Tagged: Rowe Entertainment v. William Morris Agency

Marcus Isaiah Washington’s petition for a writ of certiorari has been DISTRIBUTED to the Justices on the Supreme Court and will be considered during their Nov. 24th conference!

JusticesConferenceRoomI just happened to check the docket for my case and saw that yesterday, it was updated.
newactivitySCOTUSdocketnov52015

There’s no telling what will happen, but I’m excited to see what their response will be.

Mr. Washington’s Petition For Writ of Certiorari [September 23, 2015]:

WME and Loeb & Loeb LLP’s Response Waiver [October 21, 2015]:

spending final writing days @ the sanctuary with my new crystals. 


Spending time with my new crystals while making the final edits to my petition for a writ of certiorari at the Jefferson Market Library. Can’t wait to be done with this tomorrow! I’m going to miss writing at this place. It’s time to start the next chapter of my life. 

…and the attorney who helped NFL quarterback Tom Brady avoid a four game suspension for using deflated footballs — Jeffrey Kesler of Winston & Strawn LLP — was also involved in the conspiracy to defraud the class of black concert promoters from having the merits of their case against William Morris, CAA and others decided by an impartial jury. 


This unethical criminal has demonstrated that he will do whatever it takes to help his client avoid repercussions for violating the law, cheating, being dishonest, etc. Technically, Kesler should be disbarred and thus, he would not have been allowed to represent Brady in this case…which means all decisions in Brady’s favor should be vitiated due to “fraud upon the Court.”

I wonder if attorneys for the NFL know about this…

  

“[A]ttorney malpractice is a failure to exercise ordinary skill and knowledge, where that failure damages a client: ‘To state a cause of action to recover damages for legal malpractice, a plaintiff must allege: (1) that the attorney “failed to exercise the ordinarily reasonable skill and knowledge commonly possessed by a member of the legal profession”; and (2) that the attorney’s breach of the duty proximately caused the plaintiff actual and ascertainable damages.’ Schurz v. Bodian, 2012 WL 502860, *1 (N.Y. App. Div. 2012) (internal citations omitted). See also Legacy Healthcare, Inc. v. Barnes & Thornburg, 837 N.E.2d 619, 624 (Ind. Ct. App. 2006). (attorney malpractice claim involves ‘failure of the attorney to exercise ordinary skill and knowledge (the breach of the duty).’).”

Source: Neal Bowling and Dina M. Cox. “Malpractice v. Misconduct.” pg. 1. May 2012.

“The fraud-upon-the-court doctrine originated in Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co. There, a patent attorney for Hartford wrote an article lauding a Hartford product as an advance in the field and arranged to have the article printed in a trade journal under the name of an ostensibly disinterested expert, and the circuit court relied in part on this Article in granting relief to Hartford. Almost ten years after the final judgment, Hazel-Atlas gained ‘indisputable proof’ that the article was fraudulent and commenced suit seeking to set aside the prior judgment…”

The Supreme Court granted relief to Hazel-Atlas. The Court identified a general rule dating before the establishment of the United States that permits courts to devitalize judgments when justice demands, and explained:

This is not simply a case of a judgment obtained with the aid of a witness who, on the basis of after-discovered evidence, is believed possibly to have been guilty of perjury. Here, even if we consider nothing but Hartford’s sworn admissions, we find a deliberately planned and carefully executed scheme to defraud,not only the Patent Office but the Circuit Court of Appeals. Proof of the scheme, and of its complete success up to date, is conclusive.

Since Hazel-Atlas, the circuit courts have struggled to establish the doctrine’s contours. The classic formulation, which originated with Professor Moore, holds that the doctrine embraces that species of fraud “that does, or at least attempts to, defile the court itself, or that is perpetrated by officers of the court so that the judicial machinery can not perform in the usual manner its impartial task of adjudging cases.” However this doctrine is defined, it is now recognized (although obliquely so) in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

While Hazel-Atlas was a civil case, its decision is no less applicable in the criminal context. As the Seventh Circuit has unequivocally explained:

The fact that this case involves a fraud perpetrated upon the court during the criminal sentencing process rather than during a civil proceeding, such as in Hazel-Atlas, does not change the result. It is the power of the court to correct the judgment gained through fraud which is determinative and not the nature of the proceeding in which the fraud was committed.

Source: Joseph J. Anclien. Broader Is Better: The Inherent Powers of Federal Courts. 64 NYU Annual Survey of American Law 37, 77-79. 2008.

William Morris still REFUSES to hire and/or promote blacks to work as Agents in its URBAN MUSIC DIVISION!!

