Free Declaration - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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Case 1:03-cv—OO106-JJF Document 13 Filed 07/O1/2008 Page 1 013
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
_ FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
LAKISHA SHORT i
PLAINTIFF ·
V. 1 DECLARATION OF
_ LAKISHA SHORT
COMMISSIONER CARL ,
DANBURG, et. at., CLVl°· ACTION NO.
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DEFENDANTS `
LAKISHA SHORT HEREBY DECLARES: SINCE THE BEGINNING OF
THE YEAR, ONCE I DECIDED TO FILE THE LAWSUIT A
NUMBER OF EVENTS HAS TAKEN PLACE. -
I. ON ii?/08 I FILED A GRIEVANCE IN REFERENCE TO
LACK OF EXERCISE AND REQUESTED A WORKOUT TAPE. (VHSMEMMBJ fc)
ON 1*18/OS THE GRIEVANCE WAS APPROVED AND RECEIVED
PERMISSION FOR THE EXERCISE TAPE BY SHIFT COMMANDER CPT.
REPETTI AND LT. FIELDS. ON 2/1/OS I (SHORT} WAS QUESTIONED
BY THE MENTAL HEALTH DIRECTOR BEN IN REFERENCE TO THE iZL‘“*`
EXERCISE TAPE, CONCERNED BY A CONVERSATION WITH WARDEN
RYAN.ON 2/5/O9 AFTER A REQUEST FROM COUNSELOR RUSSELL
TO BE REMOVED FROM THE 23/1 STATUS. I SPOKE TO MRS.
RUSSELL IN REGAURDS TO THE REQUEST AND SHE INFORMED
ME OF THE DENIAL BY WARDEN RYAN STATING THE REASONING
"HE'S SICK OF OFFICERS CATERING TO MET" ON 2/12/08
I SPOKE WITH BEN AND IN ATTEMPTS TO GAIN INFO AS TO
WHEN I COULD BE REMOVED FROM 23/1 STATUS, HE (BEN) SPOKE
WITH COLLEEN SHOTZBERGER. DURING THIER CONVERSATION HE
STATED THE SHE (SHOTZBERGER1 COMMENTED "THAT IT‘S ·1
PERSONAL AND THE WARDEN HATES ME."(MESSAGE LATER RELAYED
TO ST.LT. SMITHJ ON 2/26/08 I SPOKE AGAIN WITH BEN IN
REFERENCE TO REASON STILL BEING HELD ON 23/T STATUS AND
IT WAS RELAYED THAT I REMAINED ON THE STATUS DUE TOZOPEN
HEARINGS.(THE FOLLOWING DAYS 2/27/OB & 2/2%/08 HEARINGS
WERE COMPLETED BY CPT. SNEAD\ ON 2/28/OS INFORMED MRS.
RUSSELL OF CONVERSATION WITH BEN AND COMPLETED HEARINGS.
ON 3/14/OS, ALTHOUGH APPROVED BY THE CLASSIFICATION BOARD
DECISION WAS VETOED BY WARDEN RYAN. REASON GIVEN RECENT
WRITE;UPJ
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7. APRIL 30 2008 I RECEIVED DOCUMENTATION OF DISMISSAL
OF LAWSUIT, DUE TO THE FAILURE TO RETURN DOCUMENT TO COURT `
_IN THE TIME PERMITTED. ON Y/{/0S I WROTE A GRIEVANCE (€¤H%%7 EE)
CONCERNING MY MAIL NOT BEING SENT TO THE COURTHOUSE.
(GRIEVANCE LEFT DORMANT\ IN ATTEMPTS TO RETRIEVE INFORMATION
IN REGAURDS TO AFOREMENTIONED SITUATION, I WAS INFORMED OF
ANOTHER INCIDENT INVOLVING INVASION OF PRIVILEDGED MAIL.
APPROXIMATELY MARCH '0S<%¢‘€T$ WERE SENT TO VARIOUS
LOCATIONS ENCLOSED WERE MY ENTIRE LAWSUIT (INCLUDING
EXHIBITSN AND A LETTER TO THE RECEIVER ADDRESSED TO. AFTER
SPEAKING WITH C/O TABRON, I WAS INFORMED THAT SOMEHOW MY
PACKAGE WAS SEEN ON A STREET OF WILMINGTON AND A PASSING
CIV*LM¤~ CONTACTED WARDEN RYAN (DUE TO THE FACT HIS NAME
WAS ON SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS} WHO THEN CONTACTED CPT. REPETTI
WHO THEN SENT C/O TABRON TO THE AREA TO RETRIEVE THE DOCUMENTS
TO MY UNDERSTANDING C/O TABRON TRANSFERRED THE DOCUMENT
TOICPT. REPETTI WHO IN TURN PASSED ON TO IT ON TO WARDEN RYAN.
C/OTABRON WAS ABLE TO DESCRIBE THE DOCUMENTS AND THAT IT
WAS INDEED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE DEFENDANTS. I HAVE YET TO
RETRIEVE THE DOCUMENTS NOR GAIN KNOWLEDGE TO THE SITUATION
OUTSIDE OF THE CONVERSATION WITH c/0 TABRON ON 5/25/OB.
3. ON S/24/OS I SPOKE WITH COLLEEN SHOTZBERGER AFTER
WRITING HER ON 5/21/08 & 5/26/08 IN REFERENCE TO STATUS OF
23/T WHICH SHE INFORMED ME THERE WAS NO SUCH STATUS (EXHIBITS
FF) SHOTZBERGER THEN STATED " IF I WERE IN A MENS PRISON
I WOULD BE HOUSED ON A UNIT REFERRED TO AS THE SHO % MO.
(HOWEVER WE HAVE NO "UNIT " FOR SUCH HOUSING) AND THAT MY
POINTS WERE THE REASON AS TO WHY I WAS BEING HOUSED AT
MAXIMUM SECURITY." I THEN STATED "IT‘WOULD BE UNDERSTANDABLE
IF I WERE NOT THE "ONLY" INMATE HOUSED ON THE STATUS OR THE
UNIT WAS USED FOR.SUCH HOUSING,`IF THE POINT SYSTEM WERE TO
BE APPLIED TO EVERYONE." SHE (SHOTZBERGER\ CLAIM TO HAVE NO
KNOWLEDGE OF ME BEING THE ONLY INMATE HOUSED ON THE 23/1
STATUS. (EXHIBITé6\ AFTER LEAVING HER OFFICE, I WAS THEN
ESCOURTED TO MEDICAL AND_SEEN BY BOTH MENTAL HEALTH AND
THE DOCTOR DUE TO HER CONCERN OF ME BEING SUICIDAL.
FOR THE PAST APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS I HAVE BEEN
CONVITED OVER AND OVER FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN A PERSONAL
VENDETTA WITH A MAN THAT I HAVE NEVER DEALT WITH OR '
CONVERSATED WITH OUTSIDE OF LETTERS AND THE BRIEF QUESTIONING
OF WHY HE (WARDEN RYAN\ REMOVED ME FROM THE KITCHEN IN
FEBRUARY 'O7. I HAVE SQFHMFQ FROM·°6REAT DEAL OF STRESS AND
EVEN RECEIVED MEDICATIONS FOR DEPRESSION.
I DECLARE UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT THE FOREGOING
IS TRUE AND CORRECT EXECUTED AT NEW CASTLE DELAWARE ON 6/20/OB.
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