, err as a matter of law or as matter of abuse of discretion
when it granted Landlord's Motion for Sanctions finding that
"Tenant without just cause refused to attend her deposition
I find the doctor's [sic] note totally conclusory and no way
excusing her failure to show any effort to comply with [the
Court's orders]" on or about September 24, 2015.
3. Does a judge have the entitlement to absolute immunity when a judge denies access to
court and violates the rights of party who is disabled, wheel chaired, home bound,
chronically and severely ill under 24/7 observation of medical physicians heart
monitoring nursing patients' rights to be deemed medically fit by physician to stand a
civil trial as a defendant under title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. § 12131 etseq. and the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 1983)?
D. Did the Woburn District Court (Gainley, J.), acting as a Housing
Court, err as a matter of law or as matter of abuse of discretion
and retaliation when it Defaulted and ordered the wrongfully
eviction while still paying rent due to the Tenant filling a
complaint against the (Gainley, J.) at the Federal Court prior to
the eviction date?
4. Cana state judge be subject to a civil rights suit for violating a litigant's 111 Amendment
engagement in protective conduct, a judge's retaliation for the exercise of 15t
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Amendment rights an act taken in retaliation for the exercise of a constitutionally
protected right is actionable under § 1983?
Can a judge get immunity if you were deprived of your civil rights?
This action was brought under the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 1983)
and under violation of title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act
of 1990 ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. § 12131 et seq. Petitioner has pleaded a
prima facie case under title II of the ADA. The Court first had to
decide whether a state judge could be subject to a civil rights suit
for an injunction in the first place under Suit Used 1871 Rights Act
Usually referred to as Section 1983, this law permits suits for
damages or injunctive relief against those who, under color of state
law'' violate an individual's civil rights. Congress has specifically
abrogated the States' eleventh amendment immunity for suits brought
pursuant to the ADA; Under title II of the ADA the defendants can be
sued in their official capacities; and Judges do not enjoy absolute
immunity for acts that are administrative rather than judicial in
nature. Judges who are sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 are completely
immune from individual liability for damages resulting from their
"judicial acts." Judges are not immune from 1983 suits seeking some
kinds of injunctions. See Pulliam v. Allen, 466 U.S. 522 (1984)
Whether something a judge does should be considered a "judicial act"
depends on "whether it is a function normally performed by a judge."
Stump, 435 U.S. at 362. The immunity depends on whether the person was
acting in his or her official capacity and whether s/he had any reason
to know that his or her action would violate an individual's federally
protected rights.
This case requires the review of the scope of a judge's immunity
on damage liability when sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
Judicial immunity also bars suits that are brought under 42 U.S.C. §
1983 but there are two exceptions to absolute judicial immunity: (1)
when the judge's actions are taken outside his role as a judge, i.e.,
entirely non-judicial conduct, or (2) when the judge's actions are
taken in the complete absence of jurisdiction. Washington, May 14,
1984— The Supreme Court ruled that state judges may be sued for civil
rights violations and may be ordered to pay the lawyers' fees of those
who sue them successfully. Washington, Jan. 12, 1988— The Supreme
Court ruled 8 to 0 that state court judges may be sued on allegations
of discrimination or other illegality in the demotion or dismissal of
court employees.
1. ARGUMENT
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Petitioner Has Alleged a Prima Facie Case Under Title II
of the ADA
Despite Respondent' contentions, there is no question that
Petitioner has sufficiently pleaded a prima facie case of
discrimination under title II of the ADA. A complaint should not be
dismissed for failure to state a claim unless it appears beyond doubt
that there is no set of facts that plaintiff could prove which would
entitle him to relief. Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41, 46, 78 S. Ct.
99, 102 (1957); Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). Further, pro se complaints
must be liberally construed and should not be held to the same high
standard as formal complaints filed by attorneys. Estelle v. Gamble,
429 U.S. 97, 105, 97 S. Ct. 285, 291 (1976); Haines v. Kerner, 404
U.S. 519, 520, 92 S. Ct. 594, 595 (1972); Ferranti v. Moran, 618 F.2d
It is under this more lenient standard that
888, 889 (1st Cir. 1980)
Petitioner's complaint should be read.
.
Title II of the ADA provides that "no qualified individual with a
disability shall, by reason of such disability, be excluded from
participation in or be denied the benefits of the services, programs,
or activities of a public entity, or be subjected to discrimination by
any such entity." 42 U.S.C. § 12132. The statute defines the term
"qualified individual with a disability" as "an individual with a
the provision of right to be
disability who, with or without
medically deem fit for a chronic nursing home disabled patient under
medical observation by a certified doctors and services, meets the
essential eligibility requirements for the receipt of services or the
participation in programs or activities provided by a public entity."
See 42 U.S.C. § 12131(2).
.
.
.
