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Chronology of Events
Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee vs. Clifford F.
William
District Court of Harris County, Texas, 270th Judicial District
Royce E. Mitchell and Clifford F. William vs.
Gwynn Shea, et al
United States District Court for the Southern District of
Texas, Houston Division
10-12-1996: Freedom of information act request - made to the State Bar of Texas that shows the Supreme Court is involved in creating new legislation in violation of the Separation of Powers Doctrine.
Clifford William addressed
the Texas Libertarian Party Conference
in the summer of 2001. There he
announced his opposition to the Texas State Bar and his intention to seek the
office of Chief Justice Texas Supreme Court. Clifford made it perfectly clear
that he was not licensed to practice law in this or any other state and that he
was not a member of the Texas State Bar. Libertarians have always opposed
occupational licensure and Clifford was given a warm welcome.
In December
of 2001, Clifford William filed his application to run for the office of Chief
Justice Texas Supreme Court with the state chair. No person licensed to
practice law in this state applied to run for this office.
In January, Clifford's
efforts got the attention of Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Phillips through
his clerk (I don't remember her name) who also headed up the State Bar of Texas
recruitment office. After several conversations with Ms. What'shername, she
told Clifford that she would see to it that he was removed from the
ballot.
By February 1, 2002, Clifford was under attack from the
Texas State Bar Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee in the person of Timothy
J. Clyne. Clyne applied in the District Court of Harris County Texas,
270th Judicial District, an application for a Temporary Injunction and a
Permanent Injunction.
The court record, dated February 1st reports that
"Counsel for Plaintiff and the attorney for the Defendant attended a meeting on
the Plaintiff's application for a Temporary Restraining Order on this
date." It further reported "due notice having been given." Neither
Clifford William, nor his alleged, but non-existent, attorney received due
notice of or attended the meeting.
The court granted a Temporary Injunction against Clifford William and set a hearing date for a Permanent Injunction on February 8th. Clifford William was never informed of the Temporary Injunction or of the hearing date. Multiple copies of the temporary injunction eventually surfaced, one of which was signed by the judge, none were served on William. The copy of the temporary injunction posted here has been widely circulated by Timothy Clyne but is not the one that was signed.
02-01-2002: Temporary Injuction - fax copy from the office of Clyne & Associates dated May 7, 2002 and filed in the District Court of Harris County, Texas, 270 Judicial District on February 1, 2002 - This document was signed by the prosecutor, Timothy J. Clyne and indicates that a copy was signed by the judge presiding. A search of the files in the clerk of courts office revealed that several similar unsigned copies were filed along with one copy bearing the signature of Judge Brent Gamble. The document alleges that Clifford F. William and his attorney where notified and present for this meeting. Mr. William has not to this date engaged an attorney in this case and he was neither notified nor present for the meeting. The document has the appearance of being the result of a legal proceeding but no evidence other than this document can be found that this case was ever before the judge. It appears that this order was signed in a private meeting between the Mr. Clyne and the Judge which means an illegal exparte' hearing was held in Williams' absence!
On May 1st, Libertarian
Party member Lance Flores provided state chair Geoffrey Neale with a Notice of
Claim of Ineligibility. The notice was accompanied by a document from the
Clerk of the Supreme Court of Texas indicating that William was not "licensed to
practice as an attorney and counselor at law in the State of
Texas."
On May 19th, Libertarian Party chair Geoffrey Neale
notified Clifford William of the Claim of Ineligibility and gave William until
May 31st to respond.
On May 28th Clifford William responded to the letter
from the state chair. The State Chair, Geoff Neale, after reviewing the
evidence submitted to him, determined that it was not a certainty that William
was not qualified to run for the office of Supreme Court Chief Justice and
decided to place the matter in the hands of the State Libertarian Executive
Committee. It is significant that documents in the possession of the state
chair, and presented as evidence against William's qualification to run for
office, appeared to have been faxed to him directly from the office of
Timothy Clyne. The question begs to be answered, did Clyne enlist Flores
to aid in his efforts to discredit William, or did Flores enlist the aid of
Clyne?
06-07-2002: Plaintiff's Original Complaint - Royce E. Mitchell and Clifford F. William vs. Gwynn Shea, et al United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division Plaintiff's Original Complaint - Draft Copy with Original Cover Page dated June 7, 2002 file in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division - Plaintiffs Royce Eugene Mitchell and Clifford F. William, bring this complaint against the State of Texas for violations of the Constitution of the United States of America (1787) and the State of Texas ...
On the evening of June 7th
and emergency meeting of the State Libertarian Executive Committee reviewed the
details regarding the eligibility of Clifford F. William. The committee
after much discussion directed the state chair, Geoffrey Neale not to declare
William ineligible at any time prior to the adjournment of the party convention
which was to convene the following morning.
On June 8th, Clifford F.
