Jonathan Lee Riches
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Crime, Jonathan Lee Riches, Pro Se Litigants
Who Is The Man Behind The Kalamazoo Spree-Shooter's $10 Million Uber Lawsuit Hoax?
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Citigroup, Football, Jed Rakoff, Jonathan Lee Riches, Law Reviews, Legal Ethics, Non-Sequiturs, Patents, Pornography, SCOTUS, Securities and Exchange Commission, Supreme Court, White-Collar Crime
Non-Sequiturs: 06.04.14
* Sad day for Jonathan Lee Riches. His lawsuit over Johnny Manziel’s penis has been thrown out of court. [Black Sports Online] * Hot on the heels of yesterday’s item about SCOTUS porn parties, Professor Tribe guest blogs about his new book (affiliate link) and coercion, bribery, and influence. [The Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post] * Former Brooklyn DA and aspiring TV star Charles Hynes is staring down larceny accusations. [Gothamist] * Texas basically assigns a cop to actively discourage investigate indigent parties seeking assigned counsel. [Socialist Gumshoe] * The Supreme Court doesn’t like talking about patents — its opinions on the subject are getting shorter and shorter. [Patently-O] * A lawyer is in hot water for allowing underaged drinking at a post prom party. The point was to keep the kids from driving. But no good deed goes unpunished. [Turn to 10] * An interesting profile of one of my favorite professors, Ken Feinberg, labeling him “the lawyer who decides what a life is worth.” Yikes. [KDVR] * The business strategy of just telling clients what they want to hear deflates. [Dealbreaker] * Who says no one reads law reviews? The porn industry does and they really like this student Note. [XBiz] * This is why we can’t have nice things. Second Circuit explains that if a revolving door agency of sycophants says it’s OK, it’s OK. Full opinion below…. [New York Times] - Sponsored
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Football, Jonathan Lee Riches, Pro Se Litigants, Quote of the Day, Ridiculousness
Johnny Manziel Is Being Sued Over The Size Of His Package
Do good things come in small packages? This football player allegedly says so!
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Holidays and Seasons, Insider Trading, Jonathan Lee Riches, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 06.15.12
* America’s favorite serial litigant, Jonathan Lee Riches, wants to make an appearance as former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s lawyer. [Detroit News] * You better run and hide, because the vacuum bandit is coming to town. [Legal Juice] * A Chicago reporter fell into in the Chicago sewer system River. He is currently on a respirator, and another court reporter has set up a relief fund for him. Get well soon, Andrew Pitts. [Kruse Reporters Blog] * Speaking of Chicago, this could be an Odd Couple reboot: The drug dealer and his roommate, a local prosecutor. What goofy hijinks will they get into next? [Chicago Tribune] * This Australian reporter says the American legal system has evolved to conceal truth, not reveal it. See how long you can read this before smoke starts coming out your ears. [The Atlantic] * Happy Father’s Day! Even to all the famous, lawbreaking dads out there. [Attorney Fee] -
Celebrities, Jonathan Lee Riches, Pro Se Litigants, Ridiculousness
Pro Se Filing of the Day: Jonathan Lee Riches v. The Kardashian Sisters
Jonathan Lee Riches is back, and he's sued the Kardashian sisters. What are his allegations? -
Jonathan Lee Riches, Lawsuit of the Day, Lunacy, Pro Se Litigants, Ridiculousness
Pro Se Filing of the Day: Jonathan Lee Riches v. Jared Lee Loughner
Over the past year, we haven’t covered a lot of the crazy lawsuits initiated by Jonathan Lee Riches. The man has sued everybody from Eliot Spitzer to Molly Ringwald. At some point, you get used to the drill. And there are always other crazy pro se litigants to write about. But the embarrassment of riches […] -
Jonathan Lee Riches, Pro Se Litigants
In Pro Se News: Comedy and Tragedy
