Come now the plaintiffs; and by Steve Douglas Gartin, In Propria Persona, in Forma Pauperis before the Court, complying with the Court Order by the Honorable Judge Curry of Douglas County in the State of Colorado to consolidate 23 individual actions into

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Comes now the Plaintiffs, and a Family; Jointly and severally, and by Steve Douglas Gartin, In Propria Personae, in Forma Pauperis before the Court; in compliance with the Order by the Honorable Judge Curry of Douglas County in the State of Colorado. That Order; to consolidate twenty-three (23) individual actions into one (1) consolidated suit (Ref: 93CV211 through 93CV233) (Regarding: Criminal Case #91CR25 and Civil Case #95-B-1747), and all Statutory Limitations being suspended by Order of the Honorable Court, and prays:

It is an honor to excersize my Right to appear before you to present my grievance before the Honorable Justice System of the United States of America. Only in our Nation, under God, is it possible for the common man to petition redress from government tyranny.

As we are all fully aware by now, the Private Financial System, and in conspiracy with the mercenary Military/Police has wreaked great havoc on Farm and GroundWatered Homesteads all over the United States of America. The transfer of the real property of Family Gartin to cronies was among the main objectives of this dire and malicious conspiracy. The judiciary, law enforcement and county administration complied with the directives of a private sector entity, and more, to deprive County Citizens of their property by fraud, malicious action of authority, and trampling the rights given us by our Creator and enumerated in the Bill of Rights of the Constitution.

I allege and affirm before God and the Honorable Court of the United States of America that this Conspiracy has FOUL INTENT and has committed myriad crimes against the Family Gartin, together and severally. I further allege that this is an action in a greater and more troubling conspiracy to defraud the American WorkingMan Citizen of his God-given right to Freedom, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

Your Honor, I and my Family Gartin have been deeply wronged by this Conspiracy of the Financial Aristocracy against the people. These Financial Corporate Entities have flagrantly disregarded and made a mockery of even THEIR OWN LAWS, which Laws are already stacked in their favor. They have conspired to gain by FRAUD and Criminal Action, the Real Property, valuta and Possessions of the Family Gartin of 2488 North Highway 67 • Sedalia • 80135 • State of Colorado • United States of America.

I am awed and taken aback reading the replies these Defendants, and each of them, have submitted to the Record of the Court. Each and every one of them has made appeal to the forma, used between professionals and only for their convenience, of Case Law in response to a very Real Plaint, ignoring the substance of the charges against them. These Defendants, and Them all, have abused the Power Vested in them by the People of the United States of America, Colorado in Specific and Douglas County to BE EXACT!

My TAX Donations, INTEREST, and the USURY on my participation in the Financial System have been used to HIRE and pay for MERCENARY POLICE to CRIMINALLY TRANSGRESS A MULTITUDE OF LAWS; Civil, County, State, as well as the U. S. Constitutional and Bill of Rights Violations against the very Citizens paying the bill. Do these highly paid Professionals know where they live? Have they recently read the Constitution of the United States of America, or have they been referring to OPINIONS to form their judgments of Crime & Punishment?

Your Gracious Honor, Federal Judge

Lewis T. Babcock,

I petition the Great and True Court of the United States of America, Under God, for the convening of a FULLY INFORMED JURY of MY PEERS to try and decide a matter of Justice before the COURT of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

I received your Order to release Spyderco, Inc.

I must object and appeal your decision, with all due respect, Sir.

The Internal Revenue Service, Incorporated and the United States Custom Department have in their possession copious records and documentation of FRAUD and CRIMINAL action by the Principals of Spyderco, Inc. et al. The Constitution directs the government of the United States to set and collect Customs duties, securing the Borders. The Internal Revenue Service, Inc. and its’ litigatory representative the US Dept. of Justice, have a contract with SpyderCo to participate in its’ income, a so-called "taxation", and that participation derives from its records of income, which in turn derive, generally, from Customs Department Declarations and such records. This because SpyderCo is primarily in the business of importing product from foreign sources and reselling that product. This information was used to confiscate the property, monies and valuta of the Plaintiffs, and each of them. The information used to hazard us is the selfsame information usable to hazard SpyderCo and to prove the genesis of the conspiracy of interrelated agents and agencies as presented before the Honorable Court. The evidence and proof of these allegations of ours are in the hands of the Honorable Court at this very instant and deriving from the Defendants own presentations of evidence in Court. Certainly there is broad additional evidence not yet presented to the Court as collected in the investigation in due diligence by the Plaintiff.

It is NOT without their planning in conspiracy that ALL employees of Spyderco, Inc. in January 1990 received an AMENDED Internal Revenue Service, Incorporated DONATION form (at the hand of Christy Shorey) that LEVIED Additional TAX Liability, distributed on earnings None of the Ex and Current Employees received to their possession. This FACT is easily proven by deposing Current and EX Spyderco, Inc. dba Golden Promotions, Spyderco, Golden Edge, Gerry's, et al, and numerous aliases yet to be Discovered. These documents in fraud constitute the first link of spurious income, fraudulently assigned to me, among many others and continuing, to disburse income from illicit sales of fraudulently marked knives on the backdoor market for unreported cash for which income tax was owed. The action of the IRS, initiating the unfair and illegal confiscation of my financial substance, was precipitated by these documents in fraud.

