SCO's Lawsuit Gets Even Crazier

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "With SCO in Chapter 11 bankruptcy and there being little to read other than status reports and the boring financial details of how the company is wasting its last few dollars, one could be excused for thinking the SCO lawsuits had lost their zip. But things just got a bit more interesting. Jonathan Lee Riches has asked the court to take over. Yes, the man also known as inmate #40948-018 is now bringing his legal experience to the table, having previously filed pro se lawsuits against such entities as Michael Vick, Michael Jordan, Mickey Mantle, the Lincoln Memorial, the Thirteen Tribes of Israel, 'Various Buddhist Monks,' Mein Kampf, Denny's, George W. Bush, the Soviet Gulag Archipelago, Bellevue Hospital, Iran's Evin Prison, Auschwitz, and Plato. In his hand-written pro se motion (PDF), he asks to intervene as Plaintiff pursuant to FRCP 24(a)(2). As best anyone can read the motion, it appears that he offered Novell some 'royalty payments' and they refused them, so he wants to protect his UnixWare rights. He also claims to have proof of SCO's claims, but he wants take over part of the case via FRCP 24 because SCO isn't competent, and allegedly he could do a better job. To be fair, between him and Darl, it's something of a toss-up."

Re:SCO isn't competent? Ya think?

[morgan_greywolf]

Not quite. He sued Take-Two, Rockstar Games and the game Grand Theft Auto itself(?!) for putting him in prison. GTA made him commit identity theft, apparently. He also sued a bunch of other people, as The Fine Summary points out.

Just proving once again that anyone can sue anyone for anything. Needless to say, numerous judges have thrown his cases out, one referred to his case as 'farsical'.

Re:To be fair, who among you HASNT wanted to sue

[Rei]

He's also sued the Magna Carta. ;) I actually read about him when he triggered one of my Google News Alerts by suing Steve Fambro [greentechmedia.com], founder of Aptera Motors, for not giving him a long-sleeved shirt to stay warm with. Aptera [daughtersoftiresias.org] is the company that's making the two hyper-efficient spaceship-like [greentechmedia.com] three wheelers: the $27k, 120-mile range Aptera Typ-1e electric car and the $30k Aptera Typ-1h plug-in hybrid.

Re:Goodness Gracious, Great Gobs of Dough!

[tomhudson]

Riches's imagination in making accusations is matched by his audacity in asking for damages. In the July 16 suit he demanded "211,429,399,000,000.00 trillion dollars backed by gold and silver, delivered by United States Postal Service."

That's 211 septillion, 429 sextillion, 399 quintillion dollars. To compare, the world's GDP (as of 2006) was $65.95 trillion. So the guy wanted over 3.2 TRILLION percent of the world's GDP.

And how is that crazier than the RIAA wanting $150,000.00 for each song "illegally shared" to compensate them for their "losses" - which also, using their figures for "song piracy", also works out to more than all the money in the world?

Re:To be fair, who among you HASNT wanted to sue

[Anonymous Coward]

It's a very low quality 24-hour diner common in the USA and elsewhere. Wikipedia [wikipedia.org]

Re:Goodness Gracious, Great Gobs of Dough!

[Anonymous Coward]

For the benefit of anyone who may have forgotten, Saddam's Information Minister ended up having to deny the presence of American tanks in Baghdad, to reporters who could turn their heads about 50 degrees and see the American tanks.

I think db32 has nailed it, he's aiming for a padded cell 'cause it would be safer. Of course, ever getting out is another issue.

Re:Translation of PDF

[Manchot]

I don't think that he's mentally ill. He files these lawsuits in different federal districts in order to avoid frivolity penalties. In other words, he recognizes that the suits are completely ridiculous. I bet that he's doing it because he's bored.

Re:Cellmates

[Foobar of Borg]

how they put a secret chemical into every keyboard to make you addicted to the internet

Darl: Mandrake, do you realize that flouridation of keyboards is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous Linux plot that we have yet to face? ... I cannot sit back and allow Linux infiltration, Linux indoctrination, Linux subversion, and the international Linux conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.