I | CROOKED COURT | REPLY BRIEF (11TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS)
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23-11231-F
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ELIAS MAKERE, FSA, MAAA (Appellant/Plaintiff)
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HON. MARTIN FITZPATRICK, ET AL (Appellee/Defendant)
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On Appeal From The United States District Court, Florida, Middle District 4:22-cv-000315
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APPELLANT’S REPLY BRIEF
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Elias Makere, FSA, MAAA Appellant PO Box 324 Hobart, IN 46342 P: 904.294.0026 E: Justice.Actuarial@gmail.com W: TextBookDiscrimination.com Get Booked Up on Justice!
ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
Makere v Fitzpatrick, et al, 23-11231
CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED PERSONS AND CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
Lower Tribunal:
Bolitho, Zachary (Hon.)Magistrate Winsor, Allen (Hon.)District Judge
Appellant is not a subsidiary/affiliate of a publicly owned corporation. Pursuant to Rule 26.1-2 11th Cir. R., Appellant does not know of any other entities that have interest in this case. Appellant hereby certifies that this CIP is complete.
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the defendant’s minimal Answer -
answered nothing/
twas just a maxim of his co-defendants’ pact for anti-
black destruction/
thus, this Reply means to briefly close the Opening -
without interruption/
so, may this Court quash the deviated order below -
reverse; and deconstruct it//
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STATEMENT REGARDING ORAL ARGUMENT Appellant hereby repeats his request for oral argument (please see Rule 28-1(c) 11th Cir. R.). He does so for the same reasons as before(ie, Issues I, II, III, and IV), as well as to present the pertinent facts that the lower tribunal never collected (nor tried to collect). Moreover, oral argument will provide Appellant the constitutionally-guaranteed hearing (regarding his substantial rights) which the LT refused to afford him.
Appellant, Elias Makere, was the Plaintiff in the lower tribunal; and will be referred to in this brief as “Civilian X” (Rule 28(d) Fed. R. App. P.). Appellees (ie, Judge Martin Fitzpatrick, et al), were the defendants below; and will be referred to as “Those Officials”. The person whom Those Officials were covering for was a state hearingofficer named Edward Gary Early; hereinafter referred to as “Judge Y”.
Incorporating Opening Brief
Civilian X files this Reply Brief in response to Appellee Schreiber’s Answer Brief (AB); hereby incorporating Civilian X’s Opening Brief in its entirety.
Timeliness
This Reply Brief is timely.
On January 12, 2024, Civilian X submitted his Opening Brief.2/
Therefore, Civilian X’s replybrief became due today (ie, March 5, 2024). A due date which fell ‘21 days after service of the brief of the last appellee’ (citing Rule 31-1(a) 11th Cir. R.).3/ Thus, by filing it today (ie, on the 3/5/24 due date), Civilian X has met this Court’s time constraint.
Quick Recap of LT Proceeding
As outlined in the Opening Brief, the case below deals with: (a) the LT’s unconstitutional local rule; (b) the LT’s mutilation of filed court documents; and (c) Appellee Schreiber’s perjurous fraud upon the court.
As detailed in the amended civil complaint, Civilian X sought: (a) declaratory relief; and (b) injunctiverelief (among other things). Specifically, Civilian X asked the trial court to enjoin the federal appellees from enforcing/creating an unconstitutional/discriminatory local rule. [R0007] Importantly, he also asked the judiciary to prevent the federal appellees from “ever participating (judge, juror, etc) in a case involving [Civilian X]”. [R0007]
Soon after the trial court transferred the case below into the LT,4/ four of the federal appellees recused themselves (from both/all of Civilian X’s cases). Thereby providing Civilian X with the relief that he sought.
Stated briefly, Those Officials failed to address/rebut the six issues-on-appeal. Instead, they rested their laurels on their foreseen discriminatory attacks/smears. [R0005]
Out of the seven appellees on record, only one (ie, Appellee Schreiber) even proffered an appellatebrief. The remaining six remained silent. Yet, even in that lone fractional brief, Appellee Schreiber failed to address/rebut the points-on-appeal (let alone defeat them).
Due to these shortcomings, this Court has many reasons to reject the decision below. A decision that this Court can respond to with the aid of the following points-on-reply.