My Legal Employment with Gail, Gerald, and Louis S. Glesser began in the Winter of 1981. Almost immediately, verbal committments to the conditions and rewards of employment and "loyalty", much less my design innovations and marketing processes, were unilaterally modified. The conspiracy between the Glessers and their Comptroller was to the detriment of the People of the United States and is provable by direct depositions of eye witnesses and concerned parties, as well as the paper trail generated by the requirements of record keeping.

The participation in the false record keeping was outside the purvue of most employees except as a result of their reportage of numbers of knives sold against those imported and for what price. It was a matter of common knowlege in a very small company that these manipulations of income reporting for taxation purposes were common. It was not untill the death of the Comptroller, Robt. Simon, that the extent and depth of the fraud and manipulation became apparent. The distribution of unreported and unhideable income made the distribution of that income imperative and at short notice. It is that ‘short notice’ imperative that tripped up the whole scheme.

We, the Family Gartin and numerous other injured parties, are willing to testify before God and our FellowMen and FellowWomen that these Defendants, in the Persons and Corporate Entities, and yet to be Discovered, have committed heinous Financial Crimes against a Class of American Working Citizens with Malice, aforethought and FOR PERSONAL GAIN; with Flagrant Disregard for Law and ORDER.

But even more alarming, Your Honor, is that this is only the Tip of the Iceberg of Criminal Intent and Commission of crime against the Sovereign Citizens of the United States of America, Under God.

Please understand that I am always prepared to be admonished and corrected by the Holy Scripture. I will always bow to the correction by Scripture. I trust the Honorable Court of the United States of America understands the Spirit of that statement.

Your Honor, I fear that all these defendants are entwined in a web of fraud, deceit, International Espionage, Treason, and criminal activity. Because the Honorable Judge Curry of Douglas County District Court did not understand, or chose to ignore the grievous and heinous crimes committed before the Honorable Court as a matter of PUBLIC RECORD, I will speak to the issues in greater detail.

I hereby also exercise my God-given Right as a Sovereign Citizen and Resident of Douglas County, State of Colorado, United States of America, Under God, to a trial by a Fully Informed Jury of my peers as this issue of Law fulfills the Constitutional monetary requirements and the Plaint is Clearly Addressed in the Spirit and Letter of All Applicable Law.

A Brief Outline

of myriad Crimes

against the Family Gartin

__________________________________________

For: the Honorable Judge
Lewis T. Babcock

in Federal District Court, State of Colorado

In the matter of Case # 95-B-1747 before the Court

In reference to: 93CV211 / 91CR25

Douglas County Colorado

First, an enumeration of the Defendants as parties to the conspiracy:

Spyderco, Inc.

1. Spyderco Comptrollers, Robert Simon/Christy Shorey (at the direction of owners Gail & Louis Glesser & Gerald Glesser) embezzle funds AND create fraudulent debt and shift Corporate debt as reported to the Internal Revenue Service, Inc. that would not be noticed for several years; until the IRS audits.

They also conspire and proceed to embezzle Medical Insurance and Employee Stock Club payments.

The events and actions of the several Defendants in this case are intertwined by conspiracy, fraud and International intrigue, and direct actions by all parties to cover-up their criminal activities.

Gail Glesser, Louis S. Glesser and Gerald Glesser and Comptrollers, Robert Simon and Christy Shorey, conspire and proceed to defraud the Government of the United States and possibly Japan of taxes, Customs Duties and the profit derived from the improperly identified and reported knives. These parties conspire with foreign manufacturers, including Mitsuboshi, G/Sakai, and others, to misrepresent by mismarking expensive steel, country of origin, and manufacturer's prices as reported to the US Customs Dept. and the numbers and types delivered to the United States. Market prices are fixed in the United States by Spyderco, Inc. The delivery of clandestine profits to The Glessers by the manufacturer was very often expressed in knives-not cash money. Knives at Manufacturers Japan price are sold in the US on the ‘quiet’ market; the money is diverted and secreted, unreported, untaxed, Customs Duties unpaid. (Records available in Discovery)

Gail and Louis S. Glesser and Gerald Glesser, their Comptroller (Simon), and Bookkeeper (Shorey) conspire and proceed to defraud employees by fraudulent manipulation of commissions, other extractions from salary, like Employee Stock Club, Medical Insurance (not paid to Provider), etc. Spyderco Inc. required Comptrollers manipulation of employee finances as condition of employment. (Records and Testimony available in Discovery)

Ongoing promises of expanded participation in partnership to Steve Douglas Gartin and several other "partners" by the Glessers in furtherance of Frauds. Broad verbal contracts were made and then disavowed with a number of employees with necessary skills. (Multiple credible witnesses, documents and actions in furtherance)

First public evidence of this conspiracy (now a long time activity) was the issuance of false or redacted IRS Inc.1099 forms to SpyderCo Employees in January 1990, by Christy Shorey. This action coincides with Customs Department Investigation, IRS audit, and changes in relationship with Japan. (Records available from IRS and US Customs)

Internal Revenue

Service, Inc.

