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OF DEKALB COUNTY
GEORGIA
ANTHONY S. TRICOLI,
Plaintiff,
vs.
ROB WATTS; RON CARRUTH; JIM
RASMUS; MARK GERSPACHER;
SHELETHA CHAMPION; HENRY
HUCKABY; JOHN FUCHKO; STEVE
WRIGLEY; BEN TARBUTTON; THE BOARD
OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY
SYSTEM OF GEORGIA; SAM OLENS, THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF GEORGIA; and
ROBIN JENKINS
Defendants.
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Motion)
and
the
supporting
Amended
Verified
Complaint
that
are
not
addressed
in
the
Order
of
dismissal--signed
the
same
day
the
Motion
was
filed--include
admissions
that
Defendants
committed
the
criminal,
knowing
falsifications
of
state
agency
reports
alleged
in
the
Complaint
in
which
over
$9
million
disappeared.
The
overlooked
issues
also
include
admissions
that
Defendants
altered
USG
policies
to
conceal
the
criminal
RICO
violations
as
well
as
breaches
of
both
USG
policy
and
Tricolis
contract
that
occurred
before
his
coerced
resignation.
In
addition,
Defendants
have
not
responded
to
Open
Records
requests
with
respect
to
documents
showing
additional
policy
violations
and
That Motion for injunctive relief was filed on November 19, 2014.
On
November
21,
as
reflected
by
the
Clerks
file
stamp,
the
Court
filed
an
Order
Granting
Dismissal
(the
Order).
The
Order
contains
a
hand-
written
date
indicating
that
the
Judge
signed
the
Order
two
days
earlier,
on
November
19,
the
same
day
the
Motion
was
filed.
The
Order
makes
no
reference
to
the
Motion
filed
on
the
same
day.
Moreover,
no
legal
argument
in
the
Order
dismissing
Plaintiffs
RICO
action
addresses
the
Motion
for
injunctive
relief
under
OCGA
16-14-6(a)(3).
There is no question that the Motion was filed prior to the filing of
the
Order,
two
days
after
the
date
of
signing,
on
November
21,
2014.
Exhibit
B,
file-stamped
Order.
While
it
would
seem
difficult
to
consider
all
the
matters
contained
in
a
30-page
Motion
filed
on
November
19
in
an
Order
signed
the
same
day,
there
is
no
question
that
the
Order
was
signed
prior
to
the
filing
of
the
Amended
Verified
Complaint
noticed
in
the
Motion,
or
the
amended
claims
with
reference
to
the
verified
fact
find
there
is
no
set
of
allegations
that
could
support
the
claims,
and
therefore
of
course
requires
consideration
of
the
claims
themselves.
There
is
no
question
that
the
Court
did
not
consider
the
Amended
Verified
Complaint
noticed
in
the
Motion,
since
the
amended
allegations
and
claims
noticed
in
the
Motion
had
not
yet
been
filed
when
the
Order
was
signed
on
November
19.
the
budget
was
being
concealed
from
Tricoli
through
a
chain
of
emails
back
and
forth
between
GPC
and
USG
Defendants.
Injunction
based
on
the
admission
of
RICO
predicate
acts
for
which
the
Georgia
RICO
statute
authorizes
injunctive
reliefincluding
injunctive
Dismissal
(the
Order).
On
November
21,
that
Order
was
filed
with
the
Clerk.
Content
and
Omissions
of
the
Order
The
Order
does not indicate that any matter was considered after
September 22 hearing, despite pleadings containing admissions by the
Attorney General and supporting documents obtained through Open Records
requests. Order, p. 1. That leaves a great deal of pleadings and exhibits in
addition to the Motion that escaped review, including admissions of
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The Order cites respondeat superior immunity under the GTCA for
tort claims, while ignoring the explicit respondeat superior liability
authorized at OCGA 16-14-4 for RICO claims. Order, p. 6.
The Order likewise cites the OCGA 50-21-30 bar to punitive
damages for tort claims against the state in the GTCA, and does not address
the specific authorization of punitive damages against individual defendants
for criminal RICO predicate acts at OCGA 16-14-6(c). Order, p. 7.
Finally, the Order states that Plaintiffs injunctive relief is dependent
on underlying tort and contract claimswith no mention of the RICO Act
specifically authorizing injunctive relief at OCGA 16-14-6(a) for the
criminal conduct alleged. In fact, the Order never in any way addresses the
criminal nature of the allegations in the Complaint. The Order makes no
reference whatever to the Motion, and its grounds for injunctive relief
founded in the Georgia RICO Act, or of the claims and allegations of the
Amended Verified Complaint noticed in the Motion prior to the premature
filing of the Order.
Pending
Issues
the
Order
did
not
consider
same
day
the
Motion
was
filed,
and
prior
to
the
filing
of
the
Amended
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Verified
Complaint,
that
the
Order
cannot
possibly
address
the
factual
allegations
or
legal
claims
raised
therein.
That
includes
Defendants
admissions
of
criminal
conduct
with
respect
to
the
knowing
falsification
of
state
agency
reports
of
the
GPC
budget,
a
fiasco
in
which
over
$9
million
in
state
and
federal
funds
remains
unaccounted-for.
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The Order also does not account for the fact that, pursuant to the
amended
claims,
injunctive
relief
does
not
depend
on
tort
and
contract
claims
as
stated
in
the
Order
(even
if
they
did,
that
would
not
bar
injunctive
relief).
Order,
p.
7.
The
Motion
specifically
seeks
relief
under
OCGA
16-14-6(a)(3),
which
specifically
authorizes
injunctive
relief
for
RICO
predicate
actsand
specifically
authorizes
it
against
a
government
entity
RICO
enterprise
as
defined
in
OCGA
16-14-3(6)a
clear
authority
for
the
injunctive
relief
against
state
agencies
and
officers
that
is
nowhere
addressed
in
the
Order.
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since
the
deadline
for
notice
of
appeal
of
the
Order
is
December
20.
Of
course
we
would
have
to
include
in
any
such
appeal
the
issue
of
our
Motion
being
foreclosed
by
the
case
being
closed
after
the
Motion
was
filed
but
without
consideration
of
its
merits.
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be
considered.
The
motion
was
filed
at
that
time
based
mainly
on
three
factors:
1) The
Attorney
General,
though
attempting
to
deflect
blame
onto
Tricoli,
admitted
in
court
records
that
GPC
and
USG
officials
committed
many
of
the
RICO
predicate
crimes
alleged
in
the
Complaint.
2) Tricolis
counsel
documented
that
the
USG
had
gone
back
and
altered
its
own
policies
after
the
fact
to
disguise
its
own
policy
violations
when
ousting
Tricolion
top
of
a
USG
self-audit
in
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requests
for
documents
under
the
Open
Records
Act,
Plaintiff
asks
the
Court
to
remove
the
stay
on
discovery
relative
to
Defendants
Motion
to
Dismiss,
so
that
Plaintiff
can
obtain
discovery
relevant
to
the
Motion
for
injunctive
relief
in
the
face
of
Defendants
failure
to
respond
to
requests
under
the
Open
Records
Act.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
Undersigned counsel hereby certifies that all Defendants in this action have
been served this Motion for Stay via electronic service, this 8th day of
December, 2014, as follows:
Samuel S. Olens
Dennis R. Dunn
Kathleen M. Pacious
Annette M. Cowart
Loretta L. Pinkston
Christopher A. McGraw
C. McLaurin Sitton
Office of the Attorney General
40 Capitol Square, SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1300
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Bogart, GA 30622
(706) 543-1844 f
(706) 207-6982 p
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