NO.
03-1023
COMPANION
TO CAUSE NO. 03-0990
IN
THE
SUPREME
COURT
OF
______________________________
IN
RE:
JOHN
WORLDPEACE
______________________________
Re:
Cause No. 2002-42081; Commission for Lawyers Discipline v. John
WorldPeace, 269th District Court
______________________________________________________________________
RELATOR’S
APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
REGARDING
PETITIONER’S
SECOND MOTION FOR
NO-EVIDENCE
SUMMARY JUDGMENT
______________________________________________________________________
Filed by: John WorldPeace, Relator
John WorldPeace
2620 Fountainview,
Tel. 713-784-7618
Fax. 713-784-9063
TBA# 21872800
Attorney Pro Se
IDENTITY
OF PARTIES AND COUNSEL
The following is a
complete list of all the parties and the names and addresses of all counsel in
the underlying lawsuit.
Relator (Respondent)
John WorldPeace
John WorldPeace
2620 Fountainview,
Tel. 713-784-7618
Fax. 713-784-9063
Attorney Pro Se
Respondent: Honorable
James R. Fry
Presiding Judge in the
Underlying Disciplinary Petition
(Cause No. 2002-42081; Commission for Lawyer Discipline v. John
WorldPeace, 269th District Court,
15th Judicial
District Court
Tel:
903-813-4303
Fax:
903-813-4304
Real Parties in Interest
and Parties to the Case. (Petitioner)
Commission
for Lawyer Discipline
Dawn Miller
J. G Molleston
State Bar of
1111 Fannin,
Tel:
713-759-6931
Fax: 713-752-2158
Attorneys for the
Commission for Lawyer Discipline
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
IDENTITIES OF PARTIES AND
COUNSEL...................................................................ii
TABLE OF
CONTENTS...................................................................................................iii
INDEX OF
AUTHORITIES................................................................................................v
STATEMENT OF THE
CASE...........................................................................................vi
STATEMENT OF
JURISDICTION.................................................................................vii
ISSUES
PRESENTED.....................................................................................................viii
STATEMENT OF FACTS
……………………………………………………………….1
ISSUE
ONE.........................................................................................................................3
Did the trial court abuse its discretion by granting
a summary judgment on Respondent’s issues that were not pled in the
Commission’s Second Motion for No-evidence Summary Judgment?
ISSUE
TWO………………………………………………………………………………3
Did the trial court abuse its discretion by granting the Commission’s
Second Motion for No-evidence Summary Judgment on Respondent’s issues for
which the Commission did not list any of the elements for which the Commission
alleged the Respondent had no evidence as mandated by Rule 166a(i) TRCP?
ARGUMENT……………………………………………………………………….……..5
PRAYER............................................................................................................................11
APPENDIX……………………………………………………………………….……...13
AFFIDAVIT OF JOHN
WORLDPEACE…………………………………………….…14
INDEX
OF AUTHORITIES
A.
CASES
76
S.W. 3d 78, 86 (
City
of
896 SW2d 143 (
Crouch v.
