Federal jury looks at video tape of Reno Airport's Kidnapping of Lt Col (ret) Sam Dehne... and then immediately ignores the plain Truth that was right there in front of their eyes. Were they rigged, tampered with... or just a plain bunch of ignorant cowards?
Reno Airport's Attorney Tom Beko Attempts to TSUNAMI the U. S. Constitution. As He Hornswoggles and Badgers A Federal Judge With a Pack of Bald-Faced Lies... and Just Plain Noodleheadedness. He Further Exposes Himself as the Litigious Fanatic He Is When He Charges 9th Circuit Court and the Federal Judge with Participating In "Frivolous" Lawsuit. Reno Airport Board Supports His Buffoonery.
(An honest Judge will throw this outrageous diatribe out with the garbage. Who will he trust; the scandal-plagued Reno airport... or 9th Circuit Court of Appeals?)
Here is this retired Air Force Officer's response to the Court concerning the Beko's attempt to intimidate him. Remember it was Sam who was hauled out of a public meeting and thrown in jail by the Reno airport. Below is Sam's brief rebuttal to Beko's grotesque 10 page attempt to once again prostitute justice. (The outcome of the trial was so bizarre and tainted that intelligent people could easily suspect clandestine leverage and jury tampering.)
Beko publicly calls Sam an "erudite agitator", a "delinquent school boy", lacking in "personal integrity and character", a "litigious fanatic", a "dissident whose sole purpose in life is to create havoc for local government", an "abuser of privileges that law affords citizens", "supreme public watchdog", and he says that Sam "despises" local government with a passion. These are among numerous other insulting and defamatory references.
A special site has been created to address Reno airport corruption - Profane People, sponsored by Citizens Against Tyranny (CAT) (click here).
Profane (def): Marked by contempt or irreverence for what is sacred. Vulgar; coarse. Marked
especially by contempt for decent, respectable, open, honest government.
And don't miss Thomas Beko Dot Info (click) for some mind boggling questions... that hit the nails right on the head.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA
"SAM" DENIS EDWARD DEHNE, ...............CASE NO. CV-N-00-0649-HDM (RAM)
Lt Col, USAF (ret)
Plaintiff,
.........................................................................PLAINTIFF'S STATEMENT IN OPPOSITION
.........................................................................TO MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES
vs.
RICHARD HILL, an individual, KRYS BART,
an individual, GARY NOTTINGHAM, an
individual, AIRPORT AUTHORITY OF
WASHOE COUNTY, a political
subdivision of the State of Nevada,
Defendants.
_____________________________/
THE TRUTH - VERSUS THE "FRIVOLOUS" FABRICATIONS
Basis for Plaintiff's Request for Denial of Fees:
Retired Lieutenant Colonel Sam Dehne (plaintiff) did not file a frivolous Complaint against the Reno Airport (defendants). For defendants to say otherwise is "frivolous".
1. On 14 September, 2000 the Reno Airport Board was responsible for, at a minimum, the following abusive behavior:
(a) Defendants wrongfully excluded and removed plaintiff from a Public Meeting,
(b) Defendants were responsible thereafter for plaintiff being arrested and thrown in 2 different jails,
(c) Defendants thereafter collaborated in a situation wherein misdemeanor charges were filed and "hanging over" plaintiff's head while he was being ignominiously and insultingly investigated by both the Washoe District Attorney and the Reno City Attorney. Both of these bodies, after 6 weeks of extensive investigation and personal scrutiny, found that plaintiff had done nothing wrong.
2. Plaintiff later filed a Federal Complaint protesting these humiliating violations of his Civil Rights.
3. By no stretch of any sane person's imagination can these challenges against the cowardly attacks against plaintiff and the United States Constitution be considered "frivolous".
