Criminal Contempt of Court Charges And Related Catastrophic Events The tactics used by Department of Justice officials and federal judges to halt former federal agent Rodney Stich from continuing to publicize the high-level corruption−including that which implicated them−included charging him with contempt of court charges and sentencing him to six months in federal prison, two of which were in solitary confinement. The first set of criminal contempt of court charges were wiled against Stich in 1986 by federal prosecutor David Levi and Judges Milton Schwartz, Raul Ramirez, at Sacramento, California, in 1986. To block Stich from reporting high-level criminal conduct charges to a federal court (under the mandatory reporting requirement of the federal crime reporting statute), federal judges has unlawful issued orders permanently barring the former federal agent from ever filing any papers in any federal district or appellate court. When Stich used that reporting statute to report to a federal judge the criminal activities that he and his coalition had discovered, the first of several criminal contempt of court charges were filed. The second set of criminal contempt of court charges were filed against Stich by Oakland, California federal judge Edward Jellen when Stich filed an objection to the corrupt seize of his life assets consisting of $10 million in real estate which Stich used to fund his exposure activities. The third set of criminal contempt of court charges were filed against Stich by San Francisco federal judges Marilyn Patel and Vaughn Walker after Stich again attempting to report criminal activities. These criminal activities were resulting in a continuing series of preventable aviation disasters and other harm, and played enabling roles in a series of preventable terrorist attacks, including the hijackings of four airliners on September 11, 2001. For the American public, these corrupt acts by federal judges and Department of Justice personnel has enormous consequences: Nearly 3,000 people brutally died on September 11, 2001. Directly involved in these cr4iminal acts was Anthony Kennedy, later a Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Among the dead were those people jumping to their deaths from the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, including the following woman: Areas of Corruption Being Reported Former federal agent Rodney Stich had initially discovered widespread ongoing corruption in the government's aviation safety offices associated with a series of aviation disasters, and after acquiring a coalition of other insiders, criminal activities that were inflicting great harm upon the American people and upon national security. His exposure activities were exposing key people in government, their direct or indirect role through cover-ups in the criminal activities, and the harm being inflicted upon the American people. Among the people being exposed included: Those in the government's aviation safety offices, including the FAA and NTSB political appointees. Employees of the U.S. Department of Justice. Employees of the FBI and other Department of Justice offices. Corruption in the CIA. Cover-ups (i.e., obstruction of justice) and retaliation by federal judges. Cover-ups (i.e., obstruction of justice) by members of Congress. Reversing the Legal Requirement For Criminal Contempt of Court Charge Under Title 18 U.S.C. § 401 of the federal criminal code, and related case law, a criminal contempt of court charge requires that the person being charged have engaged in criminal conduct that hinders or obstructs justice; or that prevents a court from the lawful function. Federal judges and federal prosecutors were charging the former federal agent for: Reporting ongoing federal crimes by certain people in the government's aviation safety offices that were continuing to result in aviation disasters (and continued to do so, with one of the most dramatic results occurring on September 11, 2001. Reporting criminal activities that were continuing to inflict great harm upon the American people and upon national interests as the former federal agent and his coalition of other federal agents had discovered as part of their official duties. Reporting criminal civil rights violations that were part of the unlawful, unconstitutional, and felonious attempts to halt the exposure activities. Reporting crimes against the United States which also involved felony cover-ups and felony retaliation by federal judges and employees of the U.S. Department of Justice. The actions violated the criteria for criminal contempt of court charges. Coalition of the Willing: DOJ Prosecutors and Federal Judges The successful carrying out of the latest scheme, the criminal contempt of court charge, required the willing corrupt participation of employees of the U.S. Department of Justice, the involvement of dozens of federal judges, involvement of the Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court who were kept informed on these corrupt judicial activities, and by the lawyers that the former federal agent hired, and after his assets were seized, appointed by the same group involved in the criminal retaliation. Justice Department prosecutors, in collaboration with federal judges, charged Stich with criminal contempt of court for filing papers in federal courts reporting corruption in government aviation safety offices. DOJ prosecutors and the federal judge involved denied Stich a jury trial, and Stich's attorney then started sabotaging Stich. Stich was held guilty and sentenced to six months in federal prison, at the age of 67, and shortly after undergoing multiple bypass open-heart surgery. He spent two months in solitary confinement. Felonies Arising From Criminal Contempt of Court Charges The retaliation by federal judges and Justice Department lawyers were felonies under the federal obstruction of justice statutes, under the federal retaliation statutes. Additional statutes included Title 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1343, 1361. Second Set of Criminal Contempt of Court Charges Federal judges and Department of Justice prosecutors filed several sets of criminal contempt of court charges against former federal agent Rodney Stich in retaliation for attempting to report ongoing high-level