2. The IRS Liens and/or seizes all our assets, and the assets of several disinterested parties, without Notice, or DUE PROCESS, or even adherence to their own standards of proper procedure; in violation of U.C.C and C.C.C. and the Tax Code. The Internal Revenue Service, Inc., in its arrogance, proceeds with attaching everything and creating dire economic condition which immediately begins affecting our credit with the bouncing of the first batch of outstanding checks at the time of the First Unlawful Levy by the Internal Revenue Service, Inc. in conspiracy with First Interstate of Golden (named National Association) Also, reporting of the situation, as it then seemed to be, went uninvestigated and unproscecuted by IRS,Inc. agents charged with such responsibilities.

In addition the improper registering of tax lien on all Credit Services gave intimate information to criminals and banking interests intent on covering the fraudulent sale of the Dodge Raider. This begins affecting my business immediately in a very negative manner. (Records)

Thank you for the opportunity to speak my heart, in the Brief Proper, I will endeavor to be as terse, frugal and parsimonious as possible.

First InterState

of Golden

3. 1st Interstate of Golden, now known as National Association, did criminally fail in their fiduciary duty by conspiring with an unlawful IRS Levy; and then profiting by charging NSF fees for outstanding checks upon return. They even charged a NSF for the first IRS levy which was for more than I had in my account. Then they charged again for the levy that succeeded in stealing all my assets. The conspiracy is deftly proven by the actions of the Defendants and their own records.

R. J. Nolen, Attorney

4. R.J. Nolen, supposedly an IRS specialist, fails to protect his client after receiving CASH retainer! The CASH money I gave Mr. Nolan would have made my Raider payments for seven months! Not only did he not do anything at all about the IRS problem (misfeasance), he conspires with Valley National Financial Services (malfeasance) to unlawfully, and at great pain and dear cost to my Family, steal our 4Wheel Drive Dodge Raider, which he KNEW was necessary for our survival in our mountain top groundwatered homestead, and imperative for my business.

Valley National

Financial Services

Valley National opens negotiations (Carrie Torrez - Credit manager/Dave Hensel) for re-financing.

Then upon discovering the fraudulent sale by Chrysler Corporation (Dodge City/Christoper Dodge), Valley National ("Steve" - last name not identified in Court Records) "verbally" issues a repossession to CARS, USA with NO paperwork, in conspiracy to cover-up the fraudulent sale and leave no "paper-trail."

Yet VNFS in conspiracy with Chrysler Corporation (Dodge City/Christopher Dodge) does provide to CARS, USA, and the streetthugs Dougherty & Mahoney, the means of theft, specifically, the vehicle key obtained from Dodge City/Christopher Dodge. This key was never returned to me after paying the balance and receiving a clear title to this vehicle. I believe they were planning to steal this vehicle again in order to conceal and cover-up the illegal sale and contract of the vehicle.

Carrie Torrez later admits to Tamara Gartin that she was supposed to call us right after Christmas with refinancing information. This during conversation with Carrie and Michelle Witchey while my wife Tamara paid off the balance and received title at VNFS office after the illegal repossession action. Carrie said the "Boss" told her not to call.

Cars, USA

Steve Pratt, manager of CARS, USA, in conspiracy with Dodge City/Christopher Dodge and Valley National Financial Services, Inc. then assigns supervisor Phillip Hayed Mahoney and agent Jimmy Ray Dougherty to steal the 1987 Dodge Raider for profit. He issues them no official paperwork, business cards, uniforms, marked vehicle or anything that would identify them as legitimate; but he does supply the KEY provided by Chrysler Corporation (Dodge City/Christoper Dodge.)

These streetthugs (Mahoney & Dougherty) then, enter another County from their home, and Trespass over 1 mile of privately maintained private road and the posted property lines of Five Douglas County Citizens, including mine, with the intent to commit Grand Theft Auto

while carrying concealed weapons.

Their motive was money!

The KEY (from Chrysler Corporation) was the means to accomplish their evil intent, for hire, while acting in the professional capacity of Bounty Hunters for Valley National Financial Services, in conspiracy with Chrysler Corporation in the Corporate Guise of Dodge City/Christopher Dodge.

Willing to do anything to complete their heinous mission, for profit; these "StreetThugs" did then swear false charges with Douglas County Sheriffs McMahon and Woods for the express purpose of constructing my unlawful and unconstitutional incarceration. These False Charges were exposed during testimony under Oath in Douglas County District Court in the Presence of Judge Allspach. [Exhibit One: Douglas County District Court Transcript - Case #91CRS25 - Page ?? Lines ??]