4. Rulings By High Legal Authorities Prove the Complaint Was Not Frivolous.
(a) The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit did not consider the matter frivolous; as they unanimously validated it (3 to zero) and "REMANDED" the matter to trial. (FILED Sept 8, 2003) [att1]
(b) The Full Court (en banc) of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit did not consider the matter frivolous; as they also unanimously validated it and DENIED a rehearing requested by defendants. And they agreed with the Court's Order remanding the matter to trial. (FILED Oct 20, 2003) [att 2]
(c) The local federal court, itself, (to whom this frivolous request for "frivolous" attorneys fees is being submitted) did not consider the matter frivolous. It refused to acknowledge and/or tolerate defendants' request for frivolous attorneys fees in its granting of Summary Judgement.
4a. The United States Supreme Court's Official Interpretation of The First Amendment Proves Complaint Was Not Frivolous.
Times v. Sullivan (United States Supreme Court, 1964) says: "As Americans we have the profound national commitment to the principal that debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide-open, and that it may well include vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on government and public officials."
Defendants' actions demonstrate that they do not recognize this.
5. Yet the defendants still have the audacity to try and threaten plaintiff with further assaults on his Civil Rights.
It is not frivolous for a citizen to demand that the Reno airport government bureaucrats obey the law and act courageously. In fact, it is the duty of American citizens to challenge corruption by government bureaucrats (especially APPOINTED bureaucrats such as is the case at the Reno airport). And this plaintiff should not be punished further for having the courage to do his duty and for living up to the Sacred Oaths that he swore to when he graduated from the United States Air Force Academy; to defend the United States Constitution. He should be praised for his gumption and guts and willingness to spend his life protecting regular citizens against people like the defendants.
Nothing contained in defendants' request for money has anything to do with what happened to Lieutenant Colonel Sam Dehne on 14 September, 2000. The defendants have not provided a single case or example that is anywhere near similar to the "outrageous" actions that were taken against the plaintiff on 14 September, 2000. That is, the Defense has failed to come forward with a situation wherein:
a. A retired United States Air Force lieutenant colonel (who is well-known as a student of local government and as a government Watchdog) is quietly seated in the audience at a Public Meeting minding his own business,
b. That citizen is suddenly shouted at and insulted,
c. That model citizen is wrongfully ejected from the Public Meeting and then wrongfully jailed and charged with misdemeanor crimes,
d. After 45 days of intensive investigation, two different criminal investigating bodies could find absolutely no wrong committed by plaintiff,
e. The episode (up until the time the tape was curiously cut off) was recorded on official video tape; a video tape that conspicuously and markedly refutes the defendants' "frivolity" theory,
f. The Reno airport board was illegally convened in violation of the Law. A critical Truth that defendants want to hide is that it is a verifiable and foundational fact that defendant Mr Hill was not legally running the meeting of 14 September, 2000. Mr Hill was not legally elected as chairman. The unauthorized, unethical, and unlawful convening of that illegally constituted Reno Airport Board as assembled on 14 September, 2000 was in blatant contradiction to Nevada Law.
or if he is a champion of the people, or whether he likes to create havoc.
The Court Must Deny Mr Beko's Poorly-Fabricated Request for Fees and Costs.
Tom Beko's ridiculous and false charge that Lt Col Sam Dehne filed a frivolous lawsuit is a direct attack upon the integrity and competence of the entire 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ~ and upon judge Howard McKibben.
The Court can not rationally rule in favor of Beko without insinuating that the entire 9th Circuit and Judge McKibben were incompetent in not previously recognizing any element of frivolity in Dehne's suit.
Should the Court think about ruling in favor of Beko's idiotic request, then it must conclude that these esteemed legal entities, themselves, are the ones who would be responsible for paying Beko's bloated $67,000 bill. For it is THEY who are the real experts. And it would thus be THEY who failed to "recognize" the frivolity of Dehne's Claim.
Beko's false attack would make all of these venerable entities liable; as well as culpable. Because shouldn't THEY have known all along that Dehne's opposition to his wrongful jailing was, as Beko calls it, a "charade"?
But the bottom line is that these experts did NOT think that Dehne's wrongful jailing was a "charade". And they did NOT believe Dehne's lawsuit challenging myriad wrongful actions taken against him by Beko's clients to be frivolous.
Question: Why didn't Beko himself, vehemently declare "frivolity" long before this point in the unfolding of the suit? Another question is: Isn't a truly frivolous lawsuit readily discernible as such long before 51 months into its course? This explains poignantly just how ridiculous and asinine Beko's false claim is! Or is Beko smarter than all of these judges?