We’ll start with the funny stuff. It’s been a few months since federal prisoner Jonathan Lee Riches has graced these pages. We welcome the wacky pro se litigant back as he joins the war against World of Warcraft. He’s filed a motion to intervene in video game lawsuit MDY v. Blizzard (WoW’s creator). Virtually Blind […] -
Jonathan Lee Riches, Pro Se Litigants
Update: Pro Se Litigant of the Day, Jonathan Lee Riches
We’re still in the great state of Georgia (which brought us today’s Judge of the Day). Now one of our favorite pro se litigants has been barred from further filing in the Northern District of Georgia. From the Fulton County Daily Report: The federal court filing spree launched by Jonathan Lee Riches, a pro se […] - Sponsored
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Jonathan Lee Riches, Pro Se Litigants, Ridiculousness
Pro Se Litigant of the Day: Jonathan Lee Riches
As many of you may recall, from our prior coverage of him, Jonathan Lee Riches is in a South Carolina prison until 2012 for wire fraud and conspiracy. He’s killing his time by filing a ridiculous number of ridiculous lawsuits in courts across the country, nicely summarized in this overview of his oeuvre, in the […] -
Animal Law, Biglaw, Dewey Ballantine, Google / Search Engines, Jonathan Lee Riches, Law Firm Mergers, Law Schools, LeBoeuf Lamb, Non-Sequiturs, Pro Se Litigants
Non-Sequiturs: 09.26.07
* Crazy pro se lawsuit against Google, seeking $5 billion in damages, touches upon the war on terror and a Burton snowboard. And no, it wasn’t filed by Jonathan Lee Riches. [TechDirt] * A misdemeanor count of cruelty to animals? Guess he wasn’t that good. [Denver Channel] * Law professors get their academic gowns in […] -
Blogging, Food, Jonathan Lee Riches, Non-Sequiturs, Pro Se Litigants, Shameless Plugs
Non-Sequiturs: 08.27.07
* Oh, those crazy French people. They eat the darnedest things! [Conglomerate] * A shameless (and belated) plug: we were interviewed last week by NPR’s Mike Pesca, for an interesting story about Jonathan Lee Riches and his wacky pro se lawsuits. (We appear around the 2:30 mark.) [NPR] * Blawg Review #123 — in the […] -
Crime, Drugs, Eavesdropping / Wiretapping, Football, Jonathan Lee Riches, Michael Vick, Morning Docket, Perverts, Pro Se Litigants, Sports, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 08.20.07
* Who needs lawyers? [WSJ Law Blog] * Take the deal, Vick. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] * Buyer’s remorse on the surveillance law? [New York Times] * I want a new drug website. [BBC] * Being the creepiest guy on earth is apparently not a crime. [CNN]
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Celebrities, Jonathan Lee Riches, Lunacy, Michael Vick, Prisons, Pro Se Litigants, Sports
Lawsuit of the Day: Jonathan Lee Riches Strikes Again (and Again and Again)
Federal prisoner Jonathan Lee Riches, whose “$63,000,000,000.00 Billion dollar” lawsuit against Michael Vick was discussed in these pages last month, has a new celebrity athlete in his sights. From a tipster: Got to think you’ve seen this by now: the guy suing Michael Vick for a bazillion dollars or whatever it is now realizes that […]
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Celebrities, Crime, Football, Jonathan Lee Riches, Michael Vick, Sports, Violence
Wherein the MSM Reports What We Reported Last Month
Guess we can’t get no respect from the mainstream media. Not even from Fox News, which carries a story that we brought you last month. Meanwhile, in other Michael Vick developments, lawyers for the Falcons quarterback are working on getting him a plea deal. From the Atlanta Journal Constitution: Atlanta lawyer Dan Meachum, a member […] -
Celebrities, Crime, Jonathan Lee Riches, Lawsuit of the Day, Michael Vick, Pro Se Litigants, Sports
Lawsuit of the Day: Vick's A Defendant In A Federal Civil Suit, Too
Albeit a ridiculous pro se one filed by a prisoner in South Carolina. There’s nothing like the free time that prison provides and obviously severe mental problems a vivid imagination as a recipe for hilarious, hand-written, pro se complaints. Exhibit A: Where to begin? Well, first of all, as far as we know Vick is […]