POINT
Forfeited Issue-on-Appeal #1
Appellees (individually and in total) Failed to Address the Fact that the District Court Erred by Failing to Recognize the ‘Reasonable Factual Basis’ Regarding Those Officials’ Unconstitutional Local Rule (which preys on black people)
OVERVIEW I
1. Civilian X’s First Issue-on-Appeal [OB021] detailed how the District Court’s order-on-appeal erred by [falsely] claiming that Civilian X’s complaint lacked a factual basis. Therein, Civilian X presented the public records (and independently verifiable records) that showcased the reasonable factual basis of Those Officials’ discriminatory/unconstitutional local rule.
2. Appellee Schreiber’s answerbrief, however, failed to address this point (let alone rebut it).
3. Moreover, the federal appellees (ie, Appellees Fitzpatrick/etc) never addressed this point either. They failed to do so, of course, because they never even filed an answerbrief.
ARGUMENT I
4. In his opening brief, Civilian X detailed the effort he put forth in researching/analyzing the facts surrounding Those Officials’ unconstitutional local rule. [OB023]-[OB025]
a. He disclosed the dates that he performed the research;
b. He disclosed the hours that he spent analyzing the facts;
c. He disclosed the public records that he compiled; and
d. He disclosed the results that he freely published.
5. In his Answer Brief, Appellee Schreiber failed to mention (let alone dispute) any of these elements.
a. In fact, the word “hour” never even appeared in Appellee Schreiber’s AB. Nor did “analysis”; “research”; or “rational basis”.
6. Of course, none of those elements (or words) appeared in any of the federal appellees’ [non-existent] brief.
7. Thus, Those Officials failed to address (let alone rebut) Civilian X’s first point-on-appeal.
8. Nevertheless, Civilian X will hereby expound on his original point: The results of Civilian X’s pre-suit research/analysis are independently verifiable. Since he published his results on his website (ie, TextBookDiscrimination.com), anybody/everybody could have made copies.
9. One such ‘body’ was Web.Archive.org. An organization that - according its online database – procured a copy [of the aforementioned results] in June 2022. (ie, almost immediately after Civilian X published them). This fact further proves that Civilian X did the research [to arrive at a reasonable factual basis] for his complaint below.
10. A proof, of course, that is fatal to the order-on-appeal. Because, as this Court has long-held, sanctions are inapplicable when a factual basis [for a complaint] exists (highlights added):
11. Therefore, this Court is in prime position to reject the order-on-appeal. Especially since none of Those Officials managed/attempted to address its first faulty issue-on-appeal.
12. Plus, this Court is further primed to reject the LT’s appealedorder due to its remaining [unaddressed/unrebutted] faulty issues-on-appeal (infra).
POINT II
Unrebutted Issue-on-Appeal #1
Appellees (individually and in total) Failed to Rebut the Fact that the District Court’s Order-on-Appeal Featured a False Finding of ‘Fact’ (regarding Civilian X’s Litigation History)
OVERVIEW II
13. Civilian X’s Second Issue-on-Appeal [OB026] detailed how the District Court’s order-on-appeal erred by making a false finding of ‘fact’ (regarding Civilian X’s litigation history). Therein, Civilian X presented the fact that he had never been charged (let alone condemned) with filing a “frivolous complaint”.
14. Appellee Schreiber’s answerbrief, however, failed to rebut this fact.
15. Moreover, the federal appellees (ie, Appellees Fitzpatrick/etc) failed to rebut this point altogether. Failing to do so, of course, by never even filing an answerbrief.
ARGUMENT II
16. In Civilian X’s opening brief, he pointed to the fact that he has never had any history of filing “frivolous complaints”:
“96. Civilian X did not have any history of filingfrivolous complaints.
97. No Court had ever entered a “with prejudice” dismissal (which featured a judgment of “frivolity”) against any of Civilian X’s complaints.
98. In fact, the LT’s appealedorder failed to cite any case that fit that description.”
- [OB028]
17. This was an important point, because it proved that the order-on-appeal was erroneous. An erroneousorder that was subject to reversal (highlights added):
18. This important point, however, was one that Those Officials failed to rebut.
19. At no point in Appellee Schreiber’s 39-page AB did he ever rebut the fact that Civilian X had never previously been charged with (let alone been found-guilty-of) “frivolity”.