William was selected by the convention of the Libertarian Party of Texas to be
its candidate for Chief Justice Texas Supreme Court and was subsequently
certified to appear on the ballot by Convention Chair Geoffery Neale.
Petition for Writ of Mandamus
07-24-2002: Petition for Writ of Mandamus - R. Lance Flores, Relator submitted to the Supreme Court of Texas on July 26, 2002. This petition was denied. Emergency Petition for Writ of Mandamus - Thomas R. Phillips, Petitioner submitted to the Supreme Court of Texas on August 28, 2002.
On or about 8-10-2002 a special committee convened by the State Chair of the Libertarian Party of Texas was convened to determine if the State Chair had any authority under the statutes as written to declare William ineligible. The committee determined that the State Chair had no authority to declare William ineligible.
08-28-2002: Petition For Writ of Mandamus is Denied - The Supreme Court of Texas, order pronounced August 28, 2002
Emergency Petition for Writ of Mandamus - Thomas R. Phillips, Petitioner submitted to the Court of Appeals for the Third Judicial District, Austin, Texas. Clifford F. William was never provided with a copy of this petition.
08-30-2002: Clifford F. William Request to Deny Mandamus - submitted August 30, 2002 to the Texas Court of Appeals for the Third Judicial District, Austin, Texas.
08-30-2002: Writ of Mandamus - In re Thomas R. Phillips - Issued August 30, 2002 by the Texas Court of Appeals, Third District, Austin, Texas.
On, or about, August 30, 2002, the Libertarian Party of Texas State Chair, David DeLamar, after being advised by State Bar member John Hawley to comply with the court order of the Third Court of Appeals before being served with the order, complied with a writ of mandamus issued in error by the Texas Third Court of Appeals and declared Clifford William ineligible to be the Libertarian candidate for Chief Justice Texas Supreme Court. Clifford William is seeking legal remedy.
09-09-2002: Order Striking Document - Original signed September 9, 2002 and entered September 11, 2002 in United States District Court for the Southern Texas District...
09-13-2002: Notes - Hearing on Motions held September 13, 2002 in the District Court of Harris County, Texas, 270 Judicial District.
No Date: Plaintiffs' Memorandum in Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - Draft Copy of Memorandum for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division - Plaintiff ask the Court to deny the defendants' various motions to dismiss based upon claims of immunity and under ... Second Copy
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Before the State
Office of Administrative Hearings
10-10-2002: Response to Subpoena - Draft Copy before the State Office of Administrative Hearings dated October 10, 2002 - ... Pastor Clifford F. William, and files his response to the items requested in Petitioner Subpoena, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, ...
10-14-2002: Petition for Review - Draft Copy of Petition in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas dated October 14, 2002 - ... Clifford F. William asks the court to reverse The Texas Court of Appeals, Third District's Writ of Mandamus dated August 30, 2002 ...
10-18-2002: Motion for Protective Order Denied - Copy of Original Document dated October 18, 2002 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division - IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Plaintiff's motion for Protective Order (Instrument 13) is DENIED...
10-21-2002: Plaintiffs' Response to Defendant State Bar Associations Opposition to Plaintiff William's Motion for Protective Order - Draft Copy of Response for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division dated October 21, 2002 - Plaintiff William responds to STATE BAR OF TEXAS opposition to plaintiff William's request for protective order. Plaintiff seek a protective order to prohibit defendants from filing more and pursuing current litigation pending the outcome of this action...
10-25-02: Petition for Review
10-25-02: Order on Petition for Review
10-25-02: Petition for Writ of Mandamus
11-14-02: WUA joins the We The People Rally at Washington, DC - To gain more national attention to our court battle which will soon be before the U.S. Supreme Court, David Ewing, a WUA representative travels from Houston to DC to join the protest Rally with the We The People organization who is also petitioning the government to obey the Constitution.
Clifford William and Royce Mitchell are using the above mentioned Federal case against the State Bar of Texas, the UPLC and the Texas Supreme Court to expose how attorneys conspired to illegally move forward the legislation that created the Texas State Bar, occupational licensure for attorneys and unconstitutional restrictions on who may seek the offices of justice and chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court. As can been seen in the attached XLS spreadsheets, the House and the Senate violated the Texas Constitution, Article 3, Legislative Department, Section 22 - DISCLOSURE OF PRIVATE INTEREST IN MEASURE OR BILL; NOT TO VOTE.
"A
member who has a personal or private interest in any measure or bill, proposed,
or pending before the Legislature, shall disclose the fact to the House, of
which he is a member, and shall not vote thereon."
The passing of
this Bill was to protect the ATTORNEYS ONLY. NOT YOU AND ME.
The
word "shall" in law, is "Non discretionary". But don't look now, a lawyer
will come up with something along the lines of "Well you just don't understand"
or maybe something like, "It's a legal thing and you just can't get a hold on
it, only we lawyers can". You be the judge!
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05-28-2002: Formal Request for production of documents to Geoffrey Neale
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