Gleason…………………………………………………………………………4
875
S.W. 2d 738, 739 (Tex. App. – Amarillo 1994)
Garza v. State of
878
S.W. 2d 671, 673-4 (Tex App. – Corpus Christi 1994)
Hartford Accident &
Indemnity Company v. Abascal……………………………………4
831
S.W. 2d 559, 563 (Tex. App. – San Antonio 1992)
Howell v. Hilton Hotels
Corp……………………………………………………………..7
84
S.W. 3d 708, 715 (
In re:
Meador……………………………………………………………………………...4
968
S.W. 2d 346, 353 (
In re:
News America Publishing,
Inc……………………………………………………..4
974
S.W. 2d 97, 106 (Tex. App. – San Antonio 1998)
89
S.W. 3d 737, 741 (
Lewis v. Skippy’s
Mistake Bar…………………………………………………………..10
944
S.W. 2d 1, 1 (Tex. App. – Fort Worth 1996)
Miller v. Elliott……………………………………………………………...……………..6
94
S.W. 3d 38, 42 (
946
S.W. 2d 533, 536 (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi 1997)
97 SW3d 205 (Tex.App – Corpus Christi, 2003)
O’Bryant
v. City of
949 SW2d 406 (Tex.App.- Austin, 1997)
Trinity Capital
Corporation v. Briones……………………………………………………5
847
S.W. 324, 326 (Tex. App. – El Paso 1993)
STATUTES
Rule 301
Rule 3.14
Rule 8.04
Rule 13
Rule 90
Rule 166a(i)
STATEMENT
OF THE CASE
NATURE
OF THE CASE
The
underlying case is a disciplinary petition filed by the Commission for Lawyer
Discipline against Realtor WorldPeace (Cause
No. 2002-42081; Commission for Lawyer Discipline v. John WorldPeace, 269th
District Court).
THE
RESPONDENT
The
Respondent is Judge James R. Fry, in his capacity as presiding judge,
appointed by the Supreme Court to preside over the underlying disciplinary
petition.
RELIEF
SOUGHT BY RELATOR
WorldPeace prays the court to mandamus Judge Fry to vacate his August
27, 2003, Order on the Commision’s Second Motion for No-evidence Summary
Judgment for the Commission because the Summary Judgment did not plead all of
Respondent’s issues and did not list any elements of the constitutional
issues it did plead as mandated by Rule 166a(i) TRCP.
The Order for Summary Judgment along with the trial court’s Order for
Severance also of
REGARDING
FILING IN THE SUPREME COURT
REALTOR’S
APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS was not first filed in the appeals court
because jurisdiction over disciplinary petitions is with the Supreme Court per
Rule 3.01 and Rule 3.02
STATEMENT
OF JURISDICTION
1) The Supreme Court has jurisdiction to issue a Writ of Prohibition/Mandamus against a district judge under Section 22.002(a) of the Government Code and Article V. Section 3 of The Texas Constitution.
ISSUES
PRESENTED
ISSUE
ONE
Did the trial court abuse its discretion by granting a summary judgment
on Respondent’s issues that were not pled in the Commission’s Second
Motion for No-evidence Summary Judgment?
ISSUE
TWO
Did the trial court abuse its discretion by granting the Commission’s
Second Motion for No-evidence Summary Judgment on Respondent’s issues for
which the Commission did not list any of the elements for which the Commission
alleged the Respondent had no evidence as mandated by Rule 166a(i) TRCP?
TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF THIS COURT:
STATEMENT
OF FACTS
On
On
On
On
On
On
On
On
On
Petitioner
did not file a response to Respondent’s Motion for Rehearing.
On
REQUIREMENTS FOR MANDAMUS
1)
There is no remedy on appeal because per Rule 3.14 Texas Rules
of Disciplinary Procedure (Appendix) a Judgment for Disbarment cannot be
superseded or stayed.
2) Judge Fry’s actions in
the underlying disciplinary petition as presiding judge are a clear abuse
of discretion.
3)
The Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct affect over 67,000
attorneys in
ISSUE
ONE
Did the trial court abuse its discretion by granting a summary judgment
on Respondent’s issues that were not pled in the Commission’s
Second Motion for No-evidence Summary Judgment?
ISSUE
TWO
Did the trial court abuse its discretion by granting the Commission’s Second Motion for No-evidence Summary Judgment on Respondent’s issues for which the Commission did not list any of the elements for which the Commission alleged the Respondent had no evidence as mandated by Rule 166a(i) TRCP?
AUTHORITIES
ABUSE OF DISCRETION
“A trial court abuses its
discretion by (1) acting arbitrarily and unreasonably, without reference to
any guiding rules or principles, or (2) misapplying the law to the established
facts of the case. Downer v.
Aquamarine Operators, Inc., 701 S.W. 2d 238, 241-42 (
Appleton
v.