A couple days ago, Billboard reported:

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment bolsters its urban division substantially with the addition of agents Peter Schwartz and James Rubin, who have joined WME and will be based in the firm’s New York office. The both were formerly with The Agency Group.

About Schwartz and Rubin [I wonder if both are “Jewish”]:

Schwartz joins WME from The Agency Group, where he served as vice president and head of urban music, overseeing the department’s daily operations and booking nearly 25,000 shows and hundreds of tours domestically and internationally.  He joined TAG in 1993 and was an integral part of the growth of the company. After graduating from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Communication in 1990, Schwartz spent two years at the William Morris Agency as an Agent Trainee.

Joining WME from The Agency Group in London, Rubin headed up the International Division for Urban Touring and specialized in international markets. He joined The Agency Group in 2008 and grew his roster all the way from club tours to arena level artists. Rubin began his career in the industry as a hip hop/urban promoter in 2001, booking U.S. and U.K. artists across Australia, New Zealand, and Asia under his own Melting Pot Productions. He will continue to focus on the international marketplace for WME.

How many black music Agents exist in the United States at the major talent agencies? Why should managers and talent, especially black managers and talent, be required by law to give agencies 10 percent commission if the agencies won’t hire and/or promote blacks to Agent, Coordinator and Agent Trainee positions? Are we not capable of being able to locate and sign talent? That’s essentially what they are saying…

Source: Ray Waddell. “WME Lures Two from The Agency Group, Including Clients Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, A$AP Ferg.” Billboard. May 11, 2015. http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6561248/william-morris-peter-schwartz-james-rubin-macklemore-ryan-lewis-run-the-jewels.

the RACIST & DISHONORABLE federal judge in Leonard Rowe’s case — Robert P. Patterson — has passed away!!! 😱😱😱

I’m in disbelief right now. My only run in with Patterson was at the conference that took place on January 24, 2014 [see transcript below].

As you can see, Leonard ripped Patterson a new one and Patterson could do nothing about it, because he knew Leonard was telling the truth. Smdh.

After the conference ended, I told him that fraud had been perpetrated upon the Court and that he knew “Exhibit 31” was authentic, or else Arbitrator David L. Gregory wouldn’t have admitted the document into the evidence of record in my case.

My only regret is that Patterson wasn’t impeached before he passed. May his racist soul rot in hell.

the GUARDIAN OF ANGELS’ hack of SONY Pictures’ e-mails expose RACIST EXCHANGE between Sony’s co-chairwoman Amy Pascal and film producer Scott Rudin in reference to President Barack Obama!!

Perfect timing!!! As I begin to start writing the Reply to my Ex. Motion for Extraordinary Relief to the Second Circuit, I am just learning that a day or two ago, news broke regarding Sony co-chairwoman Amy Pascal and film producer Scott Rudin’s racist e-mail exchange regarding President Obama.

Buzzfeed published a story late Thursday containing personal emails in which Pascal and “The Social Network” producer Scott Rudin joked about Obama’s favorite movies, suggesting he would prefer those about African Americans.

“Would he like to finance some movies,” responded Rudin, when Pascal sought his advice on what she should say to the President at a Hollywood fundraiser.

“I doubt it. Should I ask him if he liked DJANGO?” said Pascal, with Rudin replying “12 YEARS.”

“Or the butler. Or think like a man?” continued Pascal, who is a major donor for the Democratic party and President Obama.

“Ride-along. I bet he likes Kevin Hart,” said Rudin.

The timing of this couldn’t be any better, due to the fact that William Morris and Creative Artists Agency have still NOT produced the underlying e-mails to “Exhibit 31” — the search result summary that was conducted on the 1998-1999 backup tapes of two of Hollywood’s biggest talent agencies — the William Morris Agency and Creative Artists Agency — in Rowe Entertainment v. William Morris Agency during electronic discovery in September of 2002. See “Exhibit 31” below:

After this document was discovered on the desk of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP (now Dentons LLP) attorney Raymond Heslin by lead plaintiff Leonard Rowe, Republican appointed federal judge Robert P. Patterson ultimately concluded that “Exhibit 31” was nothing but an “unidentified and unauthenticated document” after the plaintiffs’ own attorneys and counsel for the defendants [including the same attorney I’m currently litigating this case against — Michael P. Zweig of Loeb & Loeb LLP] repeatedly stated on the record that “no derogatory terms” were ever found. Eight years later however, Arbitrator David L. Gregory of the American Arbitration Association admitted this document into the evidence of record in my case after I presented a pyramid of evidence which showed beyond a reasonable doubt that this document was in fact authentic. Although Gregory ordered William Morris to pay the costs of my e-discovery expert to retrieve the hundreds of incoming and outgoing e-mails containing words such as “nigger,” “nigga,” “coon,” “Uncle Tom,” and others, these e-mails never saw the light of day because Gregory abruptly cancelled discovery and the oral hearing before rending his Partial Final Award in my favor.

