Chief Judge 'Naughty' Nottingham to Resign?
Chief Judge Edward Nottingham is a familiar figure for long-time ATL readers. The Colorado federal judge has starred in past posts such as "Chief Judge Nottingham: Putting the 'Ho' in Your Honor?" and "Chief Judge Nottingham Likes Strippers; Handicapped People, Not So Much."
A quick recap of "Naughty" Nottingham's misadventures: being too drunk to remember how he spent $3,000 at strip clubs over two days, calling 911 on a paralyzed lawyer in a wheelchair after she confronted him for parking in a handicapped space, and having his name show up on a list of clients of a Denver prostitution business.
Well, he's back in the news, folks, and though we've retired him from Judge of the Day, we've decided to give him a nod at the request of many tipsters. The Department of Justice has launched an investigation of "Naughty" for asking a prostitute to lie on his behalf. He wanted her to say they met at a restaurant in Denver and went out a few times and that they were only "good friends."
From Colorado's 9news.com:
The woman claims she had sex with Judge Nottingham for $250 to $300 an hour once a week from February 2003 through November 2004 at the former escort agency Bada Bing of Denver....[T]he former prostitute says Judge Nottingham asked her to help fabricate a story to tell investigators.
"We just decided to agree that we met at a bar. I don't remember which one. We decided to say that we just, over the years, had become friends and on occasion would go out on dates," the woman told 9Wants to Know. "The truth is that I met him when I was an escort for an escort service and he did visit me regularly and he did pay to be with me."
"It just seems ridiculous that someone in his position would ask someone to lie," the former prostitute said. "He's there to uphold the law and he's breaking it."
Such a sweet sentiment. Obviously, this former prostitute is not a regular reader of our Judge of the Day feature.
Several newspapers have reported that Nottingham is expected to resign any minute now. But as of Monday at noon, the Colorado District Court's Clerk Office had not heard anything from him.
Government investigating allegations against Nottingham [9news.com]
Earlier: Previous ATL Coverage of Edward Nottingham
(34) Comments
Of course, the astute observation would have been to note the name of the escort service "Bada Bing!" and link it to his previously noted look-alike connection to Paulie Walnuts.
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just dropped a duece
Wow. I love it when Kash writes longer posts. The change in tone, the effective use of grammar, the effective use of block quotes: it's how blog posts should be done.
*reads ATL post, removes Nottingham from my 1L judicial extern mail merge*
-nervous T-10 1L
I fail to see the big deal...he is a judge, not a priest!
Yeah, I was on OSCAR (the federal appellate clerkship electronic system) earlier this fall when an email went out notifying me that Judge Nottingham had extended his deadline for applications. I just laughed, along with someone else in my office seeking a federal clerkship. We were not about to touch that.
Though in retrospect, it could have been a fun interview.
he looks like the villan from Batman Begins
P. Walnuts.
How 'bout dem PEANUTS, bitches? How 'bout dat CHEESE!
Spread dat CHEESE all up in there, all over dem PEANUTS!
This judge is only guilty of being the coolest m-f-er EVER!
$3K in 2 days? Make it rain Pac-Man style, Naughty-ham!
He looks like paulie from the sopranos.
Can't a guy have a little fun anymore?? I could understand if he had stiffed her on the $250 fee (no pun intended).
Paulie Walnuts ... badda bing badda ..ayyyyye go f@#k yourself, Mystal!
Suck it.
PEANUTS! CHEESE!
No edamame?!?
oh geeze, nervous T-10 1L is going to get a job before me. I better increase the girth of my mail merge.
-really nervous T-14 1L
Play on, playa!
Dead ringer for Paulie Walnuts.
Dead ringer for Paulie Walnuts.
Dead ringer for Paulie Walnuts.
Dechert??
This guy looks just like Tony Sirico, best known for his role as Joe Dimiglia in the 1996 made for TV movie, "Gotti."
The package hit Chrissy in the head with an implement and ran away!
in europe, this guy would be the chief justice. strippers and hookers? naughty dawg is a P-I-M-P...respect!
in europe, this guy would be the chief justice. strippers and hookers? naughty dawg is a P-I-M-P...respect!
Some judges just love strippers. I think that point has been hammered home by instances like this one and the fact that many judges continued to hear the case of Anna Nicole Smith despite the fact that it was totally bogus. A Bankruptcy judge even ruled in her favor....is there no limit to what a woman can achieve with fake breasts and a morally casual attitude?
