DOCSLIB.ORG

Waiver of Service of Summons

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Waiver of Service of Summons WAIVER OF SERVICE OF SUMMONS TO: JOHN ti. KfJNNfiy, IN PRO PER (NAME OF PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY OR UNREPRESENTED PLAINTIFF) I, acknowledge receipt of your request that I waive service of a summons in the action of JOHN B. KENNEY v . Ci+V ., , .et.al / , which is case number in the United States District Court for the ^>OU~[ ff £/? FJ District of CALIFORNIA, fu . V . I have also received a copy of the complaint in the action, two copies of this instrument, and a means by which I can return the signed waiver to you without cost to me. I agree to save the cost of service of a summons and an additional copy of the complaint in this lawsuit by not requiring that I (or the entity on whose behalf I an acting) be served with judicial process in the manner provided by Rule 4. I (or the entity on whose behalf I an acting) will retain all defenses or objections to the lawsuit or to the jurisdiction or venue of the court except for objections based on a defect in the summons or in the service of the summons. I understand that a judgment may be entered against me (or the party on whose behalf I am acting) if an answer or motion under Rule 12 is not served upon you within 60 days after , or within 90 days after that date if the request was sent outside the (DATE REQUEST W/"fS SENT) United States. (DATE) (SIGNATURE) Primed/Typed Name: of (TITLE) (CORPORATE DEFENDANT) Duly lo Avuid Unnecessary Coils of Service of Summom Rule 4 ill die Fofcr.il Rules of Civil Procedure i {quires ceium parties to cooperate in saving unnecessary coils at' service of the summons and uinpljirt! A itei'emUiil located in ihe United Stales who. aher being noiifieil ot .111 action Jiid Jsfced by a plaintiff located in the United Stales to waive sen ice nl a unniiiom. link to (to so will be required tu hear Ihe co>f of Mich service unless good ca'jse be shown for us failure to sign jiul return the waiver. It K nnl gnnd cause lor j failure 10 urjive service that a pjny believes Hut Ilie complaint it unfoundcil or that Ilie action has been brought in .111 nnpiTioer pl.-ice or in a conn tliat Ijcks |un«liclioii over the subject nutter ol'llw action or over >u person or property A pany M-ho waives service of the summons retains all defenses ami obicetioro letccpi any rel,nn>u to UK simuntini or in lite stn-icr nl Ihe iimunons). and may later obfect to the lunsiliction of the court or to Ilie place wltere the actiuii lud been brought A ilelencbm who waives service must within the Unie specified on the waiver lunn serve on the pljinlilfs attorney lor unrepresented plaintiff) j response to the coinpUint and inust also file a signed copy of lite response with the court If (lie an>uer or motion is not >cAed within this time, a default judgment iruy be taken against Ihji defendant By wjivinf >cp.'ice. a Jelcndjiu is allowed more tune to aiuwcr tlun if the iuimnoiu had been actiully ier\-ed when tit* rcque.u lor waiver of service was received. :ODMA-.PCDOCS1.Wt)RDPERFECr.N59SM May 5. I9«W(I I AO 441 Summons in a Civil Acliun United States District Court SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA JOHN B. KENNEY Civil Action No. 13cv248-WQH-DHB Plaintiff (SEE ATTACHMENT) SUMMONS IN A CIVIL ACTION FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT To: (Defendant's name and address) A lawsuit lias been filed against you. Within 21 days after sen ice of this summons on you (not counting the say you received it) - or 60 days if you are the United States or a United States agency, or an office or employee of the United States described in Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(a)(2) or (3) - You must serve on the plaintiff an answer to the attached complaint or a motion under Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The answer or motion must be served on the plaintiff or plaintiffs attorney, whose name and address arc: John B. Kenney P.O. Box 7344 San Diego. CA 92167 If you fail to respond, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. You also must file your answer or motion with the court. Date: 10/22/13 W. Samuel Hamrick, Jr. CLERK OF COURT S/M. Cruz Signature of Clerk or Deputy Clerk Little was I to know that 3 months later all these people -even the ones I'd helped and partnered with- were all to denounce me as Raffi did. In almost exactly the same way. Just 3 months delayed. The next day, Oct. 14, 2011, the City of SD, Mayor & SDPD & Co-Conspirators would come into Civic Center and blow the Occupiers out using mace, flesh rippers, and assault and battery. Raffi's attempt to psy-op neuter us had failed, but he had seriously slandered Plaintiff. For Chronologically: See Immediately ante; A. 1.) City of SD, Mayor & SDPD & Co-Conspirators' Incident of 10/14/2011: Maced, A&B etc.; Above. 9 B. 2.)