“A
trial court “abuses its discretion when it reaches a decision so arbitrary
and unreasonable as to amount to a clear and prejudicial error of law.”
Johnson v. Fourth Court of Appeals, 700 S.W. 2d 916, 917 (Tex. 1985,
orig. proceeding).”
Crouch
v. Gleason, 875 S.W. 2d 738, 739 (Tex. App. – Amarillo 1994)
“On
the other hand, review of a trial court’s determination of the legal
principles controlling its ruling is much less deferential.
A trial court has no ‘discretion’ in determining what the law is
or applying the law to the facts. Thus,
a clear failure by the trial court to analyze or apply the law correctly will
constitute an abuse of discretion and may result in appellate reversal by
extraordinary writ…
Walker
v. Packer, 827 S.W. 2d 833, 839-40 (1992) (citations omitted).”
Hartford
Accident & Indemnity Company v. Abascal, 831 S.W. 2d 559, 563 (Tex. App.
– San Antonio 1992)
“A
trial court abuses its discretion when it acts in an unreasonable or
arbitrary manner or, stated differently, when it acts without any reference to
guiding rules or principles. See
Beaumont Bank, N.A. v. Buller, 806 S.W. 2d 233, 226 (
In
re: Meador, 968 S.W. 2d 346, 353 (
“A
trial court has no ‘discretion’ in determining what the law is or applying
the law to the facts.”
In
re: News America Publishing, Inc.,
974 S.W. 2d 97, 106 (Tex. App. – San Antonio 1998)
“Aside from the “clear abuse of discretion” threshold set forth
in
Monroe
v. Blackmon, 946 S.W. 2d 533, 536 (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi 1997)
“Following
its holding in
Trinity
Capital Corporation v. Briones, 847 S.W. 324, 326 (
SUMMARY
The trial court abused its discretion by granting the Commission for
Lawyer Discipline’s Second Motion for No-evidence Summary Judgment which did
not list all the issues pled in Respondent’s Seventh Amended Answer and
Counterclaims and Third Party Claims and did not list the elements of
Respondent’s constitutional issues which it alleged that Respondent had no
evidence as mandated by Rule 166a(i) TRCP.
The
Summary Judgment was then incorporated in the trial court’s
A. Issues
not addressed by the
No-evidence Summary Judgment
The
following issues in RESPONDENT’S Seventh Amended Original Answer and Third
Party Claims (Record “53”) were not addressed in the Commission’s Second
Amended Motion for No Evidence Summary Judgment (Record “19”) nor were
they tried to the jury.
1. WorldPeace’s defense
regarding a “suit within a suit”. (Record
“64”)
2. WorldPeace’s
Constitutional counterclaim for violations of his Constitutional rights
against self incrimination. (Under
the heading regarding Rule 801 and 804 TDRPC).
(Record “65”)
3. WorldPeace’s
affirmative defense of res judicata
regarding Johnell Collins and the Commission.
(Record “4, 66”)
4. WorldPeace defense and
Constitution counterclaim regarding multiple complainants in one disciplinary
petition. (Record “67”)
Since the above issues were not adjudicated, the August 27, 2003,
Judgment for Disbarment, which incorporated the trial court’s order granting
the Commission’s Summary Judgment, is interlocutory per Rule 301 TRCP.
B. ISSUES FOR WHICH THE
NO-EVIDENCE SUMMARY JUDGMENT LISTED NO ELEMENTS
TRCP
Rule 166a(i) states, to wit: After adequate
time for discovery, a party without presenting summary judgment evidence may
move for summary judgment on the ground that there is no evidence of one or
more essential elements of a claim or defense on which an adverse party would
have the burden of proof at trial. The
motion must state the elements as to which there is no evidence.
The court must grant the motion unless the respondent produces summary
judgment evidence raising a genuine issue of material fact.
“The
motion must be specific in alleging a lack of evidence on an essential element
of a cause of action, but
need not specifically attack the evidentiary components that may prove an
element of the cause of action.”
