Sassower v. Carlson, s. 90-5474
| Decision Date | 08 May 1991 |
| Docket Number | 90-5501,Nos. 90-5474,s. 90-5474 |
| Citation | 930 F.2d 583 |
| Parties | George SASSOWER, Appellant, v. Peter M. CARLSON, West Publishing Company, Mead Data Central, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company, New York Law Journal Company, Price Communications Corporation, New Jersey Law Journal, Kreindler & Relkin P.C., Citibank N.A., Jerome H. Barr, Lee Feltman, Feltman, Karesh, Major & Farbman, Clapp & Eisenberg, P.C., A. Leon Higginbothan, Jr., William D. Hutchinson, Robert D. Cowen, Collins J. Seitz, Sally Mrvos, Paul Douglas Sisk, Wilfred Feinberg, James L. Oaks, George C. Pratt, Nicholas H. Politan, Daniel J. Moore, Charles L. Brieant, William C. Connor, Eugene H. Nickerson, Allyne Ross, Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Susan C. Cassell, Michael V. Gilberti, R. David Walk, Jr., Robert Abrams, Francis T. Murphy, Xavier C. Riccobono, Donald Diamond, Denis Dillon, Appellees. George SASSOWER, Appellant, v. Francis E. DOSAL, Floyd E. Boline, Jerome G. Arnold, John Fixer, name fictitious and unknown to plaintiff at present, West Publishing Company, Lee Feltman, Feltman, Karesh, Major & Farbman, Kreindler & Relkin P.C., Citibank N.A., Jerome H. Barr, James L. Oaks, Wilfred Feinberg, George C. Pratt, Charles L. Brieant, William C. Connor, Eugene H. Nickerson, Edward R. Korman, I Leo Glasser, Allyne Ross, Howard Schwartzberg, Nicholas H. Politan, Sol Wachtler, Matthew T. Crosson, Francis T. Murphy, Guy J. Mangano, Milton Mollen, William C. Thompson, Xavier C. Riccobono, Alvin F. Klein, David B. Saxe, Ira Gammerman, Donald Diamond, Robert Abrams, Robert Straus, Denis Dillon, Mead Data Central, Inc., Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Co., New York Law Journal Company, Price Communications Corp., New Jersey Law Journal, Appellees. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Eighth Circuit |
George Sassower, pro se.
Barbara L. Herwig, Washington, D.C., for appellees.
Before ARNOLD, WOLLMAN, and BEAM, Circuit Judges.
George Sassower appeals from orders of the district court 1 dismissing his two actions brought under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 and 18 U.S.C. Secs. 1961 and 1964(a), (c). 744 F.Supp. 908. We affirm.
Sassower filed No. 90-5474 in forma pauperis seeking injunctive and declaratory relief, and $50 million in damages, trebled under RICO, against the warden at the Federal Medical Center in Rochester, Minnesota (FMC), various legal publishers, state and federal judges and staff, prosecuting attorneys, private law firms and attorneys, and Citibank, N.A. Sassower alleged as his "bottom line" that he was involuntarily incarcerated at FMC in order to weaken his credibility in bringing charges for, and to conceal, "the massive larceny and plundering of judicial trust assets, extortion, and other criminal activities by the 'racketeering defendants.' " He alleged that defendants libelled him through published opinions, subjected him to unconstitutional criminal convictions and disbarment, seized his assets, and denied him access to certain courts. The magistrate 2 concluded that this action was frivolous under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1915(d), the district court adopted the magistrate's report and recommendation, and Sassower appealed.
Sassower then filed No. 90-5510, naming the magistrate, the district court clerk, numerous defendants from the first complaint, and...
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