(a) During & Post-Incident of 10/14/2011: I will leave this part to my wife (Who is Japanese and not a perfectly fluent English 10 11 speaker, so I've made minor grammatical changes to keep her style intact, but help the intent become more clear, as best I thought possible.) to explain: 12 13 "I have never met Julie Majcher in my life before Occupy SD. I was taking some video \vhen SDPD tried to evacuate Occupy SD on October 13th, 2011. At the 14 time, Julie was interrupting me from taking the video. First, she stood in front of 15 me even I tried to move from her again and again. I didn 't notice that she tried to interrupt me for a while. And she pushed me strongly with her big body. And she 16 started to tell me that 'you are an undercover cop?' I just ignored her first. But She 17 just kept saying to me that 'you are undercover', or like that. Then she talked to Josh, (Joshua Funn, supposedly of the ISO, (International 18 Socialist Organization)) and he came over. He stood right in front of me to take 19 a video of me and he asked me, 'Are you a cop?' several times. I called to John to help me because 1 was scared about Julie's -and now Josh's too- way. John told Josh and Julie, 'She is my girlfriend'. Then Josh seemed confused. He 21 asked me that 'Are you a cop?1 again. John talked to him. Finally he stopped. 22 Next day, October 14th, 2011, I was sitting at Freedom Plaza (SD Civic Center) and John's backpack was also sitting next me. Julie walked by me and 23 kicked John's backpack. 24 After that, I heard from John that Julie had used abusive language to him many times." 25 To say the least. 2 6 Both Josh and Julie were involved in this and several more incidents of 27 stalking, conspiracy with City/County/Federal agents, and defamation. Julie is a retired 28 California State employee, ex-SDSU grad and sometimes guest on KPBS in the past. - Facie 16 of 54 - FAC - FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT VIOLATION Oh"CIVIL RIGHTS 1 Thus from the very beginning there was the conspiracy amongst various City and state 2 employees to discredit and defame Plaintiff Kenney. It began with Raffi & Julie trying 3 to slander Kenney as "hard-headed" or as an "under-cover cop", it proceeded through 4 to the poster online (post) declaring Kenney an "infiltrator", and now it is still being 5 rousted about by slandering City Attorneys insinuating Plaintiff is "crazy". 6 These defamations continuing to this very day, are the acts and attitude of this City 7 & Co-Conspirators, which constitute the same series of incidents, class of actions, the "same general set of facts ", the same "chain of events" - the same injurious, 9 unconstitutional and untoward attitude of this City, Throughout the day Raffi was either not to be found or was in the background, watching or speaking with the police or other City & Co-Conspirators' "negotiators" 12 who also were trying to verbal intimidate, persuade, cajole or otherwise "talk" the 13 peaceful civil rights & civil disobedience protesters out. 14 Joshua Funn, Julie Majcher and Raffi named herein are sued for defamation, and 15 civil rights violations, or whatever other cause of action is described herein, among 16 other things to be detailed as discovered. 17 ° B. 2.)(b) Post-Incident of 10/14/2011: Post incident there was a period of relative peace for Plaintiff. Winston Tecolate, in 20 collaboration with Damian Tyron, Will Johnson, Pat Barnes and Shahrokh tried to 21 have Plaintiff slandered as a thief for collecting close to $ 1,000 in donations. Prior to 22 that Shahrokh had taken the collections daily and they all then disappeared with no 23 receipts or any explanation. Plaintiff wanted better controls put on the collection and disbursements. When 25 Winston, who claimed to be an ex-con but was always urging others on to violence, 26 like Joshua Funn, began to slander Plaintiff, threatening to bring him up for censure at 27 General Assembly (GA), Plaintiff got about 70% of his controls put into place, then agreed to relinquish the money to Pat Barnes of ASD.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Whitmire Native Named 'Exceptional Pilot' by Coast Guard
    SPORTS: Carolina Thunder participates in tournament, Page 10 The Union Daily Times Your hometown newspaper in Union, South Carolina, since 1850 LOG ONTO WWW.UNIONDAILYTIMES.COM FOR ARCHIVES l FEATURES l E-EDITION l ADVERTISING l & MORE VOL. 161, NO. 217 WEDNESDAY, NovEMBER 2, 2011 50¢ State receives a ‘D’ from March of Dimes for premature births and preventing unnecessary Dimes 2020 goal of 9.6 20.7 percent; the rate of Nation’s rate of premature births declines early c-sections so more percent. The U.S. preterm uninsured women is 24 per- babies can get a healthy birth rate is 12.2 percent, cent; and the rate of late COLUMBIA — South percent. babies,” Vince Ford, March start in life.” down from the peak of 12.8 preterm births is 10 percent. Carolina received a “D” “Although our state’s of Dimes Chapter Board The United States percent in 2006. Quality improvement pro- grade on the March of preterm birth rate did not Chair, said. “We are deter- received a “C” on the The Report Card infor- grams are key to lowering Dimes 2011 report card improve this year, the mined to find and imple- March of Dimes Report mation for the U.S. and preterm birth rates, accord- released Tuesday. The long term trend is mov- ment solutions to improve Card. Grades are based states is available online ing to the March of Dimes. March of Dimes 2020 goal ing in the right direction. the health of babies, such on comparing the state’s at: marchofdimes.com/pre- The March of Dimes South for preterm birth rates is 9.6 We will continue to work as improving access to and the nation’s 2009 pre- maturity.