20. Of course, neither did the federal appellees (who never even filed an answerbrief).
CONCLUSION II
21. Once again – and aided by Those Officials’ rebuttal failures – this Court is in prime position to reject the order from below.
22. The next issue-on-reply, valuably, can further factor into this Court’s prime position to reject/deconstruct the order-on-appeal.
POINT III
Unrebutted Issue-on-Appeal #2
Appellees (individually and in total) Failed to Rebut the Fact that the District Court’s Order-on-Appeal Featured a Second False Finding of ‘Fact’ (regarding Civilian X’s Ongoing Discrimination Charges)
OVERVIEW III
23. Civilian X’s Third Issue-on-Appeal [OB030] detailed how the District Court’s order-on-appeal erred by making a second false finding of ‘fact’ (regarding Civilian X’s ongoing discrimination charges against Allstate Insurance Company (“Allstate”)). Therein, Civilian X presented the fact that he has only filed two (2) charges; contrary to the five (5) that the order-on-appeal [falsely] ‘found’.
24. Appellee Schreiber’s answerbrief, however, failed to rebut this fact.
25. Moreover, the federal appellees (ie, Appellees Fitzpatrick/etc) failed to rebut this point altogether. Failing to do so, of course, by never even filing an answerbrief.
ARGUMENT III
26. In Civilian X’s opening brief, he pointed to the fact that he has only filed two (2) administrative charges against Allstate.
“108. Civilian X has not filed five administrative claims “seeking redress for his termination [from Allstate].
109. Civilian X has filed two (2).
a. The first was on June 30, 2017 (FCHR 2017-01432) (¶4); and
b. The second was on April 10, 2019 (FCHR 2019-19238) (¶18a).
110. In fact – and like before (¶98, supra) – the LT’s [appealed] order failed to cite any of the supposed “five state administrative claims” that it was using in its false statement.”
- [OB032]
28. However, Those Officials failed to rebut this important point.
29. At no point in Appellee Schreiber’s 39-page AB did he ever rebut the fact that Civilian X has only filed two charges of discrimination against Allstate. Nor did Appellee Schreiber ever dispute the fact that the order-on-appeal was wrong for [falsely] claiming that Civilian X had filed five such charges.
30. Of course, neither did the federal appellees (who never even filed an answerbrief).
CONCLUSION III
31. Therefore – and aided by Those Officials’ rebuttal failures – this Court is in prime position to reject the order from below. Especially considering Those Officials’ subsequent failures-to-rebut (ie, Point IV infra)
POINT IV
Unrebutted Issue-on-Appeal #3
Appellees (individually and in total) Failed to Rebut the Fact that the District Court’s Order-on-Appeal Featured a Third False Finding of ‘Fact’ (regarding Civilian X’s Motivations)
OVERVIEW IV
33. Civilian X’s Fourth Issue-on-Appeal [OB034] detailed how the District Court’s order-on-appeal erred by making a third false finding of ‘fact’ (regarding Civilian X’s motivations for filing suit). Therein, Civilian X presented the fact that he has volunteered thousands of hours to help people secure the justice that they deserve (leaving him no time to engage in the personal exploits that the order-on-appeal [falsely] framed onto him).
34. Appellee Schreiber’s answerbrief, however, failed to rebut this fact.
35. Moreover, the federal appellees (ie, Appellees Fitzpatrick/etc) failed to rebut this point altogether. Failing to do so, of course, by never even filing an answerbrief.
ARGUMENT IV
36. In Civilian X’s opening brief, he pointed to the fact that he has volunteered roughly 10,000 hours building a pathway to justice [for himself and for thousands of others]:
“121. Civilian X never acted out of spite/vindictiveness/anger in the LT. Nor did he ever act with those motivations in any of his contemporaneous legal actions (ie, Makere v Allstate; Makere v Early).