Miller
v. Elliott, 94 S.W. 3d 38, 42 (
“After
adequate time for discovery and without presenting summary judgment evidence,
a party is permitted by rule of civil procedure 166a(i) to move for summary
judgment on the ground that no evidence supports one or more essential
specified elements of an adverse party’s claim or defense on which the
adverse party would have the burden of proof at trial.”
Howell
v. Hilton Hotels Corp, 84 S.W. 3d 708, 715 (
“The motion for summary
judgment may not be general, but must state the elements on which there is no
evidence”
Jordan
v. Landry’s Seafood Restaurant, Inc., 89 S.W. 3d 737, 741 (
The
ELEMENTS of the following issues in WorldPeace’s Seventh Amended Original
Answer and Counterclaim (Record “53”) that were pled in the Commission’s
Second Motion for No-Evidence Summary Judgment (Record “19”) were not
specifically listed as mandated by Rule 166a(i).
(No elements)
1.
WorldPeace’s equal protection rights.
(Religious Discrimination) (Record “25”)
2.
WorldPeace’s issue regarding awarding attorney fees to the Commission
and WorldPeace’s counterclaim for attorneys fees.
(Record “26”)
3.
Violations of WorldPeace Constitutional due process rights. (Record
“30”)
4.
WorldPeace issue regarding unconstitutional range of punishment.
(Record “31”)
5.
WorldPeace’s Constitutional counterclaims regarding oppressive,
arbitrary, and capricious nature of the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure.
(Record “32”)
6.
WorldPeace’s counterclaims for Rule 13 TRCP and Chapter 9 & 10
TCP & RC violations (The Commission did not list all the elements in
Chapter 9 & 10). (Record
“6”) Rule Chapter 10.001(1)
was not pled. (Record “229”)
It was an abuse of discretion
for the court to grant a summary judgment on these issues where the Commission
did not follow the mandatory (MUST) dictates of Rule 166a(i) TRCP and
specifically list the ELEMENTS of the issues which the Commission claims
WorldPeace had no evidence.
Since the ELEMENTS of these issues were not specifically identified by
the Commission in its Second Amended Motion for No-Evidence Summary Judgment,
they could not be adjudicated and the August 27, 2003, Judgment for
Disbarment, which incorporates the trial court’s order granting the
Commission’s Second Motion for No-evidence Summary Judgment, is
interlocutory per Rule 301 TRCP.
C. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF – ISSUE
NOT PLED
“Jones
is not inconsistent with our holding today to the extent Jones is
understood as approving suits for injunctive relief.”
City
of
“In
Bouillion, the
O’Bryant
v. City of
“However,
suits brought pursuant to constitutional provisions are limited to
equitable relief and do not allow a claim for monetary damages except to
the extent specifically enunciated in the constitutional provision.”
WorldPeace’s
Seventh Amended Original Answer and Counterclaim and Third Party Claims
(Record “53”) timely filed seven days prior to the date of the
Commission’s submission date of July 28, 2003, for its Second Amended Motion
for No-Evidence Summary Judgment, added a cause of action for injunctive
relief (Record “113”) that was not pled in the Commission’s
Second Amended Motion for No-Evidence Summary Judgment. (Record
“19”)
Because
the injunction issue was not pled in the Commission’s Second Amended Motion
for No-Evidence Summary Judgment, it was not adjudicated and the August 27,
2003, Judgment for Disbarment which incorporated the trial court’s order
granting the Commission’s Second Motion for No-evidence Summary Judgment is
interlocutory per Rule 301 TRCP.
D. 42 USCA § 1983 – NOT
PLED BY RESPONDENT
WorldPeace
never pled for damages related to his Constitutional issues but pled only for
injunctive relief. (Record
“113”) The Commission’s
pleading that WorldPeace had no evidence of the elements of 42
E. COMMISSION’S GENERAL
DEMURER
Summary
judgment should not be based on a pleading deficiency such as whether a cause
of action has been sufficiently pled. Massey
v. Armco Steel Co., 652 S.W. 2d 932, 934 (
Garza
v. State of
In general, it is improper to
grant a summary judgment on a deficient pleading’s failure to state a cause
of action when the deficiency can be attacked through a special exception.
