{"id":9000,"date":"2014-06-22T15:42:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T19:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=9000"},"modified":"2014-06-22T15:42:46","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T19:42:46","slug":"stop-please-stop-stop-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/22\/stop-please-stop-stop-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop. Please Stop. Stop. STOP!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I&#8217;m asking you to read an 18 page court decision. Yes, it&#8217;s that enjoyable of a read.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll give you two words and you&#8217;ll understand why. Merle Rutledge.<\/p>\n<p>Among other things, you&#8217;re about to learn that he claimed to have &#8220;mental anguish&#8221; when stopped by the police because it was on Valentine&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t make this stuff up, folks.<\/p>\n<p>Merle Rutledge went to federal court late in 2013 (again) and tried to file a frivolous lawsuit (again) and ask for Lots-O-Money (again).<\/p>\n<p>This time, Senior Federal Court Judge Jeckson Kiser had seen enough. The court document below is a quite entertaining read of Merle Rutledge&#8217;s previous idiotic lawsuits and his attempts to avoid having to pay the filing fees needed to start the process. You&#8217;ll read how Kiser has now blocked Merle Rutledge from filing any more lawsuits unless they&#8217;re approved by a judge beforehand. Enjoy this.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/230829880\/content?start_page=1&view_mode&access_key=key-mdPiTfhweMg5p5X4a1u3\"  data-auto-height=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"scribd_230829880\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t<div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;width:100%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/230829880\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">View this document on Scribd<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Now that you&#8217;re read this, look at Judge Kiser&#8217;s Footnote #8 on Page 12&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I have reason to believe that Plaintiff is participating in lawsuits filed by other pro se litigants before this Court. In particular, I believe that Plaintiff has counseled Mr. Lafayette Hodnett and Mr. Michael Elder concerning their actions against the Town of Chatham and the City of Danville, respectively. &#8230; The complaints in those cases evidence a structure, format, and narrative style that is remarkably similar to that of Plaintiff\u2019s typical filings<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Then look at Section #5 in the actual enjoinder (at the end of the document)&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Plaintiff is hereby enjoined from providing legal advice or counsel to any other person or entity, and is advised that the unauthorized practice of law is a Class 1 Misdemeanor in the Commonwealth of Virginia.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some news for you. Merle Rutledge was charged with practicing law without a license and was convicted on July 12th in Danville General District Court. He was fined $300, but has appealed the general district court&#8217;s verdict to Danville Circuit Court.<\/p>\n<p>This time, he&#8217;s got a real lawyer representing him. 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Yes, it&#8217;s that enjoyable of a read.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll give you two words and you&#8217;ll understand why. 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