2900 Counterclaim Example

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[your name] [your mailing address] [your city, state fully spelled] [optional phone number] [optional e-mail] In Propria Persona Counterplaintiff 25.

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-efendant* ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ [your name], Counterplaintiff, .* !(E PE P$E " !(E S!#!E " C#$I" R%I#, 0ohn -oe, ,ary Roe

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"IRS! C#USE

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!RESP#SS [&our name], 7hereinafter 8Plaintiff8) is one of the people of [your state, or the
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United States], and in this court of record complains of each of the follo9ing1 Superior Court of California, People .s* [your name], Case : +++++++++ 7hereinafter ;Inferior Court<)= and

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0ohn -oe 7hereinafter ;>idnapper<)= 7all hereinafter collecti.ely ;>idnappers<)=

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9ho are each summoned to ans9er the said counterplaintiff in a plea of trespass and trespass on the case, to 9it1 4#C>'R U%-

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Each of the >idnappers e?ceeded his @urisdiction by either directly, through an agent, or in concert 9ith another did cause counterplaintiff [your name] to be unla9fully and forcibly carried a9ay and
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imprisoned against his 9ill, 9ithout @urisdiction* Preceding the imprisonment


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counterplaintiff [your name] 9as duly engaged in good faith in a negotiation and purchase of a chose, and e?ercising his substanti.e right to contract 9ith another at arms length* Said >idnappers interrupted the negotiations, then
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imprisoned counterplaintiff [your name]* -uring imprisonment >idnappers sub@ected counterplaintiff [your name] to threat of three years further imprisonment 9ithout trial or due process*

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"rom the moment he 9as taAen a9ay till the present, [your name], under color of la9, 9as Aept in actual or constructi.e imprisonment* #lthough he ob@ected to the assumed @urisdiction, those 9ho Aept him imprisoned under color of la9 did not
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1 Imprison: To confine a person or restrain his liberty in any way. Blacks Law Dictionary, 5 th !ition

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respond to any of his demands and reBuests for proof of @urisdiction or for reinstatement of his liberty* !hey continued to assume the @urisdiction 9ithout proof of @urisdiction or any attempt at proof of @urisdiction* (e 9as
Imprisonment: ...it may be in a locality "se! only for the specific occasion# or it may take place witho"t the act"al

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denied counsel of his choice* (e 9as forced to accept counsel not of his choice, and against his 9ishes* Counterplaintiff [your name] continues to be sub@ect, under color of la9, to the assumed @urisdiction of the >idnappers*

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Under color of la9 [your name] 9as t9ice sub@ected to pseudo-psychological e.aluation* !he first pseudo-psychological e.aluation failed to satisfy the >idnappers* !he second pseudo4
application of any physical a$encies of restraint %s"ch as locks or bars&, as by 'erbal comp"lsion an! the !isplay of

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psychological e.aluation resulted in a star-chamber Inferior Court-ordered indefinite open-ended incarceration of up to three years 9ithout trial, 9ithout due process, and 9ithout opportunity for counterplaintiff to ob@ect, 9ith the
a'ailable force. Blacks Law Dictionary, 5th !ition

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concurrence of the unin.ited court-imposed attorney* 0URIS-IC!I %

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n e?amination of all a.ailable information, counterplaintiff is unable to ascertain that counterdefendants ha.e any @urisdiction to commit their acts*
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2 D"ly: ...accor!in$ to law in both form an! s"bstance. Blacks Law Dictionary, 5th !ition

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!herefore, on information and belief, counterplaintiff [your name] alleges that


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>idnappers do not ha.e any @urisdiction and

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may not e?tra @udicially proceed*


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Counterplaintiff demands that >idnappers submit to the court proof of @urisdiction, if any they ha.e*

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If no proof of @urisdiction is submitted to the court, counterplaintiff demands that the abo.e-entitled court of record find that >idnappers are 9ithout @urisdiction, that the counterplaintiff be released from
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incarceration 9ithout delay, and that the Inferior Court may not proceed*

)*owe'er late this ob+ection has been ma!e, or may be ma!e in any ca"se, in an

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SEC %- C#USE

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!RESP#SS 0URIS-IC!I %
inferior or appellate co"rt of the ,nite! -tates, it m"st be consi!ere! an! !eci!e!,

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Paragaphs 5 through C are incorporated by reference as though fully stated herein*


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Each counterdefendant acted in such a 9ay, or failed to act in such a 9ay, that counterplaintiff [your name] is depri.ed of
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his liberty* Each counterdefendant acted to depri.e counterplaintiff [your name] of his liberty= or each counterdefendant failed to act to pre.ent the loss by counterplaintiff [your name] of his liberty* "urther, each counterdefendant is
before any co"rt can mo'e one f"rther step in the ca"se# as any mo'ement is

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a 9illing participant in concert 9ith each of the remaining counterdefendants* #t all times mentioned in this action each counterdefendant is the agent of the other, and in doing the acts alleged in
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necessarily the e.ercise of +"ris!iction. /"ris!iction is the power to hear an!