In the case at bar, petitioner easily satisfies the prima facie
elements for her cause of action under title II of the ADA. Petitioner
has averred that she has a chronic disability was under a serious
medical observation on 27/4 heart monitoring device, that her doctors
provided support medical documents to the Petitioners lawyer as
requested by the court to be excused from any court hearing which
would affect her critical 24/7 heart monitoring observation until
medical deem fit to come to court as the defendant. Read liberally,
as the complaint must be, Petitioner has sufficiently alleged that she
is an "individual with a disability" under title II. See 42 U.S.C. §
12102(2). In addition, plaintiff has clearly alleged that she was
"qualified," because she has stated that she was a defendant in a case
before Judge Gailey from which it follows that petitioner met the
essential eligibility requirements to be medically excused to deem fit
by physicians to participate in her trial. Finally, Petitioner has
alleged that she was discriminated against by respondent. She alleged
that her request and was denied of a due process, and was defaulted by
the respondent even though the petitioner had a lawyer and provided
medical physicians letters on time to the court there by rendered
unable to effectively participate in her own trial. Plaintiff has
therefore alleged that she was "excluded from participation in or
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denied the benefits of" defendants' program. 42 U.S.C. § 12132. Thus,
petitioner has pleaded her prima facie case.
2. ARGUMENT
A proverb by Benjamin Franklin says
"For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost, For want of a shoe, the
horse was lost,
For want of a horse, the rider was lost,
For want of a rider, the battle was lost,
For want of a battle, the kingdom was lost,
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail."
What would have been said here, in 2016, when, "for want of $400.00,
a chronic ill home bound nursing disabled patients Tenant's home was
lost while never missed paying rent"?
What would have been said here, in 2016, when, "for want of $400.00,
a chronic ill home bound nursing under medical observation 27/4
heart monitoring chronic disabled patients Tenant's life would have
ended prematurely on December 17, 2017(had It not been that her
relatives was present witnessing) under the order of Judge Gailey in
malicious retaliation and racially acts motivated hate crime and
committed outside of his jurisdiction. The petitioner is a good
contributor and a positive role model in society, non-violent,
humanitarian, an advocate of elderly and disabled, human rights that
never harmed a soul in her life.
C. On December 17, 2015, Judge Gailey in retaliation for filing this
complaint maliciously evicted the plaintiff from her home while she
was still paying rent and furthermore used the local police
department with whom he conspired with the rich real estate
landlord(who claimed to own every officials in the city) committing
a deadly racial hate crime, evicting with excessive force, police
brutality and attempted murder claiming that the petitioner who was
very ill on a heart monitor, who was inside her own home on that
day was "trespassing and more including down-pack wrongful malicious
bad faith retaliation accusations" and permanently traumatized till
present a chronic sick disabled heart monitoring patient in her home
which petitioner was rushed by Ambulance to the hospital with life
threaten trauma caused by the brutality on same day, while she was
still paying rent. The argument is that the alleged conduct was not
judicial in nature and that the lawsuit should proceed.
The First Amendment protects the right to be free from
government abridgment of speech. Retaliation for the exercise of
First Amendment rights is a blackletter constitutional
violation. In fact, an act taken in retaliation for the exercise
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of a constitutionally protected right is actionable under § 1983
even if the act, when taken for a different reason, would have
been proper.
d. What would have been said here, in 2016, when, "for want of $400.00,
a chronically ill home bound nursing disabled patients Tenant has
been homeless for the past two years and suffered serious setbacks
and physical injuries, infections, debilitating health conditions
while displaced under Judge Gailey engagement in actions to
interfere with the Petitioner legal duty imposed on the litigant by
the Appellate Court, engaged reckless endangerment of a handicapped
person's life, aided and abetted the police officers to physically
harm and traumatized a sick disabled person in her home conspired
with a local wealthy developer landlord to abuse a disabled person
of color tenant, and conspired with the landlord in the case in
preventing petitioner's constitutional right to appeal his wrongful
decision to the appeals court.
Review is warranted to determine if The Rooker-Feldman
Doctrine for injunctive relief applies when a state judge
violations a litigant 1st and 14th amendment to the U.S.
Constitution
The respondent alleged that the captioned case is barred against him
under The Rooker-Feldman Doctrine. Based on the language of the
ADA, respondent argument is without merit.
§ 1983 allows for injunctive relief against a judicial officer where
declaratory relief was violated or where declaratory relief was not
available. However, the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine does not bar suits
for damages under title II of the ADA Considering the motions for
accommodations and the refusal of the court to certify it for
interlocutory appeal, an argument can be made that declaratory
relief was not available. With respect to accessing judicial
services, persons with disabilities are looking at fundamental
rights or at the very least something higher than rational basis.
