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Jonathan N. Waters v. Michael V. Drake, Joseph E. Steinmetz, PhD, and The Ohio State University, 14-cv-01704-JLG-TPK, September 26, 2014 (S.D. Ohio 2014).

Doc. No.	Date	English translation; Commentary	Filename	Size
01	Sep. 26, 2014	Jon Waters' Complaint against Ohio State (including Michael V. Drake, Joseph A. Steinmetz)	https://fbcoverup.com/docs/jonwaters/2014-09-26-Doc-No-01-COMPLAINT-Waters-v-Drake-Steinmetz-et-al-14-cv-01704-JLG-TPK-Sep-26-2014.pdf	31.5 MB
02	Sep. 26, 2014	PAY ATTENTION TO THIS SHELL GAME FOLKS - These judges assigned to this case are adjunct professors at Ohio State, like disgraced judge and former OSU trustee, Algernon L. Marbley: OSU trustee meetings have been tainted since May 2007 when Judge Algernon L. Marbley was appointed trustee. These court associations with Ohio State's law school taint the Jon Waters court. These judges and magistrate must recuse. In an almost sure sign of a corrupt chief judge and court who made this assignment decision, Judge Algernon L. Marbley was assigned to this case, then recused himself. This telegraphs that the chief judge, Chief Judge Edmund A. Sargus, Jr. (who assigned Marbley to the case) is either brain dead or is in on the Waters railroad job. Notably, Sargus is also an Ohio State adjunct professor, like Marbley, and also a Clinton appointee, like Marbley. The magistrate judge assigned, Terrence P. Kemp, like Marbley, is also an adjunct professor at Ohio State. Judge James L. Graham finally assigned to the case has financial conflicts of interest with holdings in Ohio State vendors who also have client relationships with McBee Strategic, OSU Trustee Jeffrey Wadsworth's lobbyist at Battelle Memorial Institute. This circumstance is not good for justice for Jon Waters. Judge Marbley has since been sanctioned by the Ohio Ethics Commission for violating Ohio Revised Code 3335.09 which prohibits trustees from being paid as instructors. Marbley has received over $140,000 in compensation as an adjunct professor of law from 2007-2014. Marbley's egregious disregard for Ohio law taints ALL proceedings of the OSU Trustees in which he participated. In law, fraud voids decisions made by bodies whose proceedings are tainted by the defrauder. Due to Marbley's fraud on the deliberations, all decisions of the OSU Trustees from 2007 to 2014 when Marbley resigned in disgrace, including the decision to fire Jon Waters, were tainted and must be rescinded ab initio—as if they had never occurred. This includes the decisions regarding the parking lot scandal involving Geoffrey Chatas, OSU chief financial officer, who just announced his resignation to go to work for the Australian vendor he selected, in likely violation of Ohio's revolving door ethics laws. Chatas was intimately involved in the Jon Waters firing. We have not even discussed the Battelle / OSU contractor financial conflicts of interest of OSU president, Michael V. Drake, trustee president, Jeffrey Wadsworth, or trustee Alex R. Fischer, and the collusion of Joseph E. Steinmetz, music school adminstrators Richard L. Blatti and Russel C. Mikkelson. Very evidently, the OSU trustees and music school have made corrupted decisions since at least May 2007 when Marbley was appointed a trustee. Investigative Resources: Bischoff. L. (Dec. 18, 2014). Federal judge [Algernon L. Marbley] to resign from OSU Board of Trustees. Dayton Daily News. Etchison, A. (Mar. 18, 2015). CFO Geoff Chatas to leave Ohio State. The Lantern. AFI. (Aug. 13, 2014). Ohio State's President Michael V. Drake mired in conflicts of interest. Americans For Innovation.	https://fbcoverup.com/docs/jonwaters/2014-09-26-Doc-No-02-JUDGE-MARBLEY-RECUSAL-ORDER-Waters-v-Drake-Steinmetz-et-al-14-cv-01704-JLG-TPK-Sep-26-23-2014.pdf	15 KB