Douglas County

Sheriffs

The Sheriffs’ Department invades the property; handcuffs & arrests the property owner,

take his two young children into County Protection (with NO MATRON on premises) ,

Unlawfully search the premises, without warrant

Sherriffs Deputies McMahon & Woods ASSIST the Repossession Agents to BREAK LOCKED GATES and take the vehicle, without removing, or allowing to be removed, personal/business goods worth thousands of dollars which were subsequently stolen while in the possession of Cars, USA,

remove the owner, in restraints, from his rural property, leaving it vulnerable,

and infant children at risk and repair to the County holdings. (Records)

Sheriffs McMahon and Woods acted in Colour of Authority, with prejudice, upon the false accusations without checking for outstanding warrants and criminal activity of Mahoney and Dougherty, one with an ACTIVE outstanding warrant (Dougherty) and the other with recent conviction for Menacing with a Deadly Weapon (Mahoney)

[ref: N.C.I.C. Jan 91].

Douglas County Sheriffs McMahon & Wood acted with prejudice against a Douglas County Resident when these "streetthugs" (Mahoney & Dougherty) were NOT required to produce Official paperwork to support their criminal activities. These "street-thugs" had NO official paperwork whatsoever!

On behalf of and in conspiracy with VNFS and Cars, USA, et al, these Douglas County Sheriffs did then falsely arrest me, conduct an illegal search of my home, unlawfully detain infant children without cause, and illegally seize property. They aided & abetted the Armed Grand Theft Auto committed by CARS, USA and VALLEY National Financial Services and Dodge City/Christopher Dodge, and in conspiracy.

The Sheriffs then filed false charges of Harassment on two charges, Prohibited use of Weapons, against me. Without investigation, and totally upon hearsay evidence and the false accusations by Dougherty and Mahoney. You must bear in mind, these "street-thugs" were over a mile from the nearest public road, on private property, trying to steal a vehicle without ANY official paperwork or identification. Both of these men are convicted criminals; yet the Sheriffs arrested ME instead of the man with an active outstanding warrant. Malfeasance!

Kim Castellano then swore a false affidavit declaring that he had knowledge of the crime and that it warranted such charges. He lied! Malfeasance again.

Then the Douglas County Sheriffs (McMahon & Wood), on behalf of the National Association Banking System, commenced a series of criminal, civil, Constitutional, and Common Law violations; exacerbating the already criminal actions being perpetrated on an innocent Douglas County Citizen by the "streetthugs" from CARS, USA. The persecution was then joined by the Douglas County District Attorney, four Lawyers and a Judge. After five years, my story will finally be heard by the Court.

The Fact that Valley National conspired with Dodge City/Christoper Dodge and Cars, USA to commit Grand Theft Auto is evidenced by the fact that NONE of the Procedures required by law were complied with, i.e.

NO Consumer Right to Cure,

No Writ of Replevin, and

No Repossession Order filed with Douglas County Sheriffs department.

Yet they DID provide the "armed streetthugs", Mahoney & Dougherty (Agents for CARS, USA), with the KEY, the means to effect the Grand Theft Auto, in conspiracy.

Douglas County

Justice Department

Judge Allsbach then sets excessive CASH bail (against a Douglas County Landowner) and imposes excessive penalties and conditions to bail EVEN in light of the B.A.C. of .000000000, confirming NO ALCOHOL in my system. First lie exposed! The supposed "victims" in this criminal proceeding confessed under oath that I made no threats to them. The second lie exposed! The Court later requires Alcohol Counseling as a condition for dismissal of the charges against me. This is an invasion of privacy, denial of Due Process and cruel & unusual punishment. Malfeasance!

The Sheriffs department in the persons of Steve Zotos and Corporal Reese then refused to accept my charges against the perpetrators of these crimes against Douglas County Residents. My first attempt to file charges was in March 1990. I was told upon many such attempts that they would not accept such charges against Government officials. Corporal Reese and Steve Zotos both very directly refused to file criminal charges against the named parties of Douglas County Government or the henchmen of the financial institutions .

Paul King, District Attorney, then suborned witnesses to perjure themselves in Pre-Trial proceedings before Judge Allsbach. He conspired with Douglas County Sheriffs to cover-up myriad procedural errors and Constitutional and Civil crimes committed by Sheriffs McMahon and Wood. He then conspired with my paid attorneys, R.J. Nolan and Lyle Robertson and my Public Defenders, James Kissell and Carrie Cline to deny me a public trial and conducted malicious prosecution against Douglas County Residents for two and a half years after the case was proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

When all these perjurious charges against me were finally dismissed, I IMMEDIATELY (3 minutes later) filed 23 civil actions against all the known conspirators in this heinous action against Douglas County Residents!

Douglas County Government, et al, to include Sheriff Steve Zotos, Investigator Kim Castellano, Sheriffs McMahon and Wood; District Attorney Paul King, Asst. District Attorney Kevin Slidell, Judge Allsbach, and others yet to be named have conspired to deny me the "day in court" that Common Law and justice insures to respond to their outrages of Law and common decency.

My real property was then attached, no Homestead Exemption allowed, the property was transferred to cronies of the Douglas County Government for an abysmally low price, transferred again to raise the price, and so on. The title to my land, as now held, is the fruit of Fraud.