Therefore, there simply cannot be a compelling reason or even a good
reason to deny a person with a disability trying to access judicial
services the accommodations/modifications he or she is entitled to
under the ADA. Accordingly, such a denial is a violation of the 14th
amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It seemed out of place for a
district court judge to self-diagnose a patient when he is not a
certified medical doctor or to ask a patient to come to court to be
self-diagnose her when she is not a medical doctor either and he did
not care about certified doctors opinion or restrictions or even
contact the physician if needed directly if he needed for further
clarification. A patient/defendant should not be punished or
sanctions by a judge for been critically sick beyond her control
when the Judge (Gailey) himself who is a human too could be sick at
anything and would not want his civil rights and constitutional
rights violated with unnecessary harsh punishment for been ill.
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The Respondent violated the Petitioners civil rights and First
Amendment on retaliation while the Petitioner engaged in protected
conduct. The Respondent adverse action was taken against the
Petitioner that would deter "a person of ordinary firmness" from
continuing to engage in that speech or conduct. The adverse action was
motivated by the Petitioner's protected conduct. First Amendment
retaliation claims have been recognized where:
• "a tavern owner and its manager were harassed following complaints
they made to city officials, including harassment by prolonged and
conspicuous presence, affecting business volume, by city's law
enforcement.
• "a bungalow owner's building permit was revoked immediately after
the town learned that the owner would not dismiss his federal
lawsuit against it. ,,
• "a civil-engineering firm, which specializes in designing and
installing alternative subsurface sewage disposal systems,
criticized the Department of Sewage Disposal Management and then
license revocation proceedings were initiated against it."
• "after homeowners petitioned the city council (and distributes
fliers and letters) to complain about fencing and tree requirements,
the city's building inspectors refused to grant the homeowners an
extension of their building permit and failed to provide the
plaintiffs with notice that their permit was about to expire even
though such notice was routinely given to other similarly-situated
property owners."
• "a tow-truck operator criticized the police department, which then
removed his towing company from the department's approved towing
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The Respondent Judge Gailey conspired with the local wealthy developer
landlord to engage in actions with initimidation of inferiority,
superiority to infringement on petitioner's civil liberty and
interfere on Petitioner constitutional rights in order to block any
future liability for offenses that they committed against the
petitioner which many of these offenses resulted in physical harm and
property harm to the Petitioner. The respondent's actions were
unconstitutional, a derivation of equal protection under the law, and
an attempt to intimidate the petitioner without any basis. The
Respondent Judge Gailey conspired with the local wealthy developer
landlord in retaliation for the police complaint in past made against
the maintenance manager of petitioner rental property who threatened
petitioner of physical harm in petitioner home in the past in front of
petitioner's guest as retaliation against petitioner. Every citizen
has the right if there is a question of an injustice, especially in
matters involving federal protection laws (such as discrimination,
obstruction of justice, bullying and stalking, slander and defamation,
abuse of power, abuse of discretion, physical abuse, racism, abuse of
a disabled, violation of civil rights and many more). The Petitioner
has a right to be protected by the same law, to be free from racial
abuse, retaliation, harassment, slander, defamation, severe threat on
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her life, well- being, and threats on her ability to live as a free
human being, to be safe as a free human being and as person created
equal. The respondent's eviction actions in the local court
(petitioner is the defendant in that case) were based on a
discriminatory, retaliation, racial ill hate personal motive because
the petitioner engaged in protected activity, and the defendant's
conduct was retaliatory and in violations of the 1st amendment.
What would have been said here, in 2016, when, "for want of
$400.00, a chronic ill home bound nursing disabled patients Tenant's
suffered a wrongful complaint filed against her through the Petitioner
was the victim which was ordered by the Respondent. On or about May
2016, Petitioner was made aware for the first time, that Judge Gailey
maliciously in retaliation for filing this complaint to this federal
court and appealing his decision, he had the local police department
brutalized a very sick patient (Petitioner) in her home and
traumatizing her in front of her realtives while or a wheel
chair/walker and a holder of a heart monitor. The police in a mostly
white majority town, followed his order because the local police
department (whom the landlord claimed that he owned), had always
targeted the petitioner in revenge.
This revenge which is still current and ongoing while petitioner is
still displaced from home was done because; petitioner had spoken and
stood up against elderly who was been abuse by the police in the past.
