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Octafish

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18. Agree with you and msanthrope, another attorney on DU who said the same.

Reply to Jim Lane (Reply #9)

Mon Mar 31, 2014, 07:53 AM

Mar 2014

From Dec. 28, 2013:

Here is what I think Shuler should do....hire an actual attorney. If the ACLU will represent

him, then he should do what they say.

And if I was his attorney, I'd start filing motions-- a hearing on the contempt, motions for recusal, motions for reconsideration, etc.

He needs legal counsel. And he needs to listen to that legal counsel.

BTW: From what Shuler wrote, he got tossed into jail before being served with any court order to take down anything negative about the friends of Karl Rove from his blog. Once in jail, he was denied access to a computer and Internet access, preventing him from fulfilling the court order to remove the "offensive" materials.

Do you think that's legal, Jim Lane, ordering a journalist to stand down?

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Legal Schnauzer publisher Roger Shuler released after more than 5 months in Alabama jail [View all] Octafish Mar 2014 OP

from the comments questionseverything Mar 2014 #1

Alabama GOP didn't like the part about a rising ''star'' sleeping with a married woman. Octafish Mar 2014 #2

thank you for keeping us informed questionseverything Mar 2014 #4

Pretty sad state of affairs when 100 state attorney generals get zero air-time. Octafish Mar 2014 #6

Part of Shuler's problem is that he always appears in court pro se but doesn't know jackshizz struggle4progress Mar 2014 #3

He's not ''batshit crazy.'' Octafish Mar 2014 #5

If you support him, don't just talk: help him get counsel and help him pay for it struggle4progress Mar 2014 #7

Wacky! I knew Democracy could count on you. Octafish Mar 2014 #8

... Mr. Shuler remains in jail, unwilling to take down his posts but also unwilling to hire a lawyer struggle4progress Mar 2014 #13

Thanks! He took down the posts. Octafish Mar 2014 #14

All links in my #13 refer to Shuler's wackadoodle pro se habit struggle4progress Mar 2014 #16

Got it! I figured that, as they didn't mention his release. Octafish Mar 2014 #17

SHULER et al v SWATEK et al demonstrates just how loony the world of Roger Shuler is: struggle4progress Mar 2014 #20

No offense, but I'll side with Shuler and Siegelman over Alabama just us. Octafish Mar 2014 #23

Carelessly jumbling stuff together produces useless fugged-up thought struggle4progress Mar 2014 #24

Shuler can be completely right about the Alabama GOP and still be batshit crazy about other things. Jim Lane Mar 2014 #9

I'm not a lawyer. Dr. Strange Mar 2014 #10

There are some circumstances under which service is invalid if procured by fraud. Jim Lane Mar 2014 #11

... “I’m not some whack job who doesn’t want help. I want legal help, but it has to be struggle4progress Mar 2014 #22

Agree with you and msanthrope, another attorney on DU who said the same. Octafish Mar 2014 #18

He was stopped by officers, served with the injunction, and threw the papers out his car window, struggle4progress Mar 2014 #21

Holy crap!! Did we just agree on something? nt msanthrope Mar 2014 #27

In general, yes, there are circumstances in which a court can make such an order. Jim Lane Mar 2014 #28

k & r and thanks once again Octafish! wildbilln864 Mar 2014 #12

Justice demands it. Shuler stood with Don Siegelman... Octafish Mar 2014 #15

Recommend! KoKo Mar 2014 #19

I just hope this guy goes right back to afflicting the people that put him in. idendoit Mar 2014 #25

K & R !!! WillyT Mar 2014 #26

He is a political prisoner. Alabama? More like Talibana. pragmatic_dem Mar 2014 #29