    [Show full text]
  • Occupy San Diego
    Occupy San Diego FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kayla Ward or Kali Katt 949-480-4229 / 619-916-1304 [email protected] Organizing & Media Groups Citizens Join Occupy Wall Street at Civic Center Plaza, San Diego Occupy San Diego Seeks Economic and Social Justice SAN DIEGO (Oct. 3, 2011) - Standing in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street NYC, hundreds of San Diego citizens will peacefully occupy the Civic Center Plaza in downtown San Diego, adjacent to San Diego City Hall (1200 3rd Ave.), starting on October 7, 2011. This nonviolent occupation is in protest of the global financial corruption currently invading politics, media and corporations, exemplified by the recent financial industry meltdown and following recession. The occupation will continue indefinitely until a list of demands in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street NYC are met by all levels of government, including the City and County of San Diego, the state of California, the Federal Government, and by private and public banks and corporations. The long term and overnight occupation will include marches, sit-ins, educational programs, practice of the democratic process, and General Assembly meetings wherein solutions to overlapping issues are identified, to name a few. This diversified group makes decisions via consensus. Participants are requested to meet at Children's Park (1st Ave. and Island Ave.), by 3:30 p.m. on Friday, October 7. At 4:00 p.m., the group will march to Civic Center Plaza. Children's Park is adjacent to the Convention Center Trolley Station and is two blocks south of Nordstrom Horton Plaza. "The Occupy Wall Street movement is sweeping across the country.
    [Show full text]
  • Zerohack Zer0pwn Youranonnews Yevgeniy Anikin Yes Men
    Zerohack Zer0Pwn YourAnonNews Yevgeniy Anikin Yes Men YamaTough Xtreme x-Leader xenu xen0nymous www.oem.com.mx www.nytimes.com/pages/world/asia/index.html www.informador.com.mx www.futuregov.asia www.cronica.com.mx www.asiapacificsecuritymagazine.com Worm Wolfy Withdrawal* WillyFoReal Wikileaks IRC 88.80.16.13/9999 IRC Channel WikiLeaks WiiSpellWhy whitekidney Wells Fargo weed WallRoad w0rmware Vulnerability Vladislav Khorokhorin Visa Inc. Virus Virgin Islands "Viewpointe Archive Services, LLC" Versability Verizon Venezuela Vegas Vatican City USB US Trust US Bankcorp Uruguay Uran0n unusedcrayon United Kingdom UnicormCr3w unfittoprint unelected.org UndisclosedAnon Ukraine UGNazi ua_musti_1905 U.S. Bankcorp TYLER Turkey trosec113 Trojan Horse Trojan Trivette TriCk Tribalzer0 Transnistria transaction Traitor traffic court Tradecraft Trade Secrets "Total System Services, Inc." Topiary Top Secret Tom Stracener TibitXimer Thumb Drive Thomson Reuters TheWikiBoat thepeoplescause the_infecti0n The Unknowns The UnderTaker The Syrian electronic army The Jokerhack Thailand ThaCosmo th3j35t3r testeux1 TEST Telecomix TehWongZ Teddy Bigglesworth TeaMp0isoN TeamHav0k Team Ghost Shell Team Digi7al tdl4 taxes TARP tango down Tampa Tammy Shapiro Taiwan Tabu T0x1c t0wN T.A.R.P. Syrian Electronic Army syndiv Symantec Corporation Switzerland Swingers Club SWIFT Sweden Swan SwaggSec Swagg Security "SunGard Data Systems, Inc." Stuxnet Stringer Streamroller Stole* Sterlok SteelAnne st0rm SQLi Spyware Spying Spydevilz Spy Camera Sposed Spook Spoofing Splendide
    [Show full text]
  • KPCC-KPCV-KUOR Quarterly Report OCT-DEC 2011
    Quarterly Programming Report Oct-Dec 2011 KPCC / KPCV / KUOR Date Key Synopsis Guest/Reporter Duration 10/1/2011 HEAL The first case of the new session of the U.S. Supreme Court will involve poor and disabled Californians. Felde :59 This weekend marks the grand opening of the biggest and most ambitious art project Southern California - and maybe the world - has ever seen. For the next six months, 60 cultural institutions and 70 galleries are collaborating on "Pacific Standard Time," which documents art made in LA from 1945 to 1980. The Getty Foundation is footing much of the bill with ten-million dollars in grants, and on Tuesday 10/1/2011 ART the Getty hosted the