The IRS executed their first tortious act against me in August 1990. This was the direct result of Spyderco, Inc.’s nefarious comptroller’s direct theft from my personal account at First Interstate Bank in Golden and subsequent fraudulent documents presented to the IRS in my behalf and without my knowledge. This relationship being A CONDITION of EMPLOYMENT directly from Louis S. Glesser, President. Statements from Ex-employees will substantiate that, and many other allegations against Spyderco, Inc., to be presented as evidence, forthcoming. As soon as this crime became obvious to me I provided full disclosure to the IRS and endeavored to do the right thing; as did all the other Spyderco employees who were damaged in this same action by Spyderco, Inc. et al.

The IRS committed their last tortious act in August 1994; once again, relating to my employment with Spyderco, Inc., and insuring a solid continuance of statutes of limitation even if the Honorable Judge Curry had not waived them on June 7, 1993 in Douglas County District Court when he first accepted jurisdiction of this case.

Key Issues

All of these tortious actions by All Defendants occurred to me because Spyderco’s Comptrollers (R. Simon/C. Shorey) embezzled and extorted funds in conspiracy with Gail, Gerald & Louis Glesser. It was these actions that perpetuated the initial criminal act by the Internal Revenue Service, Inc. and First Interstate Bank of Golden; i.e. unlawful levy and malfeasance of fiduciary responsibility. These criminal acts by Spyderco, Inc. et al are easily verified by several other Ex, and current, Spyderco employees who have suffered the same tortious and criminal actions by the principals of Spyderco, Inc.

Richard J. Nolen, Attorney at Law, accepted a retainer of $1500 CASH to represent me with the IRS and my creditors. He then conspired with Valley National Financial Services to cover-up Consumer fraud by Dodge City/Christopher Dodge, discovered by Valley National Financial Services when they pulled a copy of the Sales Contract (a copy submitted as evidence) while in negotiation with Carrie Torrez (Agent for VNFS) to refinance the Raider for another year.

Valley National Financial Services then initiated a repossession action ONLY on verbal authority - someone identified only as "Steve" in the Court records.

They not only did NOT contact me;

they did not contact my LAWYER of RECORD who had been continually in direct contact with VNFS.

VNFS did at that time knowingly and willingly and with malice and aforethought commence criminal actions and activities against the Family Gartin of Douglas County, Colorado in flagrant disregard for all U.C.C and C.C.C regulations, Constitutional Guarantees, and the Common Law.

Their Agent, CARS, USA did then commence their tortious and criminal activity aided and abetted by the Douglas County Sheriffs Department; who then continued tortious and criminal actions and Constitutional violations against Douglas County Residents without regard for proper and legal procedure, protocol, or the Code of Professional Responsibility and in direct violation of civic responsibility and State & Common Law.

Judge Allspach is trained and paid to administer justice. In my case, 91CR25, he proved to be the ally of the financial institution and NOT a friend of the people! There was NO justice administered. I require an explanation for actions so obviously contemptuous of the Citizens of Douglas County, Colorado, USA and in total disregard of fact. If there be Law, let it apply to all.

My resources were again drained by hiring a "criminal" lawyer, Lyle Robinson, to defend the now two false Felony Menacing Charges against me in Douglas County District Court. The fact that he came to "defend" me at pretrial high on Cocaine is exacerbated by the fact that the DA , Mr. King,has subsequently been proven to have known of Lawyer Robinsons' continuing condition of Drug Abuse and yet conspired with my Defense Attorney to try to get me to plead guilty to one of two counts of Felony Menacing, thus advancing Paul King's career as District Attorney.

Who knows what Paul King, D.A., offered Mr. Robinson as incentive to get me to "settle out of court." Who knows how deep or pervasive this "unholy" alliance between my defense lawyer and the prosecution is and what is done behind closed doors in the name of justice, falsely so called. Please, your Honor, let the people hear these Lawyers explain their OWN actions and give justification for their criminal actions before the People.

The Honorable Judge Turelli was as fine a judge as I have imagined. Sitting in his court for over two years gave me a deep and abiding respect for the man. He is NOT included in this suit.

The District Attorney, Paul King is named as one who suborns witnesses to perjury and continues malicious prosecution long after the case has been proven. He, personally, with malice and aforethought, and for personal gain, extended my hazard in this criminal case; in total disregard for fact, and to support his minions caught with their procedures down. This is a totally contemptuous attitude for the People and for the Court he works for, and one that has exponentially increased my damages and the hazards I have faced over the past five years. At any point, he could have dropped the charges and settled with me for the damages caused by his agents and co-workers. Proof of theses allegations is contained in the Courts' own record and available immediately to you.

We several Plaintiffs, and as the People, demand an explanation for such overly aggressive and unprofessional behavior coming from "public servants" inflicted on the people they are sworn to serve. This man, Paul King, is a classic example of public servants becoming "powermongers" and biting the hands who feed them. How much damage has this man inflicted on the Citizens? How many have NOT stood up to fight for the cause of Truth, Freedom, Justice and the American Way? What about those who had not yet lost everything; and who were unable to take up the battle. I believe this man, Paul King, and the system he represents has damaged many other Douglas County Residents besides myself and my family. For those also that I pray the court for relief as they come forward in the future.

