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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )
Plaintiff,
v. Civil Action No. 2:09-cv-0065
NEW BLACK PANTHER PARTY FOR SELF-DEFENSE, an unincorporated association, MALIK ZULU SHABAZZ, MINISTER KING SAMIR SHABAZZ aka MAURICE HEATH, and JERRY JACKSON, Defendants.
RULE 41(a)(1)(A) NOTICE OF DISMISSAL
NOW COMES the Plaintiff, the United States, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A) and files this Notice of Dismissal of the above action and states as follows:
1. The Defendants New Black Panther Party for Self Defense, Malik Zulu Shabazz, and Jerry Jackson have not filed an answer or motion for summary judgment. These same Defendants have made no appearance and have filed no pleadings with the Court. Nor have they otherwise raised any other defenses to this action. Therefore, the United State has the right under Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A) to dismiss voluntarily this action against the Defendants: New Black Panther Party for Self Defense, Malik Zulu Shabazz, and Jerry Jackson.
2. The United States dismisses the claims against these Defendants without prejudice.
3. This dismissal does not extend to Defendant Minister King Samir Shabazz.
Case 2:09-cv-00065-SD Document 17 Filed 05/15/2009
WHEREFORE, the United States, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A), files this voluntary dismissal and hereby dismisses the instant action against the Defendants New Black Panther Party for Self Defense, Malik Zulu Shabazz, and Jerry Jackson, without prejudice.
Respectfully submitted,
LORETTA KING
Acting Assistant Attorney General
CHRISTOPHER COATES
Chief, Voting Section
ROBERT D. POPPER
Deputy Chief
s/ Spencer R. Fisher
J. CHRISTIAN ADAMS
SPENCER R. FISHER
Attorneys
United States Department of Justice
Civil Rights Division, Voting Section
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
NWB - Room 7146
Washington, D.C. 20006
202-305-0015 phone
202-307-3961 fax
[email protected]
Case 2:09-cv-00065-SD Document 17 Filed 05/15/2009
Originally posted by habu71
Any more background on the Judge
Originally posted by jjkenobi
I guess that's an open invite for the KKK to stand outside of polling places as well?
Perhaps I'll need to bring my 2nd amendment rights to protect me at the polling booth next elections.
Originally posted by Darthorious
I was actually surprised none showed up.
Now wait a damn minute. You're telling me that if three white boys had been stalking around a polling place in Mississippi throwing out the N-word and accosting voters, the Department would let it go? Of course not. And rightly so. Voter intimidation is nasty, antidemocratic. Voter intimidation on account of race? HELLO?!?
How bad was the intimidation? Bartle Bull who is described as "a longtime civil rights activist and former aide to Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign" said in an affidavit... "In my opinion, the men created an intimidating presence at the entrance to a poll," he declared. "In all my experience in politics, in civil rights litigation and in my efforts in the 1960s to secure the right to vote in Mississippi ... I have never encountered or heard of another instance in the United States where armed and uniformed men blocked the entrance to a polling location." Mr. Bull said the "clear purpose" of what the Panthers were doing was to "intimidate voters with whom they did not agree." He also said he overheard one of the men tell a white poll watcher: "You are about to be ruled by the black man, cracker." He called their conduct an "outrageous affront to American democracy and the rights of voters to participate in an election without fear." He said it was a "racially motivated effort to limit both poll watchers aiding voters, as well as voters with whom the men did not agree."
This looks significantly more like politicization of outcomes that anything alleged during the Bush administration, especially since the DoJ already won the case. In fact, the government had prepared arguments for penalties against the men as late as May 5th, before the political commissars under Attorney General Eric Holder ordered them to withdraw. Holder, during his confirmation hearing, had called career DoJ lawyers his “teachers” and the “backbone” of Justice. Apparently, the political leadership trumps teachers and backbone when it comes to voter intimidation on behalf of Barack Obama.
Originally posted by Kr0n0s
Hes starting to make Bill and Hillary look like Reagan era Republicans
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Originally posted by habu71
Any more background on the Judge
All I know is it was submitted by - LORETTA KING, Acting Assistant Attorney General. I've been trying to find info on her ... but I can't even find a picture of her shaking hands with anyone let alone a biography.
Loretta King was selected by Assistant Attorney
General Deval L. Patrick as the Civil Rights Division's career
Deputy Assistant Attorney General in 1994. Her primary
responsibilities include supervision of the Coordination and
Review, Special Litigation, and Voting Rights Sections.
A graduate of Duke University and American University's
Washington College of Law, Ms. King worked from 1980-1990 in the
Employment Litigation Section, enforcing Title VII of the Civil
Rights Act and Executive Order 12246. After a stint in the Civil
Division, Ms. King returned to the Division in 1992 as Deputy
Chief in the Voting Section, where she focused considerable
energy on the defense of cases challenging majority-minority
districts.
Ms. King is a proud beneficiary of the civil rights laws
passed during the 1960's, and thus has devoted her career to
enforcing those very laws for the benefit of future generations.
Ms. King enthusiastically supports and is actively involved in
the Coordination and Review Section's initiatives to reinvigorate
the governmentwide enforcement of Title VI and Title IX. "The
Department of Justice has an important leadership role under
Executive Order 12250," she said, "and we will exercise it so
that the full potential of covered civil rights laws can be
realized." Ms. King added, "This is especially true with respect
to Title VI and Title IX -- they finally will get the attention
and emphasis they deserve and need."
Republican Rep. Frank Wolf is accusing Attorney General Holder of ignoring his requests for an explanation why the Justice Department dismissed charges of voter intimidation filed against two members of the New Black Panther Party.
One of the four men there that day, Minister King Samir Shabazz, did face a charge of brandishing a "deadly weapon," a nightstick, outside the polling station, The Hill reported. His punishment -- being prohibited from brandishing a weapon within 100 feet of a Philadelphia polling station until after the 2012 election.