Lawsuits v. SECO Energy

Sumter Electric Cooperative, Inc., d.b.a. SECO Energy, is a defendant in at least 6 cases in the U.S. District Court, Middle District of FL.

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Sumter Electric Cooperative, Inc. 6 cases USDC MD Fla
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MARION COUNTY FL, Case Dockets for Sumter Electric
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Lane v. Sumter Electric, Case No. 5:03-cv-00042-WTH

Cause: Americans with Disabilities Act
Nature of Suit: 442 Civil Rights: Jobs
Jurisdiction: Federal Question

Date Filed: 02/04/2003
Date Terminated: 12/18/2003
Result: Appears to have settled

Lawyers representing Sumter Electric Cooperative, Inc.

John F. Wymer, III                 Jona J. Miller
Paul Hastings, LLP                   King & Spalding, LLP
Suite 100                                 36399 River Point Dr
1170 Peachtree St NE              Astoria, OR 97103
Atlanta, GA 30309                   503-325-2052
404 815 2374                           Email: jjmiller@kslaw.com
Fax: 404 685 5374
Email: johnwymer@paulhastings.com

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3 Verified Amended Complaint, Lane v. Sumter Electric
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5 Answer, Lane v. Sumter Electric
5 Answer, Lane v. Sumter Electric.pdf
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9 Case Management Report, Lane v. Sumter Electric
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10 Order Case Management, Lane v. Sumter Electric
10 Order on Case Management and Scheduli[...]
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11 Voluntary Stipulation of Dismissal with Prejudice
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12 Order of Dismissal, Lane v. Sumter Electric
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13 Judgment in a Civil Case, Lane v. Sumter Electric
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Mahaney v. Sumter Electric, Case No. 5:04-cv-0009-WTH

Cause: 18:241 Conspiracy Against Citizen Rights
Nature of Suit: 440 Civil Rights: Other
Jurisdiction: Federal Question

Date Filed: 01/08/2004
Date Terminated: 05/10/2004
Result: Pro se case dismissed

Lawyers representing Sumter Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Alexander Muszynski, III                        David M. Caton
Meier, Bonner, Muszynski, O'Dell &           David M. Caton
Harvey, PA                                                110 Oak Ridge Rd
Suite 2000                                                Erwin, TN 37650
260 Wekiva Springs Rd                             423/330-0194
Longwood, FL 32779-5947                       dcaton55@gmail.com
407/872-7774
Fax: 407/872-7997
Email: am3@fltrialteam.com

0 DOCKET Mahaney v. Sumter Electric
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1 Complaint Demand Jury Trial, Mahaney v. Sumter
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4 Motion to Dismiss w/Prejudice, Mahaney v. Sumter
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5 Response to Motion to Dismiss, Mahaney v. Sumter
5 Response to Motion to Dismiss, Mahaney[...]
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6 Order of Dismissal, Mahaney v. Sumter Electric
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7 Judgment in a Civil Case, Mahaney v. Sumter Electric
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Grile v. Sumter Electric, Case No. 5:05-cv-509-WTH-GRJ

Cause: Americans with Disabilities Act
Nature of Suit: 445 Civil Rights: Americans
with Disabilities - Employment
Jurisdiction: Federal Question

Date Filed: 12/21/2005
Date Terminated: 05/15/2007
Result: Appears to have settled

Lawyers representing Sumter Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Mark A. Connolly                           Mary Lillian Creasy
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP     Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
101 E Kennedy Blvd Ste 2800       101 E Kennedy Blvd Ste 2800
Tampa, FL 33602                             Tampa, FL 33602
813/227-2347                                 813/227-2340
Fax: 813/229-1660                          Fax: 813/229-1660
Email: mconnolly@slk-law.com       Email: mcreasy@slk-law.com

0 DOCKET Grile v. Sumter Electric
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1 Verified Complaint, Grile v. Sumter Electric (ADA)
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4 Answer, Grile v. Sumter Electric
4 Answer, Grile v. Sumter Electric.pdf
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22 Voluntary Dismissal with Prejudice, Grile v. Sumter
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23 Order dismissing case, Grile v. Sumter Electric
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24 Judgment in a Civil Case, Grile v. Sumter Electric
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Swistack v. Sumter Electric, Case No. 5:95-cv-0245-WTH

State Court-11/22/95, 95-00884-CA
Cause: 42:2003 Job Discrimination
Plaintiff’s counsel: Edward L. Scott
(n.k.a. Circuit Court Judge Edward L. Scott)

Nature of Suit: 442 Civil Rights: Jobs
Jurisdiction: Federal Question
Result: counsel announced settlement of
case during the trial, see minute entry @80

NOTICE OF REMOVAL from 5th Judicial Circuit, Sumter County, with state court record attached, by Sumter Electric ( State Court case no. 95-00884-CA ) Filed in State Court on or about 11/22/95.