press opening. Off-Ramp's John Rabe was there. John Rabe 8:34 Since Pacific Standard Time is all about L.A., we’ve asked some of the artists who were making art in the city from 1945 to 1980 to take us to three places here that are important to them. Anywhere. We’re 10/1/2011 ART starting this week with performance artist Barbara T Smith. Kevin Ferguson 5:39 Off-Ramp host John Rabe talks with Jim Meskimen, YouTube sensation, actor and man of a thousand voices, including Robin Williams, Kirk Douglas, Charleton Heston, Woody Allen, Droopy Dog, President George W Bush and Harvey Keitel. His show "Jimpressions" comes to The Acting Center at Hollywood 10/1/2011 ART and Western on October 7 & 8. John Rabe 7:21 "Andy Rooney" has long been a staple of Off-Ramp. Here, he muses about his 320 years on CBS, and 10/1/2011 ART the people who've made a living imitating him.
    [Show full text]
  • Occupy Online 10 24 2011
    Occupy Online: Facebook and the Spread of Occupy Wall Street Neal Caren [email protected] Sarah Gaby [email protected] University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill October 24, 2011 Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1943168 Occupy Online: Facebook and the Spread of Occupy Wall Street Summary Since Occupy Wall Street began in New York City on September 17th, the movement has spread offline to hundreds of locations around the globe. Social networking sites have been critical for linking potential supporters and distributing information. In addition to Facebook pages on the Wall Street Occupation, more than 400 unique pages have been established in order to spread the movement across the US, including at least one page in each of the 50 states. These Facebook pages facilitate the creation of local encampments and the organization of protests and marches to oppose the existing economic and political system. Based on data acquired from Facebook, we find that Occupy groups have recruited over 170,000 active Facebook users and more than 1.4 million “likes” in support of Occupations. By October 22, Facebook pages related to the Wall Street Occupation had accumulated more than 390,000 “likes”, while almost twice that number, more than 770,000, have been expressed for the 324 local sites. Most new Occupation pages were started between September 23th and October 5th. On October 11th, occupy activity on Facebook peaked with 73,812 posts and comments to an occupy page in a day. By October 22nd, there had been 1,170,626 total posts or comments associated with Occupation pages.
    [Show full text]
  • The Ithaca Journal and Other News Sources Added Monotony of Day-To-Day Activities
    Protesters Arrested: 6000 Arrest Count January 2012 Bankers Arrested: 0 OCCUPIED THE THACA OURNAL FREE I J Donations Welcome #Occupy Upstate Occupy Albany Arrests every night because local DA won’t prose- cute. So they line up every night after curfew to get their citations as a regu- lar rebuke to Governor. Cuomo. On Dec. 5th, held their General Assembly in State Capital Building in the ‘war room.’ Total, nonnegotiable eviction is set for 12/22. Occupy Binghamton “A Hal- liburton Truck crew came to Bing- hamton to party last night. They parked in a no parking zone, never got a ticket and they were there for like 5 hours? They ripped up one of our signs. The best part was when one of the guys handed me a $100 bill to go away. I ripped it up in his face! I told him that his money can’t buy me or my environment and to go away.” OBGM raising funds for a yurt to house winter-time operations. Occupy Phillip Price Binghamton evicted on Jan 13 under the pretense of public safety concerns and winter weather. world and what it’s given us. We must face our fears. Occupy Poughkeepsie Facing When we deal with others we are confronting all eviction night after night as police Thought and Action those things about themselves (and their parents, and seemed to be waiting for the masses to countless generations before them) they have chosen dwindle; the best time to strike. Dec It is all too easy to relax into our socialization with- not to confront and we, as thinking people, must try 8.