Beko's' outrageous request for these unjustified and exorbitant fees should be denied out of hand. Beko should be disbarred for fraudulently badgering the Court with his 10 page non-sequitur "ravings" that have nothing to do with the issue. His babble is the real "raving"; this further exposes the reality that defendants, and especially their over-paid hired outside attorney, are in obvious need of remedial instruction regarding American Government and the United States Constitution and specifically the First Amendment.
Beko's document is so far-fetched and delusionary as to make any fair-minded person wonder whether he is non compos mentis. At the very least the Court should subpoena Beko's mental health records. Why would he be so foolish as to demonstrate his blatant lack of understanding of the United States Constitution? Mr. Beko and each member of the Reno Airport Board should apologize to Lt Col Dehne in writing and thank him for his service.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this ____ day
of December, 2004.
By _____________________
"SAM" DENIS EDWARD DEHNE
Lieutenant Colonel, USAF (ret)
Citizens can see for themselves what this Watchdog is all about every Friday night.
........................................
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And Ace Reporter Mark Daniels of the Silver State News has many more reports about Reno Airport Skullduggery... dating back many years. (click)
Here is just the latest example of why Sam Dehne needs to watch the Reno airport... and why the citizens need him.
Reno Airport Votes to Stop Telling The Truth (12/09/04)
This means there will be no effective way to keep track of their scandalous skullduggery. (Audio tapes are WWII stuff.)
BUT DON'T EXPECT TO HEAR ABOUT THIS FROM THE RENO NEWS REGURGITATORS... print, TV, or radio.
"Approval of Alternative Communications Program to Enhance the Overall Effort to Inform the Public of Board Actions and Airport Activities"
What?
This is wording right out of Hitler's Third Reich. Actually, Adolph would be jealous.
(Do you wonder what kind of kick-back there was from this sweet-heart deal?)
$275,000 equals about 76 years of televising the board meetings.
And these schemes make one wonder if there is truth to the rumors that this govt bureaucrat used airport employees to paint her private houses. If true, it makes the beleaguered Kathy Augustine look like a Saint.
More Fall Out - Reno Airport Whistle Blowers Wanted:
AN OPEN LETTER TO MEMBERS OF THE AIRPORT BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Democracy doesn't just happen. It requires the intelligent and dedicated
commitment of competent public servants. You Members of the Airport Board do
not qualify. I call upon each of you insults against democracy to resign from
the Board.
When public officials are not open and honest, they can make no credible claim
to being practitioners of democracy. You people are not open and honest. It is
wrong to hide the people's business from the people.
When public officials demonstrate pompous disregard toward being accountable to
the citizens whom they are supposed to serve, democracy is violated. You people
feel no shame when you defecate on democracy.
Senator Zell Miller from Georgia recently commented that he wished dueling were
still legal. I fully agree. We would have fewer, arrogant bureaucrats running
amok if this were the case.
When meetings of public bodies can be cablecast at little cost, it is
un-American for public officials to hide their actions from public scrutiny.
You people have decided to spit on the people of the Truckee Meadows by
discontinuing the televising of your meetings. This is totally unacceptable.
When public officials abuse the powers entrusted to them by the people,
outspoken government watchdogs are needed as never before.
When you people attempt to suppress and financially destroy Lt. Col. Sam Dehne
by attempting to extort outrageous attorney fees from him related to
non-frivolous litigation that was validated by the Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals months ago, you reveal a frivolous and tyrannical attitude that must be
challenged.
I invite all employees of the Airport Authority of Washoe County to inform me of
any improprieties perpetrated by Airport managers or by Members of the AAWC
Board.
Whistleblowers are protected by law. I ask that reports of wrongdoing be sent to
me by email: guyfelton@juno.com
Guy Felton
1220 Salem Place #5
Reno, NV 89509
828-6282
Another Open Letter Sent to All 9 Members of Reno Airport Board
FAX TRANSMISSION OF ONE PAGE / 24 DECEMBER 2004
Attention: Bill Newberg (Report Sent to Entire Board Individually)
Regarding Thomas Beko's REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR AWARD OF ATTORNEY'S FEES in the matter of CVN-N-00-0649-HDM (RAM) ...
