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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR KING COUNTY

 

STATE OF WASHINGTON,  ex rel.

                                                                           NO:   02-3-04633-2  SEA

                                 PETITIONER.                   COUNTER COMPLAINT

                   vs.                                                    UNLAWFUL FORCED LABOR

                                                                           INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE

                                                                           PEONAGE

PERRY L. MANLEY                                          and JURY DEMAND

 

                               RESPONDENT

___________________________________    

 

I

COUNT ONE

INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE

 

Section 1584 of Title 18 makes it unlawful to hold a person in a condition of slavery, that is, a condition of compulsory service of labor against his will.  A Section 1584 conviction requires that the victim be held against his will by actual force, threats of force, or threats of legal coercion.  Section 1584 also prohibits compelling a person to work against his will by creating a " climate of fear"  through the use of force, the threat of force, or the threat of legal coercions, which is sufficient to compel service against a person's will.

 The offense is punishable by a range of imprisonment up to a term of ten years, depending upon the circumstances of the crime.

                                        TITLE 18 U.S.C., SECTION 1584

 Whoever knowingly and willfully holds to involuntary servitude or sells into any condition of involuntary servitude, any other person for any term, or brings within the United States any person so held, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.

 

II

COUNT TWO

PEONAGE

 

 Section 1581 of Title 18 makes it unlawful to hold a person in " debt servitude, " or peonage, which is closely related to involuntary servitude.  Section 1581 prohibits using force, the threat of force, or the threat of legal coercions to compel a person to work against his will.  In addition the victim's involuntary servitude must be tied to the payment of a debt.

 The offense is punishable by a range of imprisonment up to a term of ten years, depending upon the circumstances of the crime.

 

 

                                          TITLE 18 U.S.C., SECTION 1581

(a)    Whoever holds or returns any person to a condition of peonage, or arrests any person with the intent of placing him in or returning him to a condition of peonage, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.

(b)    Whoever obstructs, or attempts to obstruct, or in any way interferes with or prevents the enforcement of this section, shall be liable to the penalties prescribed in subsection (a).

 

                                                        III

                                                 JURISDICTION

 

Since a void order has no legal force or effect, there can be no time limit within which to challenge the order or judgment.  Further, since the order has no legal force or effect, it can be repeatedly challenged, since no judge has the lawful authority to make a void order valid.

Bates v. Board of Education, Allendale Community Consolidated School District No.  17,  136  Ill.2nd  260, 267 (1990)     ( a court "can not make a void preceding valid."); People ex rel:  Gowdy v. Baltimore & Ohio R.R. Co., 385   Ill.  86,  92,  52  N.E.  2d. m 255  (1943).

 

It is clear and well established law that a void order can be challenged in any court.  Old Wayne Mut. L., Assoc. v. MeDonough,  204 U.S.   27 S. Ct.  a236  (1907)   ( "if the order is void, it may be attacked at any time in the same or any other court,  by the parties or by any other person who is affected thereby." )

 

It is also clear and well established law that a void order can be challenged in any court at any time  People v. Wade, 116 Ill. 2d l, 506 N. E. 2d 954 (1987)     In re Marriage of Magno,  236 Ill. App. 3d   886  ( 2nd Dist. 1992)    Evans v. Corporate Services,    207 Ill. App. 3d 297, 565 N. E. 2d  724  ( 2nd Dist. 1990)

 

The law is well-settled that a void order or judgment is void even before reversal.    Vallely v. Northern Fire & Marine Ins. Co.,   254  U.S.  348, 41 S. Ct. 116  (1920)   ( " Courts are constituted by authority and they can not go beyond that power delegated to them.  If they act beyond that authority, and certainly in contravention of it, their judgments and orders are regarded as nullities.  They are not voidable, but simply VOID,  and this even prior to reversal")  Old Wayne Mut. I. Assoc. v. McDonough, 204 U.S.  8,  27   S. Ct.  236   (1907);     Williamson v. Berry,   8 How.   495,  540,  12  L.  Ed.  1170,  1189   ( 1850);  Rose v. Himely,  4  Cranch    241,   269,  2  L.  Ed.   608, 617   (  1808 ).

 

Conflicts with federal requirements  [ RCW  26.09.020 ]   renders the conflicting parts of the law in operative.  [ RCW  74.08A.903 ]  The rules under this act shall meet federal requirements.