    [Show full text]
  • CFT Backs Occupy Wall Street
    4 n PERSPECTIVE November 2011 MOVEMENTS CFT backs Occupy Wall Street or several years the CFT has been championing progres- calling for people to show up LONIDIER FRED sive tax policies to address state revenue shortfalls. We have on Wall Street and occupy it announced our intent to go to the state ballot box with a near the end of summer. Oddly F enough, that’s what happened. proposal to boost income tax rates on the rich in November 2012 P to fund public education and services. We have been gaining trac- Not an occupation of the HOTO magnitude of Tahrir Square, tion with our membership, the public, and a growing list of coalition or in the streets of Madison, partners, who recognize that the growing gap between the very rich Wisconsin, earlier this year, al- and the rest of us has been unbalancing our society. though the lessons of both those events clearly played a role in But the attention paid to table conversations, and even setting up what quickly spread these issues due to CFT efforts politicians. from New York to cities across was nothing like what is now the United States. happening in the wake of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Modest credit Occupy Wall Street is thus After thirty years in which the A modest amount of credit can far a rather limited example of public political narrative has be given to Barack Obama, for direct action, if compared with been dominated by anti-tax, coming back around to a 2008 historical precedents like the anti-government, anti-union campaign theme he pushed brief- wave of factory occupations in messages, the game is changing.
    [Show full text]
  • 2012 Annual Conference
    2012 Annual Conference City Attorneys’ Department Track San Diego Convention Center San Diego, California September 5-7, 2012 Name: ___________________________ Mission Statement: To restore and protect local control for cities through education and advocacy to enhance the quality of life for all Californians. This publication is provided for general information only and is not offered or intended as legal advice. Readers should seek the advice of an attorney when confronted with legal issues and attorneys should perform an independent evaluation of the issues raised in these materials. The League of California Cities does not review these materials for content and has no view one way or another on the analysis contained in the materials. 1400 K Street, Suite 400 Sacramento, CA 95814 916/658-8200 Fax: 916/658-8240 www.cacities.org The essential guide for researching California municipal law. Available in July reserve your copy now! All the background, tools, and guidance you need in all the major areas of California municipal law. Known as the definitive work in its field, this work of over 300 municipal attorneys from the City Attorneys’ Department of the League of California Cities is published annually by CEB. The California Municipal Law Handbook, 2012 $299, MI34042-7551Z Print MI94040-7551Z OnLAW City Attorneys—Special Offer! By special agreement between the League of California Cities and CEB, any member of the League’s City Attorneys’ Department who purchases a print version of the Handbook can receive, at no extra cost, three CEB OnLAW subscriptions (online, searchable version of the publication) to the 2012 edition of the Handbook.
    [Show full text]
  • Suppressing Protest
    Suppressing Protest: Human Rights Violations in the U.S. Response to Occupy Wall Street The Global Justice Clinic (NYU School of Law) and the Walter Leitner International Human Rights Clinic at the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice (Fordham Law School) as part of the Protest and Assembly Rights Project About the Protest and Assembly Rights Project In January 2012, international human rights and U.S. civil liberties experts at seven law school clinics across the United States formed the Protest and Assembly Rights Project. This joint project investigated the United States response to Occupy Wall Street in light of the government’s international legal obligations. The participating law clinics are: Project Directors and Coordinators: The Global Justice Clinic (GJC) at NYU School of Law provides high quality, professional human rights lawyering services to individual clients and non-governmental and inter-governmental organizations, partnering with groups based in the United States and abroad, or undertaking its own projects. Serving as legal advisers, counsel, co-counsel, or advocacy partners, Clinic students work side-by-side with human rights activists from around the world. The Walter Leitner International Human Rights Clinic at the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law School aims to train a new generation of human rights lawyers and to inspire results-oriented, practical human rights work throughout the world. The Clinic works in partnership with non-governmental organizations and foreign law schools on international human rights projects ranging from legal and policy analysis, fact-finding and report writing, human rights training and capacity-building, and public interest litigation.