Petitioner had acted as an disabled advocate and human rights person
showing how the police abused an elder civil servant with advanced
dementia, a disabled person of color whom they publicly in the
apartment compound in front of other tenants, emotionally humiliated
and abuse after they called me to come and claim him because he simply
lost his way in the apartment compound and they thought that he was my
dad just because he was another black person but he was a parents to
the second and only other former black tenants(landlord also removed
them on racial housing discrimination even though their family was
hard working professional people), in the apartment complex. This act
in the past was conduct without even a single respect for an elderly
or a dementia person. This abuse lasted for about one hour on that
day which was very humiliating. Judge Gailey, "acting in his official
capacity as judge under color of law as he claimed," maliciously and
without a proper probable cause issued a wrongful complaint against
the Petitioner (just to damage the petitioners reputation in the
society) for allegedly violating Massachusetts law i.e. trespass and
more in her owe home which the petitioner was not made aware though
she was the victim in her owe home where she was been nursed as a
homecare nursing wheel chaired sick person who the local Authority
trespass in her own home without warranty. The respondent, conspired
with the local the wealthy landlord who claimed in the past that they
owned the city, court house, the police department and everything else
to a file the alleged for December 17, 2015 evictions even though the
petitioner, an innocent person in a walker/wheel chair in heart
monitoring in her home was actually the victim of the police brutality
and excessive force on that day while she was the person that was
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severely violated and victimized. Judge Galley actions to physically
harm a helpless chronic homecare sick disabled patient in her home in
front of her relatives that witnessed the assault and made her
homeless, therefore affecting and interruption petitioner nursing home
service and the heart monitoring process due to lack of, which the
petitioner had to undergo an urgent medical procedure as a result of
the physical harm/police brutality in her own home over a $400
wrongful eviction which the landlord cashed the petitioner's December
2015 month rent check is not a judicial act rather it is a
retaliations.
Judge Gailey severely caused permanently injuries and trauma to the
petitioner who was harmed in her own home in front of her relatives in
retaliation for filing a complaint against him at the US District
court. Judge Gailey had a complete disregard for human life or for a
sick disabled patient's life which is not a judicial act but an abuse
of judicial discretion, personal revenge and a violation of the
petitioners 18t amendment rights. Furthermore, Judge Galley had the
petitioner evicted from her home while paying rent, while a stay of
execution was filed; while an appeal was filed and petitioner was
racially targeted by white police officers who broke into the
plaintiff's home, while she was return back to her kitchen from the
living room which she followed the officers orders when they suddenly
broke into her home. Without any announcement, thought the petitioner
was nowhere near the policer officers who entered her home through the
kitchen door which was the only entrance door. They still proceeded to
try to shoot the handicap person on a heart monitor even though
petitioner didn't violate any laws in her own home. The officers still
inflicted a major physical injuries on a sick person and put her in
trauma with the use of excessive force, physically abused a handicap
while holding her disabled medical walker/wheelchair and heart monitor
device in front of her relatives who also suffered trauma as they
witness the physical attack. The actions of the officers was an abuse
of discretion, was a premeditate act and of a racial discrimination
hate crime and the reckless endangerment of a sick patient in her own
home.
The petitioner was rushed to the hospital by ambulance as her life
line machine went off, on a serious heart attack risk on the day of
the wrongful Eviction when the police took her medical heart monitor
which she was wearing on her body and slammed it on the floor
including damaging the petitioners phone and other disabled devices
she was holding during that wrongful eviction day. The police
officers completely neglected the fact that the petitioner was stating
that she filed a "stay of Executions", she was on heart monitor
device, going to her kitchen and also that she already filed an appeal
which she was willing to show them a copy of the appeal filed, which
they refuse and stated "we got you now." The plaintiff was humiliated,
severely traumatized and suffered post-traumatic stress and is still
homeless. Till the present time, she has suffered a lot of harm on
the street as a result of Judge Gailey's violations of her civil and
constitutional rights. On the same date, Judge Gailey maliciously
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informed the public, publicized the wrongful complaint as well as the
driving license office which is how the plaintiff was made aware this
complaint. The petitioner who is a good contributor to the society,
who is known as a kind hearted, volunteer of advocacy to elderly and
disables, who has never committed any crime and has no intentions to
commit either, suffered a serious traumatic stress and humiliation on
that day till present for this malicious allegations as a result of
judge Gailey's retaliations for filing a complaint against him.
The Respondent's initimidation and abuse of discretion actions
against the petitioner did not stop after the wrongful eviction but
worsen even while the Petitioner was homeless and in a very poor
health conditions affected by the homelessness. It continued when the
Respondent allowed the landlord to continue bullying and harassing the
Petitioner who is a disabled patient including publicly slander and
defaming her and to ruin her reputation rendering useless to the
society. It is also the Respondent who removed Petitioner from her own
home and yet continued to corroborate to attempt to maliciously damage
her background due to ill racial hate and frivolously abuse of power
which is considered an abuse and cruelty to a handicap person,
violation of the IWA act.
Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment or Possession.
