Philip R. Belpasso 40-09 Kuiken Terrace Fair Lawn, New Jersey 07410
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT PHILIP RALPH BELPASSO DISTRICT OF NEW
JERSEY
Plaintiff, HONORABLE DIOj<INSON R. DEVEVOISE~ CIVIL ACTION NO. 8~-2268D
v. MOTION FOR hN EXTENTION OF TIME
TO PREPARE OPPOSTION TO DEFEN3ANT'S SMITH BARNEY, HARRIS UPHAM &
OR FOR A MOTION OF DISMISSAL, CO., INCORPORATED MORE DEFINATE STATEMENT
Defendant
Dear Honorable Dickinson R. Devevoise, Please kindly grant me an extension
in order to prepare an opposition to Smith Barney's motion. I will have
this motion prepared by September 7. 1983 and k~ndly make note that I will
appear before you at 10r00 a.m, on September 12, 1983 to pre- sent my more
definate statement.
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hilip R Belpass
------------------UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW .IERS~Y
HONORARLE DICKINSON R. DEREVOISE
CIVIL ACTION N0.83-2268D PHIILIP RALPH BELPASSO,
Plaintiff,
vs.
SMITH BARNEY HARRIS UPHAM O;: CO., INCORPORATED,
Defendant.
PLAINTIFF'S MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF
MOTION TO AMEND COMPLAINT
PHILIP RALPH BELPASSO 40-09 Kuiken Terrace Fair Lawn, New Jersey 07410
(201)797-8~82 Plaintiff
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STATEMENT OF MOTION
By this motion, plaintiff now sets forth the
necessary facts and calls attention to the Affidavits
of Sandra Reevesand David Warmin and to the incorporated
letters and exhibits.
This brief is in addition to plaintiff's recently
filed motion and the enclosed new motion to amend complaint.
This brief supplies information that shows defendant's
failure to use ordinary or reasonable care, and customary
methods and acts. If defendant's acts and, or omissions
were 'inadvertent' and resulted in unintended consequences,
and plaintiff does not believe defendant's acts or omissions
were inadvertent or unintended, this still constitutes
negligence by legal definition.
This brief also is brought to establish plaintiff's
right to a chance to be heard in the name of a trial.
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PLAINTIFF STATES FACTS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT CAUSE OF ACTION
(1) The cancelation of a transaction which has occurred
in its entirety and the crediting of accounts which never
were registered as the owner of securities, are a serious
threat to the securities market. The compounding of these
actions by fraudulent statements to the Bureau of Securities
demands a court hearing. The SchlumberRer option transactions
can only be deemed belonging to plaintiff's, my, account
because:
a. my account was debited, liable, and exposed
for the entire transaction.
b. Smith Barney bad every opportunity to notify
me that my account was transacting for another account
during the transactions; however it was not until I called
them seven days later that I was able to find out about this. c. Smith
Barney put themselves in a position that had the stock dropped, there would
have been nothing to
prevent them from holding my account liable for the loss.
Smith Barney has not presented any conclusive evidence
to the contrary. Smith Barney straddled, gave themselves,
the alternative two courses of action. In the past, I
have suffered the loss of twenty thousand dollars from
my account on blind faith; presumably I may have had my
transactions straddled in the past. This would explain
why my account is a loser. Smith Barney with the intent
to aid the act of procuring moneys out of my account used
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fraudulent statements by telling me that I was never debited, liable,
or exposed for the transaction; 1 CONTEST THIS AS UNTRUTHFUL and it CONSTITUTES
FRAUD. They then slandered my motives in writing to the Bureau of Securities
(see letter dated November 29, 1982) by saying that I was claiming ownership
merely because the transaction was profitable. (2) Smith Barney did not
initiate any kind of corrective procedure until seven days after the action
took place; this confirms my liability and ownership. (3) Smith Barney
responded to the Bureau of Securities investigations with untruths and
slanderous remarks about me in an attempt to draw attention away from their
manipulation. (4) My liability for all the Schlumberger transactions can
be further proven by checking the computer records at the Exchange. I have
already done this and found my
contention to be correct. The Exchange's records show my account to
be the owner, the beneficiary of the profits. (5) As to the nature of the
transactions being conducted in two separate quantities, I submit evidence
that this was not an unusual practice in my account. (see exhibits E, F,
and G; they are true copies of past simultaneous transactions proving this
to be commonplace). (6) I am calling attention to the nine G.E.O. Internationals
profits because my account had recently been debited for a like amount
which I was protesting about. It was the
method by which I got the nine G.E.O. Internationals that
I reported to the Securities Exchange. I felt the method
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was suspicious a~d it reconfirmed my Suspicions of manipulations
because: it was followed by a correction which corrected
NOT the balance (see David Warmin's only the stock quantity, affidavit
of October 10, 1983, paragraph two, where he claims that my account is
balanced) b. Smith Barney deposited into my account a sum of money within
$50.00 of the amount of money they reduced
from my account previously c. the nine G.E.O. Internationals cannot,
at this time, be proven to be a compensatory action, but they had the effect
of further aggravating me and increasing my growing suspicion and mistrust
of Smith Barney's dealings. Smith Barney held onto my account against my
will. I informed the Securities and Exchange Commission about this and
the nine G.E.O. Internationals, acts I felt to be very improper (see David
Warmin's affidavit). Smith Barney held onto my entire account for two months.
Immediately after reducing the monies from the nine G.E.O. Internationals,
they released my account back into my possession. The holding and illegal
reduction of my account were both done against ~II will, because the reduction
took moneys which in turn further unbalanced my account and made it evident
that Smith Barney had a serious lack of respect
not only for me but for the whole fudiciary establishment.
Smith Barney's conduct is considerably a breach of contract.
I have relinquished to then $6000.00 in commissions in
the past. Much of my time, money, and emotional and physical
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energies were spent trying to find out if in fact I was a victim of
stock manipulation and trying to get my account back and balanced. Smith
Rarney failed to use ordinary or reasonable care and to follow customary
methods and acts; their behavior undoubtedly constitutes negligence.
CONCLUSION For the reasons advanced herein and in the plaintiff's previous
motion papers, the Complaint - as amended, supplemented and/or particularized
should be supported by the court in order to have Smith Rarney, Harris
Upham & Co., Incorporated
stand accountable for their actions in a court of law.
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PhilipJRalph Belpasso
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