Sumter County, Florida Wikipedia

Lawyers representing Sumter Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Lewis W. Stone
Stone & Gerken, PA
4850 N Hwy 19A
Mt Dora, FL 32757-2048
352/357-0330
Fax: 352-357-2474
Email: lewis@stoneandgerken.com

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88-90 Notice of Transcripts, Swistack v. Sumter
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Lawler v. Sumter Electric, Case No. 5:99-cv-00065-WTH

Cause: 42:2000 Job Discrimination (Sex)
Nature of Suit: 442 Civil Rights: Jobs
Jurisdiction: Federal Question

Date Filed: 03/10/1999
Date Terminated: 05/15/2000
Result: Appears to have settled

Lawyers representing Sumter Electric Cooperative, Inc.

0 DOCKET Lawler v. Sumter Electric
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1 Complaint Demand Jury Trial, Lawler v. Sumter
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3 D's Motion Partally Dismiss or SJ, Lawler v. Sumter
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4 Summary Judgment Notice, Lawler v. Sumter
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5 Answer, Lawler v. Sumter Electric
5 Answer, Lawler v. Sumter Electric.pdf
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7 Response to 3, Lawler v. Sumter Electric
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9 Defendant's Motion to Reply to 7, Lawler v. Sumter
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10 Order 10 days to reply, Lawler v. Sumter Electric
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11 SECO Reply, Lawler v. Sumter Electric
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13 Order on Case Management, Lawler v. Sumter
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14 Order on 9, 7 and 3, Lawler v. Sumter Electric
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18 Plaintiff's Voluntary Dismissal with Prejudice, Lawler v. Sumter Electric
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19 Voluntary Stipulation of Dismissal with Prejudice, Lawler v. Sumter Electric
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20 ORDER Dismissed w/Prejudice, Lawler v. Sumter
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21 Judgement in a Civil Case, Lawler v. Sumter
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Thacker v. Sumter Electric, Case No. 5:99-cv-0320-WTH

Cause: 42:2000 Job Discrimination (Sex)
Nature of Suit: 442 Civil Rights: Jobs
Jurisdiction: Federal Question

Date Filed: 10/22/1999
Date Terminated: 10/25/2000
Result: Case settled, see Doc. 19

Lawyers representing Sumter Electric Cooperative, Inc.

0 DOCKET Thacker v. Sumter Electric
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1 Complaint Demand for Jury Trial_Thacker v. Sumter
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2 Summons SECO_Thacker v. Sumter Electric
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3 Answer_Thacker v. Sumter Electric
3 Answer_Thacker v. Sumter Electric.pdf
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5 Reply to Affirmative Defenses_Thacker v. Sumter
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11 Case Management Report_Thacker v. Sumter
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12 ORDER Case Management_Thacker v. Sumter
12 ORDER on Case Management and Scheduli[...]
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17 Notice of Mediation Conference_Thacker v. Sumter
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18 Scheduling Notice_Thacker v. Sumter Electric
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19 Mediation Deposition Report_Thacker v. Sumter
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20 Voluntary Stipulation of Dismissal with Prejudice_Thacker v. Sumter
20 Voluntary Stipulation of Dismissal wi[...]
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21 Certificate of Service_Thacker v. Sumter Electric
21 Certificate of Service_Thacker v. Sum[...]
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22 ORDER dismissed/prejudice_Thacker v. Sumter
22 ORDER case dismissed with prejudice_T[...]
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23 Judgment in a Civil Case_Thacker v. Sumter
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Rholand L. Michele vs. Sumter Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Marion County Florida, Small Claims Court

Rholand L. Michele vs. Sumter Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Marion County Small Claims Case No. 15SC002285AX

Filed date: 08/03/2015

Statement of Claim: "Sumter Electric Cooperative, Inc., is unfair and discriminatory in their charges for connection fees to new homes."

Sumter Electric Coop charged $2,583.59 according to Quote 264 attached to the Statement of Claim.

Marion Co Fla Docket, Michele v Sumter 15SC002285AX Small Claims
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9 Michele v Sumter, Statement of Claim
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10 Michele v Sumter, Summons
10 Michele v Sumter 15SC002285AX Summons[...]
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11 Michele v Sumterm, Certified Mail Return
11 Michele v Sumter 15SC002285AX Certifi[...]
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12 Michele v Sumter, Certified Mail
12 Michele v Sumter 15SC002285AX Certifi[...]
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13 Michele v Sumter, Judges Worksheet
13 Michele v Sumter 15SC002285AX Judges [...]
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14 Michele v Sumter, Stipulation Agreement
14 Michele v Sumter 15SC002285AX Stipula[...]
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15 Michele v Sumter, case number 15SC002285AX ORDER-Joint-Stipulation-Settlement
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John Brown, the abolitionist of Harpers Ferry fame, sought to free slaves bound by chains and involuntary servitude. Brown’s raid in October 1859 with 22 men played a major role in starting the American Civil War. David S. Reynolds hails him as the man who "killed slavery, sparked the civil war, and seeded civil rights." That was 155 years ago. The Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 freed slaves, and in December 1865 the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude.