criminal activities. These corrupt activities were inflicting great harm upon national securi6ty and upon the lives of many people. They became enablers to great disasters and deaths. Case CR 90-0636 VRW. (MS Word) (Adobe PDF) These third set of criminal contempt of court charges involved San Francisco district court judges Marilyn Petal and Vaughn Walker. Seeking Relief From Ninth Circuit Federal Judges Who Again Joined the Scheme First Set Seeking relief from the same federal judges that had been blocking the reports of criminal activities since 1978, Stich filed several petitions with 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. These were filed while Anthony Kennedy was a judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals at San Francisco. These petitions and appeals made Kennedy fully aware of the criminal activities that Stich and his coalition sought to report; the ongoing series of consequences (while continued to September 11, 2001 terrorist hijackings); the felony obstruction of justice by federal judges and Department of Justice prosecutors; the felony retaliation against a witness and former federal agent. Stich filed various legal papers to defend against the retaliatory criminal contempt of court charges, including the following sampling: Legal filing requesting to remain free pending appeal of the criminal contempt of court sentence. October 5, 1988. (MS Word) (Adobe PDF) Emergency petition to stay prison sentence, Ninth Circuit. (MS Word) (Adobe PDF) Emergency petition filed with San Francisco court of appeals. 1988. (MS Word) (Adobe PDF). April 1, 1989 appeal brief in Ninth Circuit appellate courts (MS Word) (Adobe PDF) Additional filings to be uploaded. Repeated Complicity of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy and the Other Justices Copies of these filings, including a petition for emergency relief sent to Judge Anthony Kennedy shortly before he left the Ninth Circuit will be uploaded. Several of the later ones are listed here: Appeal and emergency petitions for first criminal contempt of court charges will be uploaded shortly. (They can also be found in the records of the Ninth Circuit at San Francisco.) Multiple pages at this site document the corrupt complicity by Supreme Court Justices, starting from 1968 to 2004. The U.S. Supreme Court, making them aware of the criminal activities, the corrupt misuse of the courts, and the judges over whom they had supervisory responsibilities. One of the filings that involved the complicity of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy was while in the federal courts at San Francisco and while waiting to take his assignment to the U.S. Supreme Court. Second Set Related to Seizure of Assets [Coming Shortly] The second set of criminal contempt of court charges occurred after federal judges Robert Jones (Las Vegas) and Edward Jellen (Oakland, California) illegally and unconstitutionally seized and liquidates the $10 million in assets that funder the attempts by the former federal agent to circumvent the blocks in government by publicizing the crimes to the public, and hoping to force a halt to the continuing deadly corruption. In direct violation of numerous federal statutes, case law, Supreme Court decisions, and constitutional protections, that required a hearing, notice of hearing, and legal cause, before seizing a person's life assets and liquidating them, federal judges issued an order seizing Stich's assets, and then issuing an order barring Stich from filing objections to the seizure and liquidation. When Stich did file objection, federal judge Edward Jellen (Oakland) ordered the objection unfiled, and then charged Stich with criminal contempt of court for having exercised this basic legal and constitutional defense. Every district and appellate judge, and Supreme Court justices, approved those actions. Click here for details of this seizure. Seeking Relief From Third Set of Criminal Contempt of Court Charges In 1991, additional criminal contempt of court charges were filed against (March 1991) addressing the second contempt of court charge for having attempted to report criminal activities (including areas of corruption that would later that year result in 3,000 deaths on 9/11). One of several attempts: March 1991 (MS Word) (Adobe PDF) Petition for emergency writ to U.S. Court of appeals at San Francisco. March 1991. (MS Word) (Adobe PDF) Appeal brief filed in the Ninth Circuit courts at San Francisco appealing the criminal contempt of court sentence. May 26, 1991. (MS Word) (Adobe PDF) As part of that appeal procedure, Stich filed an emergency request for relief, May 26, 1991: (MS Word) (Abode PDF) The appeal again rejected, Stich submitted a petition to U.S. Court of Appeals, San Francisco, Jan. 27, 1992 (MS Word) (Adobe PDF) One of half a dozen filings to the Justices of the U.S.. Supreme Court advised them of the criminal retaliation for reporting criminal activities, and requested relief. March 4, 1991. (MS Word) (Adobe PDF) That filing: Advised the Justices−again−of the criminal activities that they themselves were required to receive under the federal crime reporting statute. Advised of the repeated and parallel criminal obstruction of justice actions, repeated criminal retaliation against a former federal agent, and repeated criminal civil rights violations, by judges over whom they had supervisory responsibilities and vicarious liabilities. Other files relating to misconduct by Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Implications of the misconduct by Supreme Court Justices. Index of files relating to Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court Involvement in criminal activities by Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court Sampling of submissions to the Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. Supervisory responsibilities of Supreme Court Justices over the conduct of federal judges. Warning Letter to Justice Kennedy−Shortly Before the 9/11 Events in Which He And Other Justices Were Among the Many Enablers The former federal agent sent a January 22, 2001, letter sent to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy making reference to the criminal activities, the obstruction of justice, the felony retaliation, that were parallel actions to