Here, Tenant was not an at-will tenant subject to the whims or
idiosyncrasies of the Landlord or its agents. Rather, Tenant had a
lease. See Residential Landlord-Tenant Bench book, 3rd edition,
Fleischer, Judicial Institute p. 43 (2013)
It has been established that, in today's world,
seek 'shelter' today, they are seeking a whole
"[wllhen Americans
a package which includes not merely
package of goods and services
walls or ceilings, but also, adequate heat, light, ventilation
serviceable plumbing facilities, secure windows and doors, proper
sanitation and proper maintenance." Javins v. First Natl. Realty
Corp., 428 F.2d. 1071, 1074 (D.C. Cir. 1970). By entering into her
lease, Tenant was entitled to rent an apartment with adequate heat.13
There is no question that adequate heat was a material significant
feature of her lease. See DiBella V. Finumara, 63 Mass. App. Ct. 640,
646 (2005)
Tenant asserts that Landlord was obligated to take Tenant as she was,
similar to that of a personal injury party. Because of her health
issues, Tenant needed a warm apartment, not a drafty one. Here, there
is no question raised that Tenant was evicted for behavior-based fault
or for good cause. See e.g., Costa v. Fall River Housing, 71 Mass.
App. Ct. 269, (2008), FAR 451 Mas. 1103, (2008). Rather, this case
involves the covenants which run through the lease for the Landlord to
provide adequate heat in exchange of rent. See M.G.L. c. 186, §14; AlZiab v. Mourgis, 424 Mass. 847, 850 (1991).
.
.
.
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The issue is not one of materiality, but, rather, simply, was Tenant
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entitled to abate her rent? See Boston Housing Authority v. Hemingway,
363 Mass. 184, 194 (1973); M.G.L. c. 239, §8A. The issues raised in
this action are those concerning the covenants found to be created by
the lease. See MPS, Landlord and Tenant Law, Daher and Chopp, 3rd ed.,
Vol. 33, §10; see also, Landlord Survival Guide, GBREB 8th Ed.,
Philips Laptin, p. 70; see also M.G.L. c 239 §8A; M.G.L. c 111 §127.
Here, Landlord expressly coveted to provide a specific apartment to
Tenant upon Tenant's promise to pay rent. Landlord impliedly
covenanted that Cliffside would not exercise any power to deprive
Tenant the use of a specific apartment unless Tenant breached her
rental contract. Tenant consistently paid her monthly rent. Tenant
consistently provided written documentations about her complaints with
the care and maintenance of the apartment by Landlord. During the term
of the leases, Tenant was entitled to possess Apartment itlOS. She made
it her home. Tenant asserts that she did not breach her lease by
withholding a small sum as abatement.
Landlord did not remedy the situation merely by arguing that she
should have rented another apartment on the opposite side of the
building so as to have access to solar power for heating. Landlord had
did not remedied the heating situation for almost 3 years of
complaints by Tenant. Landlord certainly did not prove that Tenant
breached the leasing contract by withholding a small portion of the
rent on one occasion. See Boston Housing Authority v. Hemingway,
supra; M.G.L. c. 239 §18A
Under this covenant alone, the Woburn District Court erred as a matter
of law when it allowed Landlord to evict Tenant in December 2015, 6
months earlier, prior to what would had been end of a term lease.
Covenant of Habitability
Tenant properly defended herself against Landlord by arguing that she
had a right to abate the rent by $400 for Landlord's habitual
violation of the implied warranty of habitability. See M.G.L. c 239
§8A Nowhere in the Woburn District Court docket is there any
indication that the Court even recognized that, the implied warranty
of habitability, when landlord did not remedy the situation. Tenant
was entitled to self-help by abating the rent. See M.G.L. c. 239, §8A
codifying Boston Housing Authority v. Hemingway, 363 Mass. 184 (1973).
Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 239, §8A, Tenant could have withheld the entire
month's rent.
Fraudulent Misrepresentation
Tenant also tried to defend herself by arguing that Landlord, as being
adequately habitable, fraudulently represented the apartment because
she was not provided with the inspection report prior to her moving
into the apartment in 2013. As the Woburn District Court did not even
address this issue, Tenant asserts that the Court erred as a matter of
law.
Medical Documentation
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The sole basis for the Woburn District Court's ultimate decision of
default was that the Court concludes that her Medical documentation
was "conclusory".
The Woburn District Court is not comprised of medical doctors. By
determining that Tenant's medical documentation was conclusory, the
Woburn District Court exceeded its authority. See M.G.L. c 1513, §B.
It also violated federal law governing disability. See 42 U.S.C.
§3602(h) (1) (definition of disability
"physical impairment
which substantially limits one or more major life activities of a
person." See generally, Flagg v. AliMed, Inc. 466 Mass 23, 28-33
(2013); Gauthier v. Sunhealth Specialty Servs., Inc., 555 F.Supp. 2d
227, 237 (D. Mass. 2008); See also Reasonable Accommodation Issues in
Housing, Alexander Mitchell -Munevar,GBLS, Chapter 3.