Economic Slavery Today

Today economic slavery has many people in debt chains. Economic or debt slavery is more efficient for its masters than the slavery of the Old South. Debt slaves must feed, house and clothe themselves. The debt slave masters, the banks, credit card companies, and even student loan providers, all rely upon the courts and justice system for enforcement of debt. When economic slaves can’t pay back their debt, they are told to get a second job. Or a third job.

Meanwhile, when the well-connected masters of economic slaves get in a financial bind, and bring our economy to the brink of collapse, they call on politicians in Washington, DC for bailouts. Bankers don’t get second or third jobs, they get million-dollar bonuses.

The economic slave masters have access to the best lawyers, sympathetic judges, and sheriff’s deputies ready to haul the debt slave to court, or throw him and his family out of their home and into the street. Does anyone see a problem with this scenario? Where is the John Brown for today’s debt slaves?

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by STEPHEN M. KOHN
June 12, 2011

FORTY years ago today, The New York Times began publishing the Pentagon Papers, a seminal moment not only for freedom of the press but also for the role of whistle-blowers — like Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the papers to expose the mishandling of the war in Vietnam — in defending our democracy. Read more

Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis

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Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis

Senior ranking US military leaders have so distorted the truth when communicating with the US Congress and American people in regards to conditions on the ground in Afghanistan that the truth has become unrecognizable. Read more

The Way We Treat Our Troops, NYT

NATIONAL CENTER for PTSD

Beyond PTSD to "Moral Injury"

"I really don't like the term 'PTSD,’” Department of Veterans Affairs psychiatrist Dr. Jonathan Shay told PBS' "Religion & Ethics Newsweekly" in 2010. "He says the diagnostic definition of "post-traumatic stress disorder" is a fine description of certain instinctual survival skills that persist into everyday life after a person has been in mortal danger — but the definition doesn't address the entirety of a person's injury after the trauma of war. "I view the persistence into civilian life after battle," he says, "... as the simple or primary injury." Dr. Shay on YouTube

Dr. Shay has his own name for the thing the clinical definition of PTSD leaves out. He calls it "moral injury" — and the term is catching on with both the VA and the Department of Defense.

Moral injury, Dr. Shay says, can happen when "there is a betrayal of what's right by someone who holds legitimate authority in a high-stakes situation." read more

Pentagon says it is lifting ban on women in combat - New York Times

Marines Moving Women Toward the Front Lines
The New York Times
By JAMES DAO
April 24, 2012

The Marine Corps, the most male of the armed services, is taking its first steps toward integrating women into war-fighting units, starting with its infantry officer school at Quantico, Va., and ground combat battalions that had once been closed to women.

Stars and Stripes exists to provide independent news and information to the U.S. military community, comprised of active-duty, DoD civilians, contractors, and their families. Unique among the many Department of Defense authorized news outlets, only Stars and Stripes is guaranteed First Amendment privileges that are subject to Congressional oversight. Go to the website

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Military Corruption.com

Our motto: "FIGHTING FOR THE TRUTH. . .EXPOSING THE CORRUPT" is our battle cry! We go after, not only pompous brasshats and as COL. David Hackworth so ably put it - the "perfumed princes" like Gen. Wesley Clark - but Gestapo-like MP's, CID, NIS, OIS and other alphabet agency "bully boys" who ignore the Constitution of the United States and the right to Due Process.

9/11 Attacks - New Information

Lloyd's Sues Saudi Arabia over 9/11

Law Professor Paul Campos, The Daily Beast: Why Bin Laden Was Not Taken Alive

Link to 9/11 commission and report

Former Sen Bob Graham Urges Obama to Reopen Investigation into Saudi Role in 9/11 Attacks

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....Major Heather Penney, 9/11 Pilot

C-Span interview with Major Heather Penney, 9/11 DC Air National Guard Pilot

Major Heather Penney recounts the drama in the skies after District of Columbia Air National Guard pilots scrambled to intercept incoming hostile planes. She describes why F-16’s initially took off from Andrews Air Force Base unarmed – and what she was prepared to do to bring down a plane piloted by terrorists. And she recounts how later that day she helped escort President Bush and Air Force One back to Andrews Air Force Base. C-Span Interview

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FBI probe of Sarasota home link to 9/11 hijackers not reported to Congress, commission

911 Truth Movement, Wikipedia

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14 Year Anniversary - YouSue.org to NoSue.org

Fourteen years ago I started the Justice Network with the domain name YouSue.org. This name was chosen in the spirit of YouTube, the video-sharing website that empowered ordinary people to produce and share video.

Through this website I have met folks from all over the country. Some of their stories are profiled here. Many have reached the conclusion that America’s justice system is broken.

The official Justice Network Internet address is now NoSue.org. This reflects the sad truth that for most Americans the justice system is broken, just a parody of justice. Reform American courts or avoid them. Your life, health and wealth is at risk. But don’t just take my word, listen to the experts on this site.

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