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this action, each is acting 9ithin the course and scope of said agency* n or about 0une 6D, 6EEC, 0ohn -oe offered to sell t9o automobiles to counterplaintiff [your name]* [your name]
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!etermine the s"b+ect matter in contro'ersy between parties to a s"it, to a!+"!icate

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agreed to buy the automobiles but informed 0ohn -oe that he 9ould not taAe actual possession of the automobiles until the paper transactions 9ere completed* #ll paper9orA and funding of the transaction 9ould be completed before he 9ould accept
or e.ercise any +"!icial power o'er them# the 0"estion is, whether on the case

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the automobiles from 0ohn -oe* !he reason for not taAing possession of the property is that full payment 9ould be in accordance 9ith special procedures proscribed in the Uniform Commercial Code and reBuire special pri.ate banAing procedures* %o actual
before a co"rt, their action is +"!icial or e.tra1+"!icial# with or witho"t the

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transfer of possession 9ould taAe place until said procedures 9ere completed* "ailure to follo9 the procedures .oids the transaction in its entirety*)

a"thority of law, to ren!er a +"!$ment or !ecree "pon the ri$hts of the liti$ant

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0ohn -oe and [your name] commenced to fill out the paper9orA* 4efore completing all the paper9orA and the contract negotiation, the Redondo 4each Police -epartment officers appeared* n information and belief, counterplaintiff
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[your name] alleges that 0ohn -oe summoned the Redondo 4each Police -epartment police officers*

parties. If the law confers the power to ren!er a +"!$ment or !ecree, then the co"rt

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4ecause of the actions committed 9ith actual and implied force counterplaintiff 9as immediately and directly in@ured and suffered loss of liberty, and imprisoned under color of la9*
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has +"ris!iction# what shall be a!+"!$e! or !ecree! between the parties, an! with

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Counterdefendants ha.e a duty to not cause counterplaintiff [your name] to be imprisoned under color of la9, to not cause loss of liberty* "urther, counterdefendants ha.e a duty to pro.e
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which is the ri$ht of the case, is +"!icial action, by hearin$ an! !eterminin$ it. 2

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@urisdiction 9hen ob@ection to @urisdiction is asserted* Counterdefendants ha.e breached that duty*
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3eters, 456# 7 8"ssell, 715# ( 3eters, 25(14) 9ite! by -T:T ;< 8*;D

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!he damages for the in@ury caused by counterdefendantsF actions are GHE,EEE for each day of unla9ful imprisonment*
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E?hibit ;#< is incorporated by reference as though fully stated herein*


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REJUES! " R RE$IE" "or that cause of action therefore Plaintiff brings his suit*
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2(ERE" RE, Counterplaintiff reBuests relief and @udgment against Counterdefendants as follo9s1
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n all causes of action1

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"or general damages in the sum of GHE,EEE multiplied by the number of days in constructi.e and actual imprisonment=
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"or loss of earnings according to proof=

!hat the court enter a declaratory @udgment that counterdefendants ha.e acted arbitrarily and capriciously, ha.e abused
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)@here a 9o"rt has +"ris!iction, it has a ri$ht to !eci!e e'ery 0"estion which

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their discretion and ha.e acted not in accordance 9ith la9, but under color of la9= !hat the court enter a declaratory @udgment that counterdefendants ha.e acted
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contrary to constitutional right, po9er or pri.ilege* !hat the court enter a declaratory @udgment that counterdefendantsK actions
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occ"rs in the ca"se# an! whether its !ecision be correct or otherwise, its +"!$ment,

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9ere in e?cess of statutory @urisdiction, authority and short of statutory right* !hat the court permanently en@oin counterdefendants from interfering in any
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"ntil re'erse!, is re$ar!e! as bin!in$ in e'ery other 9o"rt. B"t, if it act witho"t

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9ay 9ith counterplaintiffFs la9ful right to negotiate and enter into contracts= !hat the court enter a declaratory @udgment that the records of the court not of record are impeached for 9ant of
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@urisdiction in the Court or @udicial officers, for collusion bet9een the parties, andLor for fraud in the parties offering the record, in respect to the proceedings=
a"thority, its +"!$ments an! or!ers are re$ar!e! as n"llities. They are not 'oi!able,

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!hat the court grant counterplaintiff his attorneys fees=


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!hat the court grant counterplaintiff such other and further relief as the court deems proper=
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b"t simply 'oi!# an! form no bar to a reco'ery so"$ht, e'en prior to a re'ersal, in

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"or interest as allo9ed by la9= and "or costs of suit incurred*

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I ha.e read and am a9are of the foregoing 9riting* I ha.e personal Ano9ledge of the foregoing facts and am competent to testify as to the truth of those facts if called as a 9itness* I declare under penalty of per@ury that the
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foregoing facts are true and correct, and that this affida.it 9as e?ecuted in +++++[city]++++, +[state]+ on +[date]+*
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e.ec"tin$ s"ch +"!$ments or sentences, 3a$e are 52 of consi!ere!, 57 in law, as trespassers.)

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