🔈 Linn County Courthouse
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Logan M. Isaac: [00:00:00] I am at the court stating that the judge has not responded to a motion of mine, but they responded to a motion by the state of Oregon within 48 hours. That seems to be patently unequal. I'd like to know when the Court is gonna treat parties equally regardless of the specific court in which the suit is brought.
Linn County Court employee: So I'm not quite sure. So I see a letter that you had submitted to the court that was April 15th, which would be 10 days ago.
Logan M. Isaac: Prior to that, the state filed three motions. Two of which this, the Court responded how quickly?
Linn County Court employee: It looks like they were signed the next day.
Logan M. Isaac: "The next day" is greater or less than 10 days?
Linn County Court employee: So it doesn't look like there is anything submitted to a proposed order or a proposed document for the judge to sign and respond...
Logan M. Isaac: Right, I'm in small claims. I'm [00:01:00] not an attorney. The Department of Justice is an attorney. If I needed to state something, I would assume that the Court has read it and would've seen that I made two asks at the end of my amended complaint. The State is now filing a motion to dismiss, making materially non-factual statements. They're denying the claim, wholeheartedly, and asking to dismiss... after asking for a hearing. I'm still waiting for a judge to treat me the same as the state of Oregon.
Linn County Court employee: Okay. So in order for a judge to respond or to view or review any documents or things like that...
Logan M. Isaac: Should you be having to tell me this?
Linn County Court employee: I can't say one. I'm not sure what mean.
Logan M. Isaac: So how do I get justice? Maybe that's a more direct question.
Linn County Court employee: What that depends on what your definition of justice is. What is, are you…
Logan M. Isaac: Is the judge treating me differently than another party in small claims, which is supposed to have relaxed rules... I can prove beyond any shadow of a doubt that the state is holding material evidence and has refused to turn it over. [00:02:00] That would clearly support my claim. So no matter how we cut it, the state's buttering both sides of the toast, and I'm left with crumbs falling from the table.
Linn County Court employee: So my guess on this case is that it's likely gonna be set for a hearing. Typically that's gonna be set at available docket time. I can't see that a hearing has been set yet.
Logan M. Isaac: It, a hearing was requested on April 10th when the state filed motions. And I'm still waiting on a hearing, is that right? And I asked that the state be barred from further motions in my letter, and yet here they are filing more motions. I'm trying to understand how a normal everyday American citizen is supposed to go to bat with a state of the union that is abusing the legal system. And I still haven't heard back from the Court. I don't know what I'm supposed to do,
Linn County Court employee: So that I'm not an attorney.
Logan M. Isaac: But you're, I'm at the court.
Linn County Court employee: Correct.
Logan M. Isaac: So what should I do?
Linn County Court employee: I can't give you any sort of legal advice. But typically.
Logan M. Isaac: Do I set up a, like a meeting with the judge or 'cause we've been going on a while and it looks like the state is getting a LOT better treatment than I am.
Linn County Court employee: So I know that it may [00:03:00] seem like a while, it's been going on a while, but in the terms of how the court views time and how quickly things move in the court's time. This has not been very long at all.
Logan M. Isaac: Okay. I understand the time, but my second point was the Court ruled on two motions within 48 hours. I'm waiting 10 days and it doesn't even appear that he's read my letter, which I apparently was supposed to ask for something that a lawyer would've had to have told me.
And I'm not a lawyer. I'm not required to be a lawyer. The other party is benefiting from taxpayer funded legal representation. So this is gonna go on TikTok, 'cause I'm in a public forum right now. I've walked right in. And I don't like the fact that I can't understand why my motion gets zero attention on paper, and the state has had two motions passed in under 48 hours.
And oh I'll even go further. Okay. I spent six years in the Army, including the deployment Dred Scott V. Sanford has still settled law; Dred Scott V. Sanford [00:04:00] established that military service and service members are the secured creditors of America. It said that Dred Scott, a black slave, because he was not compelled to military service, he was not a citizen. So if I have been compelled to service, and in fact I have served. I deserve justice more than people who haven't served. And now the state of Oregon is trying to assert an unspecified interest in depriving me, a veteran with federal service, my federal protections, and the Court has waited 10 days at least to answer my letter, but he waited two days to answer a letter from the state of Oregon. That seems to me to be on its face unjust.
Linn County Court employee: Okay. So I can't, I'm not an attorney. I can't speak for that case or that case law or how it applies to this small claims proceeding. If you have, you wanna bring that up in, in your hearing when that's set, you are certainly welcome to. With that being said the motions and the proposed orders that [00:05:00] were submitted were done with that legal representation that you said. But that was, it was done in the style and the means in which the court rules dictate.
Logan M. Isaac: So the the Court has read…
Linn County Court employee: It was a motion that was submitted, not a letter as you submitted to the court.
Logan M. Isaac: I didn't title it anything someone at this office may have, but I didn't submit any form. I wasn't aware I was supposed to. So again, we're back to the same problem. The state of Oregon is getting better treatment from a county small claims court against federal protections. Title 42, section 1983. So I understand. You can't help me.
Linn County Court employee: If you'd like to submit a motion in a proposed order we have.
Logan M. Isaac: I understand you are barred from helping me. And if you do, it could be construed as legal advice. But the fact remains that we have evidence that the Court has read two motions and passed them. I don't have any evidence that he has read my letter and even thought about it. Now, that doesn't require response because again, I'm just recording it for public interest. If you don't want to give your name, I don't blame you, but I am here at the court.
Linn County Court employee: You're not allowed to record. [00:06:00]
Logan M. Isaac: Where? Oh, show me where it says that.
Linn County Court employee: That is one of our... bear with me a moment.
Logan M. Isaac: And in the absence of justice, the truth, evidence, I'll make as much evidence as I can because it seems like American citizens are getting less treatment from the court system, the judicial branch than the executive agencies. But I walked in here just like anybody else. If you can point out where I'm violating something I should have seen, I'll believe you, but you're not supposed to give me legal advice. That would be treating me the way the Court seems to be treating the state. So I have my witnesses and I can show that I was here and I'll put this on a public forum, but I guess I'll have to submit "A Motion" to get heard in small claims. That's good to hear because everywhere else I've gone, every other state, we usually just wait for a hearing, but the state of Oregon thinks that's unnecessary. Girls, you ready?
Linn County Court employee: Would you like a blank [00:07:00] motion in order?
Logan M. Isaac: No, that I wouldn't. I don't want legal support if I'm not entitled to it, because part of my case is now resting on the state of Oregon has an unequal advantage over an American citizen trying to receive their federal rights.