Lewis
v. Skippy’s Mistake Bar, 944 S.W. 2d 1, 1 (Tex. App. – Fort Worth 1996)
The
Commission entered a general demurrer when it wrongly stated in its
Second Amended Motion for No-evidence Summary Judgment that the only cause of
action for Constitutional violations that Respondent WorldPeace had was
provided by 42 USCA § 1983. (Record
“25, 31, 35”)
Texas does not have a general demurrer due to Rule 90 TRCP and
therefore the Commission was required to file a motion for special exceptions
before WorldPeace’s Constitutional issues or any other non TDRPC Rule issues
(which were tried) could be dismissed by summary judgment.
Since the Commission did not file for special exceptions, the issues
listed in Section A, B and C above could not be adjudicated by summary
judgment and therefore the
SUMMARY
Judge Fry incorporated his
Judge Fry abused his discretion by granting Summary Judgment on
Respondent’s counterclaims that were not pled in Petitioner’s Second
Motion for No-evidence Summary Judgment.
Judge Fry abused his discretion by granting Summary Judgment on
Respondent’s counterclaims which Petitioner pled but did not list the
elements per Rule 166a(i) Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
Judge Fry abused his discretion by dismissing Respondent’s
counterclaims upon Petitioner’s General Demurer in Petitioner’s Second
Motion for No-evidence Summary Judgment.
Judge Fry abused his discretion by attempting to use his order granting
Petitioner’s Second Motion for No-evidence Summary Judgment as a basis for
his
PRAYER
WHEREFORE, premises considered, Relator moves this court to mandamus Judge Fry to vacate or modify his Order granting the Commission’s Second Motion for No-evidence Summary Judgment and for such other and further relief at law or in equity as this court may deem proper.
Respectfully
submitted,
_______________________________
John WorldPeace
2620 Fountain View,
Tel. 713-784-7618
Fax. 713-784-9063
TBA No. 21872800
John WorldPeace
CERTIFICATE
OF CONFERENCE
Opposing Counsel opposes the RELATOR’S APPLICATION.
____________________________________
John WorldPeace
APPENDIX
EXHIBIT
DESCRIPTION
B.
C.
Rule 301
Rule 3.14
Rule 8.04
Rule 13
Rule 90
Rule 166a(i)
NO. 03-1023
IN
THE SUPREME COURT
OF
______________________________
IN
RE:
JOHN
WORLDPEACE
______________________________
Re:
Cause No. 2002-42081; Commission for Lawyers Discipline v. John
WorldPeace, 269th District Court
______________________________________________________________________
AFFIDAVIT
OF JOHN WORLDPEACE, ATTORNEY AT LAW
______________________________________________________________________
BEFORE
ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared the affiant,
John WorldPeace, who being by me first duly sworn, on his oath stated:
My
name is John WorldPeace, I am over 21 years of age, of sound mind, capable of
making this affidavit and fully competent to testify to the matters stated
herein, have personal knowledge of each of the matters stated herein, and the
facts contained in this affidavit are true.
The exhibits in the Appendix and Record attached to RELATOR’S Application for Writ of Mandamus are true and correct copies of the originals.
The
transcript of the
Further affiant sayeth not.”
__________________________________
John WorldPeace
SUBSCRIBED
AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME on this _______ day of _________________, 2003.
____________________________________
NOTARY PUBLIC IN AND FOR THE
STATE OF
RECORD
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E.
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H.
I.
J.
K. November 7, 2003 Transcript of the hearings on RESPONDENT’S Motion for Rehearing on Petitioner’s Second Motion for No Evidence Summary Judgment and MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL and MOTION TO MODIFY
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