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Jonathan Lee Riches is a former federal prisoner (inmate #40948-018)〔(Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator ) Accessed October 3, 2007.〕 known for the many lawsuits he has filed in various United States district courts.〔(South Carolina inmate hits Michael Vick with '$63,000,000,000 Billion Dollar' lawsuit alleging Al Qaeda ties ) Fox News. (August 15, 2007) Accessed October 2, 2007.〕 Riches was incarcerated at Federal Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, for wire fraud under the terms of a plea bargain. His release date was April 30, 2012.〔(Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator ) Accessed February 18, 2012.〕 He was arrested for violating his federal probation in December 2012, when he left the Eastern District of the state of Pennsylvania without permission. He allegedly drove to Connecticut and impersonated the uncle of Adam Lanza, the shooter in the Sandy Hook Elementary School incident. == History == Since January 8, 2006, he has filed over 2600 lawsuits in federal district courts across the country,〔US Pacer US Party/Case Index Website maintained by the federal courts; search for Jonathan Riches prisoner cases on March 3, 2008 returned 1017 cases.〕 some of which have received considerable press attention.〔("Man of Many Suits" ), Emil Steiner, ''The Washington Post''〕 Among the more famous defendants of his lawsuits are New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick,〔(Belichick Scandal Widens ) TSG〕 former President of the United States George W. Bush,〔Howard, Brian. (April 13–19, 2006). (Trial of the century ). ''Philadelphia City Paper''. Accessed October 3, 2007.〕 Martha Stewart,〔(Prisoner known for suing celebrities takes on Martha Stewart ) Boston.com, in connection with ''The Boston Globe''. (September 19, 2007). Accessed October 3, 2007.〕 NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon,〔Saxon, Eric. (2007). (Inmate files federal complaint against NASCAR star Jeff Gordon ) wsoctv.com. Accessed October 3, 2007.〕 former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick,〔(Transcript: 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' for August 15 ) MSNBC. Accessed October 3, 2007.〕 entrepreneur Steve Jobs,〔Jade, Kasper. (September 25, 2007).( Inmate's suit claims O.J. Simpson is "hitman" for Steve Jobs ). ''Apple Insider''. Accessed October 3, 2007.〕 celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, Somali pirates,〔2008 West Law 612788〕 and pop star Britney Spears.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Prison Inmate Seeks Spears Restraining Order )〕 He also sued the late Benazir Bhutto, Pervez Musharraf, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service on November 7, 2007, to prevent him from being deported to Pakistan and tortured upon his release from prison in March 2012. There is no evidence beyond this lawsuit of any attempt to deport Riches. On April 9, 2008, Riches filed a request for a temporary restraining order in a US District Court against ''Grand Theft Auto'' publisher Take-Two, developer Rockstar Games, FCI Williamsburg, and ''Grand Theft Auto'' itself, claiming that the defendants "put me in prison." The inmate stated, "Defendants contributed to Plaintiff committing identity theft. Defendant's games show sex, drugs and violence which offends me." Riches continued, "Defendants put me in prison. I face imminent danger from violent inmates who played Grand Theft Auto who will knock me out and take my gold Jesus cross."〔(Inmate Files Restraining Order Against 'Grand Theft Auto' Makers ) ''FoxNews.com''. Accessed April 20, 2008.〕 Riches attempted to intervene as a plaintiff in the Madoff investment scandal, claiming that he "met Bernard Madoff on eharmony.com in 2001" and taught Madoff identity theft skills.〔(Motion to Authorize to intervene under Rule 7042 & Rule 24(A)2, 24(B) filed by Jonathan Lee Riches. ) ''Madoff Trustee Site''. Accessed March 26, 2008.〕 In May 2009, Riches filed for an injunction against the Guinness Book of World Records, seeking to stop them from listing him as "the most litigious individual in history". Guinness spokesperson Sara Wilcox told ''The Huffington Post'' that there was no such listing, and no plan to create one. "'Most litigious man' is not something Guinness World Records has ever monitored as a record category," she said. The action—like the vast majority of Riches' filings—was dismissed.〔 Some of Riches' defendants are not even persons subject to suit. These include "Adolf Hitler's National Socialist Party" and the "13 tribes of Israel."〔Emil Steiner, (Man of Many Suits, Jonathan Lee Riches Sues Everyone and Everything ), ''Washington Post'', August 23, 2007〕 One lawsuit, which includes George Bush, also includes another 783 defendants that cover 57 pages. They include Plato, Nostradamus, Che Guevara, James Hoffa, "Various Buddhist Monks," all survivors of the Holocaust, the Lincoln Memorial, the Eiffel Tower, the , the book ''Mein Kampf'', the Garden of Eden, the Roman Empire, the Dark Ages, the Appalachian Trail, Plymouth Rock, the Holy Grail, Nordic gods, the dwarf planet Pluto, and the entire Three Mile Island.〔http://archives.citypaper.net/articles/2006-04-13/NC_FP_Lawsuit.pdf〕 A number of Riches's lawsuits have been dismissed as being "frivolous, malicious" or for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.〔 Willis Hunt, the U.S. District Court Judge who dismissed Riches' suit against Vick as "farcical," opined that his lawsuits were clearly self-promotional. As per 28 U.S. Code § 1915(g), he is barred from proceeding in forma pauperis. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jonathan Lee Riches」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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