Your Honor, the Court's instruction to amalgamate 23 lawsuits into one action caused me to research deeply into the connections BETWEEN the Defendants and I began to see the evil intent of the "financial weapon" which attacked me and my Family in the Constitutional safety of our remote mountain home and totally destroyed our lives and our economic future.

This in-depth study as a result of the Order of Judge Curry to combine this Plaint revealed Conspiracy, treason, intrigue, economic warfare, tyrannical oppression, lies and deceit, and un-American activities conducted in the name of "our Government" at alarmingly high levels. Our "public servants" have become pawns directed and controlled by the World Banking System. This problem has reached epochal proportions and threatens the very foundation and safety of our beloved United States of America under God!

When this unprovoked attack by the Financial Vampires and the "Jack-booted" Government thugs began, Family Gartin was ten years into a twenty year plan and life was good. We had seven acres of hilltop heaven with two metro phone lines and my career as a "Lone Eagle" publisher was well underway. These enemies of the People took away my means of making a living, my Automobile, they burdened us with Bail, Fines, Fees, Lawyers (and finally countless hours of personal legal study) and put my entire life in hazard as well as that of my Family. Imagine the burden of defending Two Felony Menacing Charges while trying to rebuild our finances after the unlawful IRS theft and loss of job directly caused by IRS levy of wages at Western Cutlery, knowing that the only protectors, the only recourse for the citizen, the Courts, had been denied to me by the very government agents sworn to its’ Honorable service.

NorWest, Inc.

Begins with an unauthorized Compuserve ACH (debits), and a SERIES of Independent Order of Foresters ACH's (which caused the failing of my business due to lack of postage to respond to advertising) even after REPEATED demands to cease and desist BOTH to Chuck Kules representing the Canadian Insurance Company, the Independant Order of Foresters and Doug Hammerbeck of NorWest, Inc.

Then they act in conspiracy with my Landlord, Martin L. Kipp to prematurely cash checks and profit by charging NSF charges. Then ANOTHER unlawful IRS levy and more unauthorized stop payments and Compuserve ACH's up to June 30, 1995. An unbroken chain of sure evidence. Another interesting note is that the Banks charge NSF charges (twice! = $36) for checks which bounce as a result of UNAUTHORIZED transfers of funds from my business checking account on several occasions. This is unacceptable in light of the fact that Family Gartin had two other accounts at NorWest, Inc. that were available to the Internal Revenue Service, Inc. but NOT to overdrafts caused by unauthorized electronic debits, dating manipulations, and unlawful seizures of assets. In ALL cases, the Banks receive pure PROFIT from additional fees.

The assault from the financial machine continues to this day, with NorWest conspiring with the IRS to not only allow the illegal transfer of funds from my account, but to profit by charging $18 on all outstanding checks many of which bounced TWICE ($36 each) as a direct result of the IRS theft, directly caused by Spyderco’s Corporate theft from me (and many other Ex- and present-employees, which persons may amend in suit).

Not only is NorWest complicit in theft by the IRS, they also conspire to commit electronic theft by Compuserve and the Independent Order of Foresters from Canada, who CONTINUED to make unauthorized withdrawals after repeated demands to CEASE and DESIST. In each case, NorWest, Inc. charged for insufficient funds TWICE as a direct result of this electronic theft, the SAME Day of the Electronic theft! This action constitutes fraud and deceit of the gravest nature and a flagrant disregard for Fiduciary Responsibility and the Code of Professional Ethics; and is in direct violation of the U.C.C. & C.C.C. Even after repeated and direct correspondence with Doug Hammerbeck and Blair Lindberg at NorWest, Inc., they continue to allow ANYONE to access the funds in my business account, without complying with U.C.C. Regulations, as recently as June 1995, once again continuing in the very chain of damages, and Conspiracy, for which I seek relief!

Independant Order

of Foresters

Trains their representatives to lock into member's checking accounts without permission, or knowledge of the members and create unauthorized monthly debits. This is fraud! Upon discovery of this theft, I very directly spoke to my representative and to the local fiduciary, Chuck Kules, and told them both very directly to cease this theft. Yet the unauthorized debits continued for almost a year.

This SERIES of Independent Order of Foresters ACH's combined with NorWest, Inc.'s NSF charges combined to cause the failing of my business due to lack of postage to respond to advertising. This even after REPEATED demands to cease and desist BOTH to Chuck Kules representing the Canadian Insurance Company, the Independant Order of Foresters and Doug Hammerbeck of NorWest, Inc., named as National Association.

