Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: Sneaky Subpoena by CofS
From: grady@gradyward.com (Grady Ward)
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 18:29:54 GMT

On Mon, 7 Jun 1999 11:56:41 -0700, "Safe ... http://www.fzint.org/"
<Safe2WC@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> The Church of Scientology seems to be playing games with the Subpoena they
> issued to AT&T to get them to reveal my I.D.
>
> My Subpoena was filed in the United States District Court, Southern District
> of New York.
>
> It was signed by F. Danton (the Deputy Clerk) at 212-805-0140. She tried to
> look up the Subpoena for me but could not find it! Why?
>
> Because THREE items were missing:
>
> 1) Caption
> 2) Case #
> 3) Judges name
>
> The guy at the "Pro Se" office that F. Danton switched me to (212) 805-0175
> thought this OMITTED data (the "church" specializes in) was strange.
>
> I'm trying to find the Judge who issued the Subpoena but there's not enough
> data on this Subpoena for the District Court to find him/her.
>
> At the top it says "In the Matter of the Application of Bridge Publications,
> Inc. for a Subpoena to Identify Infringer Pursuant to 17 U.S.C. Section 512
> (h)

The new law permits the subpoena to be issued *without* a judge *or* a complaint (case number). Of course it appears strange to the clerk, this is a new law.

You need to make your emergency ex parte motion to the general duty judge by this morning, and be prepared to call his or her courtroom deputy to make sure he or she gets it before AT&T gives up your data.

Appealing or making threats to AT&T is *utterly* pointless. Getting a judge to give you more time is not.

Let me repeat that: Appealing or making threats to AT&T is *utterly* pointless. Getting a judge to give you more time is not.

The above should not be construed as legal advice but merely as hypothetical "what I would do" amusing pratfalls. I am not a lawyer. If you want legal advice, hire one or join the criminal cult of scientology.

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