Can't they charge this azzhole with contempt of court? This guy is wasting the courts time and money. Hopefully the next judge throws his azz in jail and makes him pay the cleaners court costs.
Farkin douchnozzle.

netizencain: Zarkin Frood: whoa, that sounds like a really expensive pants suit.

First thing that popped into my head too!

You heard about the dry cleaners right? Stuck with a huge lawyer bill after defending themselves from this nutjob. They are asking for financial support!

Last time I checked it was part of the verdict that the asshat was require to pay their legal fees.

Dr. Mojo PhD: 200 bucks for the pants and 400 in punitive is all this should have been.

Actually, no. The cleaners found his pants, so that should have been the end of it. Lawsuit over.

Torrent of Rubbish: I hope he gets hit by a car like Brad Pitt in that terrible movie about how he's Death and then he falls in love with that actress that isn't around anymore. SNAP.

I LOL'ed.

fireclown: I don't know about HERO, the judge did do what a sane man would have, though.

It means being doing sane things is not uncommon and heroic.

I blame Bush.


/And Clinton.
//And Reagan.
///And Fillmore.
////And de Gaulle.

Leishu

He is required to pay their court costs (cost of filing papers, etc.). The presiding judge has yet to rule on whether this moron is required to pay their legal fees.

FTFA - "Pearson's suit, which originally sought $67 million, was based on a strict interpretation of the city's consumer protection law. It also included damages for inconvenience, mental anguish and attorney's fees for representing himself."

"Mental anguish?" Wasn't there an earlier article onthis guy that claimed he was a little off to begin with? At what point does he lose his license to practie law?

pants

ten bucks says he rides this issue until he finds some state or federal ruling authority involved in this case that can actually be sued for $54 million successfully...and then he'll go after them for the mental anguish of being told to DIAF repeatedly.

he is going to get his money one way or another.

/pants

"Pearson's suit, which originally sought $67 million, was based on a strict interpretation of the city's consumer protection law. It also included damages for inconvenience, mental anguish and attorney's fees for representing himself. "

attorney's fees for representing himself.
attorney's fees for representing himself.
attorney's fees for representing himself.

What an asshat.

Maybe Pants Judge and that Massachusetts bar-failing homo guy can start a firm...

Leishu: Last time I checked it was part of the verdict that the asshat was require to pay their legal fees.

IANAL, but I've been reading clarifications that he was ordered to pay court costs, not the legal costs owed by the dry cleaners. So they still owe money.

Besides that, what's the likelihood that this moran has the money to pay their lawyers if ordered, or even more likely if he does, has hidden it well enough that he won't have to pay.

I still would like to know what he honestly expected from all this. I mean, even if you total all the assets of these people they couldn't come close to millions of dollars. I bet you'd be lucky to get a couple million if you sold the dry cleaners kidneys along with their business and personal assets. What the hell is with the $54mil?

solitaire de blaze: I blame Bush.


/And Clinton.
//And Reagan.
///And Fillmore.
////And de Gaulle.

Don't forget Hitler for the godwin of the year award.

//might as well

Does this arse berry realize it would'a cost him less money and less time to just go buy another farking pair of farking pants?!?!

The farking fact that this even went in front of judge is proof that the justice system has ultimately failed. From the top, to the bottom.

He who represents himself has a fool for a client.

IANAL, but I've been reading clarifications that he was ordered to pay court costs, not the legal costs owed by the dry cleaners. So they still owe money.

from what I've seen the judge has not yet ruled on the request to make Pearson pay the defendants' attorney fees.

Torrent of Rubbish: then he falls in love with that actress that isn't around anymore. SNAP.

Dude, she's on CSI: NY. (pops)

Hugh Manatee: The presiding judge has yet to rule on whether this moron is required to pay their legal fees.

US chamber of commerce is having a fundraiser.

http://www.chungfundraiser.com/

ManofPeas

Great use of a Hunter S Thompson quote!

Well, it started out nicely: "I'm returning some pants." A very identifiable problem. But that's where the story takes a most unappealing turn.

raptusregaliter:
Don't forget Hitler for the godwin of the year award.

//might as well


You know who else liked to sue people over his cheap pants...?

HITLER!1!eins!!!1!

It's not about the pants anymore. This is a personal vendetta or some sort and this asshat will stop at nothing. Someone, please put this guy out of his misery!

The judge just needs a new lawyer...

/"I'll take the case!"

IIRC, wasn't there an earlier ruling by this same judge requiring this asshat to pay the cleaner's attorney fees? This is so absurd, I'm sure the judge would go for it. If there was ever a lawsuit designed to harrass, this is it.

Further, this guy is likely a member of some state's bar (not 100% sure but I think some admin judges dont need a law license). At any rate, most state bars have penalties for 'embarassing conduct'. Essentially acting like an asshat and embarrasing the profession (feel free to snark).

Some searching on various state bar websites would turn up where he is licensed. And then a letter (not email) to that bar's disciplinary committee would probably make life tough on this guy.

Just sayin.