124. Additionally, Civilian X has spent thousands of hours developing & updating a free, comprehensive, self-help website for pro se litigants. As of December 31, 2023, Civilian X has spent 9,806 hours building TextBookDiscrimination.com. It has well-over 35,000 webpages; which are:
a. Free;
b. Fast;
c. Available for all;
d. Devoid of ads;
e. Devoid of contracts;
f. Devoid of sign-ups; and
g. Devoted to civil rights litigants
Thus, Civilian X has had no time (or interest) to engage in personal exploits with any of the above-named appellees. In fact, Civilian X has never wanted anything to do with any of them; and has been working diligently to repair the damages that they have caused. Damages to Civilian X directly; damages to civilians nationwide; and damages to the United States of America.
125. Moreover, the LT’s appealedorder failed to produce any evidence to support its false statement. The record shows that the LT never observed Civilian X [do anything – of any king] (neither via phone nor via in-person hearing). Nor has the LT ever attempted to commandeer Civilian X into its presence for the purpose of questions/observations.”
- [OB036]
38. However, Those Officials failed to rebut this important point.
39. At no point in Appellee Schreiber’s 39-page AB did he ever rebut the fact that Civilian X has spent roughly 10,000 hours building a pathway to justice. Nor did Appellee Schreiber ever dispute the fact that Civilian X had “no time to engage in personal exploits”. [OB037]
40. In fact, the word “hours” never even appeared in Appellee Schreiber’s AB. Nor did the terms “personal exploit”, “webpage”, or “textbookdiscrimination.com”.
41. Of course, the federal appellees - who never even filed an answerbrief – also failed to rebut this point (let alone dispute these facts).
CONCLUSION IV
42. Therefore, this Court is further positioned to reject the order-from-below. Because – for the third time now – it featured a false finding of ‘fact’.
43. A false finding that was further exacerbated by Those Officials’ failure to address any of the remaining issues-on-appeal. Issues which they thereby forfeited (Point V, infra).
POINT V
Forfeited Issues on Appeal #s 2-3
Appellees (individually and in total) Failed to Address the Fact that the District Court Failed to Comport with the Essential Requirements of Law (regarding the Equal Protections Clause; and the Due Process Clause of the US Constitution)
OVERVIEW V
44. In addition to his four points regarding the LT’s faulty order, Civilian X put forth two points regarding the illegitimacy of the proceeding below. Those Officials, however, forfeited all resistance to these two remaining issues-on-appeal.
ARGUMENT V
45. For starters, Civilian X’s fifth issue-on-appeal detailed how the LT failed to comport with the essential requirements of law (ie, the harmfully discriminatory denial of eFiling) [OB039]. Those Officials failed to address Civilian X’s argument, though. Thus, they forfeited the point.
46. The same can be said about the sixth issue-on-appeal[OB044]. Civilian X sought reversal from the LT’s due process violation (ie, lack of impartiality stemming from one of the defendants/appellees being the trial judge below). Yet, Those Officials remained silent on the issue. Thereby yielding another forfeited point to Civilian X.
CONCLUSION V
47. Therefore, Those Officials’ avoidance of these two issues-on-appeal further empowers this Court to reject the decision from below. And Civilian X hereby asks this Court to do just that.
WHEREFORE, Appellant (ie, Civilian X) asks this Court to reject the lower tribunal’s [appealed]order; because - in addition to being false & erroneous – neither the record nor Appellees (ie, Those Officials) can support it. Dated this 5th day of March 2024.
Respectfully submitted,
3/5/2024/s/ Elias Makere DateElias Makere, FSA, MAAA CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 5th day of March 2024, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of Courts by using PACER; which will send a notice of electronic filing to the attached service list. /s/ Elias Makere
Endnotes:
1/
[A0210] means page 210 from the appendix [to Appellant’s Opening Brief]
[OBII] means page ii from the Opening Brief
[AB012] means page 12 from the Answer Brief
[R0210] means page 210 from the appendix [to Appellant’s Reply Brief]
{#44} means docket entry 44 from the lower tribunal2/
Two days later – on Sunday, January 14, 2024 - Appellant filed a corrected brief (thereby fixing technical defects). On February 21, 2024, this Court accepted Appellant’s corrected brief.
3/
Please refer to Rule 6 Fed. R. Civ. P. in order to calculate the time window.
4/
the case [below] began in state court before getting transferred into federal court (USFLMD; 7/5/22). USFLMD later transferred this action to the northern district (USFLND; 8/30/22).
Office of the Attorney General
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Tallahassee, FL 32399
(appearing for Appellee/Defendant Schreiber)
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