block the reporting of continuing criminal activities associated with a continuing series of tragic events. (MS Word) (Adobe PDF) That letter was sent before the terrorists hijackings on September 11, 2001, and made reference to people and groups involved in corrupt activities that enabled four groups of terrorists to easily hijack four airliners and kill almost 3,0i00 people! That letter revealed: What former federal agents had discovered about corruption in the government's aviation safety offices (which would be the area of primary blame for the hijackings of four airliners on 9/11. In the FBI and the CIA (the two government entities identified as failure to act on known intelligence. The felonious cover-ups and obstruction of justice by federal judges. The felonious misuse of the courts and judicial positions to retaliate against present and former government agents who attempted to perform their official duties by reporting corruption in government offices, and who then suffer retaliation. Sampling of Related Pages Sampling of related pages: 9/11 enablers. Comparison of blame for 9/11. More information on contempt of court charges and Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. Cavalier Concern for the Public Victims Prior catastrophic consequences of the corruption were known to federal Prosecutors and federal Judges, and the many others that joined to scheme to keep the information from the public. Most of the above catastrophic events occurred on the program for which FAA air carrier operations inspector Rodney Stich had been given the assignment to correct the conditions responsible for the worst series of airline disasters in the nation's history. Pictures of many other crashes are not shown. More recent cavalier sacrifice of the American public is seen at such files as the one concerning withholding advance information on the series of catastrophic terrorist attacks so as to protect a key FBI supervisor from murder charges. Sampling of the many catastrophic consequences enabled to occur by engaging in criminal acts to silence a determined former government agent. Consequences of judicial retaliation was not and will not be limited to aviation disasters and terrorist successes. Corruption of the Type Described at this site does not occur in a vacuum. High-level corruption in one area is simply one tentacle of a widespread culture of corruption. And the consequences of that corruption−and the endemic cover-ups−have consequences in other areas. The culture of corruption affects the people and the nation in many other ways, That includes the latest series of financial frauds that has occurred in the housing and financial sectors. Also, the effect of the endemic corruption and endemic cover-ups−major parts of the culture in the United States−that enablers successful terrorist attacks upon U.S. interests. More information on the enablers to those catastrophic events: 9/11 index. Information provided by a mole inside the al Qaeda cell headed by infamous Ramzi Yousef on the planned terrorist attack, information that was then "deep-sixth" by high-level FBI-DOJ personnel. Absence of preventative measures resulted in nearly 4,000 deaths. Comparative blame for 9/11 between Afghanistan, Iraq, and the documented conduct of enablers in the United States. 9/11 enablers. Capital Offenses When people are killed as a result of corrupt actions, the statute of limitations never expires. That means that all of the people involved in seeking to halt Stich's exposure of criminal activities that remained uncorrected as a result of their acts, would be guilty of contributing to the deaths of people that were enabled to occur by their conduct. They can therefore be charged with murder in the deaths that occurred. Think what the ramifications would be of that! For instance, terrorists were able to easily hijack four airliners on 9/11, killing nearly three thousand people. People who played a role in covering up for the corruption, those lawyers, California judges, federal judges, and others, who played various roles that were intended to halt or hinder Stich's exposure actions, would become conspirators. And the Justice Department prosecutors and federal judges who sentenced Stich to prison for trying to report these deadly matters, would be especially high on the list of people to be prosecuted for murder. The Privileged Above-the-Law Class Compare the above criminal offenses to a partial list of those whose conduct knowingly hindered or blocked the reporting of criminal activities. This list, as it related to the major tragedies described at this site and the related books would include the 50 or more lawyers; the dozen or more California judges; the several dozen federal judges; members of Congress who knew of the ongoing criminal activities and who had a responsibility to act; people in the U.S. Department of Justice who not only knew of the corruption, but who misused the raw power of their office to imprison former federal agent Rodney Stich to silence him, compounding this by corruptly seizing the assets that funded his exposure activities; and media people who kept the information from the public. List of Documentary Books On Endemic Corruption in the United States More information about these books by clicking here. More of the Same Will Follow Those people in control of the system, that for decades have been complicit in these tragedies, will never allow the public to know of these matters, or to take any action if the mostly blissfully happy and indifferent public ever learns about them. The only way that changes will come is if a group arises among the American public that will learn the facts, and show the outrage now limited to issues that requires no mental effort to understand. If you wish to help us continue these efforts please make donations via Paypal using your credit card or your Paypal account. If sufficient donations are received, the full segments of the books will be provided free for those who want the information. Email address for the author and activist against corruption in government: stich@unfriendlyskies.com. For more information relating to the author and his activities put "Rodney Stich" into a search engine such as Google or yahoo.com. 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