IV

FACTS OF LAW

 

1.         Rights and powers are not necessarily complementary, they can come into conflict, and when they do, rights always prevail.  When the Ninth Amendment declares the existence of rights not enumerated in the constitution, it is not saying simply that government lacks certain powers, rather, it is making a more substantial claim:  that the people retain certain rights which supercede even some of the government's enumerated power.

 

2.         Rights and powers exist independently, when they come into conflict, rights win out.  The government has only certain delegated powers and may not do anything it is not specifically authorized to do.

 

3.         The people have certain natural rights which are retained by them when they enter into society, such are the rights of conscience in matters of religion, of acquiring property, and of pursuing happiness and safety; of speaking, writing and publishing their sentiments with decency and freedom; of peaceably assembling to consult their common good, and of applying to government by petition or remonstrance for redress of grievances.  Of these rights therefore they shall not be deprived by the government.  Natural rights pre-exist, and cannot be changed by social contract.  It is precisely these rights that the Ninth Amendment protects.  It is not the existence of the government that created these rights:  it is the existence of these rights that justifies the existence of government.  The Ninth Amendment would act as an instruction to the States;  ENFORCE the rights granted to state citizens, even if they aren't specifically addressed in the Constitution. 

 

4.         The State fails to enforce Mr. Manley's right to Liberty and Property.  Washington State Law makes it a crime for Mr. Manley to interfere with Ms. Calhoun's right to choose.  [RCW 09 02 100 and   RCW  09 02 110 ]  Ms. Calhoun chose to give birth to three children.  Jennifer Leigh ( 12-04-78),  Kristen Janet ( 07-08-81), and Robert William (06-17-83): all at the age of majority.  Ms. Calhoun filed for and was granted a divorce In and For the County of  Kitsap, State of  Washington.  Ms. Calhoun chose to be a single parent and the court granted Ms. Calhoun the right to be a single parent (08-10-90).  Mr. Manley's desires and his right of choice are made moot by decree of law and court order. Judge Roper (Kitsap Superior Court) issued an order that forces labor upon Mr. Manley [State required child support]   Kitsap Superior Court ordered Mr. Manley pay 50% of his income to child support while federal income tax withheld 28% for tax purposes.  Mr. Manley is forced to sustain the basics of life on 22% of his earned income, due to subsequent orders from Kitsap Superior Judges, [ Kamps, Costello, McCluskey, Connely,], [ Court Commissioner Lawan, and Bremerton Municipal Judge Doctor]:  [ Judgments 1990-2002, on record].  The court lacks the authority to order involuntary servitude and peonage.

 

5.         The State of Washington, by the process of subrogation filed motions resulting with the incarceration of Mr. Manley for a cumulative period of 85 day [10 days in solitary confinement].  The State threatened Mr. Manley's employers [The Women's University Club, (see Exhibit 1) and The Salvation Army (see Exhibit 2)] with liability if they refused to comply with a State order from support enforcement. The total support at $ 3000.00 monthly from Mr. Manley's earned income. The State ordered private entities (the employers) to break the Law. The State concludes with threat of further action if Mr. Manley continues to maintain his Right to constitutional protection.  The State now has ordered Aramark [ Mr. Manley's present employer(see Exhibit 3)] at the rate of $2000.00 per month.

 

6.         U.S. 42  2000d-7

The State of Washington cannot claim Eleventh Amendment guarantee of Sovereign immunity if the State is said to be in violation of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C.  2000d ex seq.],  In a suit against a State for a violation of a statue remedies ( including remedies both at law and in equity) are available for such a violation to the same extent as such remedies are available for such a violation in the suit against any public or private entity. [RCW 04 92 090]  The State shall be liable for damages [ 1963 c 159  2:  1961  c 136  1.]

 

7.         The Government forces labor for the benefit of a woman’s right to choose.

The enforcement of child support breaks the law. If this court allows for the enforcement of the State’s Child Support Requirements Mr. Manley is not obliged.  THE LAW MUST BE ENFORCED “EQUAL FOR ALL.”  The unwarranted imposition on Mr. Manley leaves Mr. Manley without the capacity to maintain even the most basic semblance of existence.

 

8.         The Bible in, Genesis 3: 14-19, God issues three verdicts.  One to the serpent; one to the woman; and one to Adam.  God's command to the          woman was her desire to her husband, and his rule over her.  God held

            each [ the serpent, the woman, and Adam ] responsible for their action in the garden, God does not, [if a woman rejects God's precepts and principals]  hold a man responsible and obligated for a woman.  The woman's moral responsibility holds her accountable.  The laws of the land conclude that a woman has a right to choose to be a single parent, God does not impose a moral responsibility and financial obligation on a man. 