    [Show full text]
  • Occupy: the Future by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action-Los Angeles/People Against Racist Terror (ARA-LA/PART)
    PART’s Perspective: Occupy: The Future by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action-Los Angeles/People Against Racist Terror (ARA-LA/PART) A key part of the corporate media’s approach to sucking people into the swamp of the electoral charade, so as to regain the compliance, if not the consent, of the US populace, has been to write the premature obituary of the Occupy Wall Street movement. But as Mark Twain once said, “Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” Not only is Occupy alive and kicking and sinking roots, it is more necessary today than it was when it launched a year ago. Occupy has had some undeniable successes, most notably in thrusting the issue of economic inequality and the parasitic nature of the ruling 1% into the public discourse. But by almost every measure, the oppressive and exploitative social, economic and political conditions that gave birth to it are worse today than a year ago. 46.2 million people now live below the poverty line, the highest level in almost two decades, and more than on October 1, 2011. The share of Americans without health coverage fell slightly from 16.3 percent to 15.7%, but that’s still 48.6 million people. Just like in the former Soviet Union after privatization, life expectancy for poor people with less than a high school education has been falling in the U.S. Life expectancy for white women without a h.s. diploma dropped 5 years by 2008, the most recent figures in a current study. There’s no question that the ongoing economic crisis and dropped to a lower priority for deportation.
    [Show full text]
  • The “Occupy” Movement: What Can Cities Do?
    The “Occupy” Movement: What Can Cities Do? Friday, September 7, 2012 General Session; 8:00 – 8:45 a.m. Rocio V. Fierro, Police General Counsel/Supervising Deputy City Attorney, Public Safety, Oakland City Attorney’s Office Deborah J. Fox, Meyers Nave League of California Cities 2012 League of California Cities Annual Conference City Attorneys’ Track San Diego Convention Center, San Diego League of California Cities 2012 League of California Cities Annual Conference City Attorneys’ Track San Diego Convention Center, San Diego The “Occupy” Movement and What Cities Can Do to Regulate or Avoid the Impacts of Such Events League of California Cities 2012 City Attorneys’ Department Fall Conference San Diego, California Meyers Nave 633 West Fifth Street, Suite 1700 Los Angeles, CA 90071 (213) 626-2906 Deborah J. Fox, Principal [email protected] David S. Warner, Of Counsel [email protected] The “Occupy” Movement and What Cities Can Do to Regulate or Avoid the Impacts of Such Events The Occupy Movement blew through California cities last year challenging the capacity of city officials to find the right balance between the city’s police powers and the Occupy Movement’s First Amendment rights. The clash was more than just theoretical, as arrests were numerous in every major California city and several smaller jurisdictions as well. By the end of the year, the Occupy Movement had cost taxpayers millions of dollars and left public officials more uncertain than ever about their rights and obligations under the First Amendment. California city attorneys played a central role during the protests whether it was advising councilmembers on their dual roles as elected officials and private citizens, evaluating the constitutionality of permitting programs and public space ordinances, or authoring memoranda on the nuanced aspects of the Supreme Court’s First Amendment jurisprudence.
    [Show full text]
  • A Study of the Occupy San Diego Social Movement
    Democratic Uprisings and Protest Politics: A Study of the Occupy San Diego Social Movement Lindsey Lupo, PhD Associate Professor Point Loma Nazarene University Department of History and Political Science 3900 Lomaland Dr. San Diego, CA 92106 [email protected] (619) 849-7589 For presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association Hollywood, CA March 27-30, 2013 1 On October 7, 2011, two weeks after the Occupy Wall Street movement launched in New York, Occupy San Diego protesters gathered for the first time in a prominent downtown park near the San Diego harbor. From there, they marched about a dozen blocks to the Civic Center Plaza, where many of the participants set up camp for the next few months, officially kicking off their “occupation” of San Diego. Along the way, they carried signs and banners that signaled a deep distrust and abhorrence of the dominant social, economic, and political power structure – one that they viewed as corrupt and imbalanced (“People Over Profits – We Are the 99%” and “Corporate Greed and Endless War Crashed Our Economy” are just two examples). In reference to the bank and corporate bailouts of a few years prior, they angrily chanted “We got sold out! They got bailed out!” Approximately 1,500 protesters gathered that day, stemming from all different walks of life. As Karla Peterson wryly described in a UT San Diego article on October 10, 2011, “There were dreadlocks and John Deere caps. [San Diego] Padres windbreakers and John Lennon T-shirts. There were strollers and tambourines and sleeping bags for the people who are in it for the long haul.” Indeed, over the next couple of months, hundreds of protesters spent their nights in downtown’s Civic Center Plaza.
    [Show full text]