-4- In 1994, petitioner brought suit against Valley’s successor, Bank of America (the bank), a Nevada Supreme Court justice who participated in the 1993 decision, and others (together, defendants) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada (District Court) in case No. CV-N-94-455. Petitioner’s complaint alleged that the defendants violated his civil rights under 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983 during the State court proceedings and conspired to violate Federal and State RICO statutes. Petitioner’s civil rights complaint in case No. CV-N-94-455 (complaint) consisted of alleged violations of his rights to procedural and substantive due process. Petitioner alleged that his procedural due process rights were violated by certain of the defendants, including the bank, providing financial support to “lawyer politicians” seeking elected judicial office in Nevada, so as to create an atmosphere of “obligation” on the part of the lawyer politician who is elected to the position of district court judge or Nevada Supreme Court Justice to facilitate obtaining “legal protection” from said elected lawyer politician * * * for any of the conduct or actions of these Defendants which result in legal action being taken against them. Petitioner claimed that, as a result of this atmosphere of obligation, his procedural due process rights were further violated through misconduct of the Nevada judiciary that included:Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next
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