I, Kay Sieverding in Verona, WI, believe that I can prove that Judge Nottingham committed multiple Color of Law felonies against me. I sued for conspiracy to deprive rights under color of law related to my being criminally prosecuted without probable cause and an injunction being issued against me without the required facts and due process in retaliation for my complaining that my former neighbor, Kevin Bennett, the president of the city council in Steamboat Springs CO, converted 6000 s.f. of public land including part of a paved road (Princeton Ave.) and built three buildings so far from conformance w zoning development laws that to this day they are not listed on the Routt County property tax rolls (pin 222800001). There was no warrant, no arrest, no statement of probable cause but I was prosecuted in Steamboat Springs CO and branded a criminal. The prosecutor's husband Wittemyer was a real estate developer and I believe Bennett helped him get a permit for a new ski area at Stagecoach, which he tried to sell in the WSJ for $20 million. My family and I alleged reputational damages, loss of property values, and other damages. My Steamboat Springs lawyer, William Hibbard, advised me to sue in federal court. After we filed it "pro se", Lawyer Hibbard read our complaint and reported no problems with it. Hibbard offered that I could call him for free advice, which he wasn't allowed to do if he thought my complaint was "frivolous".
The Colorado prosecutor, Wittemyer, bought insurance from Lloyds of London. Her lawyer, David Brougham, sent me a Lloyds bill w a claim number even though Lloyds is not licensed to sell professional liability insurance in Colorado. According to the bill, Brougham and the Lloyds rep, Walter Slezak, talked about case assignment issues and then Lloyds sent a fax about case assignment issues. After that my complaint was transferred to Judge Nottingham. Judge N had already ruled that a related complaint that I had related to my neighbor threatening to shoot an investment banker who wanted to buy part of my land was frivolous.
The Routt County court clerk sent me an email confirming that they have no record of warrant, arrest or probable cause. Nevertheless, I was called a criminal.
When Judge N got my complaint, he dismissed it on the basis that it was "prolix, disorganized, and legally twisted". There was no discovery, no summary judgment, no evidentiary hearings. Faegre & Benson, the defense law firm for Mutual Insurance Limited of Bermuda, which had insured the Steamboat Pilot, advertised that it was dismissed for statute of limitations reasons although I named their client w/i 24 months after it published that my neighbor was my victim and republished the fraudulent statement that my neighbor's construction complied w the zoning.
Judge Nottingham ordered me and my husband to pay the law firms representing Lloyds and Mutual Insurance of Bermuda $102,000 without any rule 11 c. 6 orders. Judge N didn't say why we should pay their legal bills, only that the attorney bill shifting would make us "sufficiently indigent".
We applied to other courts for relief under Rule 60 and we sued Faegre & Benson in the D of MN for advising the Steamboat Pilot to republish fraudulent statements for the purpose of hurting us. Judge Nottingham put me in jail 3 times for 5 months for engaging in pro se litigation in other courts. Judge Notingham appointed Faegre & Benson as prosecutor even though that was forbidden by the S.C. in YOUNG v. UNITED STATES EX REL. VUITTON ET FILS S. A. ET AL., 107 S. Ct. 2124,
481 U.S. 787 (U.S. 05/26/1987) The S.C. said in the Vuitton case that criminal procedure must be used in indirect contempt actions but Faegre said that I wasn't allowed an evidentiary hearing and that no affidavit of probable cause is required. All the steps of the rules of criminal procedure were skipped before I was sent to jail and most of the rules of civil procedure were skipped too before Judge N dismissed my civil case and fined me.
I think Judge Nottingham should be criminally prosecuted for malfeasance, misfeasance and obstruction of justice and for the felonies of Witness Retaliation, Witness Intimidation, Deprivation of Rights under Color of Law, Conspiracy to Deprive Rights Under Color of Law, and Extortion. It was the worst thing that ever happened to me in my life and I want to testify against him. The USDOJ has said publicly that it always prosecutes color of law cases. Self-representation is a fundamental right and has been a right by statute since 1789.
I, Kay Sieverding in Verona, WI, believe that I can prove that Judge Nottingham committed multiple Color of Law felonies against me. I sued for conspiracy to deprive rights under color of law related to my being criminally prosecuted without probable cause and an injunction being issued against me without the required facts and due process in retaliation for my complaining that my former neighbor, Kevin Bennett, the president of the city council in Steamboat Springs CO, converted 6000 s.f. of public land including part of a paved road (Princeton Ave.) and built three buildings so far from conformance w zoning development laws that to this day they are not listed on the Routt County property tax rolls (pin 222800001). There was no warrant, no arrest, no statement of probable cause but I was prosecuted in Steamboat Springs CO and branded a criminal. The prosecutor's husband Wittemyer was a real estate developer and I believe Bennett helped him get a permit for a new ski area at Stagecoach, which he tried to sell in the WSJ for $20 million. My family and I alleged reputational damages, loss of property values, and other damages. My Steamboat Springs lawyer, William Hibbard, advised me to sue in federal court. After we filed it "pro se", Lawyer Hibbard read our complaint and reported no problems with it. Hibbard offered that I could call him for free advice, which he wasn't allowed to do if he thought my complaint was "frivolous".