To this day, those smoking gun e-mails have not been produced and when this evidence was later presented to the Republican appointed federal judge assigned to my case and Chairman of the Grievance Committee handling attorney misconduct for the Southern District of New York —  P. Kevin Castel — he made absolutely no mention of it and confirmed a fraudulently procured decision of Timothy K. Lewis which dismissed my case with prejudice. And for extra measure, Castel issued a filing injunction against me to prevent me taking further legal action against all parties involved in conspiring to deprive me of my constitutional and statutory rights under the color of the law, prejudiced my appeal by explicitly stating that it would not be made in “good faith” and implicitly stating that my arguments were “frivolous” by revoking my in forma pauperis status despite knowing that I’ve been unemployed for four years representing myself in this case and am living below the poverty level. Smdh!

As Dr. Frances Cress-Welsing stated: “Truth cannot be concealed…It literally begs to be revealed, especially when hypocrisy and deceit [] moves toward domination.” Both have since apologized, but it’s only because they have to. These “Hollywood liberals” should be treated no differently than Donald Sterling!

Source: “Sony’s Amy Pascal Apologizes for Obama E-mails.” Variety. December 11, 2014. http://variety.com/2014/film/news/sonys-amy-pascal-apologizes-for-obama-emails-not-who-i-am-1201377177/.

“Claims against the NYPD cost the city $212 MILLION IN 2014 ALONE” and “NEARLY HALF A BILLION” over the LAST 5 YEARS WHILE William Morris Endeavor Entertainment LLC (formerly the WILLIAM MORRIS AGENCY) has engaged in an INTENTIONAL pattern and practice of EXCLUDING QUALIFIED African Americans from positions such as Agent because of their RACE, COLOR AND/OR NATIONAL ORIGIN and has NEVER PAID A DIME FOR VIOLATING THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, NEW YORK CITY HUMAN RIGHTS LAW, SHERMAN ACT, etc. and NEVER had the MERITS of RACIAL DISCRIMINATION LAWSUITS filed against them IN FEDERAL COURT be decided by an IMPARTIAL JURY?????? #RACEBASEDCONSPIRACY #FRAUDUPONTHECOURT

New York Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo, whose chokehold killed Eric Garner on Staten Island in July, has been sued by residents claiming various abuses in at least three separate cases.

In one of those cases, Pantaleo is accused of falsely arresting and humiliating two men, who say Pantaleo searched them illegally, forced them to pull their pants and underwear down in public, squat and cough.

The City of New York settled that claim for $30,000 – $15,000 for each party involved.

A grand jury earlier this week announced that it would not be indicting Pantaleo in Garner’s death, despite the outcry from community groups who say the NYPD has systematically targeted black and Hispanic men for harassment.

“Claims against members of New York’s finest have swelled by 31% over the past five years. In that time, the city has paid out nearly a half-billion dollars.”

The payout amount in the earlier Pantaleo case is hardly unusual for New York City, where claims against members of New York’s finest have swelled by 31% over the past five years. In that time, the city has paid out nearly a half-billion dollars in claims. According to the New York City Comptroller’s Office, there were 9,500 claims filed against the police department in 2013, to the tune of $137 million. The total amount paid out in fiscal year 2014 has ballooned to $212 million.

Claims against the police department accounted for 37% of the claims against the city by residents, the largest of any of the city’s major agencies, including health and human services, sanitation, transportation, and parks and recreation.

Source: Trymaine Lee. “Claims Against NYPD Cost the City $212 Million In 2014 Alone.” MSNBC. December 5, 2014.  http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/claims-against-the-nypd-cost-the-city-millions-year?CID=sm_FB,

“‘I’m looking forward to a federal jury trial,’ says Leonard Rowe, president of Atlanta-based Rowe Entertainment and one of the five black promoters filing the suit. ‘I’m happy because I want justice to prevail and I want a jury to hear what [the defendants] have done to us. No black promoters have been allowed to work with one white act, and white promoters work with all acts. How is it possible for us to reach the same prosperity as they do? I know for a fact I could explain this to a jury in terms they could understand, and I can’t wait to do it.'”

Although Republican appointed federal judge Robert P. Patterson refused to dismiss their complaint, he issued a 175 page decision five years later, which granted summary judgment in favor of William Morris, Creative Artists Agency and the other defendants despite there being “genuine issues of material fact”…

Source: Ray Waddel. “Black Promoters’ Suit Proceeds.” Billboard. pg. 1, 112. July 15, 2000.