The Court must deny Mr. Beko's poorly-fabricated Request for Fees and Costs.
Beko's ridiculous and fraudulent charge that Lt. Col. Sam Dehne filed a frivolous lawsuit is a direct attack upon the integrity and competence of the entire 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ~ and upon District Judge Howard McKibben. The Court can not rationally rule in favor of Beko without insinuating that the 9th Circuit and Judge McKibben were incompetent in not previously recognizing and validating any element of frivolity in Dehne's suit.
Question: Why did Beko not vehemently press the issue of frivolity long before this point in the unfolding of the suit? Another question: Isn't a truly frivolous lawsuit readily discernible as such long before month 51 in its course?
Beko's outrageous request for unjustified fees should be denied out of hand. Beko should be disbarred for fraudulently badgering the Court with his 10-page, non-sequitur "ravings" that have nothing to do with the issue. Beko's babble is the real "raving"; this further exposes the reality that Defendants and their outside attorneys are in obvious need of remedial instruction regarding the United States Constitution, specifically the First Amendment.
Beko's document is so riddled with delusions and distortions of truth as to make any fair-minded person wonder whether he is non compos mentis. Why would any well-educated and mentally-healthy attorney demonstrate blatant lack of understanding of the United States Constitution? Why would any respectable attorney distort facts? To attempt to paint any challenge against a violation of the First Amendment as being frivolous is tantamount to treason-like disregard for the hallowed foundations of American government.
Mr. Beko should apologize to Plaintiff in writing. You, Mr. Newberg, and every other Member of the Airport Board should resign in shame for choosing a despicable, game-playing attorney to represent your interests.
Here is more proof of just how perfidious Thomas Beko is.
Official statement from ThomasBeko.Info.
Beko:
"While it is a common practice for unscrupulous lawyers to try their case in the media, I will not stoop to that level."
Mr. Beko proved his "unscrupulousness" when he told the federal jury in his Closing Statement that Lt Col Sam Dehne was unable to provide and information to show that he had ever been harmed by the Reno airport's cowardly actions of 14 Sept, 2004. This was after the federal judge told Dehne and his attorney that he was not going to allow them to tell the jury that Dehne had been wrongfully arrested and thrown in jail. (And the judge let Beko get away with this hideous deception!)
This premeditated (Beko could be seen reading most of his Closing Statement from prepared notes) and grossly unscrupulous manipulation of the federal jury will be one of the focal points of the Appeal that is being filed at the 9th Circuit Court.
Here's A brief sampling of some of the things Sam Dehne has done for America and Reno... mostly for free and on his "own dime".
* $1,000,000,000 B-52 fuel savings program created.
* $100,000,000 (est) saved by correcting the Nevada Air National Guard mission.
* Instigated and championed Reno's Downtown Convention Center with RSCVA - $100,000,000.
* Saved the Reno Parking Meters from being 24 hour fees.
* Graduate United States Air Force Academy 1962.
* Air Force pilot in B-52, RF-4, RF-101 with Perfect Flying Safety Record for 20 years.
* Pan Am pilot until airline blown out of business by terrorists.
* PAA Union Chairman 4 terms (New York Pilots/2nd Officers).
* Performed more than 650 Charity Concerts for Seniors.
* Master boxer - USAFA 139# Champion 1961.
* Government Watchdog with over 3,000 oversight "Public Testimonies" at Reno area govt meetings (savings
unknown, but easily in the $100's of millions).
* Editor, publisher, reporter for The Reno Citizen magazine for 10 years... a pioneering internet effort.
* Singing/Guitar/Entertaining repertoire of 100s and 100s of songs from memory.
PS
* The "proof" of Sam's success... is that the elitist Special Interests are so jealous and afraid of him... that they even once tried to shut down local city govt from the public. (And now the Reno airport has gotten away with what Reno wouldn't do.)
Extort: 1. To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.