The Colorado prosecutor, Wittemyer, bought insurance from Lloyds of London. Her lawyer, David Brougham, sent me a Lloyds bill w a claim number even though Lloyds is not licensed to sell professional liability insurance in Colorado. According to the bill, Brougham and the Lloyds rep, Walter Slezak, talked about case assignment issues and then Lloyds sent a fax about case assignment issues. After that my complaint was transferred to Judge Nottingham. Judge N had already ruled that a related complaint that I had related to my neighbor threatening to shoot an investment banker who wanted to buy part of my land was frivolous.
The Routt County court clerk sent me an email confirming that they have no record of warrant, arrest or probable cause. Nevertheless, I was called a criminal.
When Judge N got my complaint, he dismissed it on the basis that it was "prolix, disorganized, and legally twisted". There was no discovery, no summary judgment, no evidentiary hearings. Faegre & Benson, the defense law firm for Mutual Insurance Limited of Bermuda, which had insured the Steamboat Pilot, advertised that it was dismissed for statute of limitations reasons although I named their client w/i 24 months after it published that my neighbor was my victim and republished the fraudulent statement that my neighbor's construction complied w the zoning.
Judge Nottingham ordered me and my husband to pay the law firms representing Lloyds and Mutual Insurance of Bermuda $102,000 without any rule 11 c. 6 orders. Judge N didn't say why we should pay their legal bills, only that the attorney bill shifting would make us "sufficiently indigent".
We applied to other courts for relief under Rule 60 and we sued Faegre & Benson in the D of MN for advising the Steamboat Pilot to republish fraudulent statements for the purpose of hurting us. Judge Nottingham put me in jail 3 times for 5 months for engaging in pro se litigation in other courts. Judge Notingham appointed Faegre & Benson as prosecutor even though that was forbidden by the S.C. in YOUNG v. UNITED STATES EX REL. VUITTON ET FILS S. A. ET AL., 107 S. Ct. 2124,
481 U.S. 787 (U.S. 05/26/1987) The S.C. said in the Vuitton case that criminal procedure must be used in indirect contempt actions but Faegre said that I wasn't allowed an evidentiary hearing and that no affidavit of probable cause is required. All the steps of the rules of criminal procedure were skipped before I was sent to jail and most of the rules of civil procedure were skipped too before Judge N dismissed my civil case and fined me.
I think Judge Nottingham should be criminally prosecuted for malfeasance, misfeasance and obstruction of justice and for the felonies of Witness Retaliation, Witness Intimidation, Deprivation of Rights under Color of Law, Conspiracy to Deprive Rights Under Color of Law, and Extortion. It was the worst thing that ever happened to me in my life and I want to testify against him. The USDOJ has said publicly that it always prosecutes color of law cases. Self-representation is a fundamental right and has been a right by statute since 1789.
It is official -- Judge Nottingham resigned! There are now only five other public federal judicial investigations pending (U.S. judges - Alan Baverman-Magistrate, Samuel Kent-District Judge, Thomas Porteous-District Judge, Manuel Real-Disrict Judge, and Alex Kozinski-Chief Circuit Judge).
It appears U.S. Magistrate Judge Alan J. Baverman will be the next to step down to avoid further scrutiny - see http://www.BavermanMisconduct.com
There have only been 18 cases (out of the 1,454 federal judicial complaints filed in the U.S. over the last 3 years) that have prompted the formation of a judicial investigative committee. There was a great article describing the federal judicial misconduct investigative process published in Houston on October 13, 2008 - see http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6054972.html
Of the few public federal misconduct complaints that have required the formation of a judicial investigative committee, it is the US Magistrate Judge Alan J. Baverman complaint that alleges, and supports, the most egregious of activities. They include extortion of approximately $1,000,000, obstruction of justice, witness tampering, perjury, and threats of violence.
Please act to preserve our courts -- make a few calls, send a few emails, forward information to others, or offer your assistance in some other manner. The state of our country will not improve unless we always stand up against corruption -- not just when it directly affects our own lives.
i wanna meet his "good friend" and bang her
i wanna meet his "good friend" and bang her
What? Not even one mention/links to the master Internet dossier on Nottingham?
http://www.knowyourcourts.com/Nottingham/Nottingham.htm
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