Tenant was not a "deadbeat" tenant. She was making every possible
argument to defend her home. Eight months (April to November, 2015) is
not an unusual amount of time to try a summary process action,
especially when, as here, Tenant is, and was, in and out of the
hospitals. The importance of one's home is recognized as a basic
necessity of the modern life by both the Judiciary and the
Legislature. The Woburn District Court's decision made a mockery of
summary process.
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Jurisdiction.
While the decision of the Woburn District Court may be seen as an
interlocutory decision depriving this Court of jurisdiction, it does
not do so when, as here, that court erred as a matter of law. It also
does not lose jurisdiction when, as here, that court abuses its
discretion.
Here, the decisions of the Woburn District Court judge Gailey are
plainly wrong and abusive in violations of the petitioner
constitutional rights.
No Harm or Injustice to Landlord.
No evidence of harm or injustice to Landlord was presented to the
Woburn District Court in this action from Tenant's withholding a small
portion of the monthly rent for March 2015 and continued paying full
rent for the next nine month even on the month December 2015 when she
was wrongfully evicted from her home while the landlord cash her rent
check and tenant remained on the street in the middle of freezing cold
a heart monitoring patient during Christmas.
In the face of no evidence being presented of harm or prejudice to
landlord, and in the face of other, less devastating, possible
decisions though the petitioner didn't have a chance of due process,
the Woburn District Court or Landlord can make no showing that the
disputed decision, including eviction, were the only possible outcome
when the petitioner did not even have any dues process. Cf. Feldman v.
Jasinski, 2009 Mass. App. Div. 249 (2009). Chapter 239, §8A expressly
provides guidance for a rent withholding. Cf. Drucker v. Chin, No.
01822 (November 1974); Chandler v. Johnson, No. 09-P-2272 (2011).
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93A
There can be no question that Landlord was a business as defined by
M.G.L. c. 93A. All Tenant's arguments under the statutory housing
scheme also apply to her statutory claims of unfair, fraudulent, and
unjust practices. See M.G.L. c 93A. Because the Woburn Judicial Court
did not provide any accommodation for Tenant's health issues; these
claims of violation of M.G.L. c. 93A were not heard. Had they been
heard and Tenant succeeded, Landlord could have been found to owe
Tenant damages of three times the full monthly rent and her attorney's
fees and costs.
No Notice
M.G.L. c 239 §8A requires notice of eviction. Tenant has maintained
her argument that landlord improperly notified Tenant of eviction.
The Woburn District Court made no ruling on this argument by Tenant.
In the absence of a ruling, this court is required to accept Tenant's
supposition.
Emotional distress.
Had Tenant been allowed to amend her compliant, she might also added a
count for the infliction of emotional distress caused by losing her
home. Landlord also may have been found to be retaliating for Tenant's
seeking her legal rights. Here, there can be no argument that Tenant
was inflicted with emotional distress by being forced to lose her home
and by becoming homeless. Cf. Simon v. Solomon, 385 Mass 91, 99
(1982) ("actual and consequential damages [for reckless infliction of
emotional distress]" or three months' rent, whichever is greater, plus
costs and attorneys' fees)
Application Fee
Tenant also argued that Landlord violated the statutory procedure for
becoming a tenant. See M.G.L. c. 186, §15B; see also, Mellor v.
Berman, 390 Mass. 275, 278 (1983); Mellor v. Berman, 13 Mass.App.Ct.,
983, 983, (1982) Here, in 2013, Cliffside charged Tenant an
additional $100.00 to process her application for the Cliffside
Apartment No. 108. M.G.L. c. 186, 15B does not allow Cliffside to
charge for application processing. See Dolbern v. Friedman, No. 10034
(208) ; Broad St. Associates v. Leine, No. 12-P-2041 (2011) Again,
Tenant is entitled to recover damages.
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Security
Landlord was entitled to get first month's rent, last month's rent,
and a security deposit. See M.G.L. c 186 §15B. Here, Tenant provided a
security deposit in the sum of $1,725.00. Landlord didn't record this
rent, but rather, recorded the increased rent. Landlord also did not
provide the banking account information as it was required to provide.
See M.G.L. c
186 §15B (1) (a)&(d-e)
Discrimination
Disability
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Tenant is disabled, as defined. She has physical limitations requiring
numerous hospitalizations.
Tenant argues that the hidden reason for her eviction was racial and
disability discrimination, not the abatement of $400.00. It has been
long settled that a landlord cannot discriminate for either reason.
See ADA; Civil Rights Act. Tenant properly notified landlord about the
Cliff side Managers' treatment of her.
No Harm To Landlord
Where, as here, landlord offered no evidence about the possible harm
or prejudice to it, no evidence about the need for immediate
termination of her lease, and no evidence demonstrating the error of
Tenant's belief racial and handicap discrimination, combined with all
of the errors of law by the Woburn District Court, then, Tenant is
reasonable in her supposition of racial and handicapped
discrimination. See Harris v. Harvey, 605 F.2d 330, 335 n.7 (7th Cir.
