Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick Issued Subpoenas for Financial Records

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy issued subpoenas today for all of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s bank and financial records, the records of his wife, Carlita, as well as those of anyone else holding anything on their behalf.

Also being sought in a separate subpoena are Kilpatrick’s payroll, travel allowance, loans, gifts and other payments from Compuware. The subpoena also seeks information on payments to anyone else on Kilpatrick’s behalf.

Kilpatrick was hired by Covisint, a Compuware subsidiary, as a sales representative after his release from jail on obstruction of justice charges. Kilpatrick moved to a gated community in Southlake, a posh suburb of Dallas.

Kilpatrick has been slow in paying court-ordered restitution stemming from his criminal prosecution by Worthy’s office.

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Process Server Sues Police

A private process server filed suit Tuesday saying police refused to intervene when a business' security guards would not let him serve garnishment papers on an employee.

Charles Fineberg says in the Circuit Court suit that civil private process servers have the same power as sheriff's deputies, who also serve civil process and court orders and that it is a criminal offense for anyone to prevent a process server from serving papers.

In incidents in June and July, the suit says, Fineberg was denied access to the Nike plant by security personnel from Guardsmark and police told him they were advised from "on high" not to get involved in the matter.

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Old Dominion University Served Papers

Old Dominion University has been served legal papers in a criminal investigation of the school's aborted $40,000-a-year contract with state Del. Phil Hamilton.
That acknowledgment came from ODU this week in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from The Virginian-Pilot.
The university said it has received three documents related to the Hamilton matter but declined to identify them in detail or provide copies. Two are being withheld because they relate to a criminal investigation and the third pursuant to a court order prohibiting its disclosure.

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Process Server Serves Federal Prisoner for State Farm

GULFPORT — Federal inmate Clifton Clark describes himself as a chronically ill 78-year-old with hepatitis C and “a lower back like jelly.”

The former Biloxian has been imprisoned since 1990 because he led a theft ring that chopped up stolen vehicles, then used the parts on wrecked cars for resell at a profit.

So, imagine Clark’s surprise when insurance behemoth State Farm sued him for carelessly causing a house to catch fire in November 2003 while his alleged company was in the process of moving it.

Clark was considered legally notified of the lawsuit in July 2006. A process server said he left the paperwork at Clark’s “usual place of abode” in Wiggins. Because Clark did not initially respond to the lawsuit, State Farm filed a motion for judgement in the company’s favor.

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Process Server Serves Papers to 72 Year Old Woman Who is Being Sued By Her Favorite Football Team

It’s almost time for that annual rite of Fall — the kickoff of the NFL season. Only this year, quite a few season ticket holders will be sitting at home with a lawsuit in their lap instead of a set of pom-poms.

The Washington Post has a compelling story about Redskins’ season ticket holders who’ve asked out of their multi-year contracts because of financial hardship. Instead of that happening, many of them have been sued by the team. The list includes Pat Hill, about as diehard a Redskins fan as they come:

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