Maybe if they lost and mangled his pants while he was still wearing them...leaving him legless...then maybe he could have a lot of money...otherwise this low class low life needs to die with quickness.

Farkin'round: //where crack smokers are elected to be Mayor.

Marion Shepilov Barry (wait, what?) is no longer the mayor.

He's now a councilman for the District's Ward 8.

/where most of his dealers live
//knows better than to spend time in Congress Heights
///uses indiscriminate slashies for fun and profit

ropegun: IIRC, wasn't there an earlier ruling by this same judge requiring this asshat to pay the cleaner's attorney fees? This is so absurd, I'm sure the judge would go for it. If there was ever a lawsuit designed to harrass, this is it.

Further, this guy is likely a member of some state's bar (not 100% sure but I think some admin judges dont need a law license). At any rate, most state bars have penalties for 'embarassing conduct'. Essentially acting like an asshat and embarrasing the profession (feel free to snark).

Some searching on various state bar websites would turn up where he is licensed. And then a letter (not email) to that bar's disciplinary committee would probably make life tough on this guy.

Just sayin.


Of course, revealing his contact info, and the ensuing torrent of hate mail, death threats, and general racist flamebait he would have the privilege of receiving would be just as sweet, no?

Vigilantism is still sometimes good for something. And it saves paperwork, and thus trees, time, and money.

/rabble, rabble, rabble, rabble!!!!

A little research shows he is a member of the DC Bar.

http://www.dcbar.org/

I cant find him listed in VA or MD.

solitaire de blaze: ////And de Gaulle.

Outrageous! Pistols at dawn, Sir!

Why can't they declare this a frivolous lawsuit?

It would be a lot less frivolous for the dry-cleaners to sue the judge for all the legal expenses of defending themselves, business lost, defamation of character, whatever. Sue his pants off! That will teach him!

Besides... we all know they don't actually wear pants under their robes...

The Precious: When lawyers blatantly attempt to abuse the law, can't they automatically get disbarred or something? This guy is a serious asshole. If the dry cleaners lost his pants, the most he should sue for is just the cost of replacement pants and that's it.

Procedural Judges aren't REQUIRED to be members of any BAR!!! Doesn't that just blow your mind?

He sat in mud, ruining his pants.

/the very pants he was going to return

tedZilla: solitaire de blaze: ////And de Gaulle.

Outrageous! Pistols at dawn, Sir!

Go away, or I will taunt you a second time!

The nerve, arrogance, and sheer disregard for both other people and rational thought that this man possesses make me wish for the world's biggest dead fish to slap him with. I would then put him in jail. Underground. With no pants.

I didn't know the guy was African American. Now I think that ruling against him is racism. This is an outrage!

/Quick! Turn on the Sharpton signal!

This just gets me steaming man. You would think by now that they would have this ironed out, but this douche continues to press on and turn up the heat. He just keeps hemming away at these poor asians. I'm sure their nerves are beyond frayed at this point.

mekkab: Procedural Judges aren't REQUIRED to be members of any BAR!!! Doesn't that just blow your mind?

I think it depends on which department of the fed govt one works in, my pops is a fed admin judge in a different agency and one of the reqs for his job (I checked bc it is cush) is to be active & licensed at hire.

But I do remember him telling me that not all admin judge positions require an active license. Although he was quick to add it's hard to get selected for such a position as a non-lawyer competing agst lawyers.

aphexcoil: This just gets me steaming man. You would think by now that they would have this ironed out, but this douche continues to press on and turn up the heat. He just keeps hemming away at these poor asians. I'm sure their nerves are beyond frayed at this point.

I bet that post perc'd in your head a while before you posted it.

/the more you know

Amazing that this asshat is also a judge.

He can't get over the fact his wild and crazy suit lost and he is pressing on.

Looks like this braindead idiot needs to get the other two braindead idiots involved. Bring in Jesse and Al. That'll show em.

Supercheeks 2007-07-17 01:06:38 PM
Farkin'round: What is asinine is that this idiot is a judge.

Not for much longer.
///

Kind of makes you wonder just what kind of cases this guys allows into his court. What a tool.

Joe Hallenbeck: Leather pants.
Jimmy Dix: Yeah.
Joe Hallenbeck: What's something like that run?
Jimmy Dix: Six-fifty.
Joe Hallenbeck: Six hundred and fifty dollars?
Jimmy Dix: Yeah.
Joe Hallenbeck: They're pants.
Jimmy Dix: Yeah.
Joe Hallenbeck: You wear them?
Jimmy Dix: YES.
Joe Hallenbeck: They don't, like, have a TV in them or something?
Jimmy Dix: Nope.
Joe Hallenbeck: I am very old.

tanager2 Quote 2007-07-17 01:15:23 PM
I want to see this jerk ordered to pay for all the court costs AND damages to the couple he's put through hell.

Then I want to see him dunked in honey and tied to a fire ant hill. On public television.
///
I think you should be hired by the networks as a program director. Hell that'd be better than most of the new fall lineup from what I've seen so far.