 

9.         Mr. Manley nether acquiesced to the the State’s conduct nor caused the State to alter their position in reasonable reliance on Mr. Manley’s acceptance of the status quo, or otherwise permitted a situation to arise which it would be unjust to disturb.

 

10.       An overwhelming sense of grief, and pain has been compounded by a general inability to access the courts.  [Kitsap Superior Court ordered the " Crawford Firm " represent Mr. Manley; 5 (five) Attorneys denied their service and representation].

 

11.       Federal law mandates FIDUCIARY DUTY to act under the color of law.  The obligation exists in [the placing special trust and confidence] the government.  Mr. Manley relies upon the government to exercise discretion and expertise in acting towards Mr. Manley's rights.

[U.S. 42 (1983)  (1986) ].

 

12.       When the State undertakes to act under color of law,  the law forbids the State from acting in any manner adverse or contrary to the interests of  Mr. Manley, or from acting for their own benefit in relationship to Mr. Manley's labor.  Mr. Manley is entitled to the best efforts of the State on his behalf and the State must exercise all of the skill, care and diligence at their disposal when acting under color of law on behalf of Mr. Manley.  The State is forbidden to obtain an unreasonable advantage at Mr. Manley's expense.

 

13.       Mr. Manley has inherent right to control what happens to his body.  "[E]very human being of adult yearsand sound mind has a right to determine what shall be done with his own body..." [see: Scholendroff v. Society of N Y Hospital, 211 NY 125, 129-130, N.E. 92-93 (1914)]. ibid

           

14.       "All men are, by nature, equal and free:  no one has a right to any authority over another, without his consent:  all lawful government is founded on the consent of those who are subject to it."

 

15.       Facts are " Stubborn things,"  and as stubborn as any of the large facts bearing heavily in this case is the Unlawful condition of compulsory service of labor, and the use of force and legal coercion to compel labor used for payment of the State’s induced debt called Child Support.

 

16.       Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, TITLE VII, section 7118 (a) (7)  requires authorities to impose certain effective remedies that will achieve status quo ante.  7116 (a) (5) A status quo ante remedy takes the form of an order requiring a return to the situation that existed before the commission of the unlawful practice.  Agency managers failed to enforce law in good faith, thereby encouraging the unilateral agency decision making that the statute was designed to prevent.  Restoration to the status quo ante requires that Mr. Manley be placed as nearly as possible, in the same situation that he would have been if the action had never occurred.  Dellera v. Department of Housing and Urban Development.,   65  M.S.P.R.  636, 641  (1994)  aff’d.   82  F.  3d  434  (fed.cir. 1996) (table);  see also Roja v. Department of The Navy,  55  M.S.P.R.  618, 621,  (1992); cf.  Burning v. Veterans Admin.,   834  F. 2d  1019, 1021  (Fed. Cir. 1987)

17.       Do we live in a free, federal republic, or a judicial dictatorship?  Can it be, that laws are enforced by the government, against its citizens, while the citizens are without hope against the “tyrant” government?  The government will put down a citizen revolt, as it did with the citizen revolt against  W.T.O., in Seattle. And [the government] justified its brute force, calling it “protecting the greater good.”  It was for the “greater good” that Great Britain went to war to put down the rebellion in the American colonies.  The United States of America sends its great “war machine” to impose human rights within other nations, but rejects the rights of its own citizens to petition for, and gain a redress for grievance.

 

18.       FORCED LABOR is an act of government tyranny.  Child support, though promoted as a “greater good;” denies liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness.  The right of CHOICE  [the woman’s right to choose birth] cannot be deemed appropriate to deny liberty and property.

 

19.              “SLAVERY IS AN EVIL of Colossal magnitude.”

John Adams

 

V.

CONCLUSION

As Mr. Manley has been aggressively pursued by agencies of the State of Washington, since the granting of divorce to Ms. Calhoun, it would appear, to even the most disinterested, that the State of Washington has engaged in a vendetta to insure that Mr. Manley was fully aware that he was living only with what the State would allow and that the Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, the laws that protect it,  and the rights guaranteed thereby, had absolutely no bearing upon what should, or would happen within the boundaries of the State of Washington.

VI.

JURY DEMANDS

 

Respondent, Perry L. Manley, demands that this case be tried to a jury.

 

DATED:  August 12, 2002

 

Presented by:

 

 

____________________________________

Perry L. Manley

Pro Se```

 

 

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