1979); M.G.L. c 239 §9-10; see also Title II of the ADA; Civil Rights
Act 42 U.S.C.A. §1988.
Constitutional Rights
All of the errors instead herein demonstrate that Tenant was evicted
illegally in error of the law. Said accumulative errors also violated
Tenant's State & Federal Constitutional rights of due process and
equal protection.
The Fourteenth Amendment explicitly prohibits states from violating an
individual's rights of due process and equal protection.
Is a suit against judge Gailey for violating constitutional and
civil rights a within the meaning of the Petition Clause of the
First Amendment?
Justice Brennan faced this question, thirteen years ago in Briscoe
v Lahue, 460 US 325, at 346 (1983) in his dissent. It is short enough
to be quoted in the entirety: "Justice Marshall's Dissenting opinion,
post, presents an eloquent argument that Congress, in enacting
Section 1983, did not intend to create any absolute immunity from
civil liability for 'government officials involved in the judicial
process ...' The Judiciary will become "democratized." The question
is whether it will embrace, assist, and guide that process. In this
case, what the court should do, whether by way of Points Two or Three
above, is to deny any judicial immunity at this stage and to allow all
questions of defense to go to the jury. The policy of judicial
immunity is wrong and that wrong principle was created by the
Judiciary. It is a maxim of jurisprudence: "No one may benefit
from their own wrong." "Democratizing the Judiciary" means in this
case: "Let the Jury decide the constitutional credibility of the
defense." For the Constitution is theirs no less than yours.
Judge Gailey is not immune from Suit
Given the abrogation of state immunity by the ADA, claims can be
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brought against a state judge in his/her individual or official
capacity under the ADA but for the doctrine of judicial immunity. It
has been established that this doctrine generally affords judges
immunity from damage suits. See Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, 356
(1978). However, the supreme Court has held that judges can be held
liable for damage S2 in suits where actions which are administrative in
nature are challenged. See Forrester v. White, 484 U.S. 219, 224-225
The Court in Forrester refused to attach judicial immunity to
(1988)
a judge's decision to fire a court employee, because the act was not
judicial in nature. The Court held that truly judicial acts must be
distinguished from the administrative, legislative or executive
functions that judges may occasionally be assigned to perform.
According to the Court, it is the nature of the function performed
adjudication
rather than the identity of the actor who performed it
that determines whether absolute immunity attaches to
a judge
the act. Any time an action taken by a judge is not an adjudication
between parties, it is less likely that the act [will be found to be]
a judicial one. Cameron v. Seitz, 38 F.3d 264, 271 (6th Cir. 1994)
In Morrison v. Lipscomb, 877 F.2d 463 (6th Cir. 1989), a Chief
Judge's moratorium on writs of restitution during two holiday weeks
was challenged by a landlord unable to redeem his property from a
tenant for those two weeks. The Court of Appeals for the Sixth
Circuit held that the moratorium, though performed by a judge, was not
a judicial act entitled to absolute immunity. The court noted that the
act was not judicial in nature, because the legislature could have
easily issued the moratorium as well.
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In Slyvester Harris v.Richard G. Harvey, Jr., 605 F.2d 330 (7th
Cir. 1979) This action was brought under the Civil Rights Act (42
U.S.C. § 1983) by a former Racine, Wisconsin, police lieutenant
against a Racine County, Wisconsin, judge and against Gerald Clickner,
Racine County District Attorney. Plaintiff claimed that defendants'
actions, of judicial racial bias and discrimination against him,
deprived him of Fourteenth Amendment due process and equal protection
of the laws.
The claim for the jury in the trial of the matter was whether the
defendant had through non-judicial acts motivated by racial animosity
inflicted injury including loss of employment opportunity, injury to
reputation and emotional distress on the plaintiff. The jury trial
commenced on February 27, 1978. During the trial, presiding Judge
Gordon ruled as a matter of law that defendant acted under color of
law and in the absence of all jurisdiction (App. 18). On March 8
the jury returned a special verdict that Judge Harvey's actions
concerning the plaintiff were racially motivated, that plaintiff was
injured by such racially motivated acts with respect to his reputation
in the community, reputation and working ability within the police
department, and opportunities for advancement within that department.
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The jury also found that Judge Harvey's racially motivated acts had
caused the plaintiff humiliation, embarrassment and mental distress
and interfered with his continued employment. The jury set
compensatory damages at $60,000. It also found that Judge Harvey's
actions were done maliciously, wantonly or oppressively and therefore
assessed $200,000 punitive damages against him. In a lengthy and
persuasive opinion the district judge refused to disturb the verdict
(App. 26-38) and later awarded plaintiff attorneys' fees in the amount
of $7,500 (App. 39) in lieu of the $39,120 claimed
(App. 38). We affirm.