08	Oct. 23, 2014	Drake et al Answer the Complaint	https://fbcoverup.com/docs/jonwaters/2014-10-23-Doc-No-08-DRAKE-ANSWER-TO-COMPLAINT-Waters-v-Drake-Steinmetz-et-al-14-cv-01704-JLG-TPK-Oct-23-2014.pdf	22.1 MB
09	Oct. 23, 2014	Drake et al ask the Court to dismiss the Complaint based solely on their Answer. (Rarely granted. According to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a judge cannot dismiss a case unless there are no disputes of material fact; otherwise, the disputed facts must be presented to a jury — "the trier of fact")	https://fbcoverup.com/docs/jonwaters/2014-10-23-Doc-No-09-DRAKE-MOTION-FOR-JUDGMENT-ON-PLEADINGS-Waters-v-Drake-Steinmetz-et-al-14-cv-01704-JLG-TPK-Oct-23-2014.pdf	420 KB
11	Nov. 17, 2014	Waters opposed Drake's motion	https://fbcoverup.com/docs/jonwaters/2014-11-17-Doc-No-11-WATERS-MEMO-IN-OPPOSITION-Waters-v-Drake-Steinmetz-et-al-14-cv-01704-JLG-TPK-Nov-17-2014.pdf	2.4 MB
13	Dec. 04, 2014	Drake et al reply to Waters' opposition. (This is normal procedure: (a) motion, (b) response, (c) reply. The one making the motion gets two shots at making their argument, but the one opposing only one.)	https://fbcoverup.com/docs/jonwaters/2014-12-04-Doc-No-13-DRAKE-REPLY-MEMO-Waters-v-Drake-Steinmetz-et-al-14-cv-01704-JLG-TPK-Dec-04-2014.pdf	5.2 MB
15	Jan. 09, 2015	Drake et al claim Waters' discovery requests are "overbroad and burdensome." Sometimes true, other times just lawyer stonewalling and stalling.	https://fbcoverup.com/docs/jonwaters/2015-01-09-Doc-No-15-DRAKE-MOTION-TO-STAY-DISCOVERY-Waters-v-Drake-Steinmetz-et-al-14-cv-01704-JLG-TPK-Jan-09-2015.pdf	171 KB
17	Feb. 02, 2015	Waters' opposed the Stay delay in discovery.	https://fbcoverup.com/docs/jonwaters/2015-02-02-Doc-No-17-WATERS-MEMO-IN-OPPOSITION-TO-STAY-Waters-v-Drake-Steinmetz-et-al-14-cv-01704-JLG-TPK-Feb-02-2015.pdf	46 K
21	Feb. 19, 2015	Drake et al reply to Waters' opposition.	https://fbcoverup.com/docs/jonwaters/2015-02-19-Doc-No-21-DRAKE-REPLY-MEMO-IN-SUPPORT-OF-STAY-Waters-v-Drake-Steinmetz-et-al-14-cv-01704-JLG-TPK-Feb-19-2015.pdf	159 K
22	Mar. 18, 2015	Court approves Drake et al's Stay motion. (Not surprising; courts usually grant a first request such as this to avoid complaints of unfairness to the one requesting the delay, as long such requests are not abused.)	https://fbcoverup.com/docs/jonwaters/2015-03-18-Doc-No-22-ORDER-STAY-OF-DISCOVERY-Waters-v-Drake-Steinmetz-et-al-14-cv-01704-JLG-TPK-Mar-18-2015.pdf	50 K
23	Mar. 23, 2015	Court asks for clarification of some evidence. Since Drake has asked the Court to dismiss this case based solely on his allegedly indisputable facts, the Court is evaluating his evidence. This request appears to be helping Drake, who is required by the Rules to have fully argued his case in his pleadings—without the Court's assistance. This request may be improper since the Court is also required by the Rules to reject Drake's request if his pleadings are insufficient to make his case on their face (without help from the Court). This request may be prejudicial to Jon.	https://fbcoverup.com/docs/jonwaters/2015-03-23-Doc-No-23-ORDER-INFO-REQUEST-Waters-v-Drake-Steinmetz-et-al-14-cv-01704-JLG-TPK-Mar-23-2015.pdf	54 K
Dckt.		This is merely a snapshot of the docket for this case as it is on Mar. 28, 2015	https://fbcoverup.com/docs/jonwaters/2015-03-28-DOCKET-SNAPSHOT-Waters-v-Drake-Steinmetz-et-al-14-cv-01704-JLG-TPK-Mar-28-2015.pdf	228 K

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