Key Issues

All of these tortious actions by All Defendants occurred to me because Spyderco’s Comptrollers (R. Simon/C. Shorey) embezzled and extorted funds and in conspiracy with Gail, Gerald & Louis Glesser. It was these actions that generated the initial criminal act by the Internal Revenue Service, Inc. and First Interstate Bank of Golden; i.e. Unlawful Levy and Malfeasance of Fiduciary Responsibility. These criminal acts by Spyderco, Inc. et al are easily verified In the Person by several other former, and current, Spyderco employees who have suffered the same tortious and criminal actions by the principals of Spyderco, Inc., State and Federal Tax Records, Customs Department records, contracts with providers and etcetera.

Their Agent, CARS, USA did then commence their tortious criminal activity aided and abetted by the Douglas County Sheriffs Department; who then continued tortious criminal actions and Constitutional violations against Douglas County Residents without regard for proper and legal procedure, protocol, or the Code of Professional Responsibility and in direct violation of civic responsibility and State & Common Law.

Judge Allspach is trained and paid, subjected to a Code of Judicial Conduct, to administer justice. He is held to a high standard of responsibility and accountability. In my case, 91CR25, he proved to be the biased ally of the financial institution and NOT a protector of the people! There was NO justice administered, and injustice was done! I require an explanation for actions so obviously contemptuous of the Citizens of Douglas County, Colorado, USA and in total disregard of fact. If there be Law, let it apply to all.

The Honorable Judge Turelli was as fine a judge as I have imagined. Sitting in his court for over two years gave me a deep and abiding respect for the man. He is NOT included in this suit.

The District Attorney, Paul King is named as one who suborns witnesses to perjury and continues malicious prosecution long after the case has been proven. He personally, with malice and aforethought and for personal gain, extended my hazard in this criminal case; in total disregard for fact, and to support his minions caught with their procedures down. This is a totally contemptuous attitude and one that has exponentially increased my damages and the hazards I have faced over the past five years. At any point, he could have dropped the charges and settled for the damages caused by his agents and co-workers. Proof of theses allegations is contained in the Courts' own record and available immediately to you.

We, the People, demand an explanation for such overly aggressive and unprofessional behavior coming from "public servants" inflicted on the people they are sworn to serve. This man, Paul King, is a classic example of public servants becoming "powermongers" and biting the hands who feed them. How much damage has this man inflicted on the Citizens? How many have NOT stood up to fight for the cause of Truth, Freedom, Justice and the American Way? What about those who had not yet lost everything; and who were unable to take up the battle. I believe this man, Paul King, and the system he represents has damaged many other Douglas County Residents besides myself and my family. For those also that I pray the court for relief as they come forward in the future.

Your Honor, the Court's instruction to amalgamate 23 lawsuits into one action caused me to research deeply into the connections BETWEEN the Defendants and I began to see the evil intent of the "financial weapon" which attacked me and my Family in the Constitutional safety of our remote mountain home and totally destroyed our lives and our economic future.

When this unprovoked attack by the Financial Vampires and the "Jack-booted" Government thugs began, Family Gartin was ten years into a twenty year plan and life was good. We had seven acres of hilltop heaven with two metro phone lines and my career as a "Lone Eagle" publisher was well underway. These enemies of the People took away my means of making a living (my Automobile), they burdened us with Bail, Fines, Fees, Lawyers (and finally countless hours of personal legal study) and put my entire life in hazard as well as that of my Family. Imagine the burden of defending Two Felony Menacing Charges while trying to rebuild our finances after the unlawful IRS theft and loss of job directly caused by IRS levy of wages at Western Cutlery.

Each and every one of these defendants has conspired to kill my family economically. They have all lied, cheated and stolen from my Family. They have all taken food out of our children's mouths, denied them medical care, caused them to live in abject poverty. These criminals have caused my wife to age twenty years in five; they have denied her creature comforts, or even the basic necessities of life that convicted prisoners are granted.

Our burdens have been greater than I can explain, or put a price on. We will make modest claims and trust the Court to dispense Justice. The living hell that our Family has gone through the last five years is beyond explanation in a single document.

When this assault by the Defendants ,in conspiracy, began we had AAA credit and a bright future before us in our Douglas County mountain home. Now we are paupers, in crisis and hardship.

I pray the Honorable Court to restore us to our home and career. Out home must be returned to Family Gartin, all property stolen or lost must be returned. Reparations for five years of suffering and hardship must be recompensed. The parties who conducted this criminal activity must be punished to the full extent of the Law of Liberty. Tyrants can not be allowed to subject the FreeMen of America to tyrannical justice and Central Bank usury. We must resist this heinous plan to oppress The People, and return our beloved Nation, under God to the Constitutional Republic which is our roots and our Heritage, and from whence we have so far departed.

Your Honor, several of the defendants have already defaulted on the 20-30 day response period from Receipt of Summons. They must not feel this is an important issue. I hereby request Summary Judgement against each and every one of them in the sum of:

a. $10,000,000 in direct damages

b. Punitive and exemplary damages as the Court deems appropriate

c. Return of our Home and Property

Thank you.

God bless the United States of America and may justice prevail.

Truly,

January 17, 1996

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Steve Gartin, In Pro Per in Forma Pauperis

for Family Gartin, and Plaintiffs as named.