Neither Judicial Nor Prosecutorial Immunity Protects the Acts for
Which Defendant Was Held Liable. In support of reversal, defendant's
principal argument is that he is immune from any liability to
plaintiff for damages arising from his acts on the ground that he
enjoyed judicial and prosecutorial immunity. As to the former, the
trial judge properly applied the rule of Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S.
349, 98 S.Ct. 1099, 55 L.Ed.2d 331, in holding that the acts
perpetrated outside of Judge Harvey's courtroom and not then a part of
his judicial functions were undertaken in the "absence of all
jurisdiction."
We can agree with the district court that Judge Harvey's attacks on
plaintiff were not part of his duties; Barr would not afford him a
defense even if it did apply to judges. It is undisputed that
defendant did not offer a qualified immunity defense below, but in any
event such a defense would not withstand the jury's finding.
Rosenblatt v. Baer, 383 U.S. 75, 84, 86 S.Ct. 669, 15 L.Ed.2d 597.
This Claim Is Cognizable under the Equal Protection Clause of
the Fourteenth Amendment.
In the 'kids for cash' scandal case, Philadelphia, Jan. 10, 2014.
District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania granted
plaintiffs' motion for partial summary judgment against former Luzerne
County Juvenile Court Judge Mark Ciavarella, the judge at the center
of the now infamous 'kids for cash' scandal. Specifically, U.S.
District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo found that Ciavarella violated
the constitutional rights of the children who appeared before him to
an impartial tribunal, as guaranteed by the Fifth, Sixth, and
Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Ciavarella is
currently serving a 28-year federal prison sentence following his
criminal conviction in February 2011 on charges arising out of the
scandal. While American courts have a long history of protecting
judges from suit by litigants who have appeared before them, Judge A.
Richard Caputo ruled that Ciavarella is not immune from suit for his
non-judicial conduct associated with the violation of the children's
rights.
SUMMARY
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The petitioner's case presents extraordinarily important issues
warranting a carefully prepared Petition. The issues
involve fundamental questions of and facial challenges to the
entitlement to absolute immunity for respondent who violated the due
process and equal protection of a severely ill disabled patient/
petitioners rights to be deemed medically fit to stand for a court
case trial, with respect to accessing judicial services and equality.
Accommodating a person with a disability through reasonable
modifications/medically deem fit violates the due process clause as
well. Persons with disabilities are looking at a fundamental right or
at the very least something higher than rational basis. Therefore,
there simply cannot be a compelling reason or even a good reason to
deny a person with a severe disability trying to access fair judicial
services the accommodations he or she is entitled to under the ADA.
Accordingly, such a denial is a violation of the 14th amendment to the
U.S. Constitution. In recognition of the seriousness of these issues,
the Court of Appeals stayed its mandate and four judges on the Court
of Appeals would have granted to reverse.
This court should not dismiss Judge Gailey from the case before
petitioner has an opportunity to prove that the Judge acted
administratively, not judicially, when refusing petitioner's the right
to be medically deem fit for trial. Judge Gailey does respond in his
official capacity for any injunctive relief the petitioner is
requesting and also responds in his individual capacity to the extent
the acts in controversy are administrative in nature and not protected
by the absolute immunity doctrine. In any event the federal court
gave no consideration to this issue what so ever, but found Respondent
(Gailey) The Rooker-Feldman Doctrine immunity rights an absolute bar
to Petitioners claims injunctive relief and constitutional rights
violations. This court should undo go the damage caused by the federal
court to appropriately defining/ review the federal court jurisdiction
or application of The Rooker-Feldman Doctrine for injunctive relief
when a state judge violates a litigant 15t and 14th amendment to the
U.S. title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"),
42 U.S.C. § 12131 et seq and Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 1983)
Based on the language of the ADA, respondent' argument is without
merit.
§ 1983 allows for injunctive relief against a judicial officer
where declaratory relief was violated or where declaratory relief was
not available. However, the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine does not bar suits
for damages under title II of the ADA Considering the motions for
accommodations and the refusal of the court to certify it for
interlocutory appeal, an argument can be made that declaratory relief
was not available. Given the abrogation of state immunity by the ADA,
claims can be brought against a state judge in his/her individual or
official capacity under the ADA but for the doctrine of judicial
immunity. It has been established that this doctrine generally affords
judges immunity from damage suits. However, the Supreme Court has
held that judges can be held liable for damages in suits where actions
which are administrative in nature are challenged.
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CONCLUSION
For the forgoing reasons, Petitioner Kelechi Linardon
respectfully requests that the petition for a Writ Of Certiorari
should be granted.
Respectfully Submitted,
Date: 11/29/17
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