PO Box 114

Golden, CO 80402-0114

303-279-8150

Appendix One:

The IRS attaches all assets, the District Attorney realizes the position of the Sheriffs’ Department and pursues now Defendant Gartin with threats of dire prosecution against a plea of Guilty. Perjured testimony, solicited by the District Attorney, falls on examination. The Court sets high bail, the Financial Institutions, sharing information in collusion, strip the rest of the assets. (Records)

Lawyers abound. Bankruptcy, Tax, Criminal, Public Defenders, etc. further deplete cash, gather inside information, fail to proceed in a timely and professional manner in obvious circumstances.

SpyderCo, covering the felony hazard uncovered by the Tax Lien on Steve Douglas Gartin, fire him, renege on promises of partnership and participation, refuse payment of monies owed. Comptroller Robert Simon, one of the main conspirators, dies and the Estate is probated quickly to cover access to the Simon participation. Glesser, under audit by the IRS, puts Steve Douglas Gartin into antagonist status to attack credibility in later deposition or other discovery, pocketing the distribution to Simon of his rightful share of wrongful doings.

The discovery and repossession of the illegal automobile has put Valley National into hazard as financing the Christopher Dodge sale of the misrepresented vehicle. The sending of the repo agents with the key to the vehicle, the lying phone calls offering cure of the loan and extensions, the lack of proper paperwork and documentation authorizing the repossession, the perjured testimony by an agent in repossession activity in concert with the law enforcement authority, the relationship of the finance company to its’ lending Bank, are all in question.

Banking Institutions proceed to allow unauthorized electronic transfer of funds from accounts not available for such usages; they coincide such presentations with overdraft charges- only when the account is depleted enough to respond to such arithmetic, multiple presentations of bogus instruments, multiple charges for such production. They also conspire with the IRS to levy when bank balance reaches highest point. (records)

Such arithmetic assaults are done with the collusion of the IRS, Inc., Compuserve, International Order of Foresters etc. They continue to this criminal action after multiple demands to cease and with no prior or other authorization. The IRS proceeds ignoring Federal Law, State Law, published regulations and its’ own internal procedural requirements. (records)

Prosecution of Steve Douglas Gartin by Douglas County is dropped for lack of every reason for any continued action by the County. The Sheriff in question transfers to the Police Department of the County Seat. (records)

SpyderCo becomes a more active enemy to cover the discovery of felonious actions, Steve Douglas Gartin is poisoned in the Cutlery Industry insofar as SpyderCo is able to do so, resulting in loss of consortium. Support for Steve Douglas Gartin’s publication is sapped by nonpayment of bills by SpyderCo supporters.

The assault by the Banking Community continues unabated; Banks, Credit Companies (Alpine Credit), Finance Companies, other professional entities including the pediatrician to the Children (Thomas Hausam), family Dentist (Michael Haas) and Landlord (John Colby) and property manager (Marty Kipp) conspire to destroy the Family Gartin who is still recovering from the continuing assault on their Home, career, and property. (records available for discovery)

My reputation has been destroyed, my home, career, and property Stolen. Yet the persecution continues. Financial institutions wage war upon the Citizens while smarmy lawyers hide behind tomes of literature and rhetoric in order to deny justice to the damaged Citizens. My Love for our United States of America under God will not allow me to "let this go" or "forget about it." Our Lord is coming soon and our Nation will not fare well in Judgement if those who love God do not stand up against Treason in government, and be counted.

I PRAY THE HONORABLE COURT for

MY DAY IN COURT!

IN PLAIN AMERICAN ENGLISH by a

Fully Informed Jury of my Peers!

The Plaintiff, Tamara Gartin a pauper, has suffered grievous damages caused by these Defendants actions.

The Plaintiff, April Rose Gartin a minor child, has suffered grievous damages caused by the Defendants actions.

The Plaintiff, Elijah Rock Gartin a minor child, has suffered grievous damages caused by the Defendants actions.

The Plaintiff, Steve Douglas Gartin a pauper, has suffered grievous damages caused by the Defendants actions.

The Family Gartin, a named Plaintiff, has suffered great, grievous and far-reaching damages caused by the Defendants illegal, immoral, criminal and tortious actions in conspiracy.

Certificate of Mailing

I, hereby certify that I have this 28th day of August, 1995 served a true and correct copy of the within Plaintiffs' Response in Brief to the Federal District Court - State of Colorado VIA FAX: at 303-844-3101 to James Manspeaker, Clerk of Court for the Honorable Judge Lewis T. Babcock.

Steve Douglas Gartin

1001 S. Yarrow Street

Lakewood, CO 80226

Phone 969-9665

FAX: 969-0060

I hereby certify that on this 14th day of September, 1995, a true and correct copy of the foregoing Summons & Complaint was placed in the United States mail, first-class postage prepaid, addressed to:

Office of the Clerk

United States District Court

Room 145, US Courthouse

Denver, CO 80294-3589

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Plaintiff_____________________________________ Date: 18 September 1995

Pro Per, in Forma Pauperis