Gardner-Alfred v. Federal Reserve Bank of New York

District Court, S.D. New York·Decided June 9, 2023·No. 1:22-cv-01585·Unknown

Opinion

USDC SDNY DOCUMENT UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ELECTRONICALLY FILED SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DOC #: Sonnac ane DATE FILED:__ 6/9/2023 LORI GARDNER-ALFRED and JEANETTE DIAZ, : Plaintiff, : : 22-cv-01585 (LJL) -V- : : ORDER FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK, : Defendant. :

ne eee ee K LEWIS J. LIMAN, United States District Judge: The Court received another letter from Mr. Duane Berry. The letter is attached. The parties are directed to inform the Court by June 16, 2023 how they would like the Court to handle correspondence and notices of appeal from Mr. Berry.

SO ORDERED. eS wl WORE Dated: June 9, 2023 New York, New York LEWIS J. LIMAN United States District Judge

UNITED STATES COURT

IN RE: FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK Case# USDC#22-cv-1585

PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

The notice of appeal filed on 5-12-23 is not fraudulent as stated in the courts ORDER on 5-15-23 but was filed by Federal Trustee Duane L. Berry, who is the real party in interest. The Eleventh Circuit held that it was sufficient to confer appellate jurisdiction where Federal Trustee and name of counsel was type in. See attached. Please direct the district court to transmit the filed Notice of Appeal. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE RREE I declare under the penalty of perjury that the petition has been served on all parties.

Dated: 5-30-2023 /s/ Duane L. Berry (Federal Trustee) /s/Daphne T. Ha Federal Reserve Bank of New York 33 Liberty St. New York, NY 10045 (Attorney)

USDC SDNY . . DOCUMENT UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT a ELECTRONICALLY FILED & SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORE A DOC #: ancnc anc □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ nnan ananassae XK § DATE FILED: _5/15/2023_ LORI GARDNER-ALFRED and JEANETTE DIAZ, Plaintiffs, : : 22-cv-01585 (LIL) -y~ . : ORDER FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK, : Defendant. : ee ee nena LEWIS J. LIMAN, United States District Judge: The Appeals Coordinator received the attached Notice of Appeal in this case. The Notice of Appeal purports to be signed by Daphne Ha; however, the Appeals Coordinator contacted Ms. Ha about the notice and Ms. Ha stated that she did not file it. The Notice of Appeal is fraudulent.

The Appeals Coordinator and Clerk of Court are directed to file the Notice of Appeal on the record in this case. However, for the reasons stated, the Notice of Appeal is rejected and shall not be transmitted to the Second Circuit.

SO ORDERED. a Law Dated: May 15, 2023 a MO New York, New York LEWIS J. LIMAN United States District Judge

* UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK □□ GARDNER-ALFRED et al, Plaintiffs

V. Case#1:2022cv01585

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK of NEW YORK, Defendant

NOTICE OF APPEAL

This notice of appeal is by Defendant for ORDER Dkt#145 due to excusable neglect and transfer of interest of Defendant to Federal Trustee Duane L. Berry. See attached. Dated 5-11-2023 /s/Daphne T Ha Federal Reserve Bank of New York 33 Liberty Street New York, NY 10045 (ATTORNEY)

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USCA11 Case: 21-11738 Document: 2-1 Date Filed: 06/04/2021 Page: 1 of 1

No. 25-11738-] JURISDICTIONAL QUESTION Please address whether the notice of appeal contains the signature of Duane Berry, who has purported to be a federal trustee for the Department of Treasury, so as to comply with the federal rules of procedure. See Fed. R. Civ. P. }1{a) (“Every pleading, written motion, and other paper must be sigued by at least one attorney of record in the attorney’s name— or by a party personally if the party is unrepresented. The court must strike an unsigned paper unless the omission is promptly corrected after being called to the attorncy’s or party’s attention.”); Fed. R. App. P. 25(a)(2)(B)(iti); Becker vy. Montgomery, 532 U.S. 757, 760-65 (2001) (noting that the signature requirement applies te notices of appeal but is not jurisdictional and may be satisfied after expiration of the initial appeal period if the notice is otherwise timely and sufficient, and promptly corrected); see also 1th Cir, R. 25-4 (requiring all filed papers to be signed); Thien v, Hertz Corp., 732 F.2d 1559, 1562-63 (11th Cir. 1984) (holding that a notice of appeal was sufficient to confer appellate jurisdiction where the names of counsel and the appellant were typed on the notice of appeal). If the notice of appeal is in fact deficient, please address whether Berry can cure the lack of a signature by filing a signed notice of appeal in the district court. See Fed. R. Civ. P. il{a); Becker, 532. U.S. at 760—65.

USGA11 Case: 21-11738 Document: □□□ Date Filed: 06/21/2021 Page: 1 of 1

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

No, 21-£1738-5

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus SEIZED FEDERAL SECURITIES, Defendant, DUANE L. BERRY, Interested Party ~ Appellaat.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

ORDER: The Appellant’s motion to stay pending appeal, construed from motion to stay all Orders, Judgments, Mandates, Proceedings or otherwise in this action is GRANTED to the extent that this appeal shall be stayed for a period of sixty (60) days. The Appellant may file a renewed motion for stay at the expiration of the sixty (60) day-time period if necessary. The Appellant is directed to file a monthly status report on the 15" of every month until the stay has been lifted.

‘sf Robin S. Rosenbaum UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE

Gnuited States Court of Appeals —_ . “ae tay for the Fifth Circuit GO Cae A Trae Copy Costified oxder issucd Mar 64, 2021 No. 20-16958 Sih ate Clerk, US. Court of Appeals, Fifth Ciresit DUANE L, Berry, IN 81S OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF New York, also known as DUANE LETROY BERRY, Plaintiff—Appellant, versus . DANIELLE POWERS, Defendant —Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 3:20-CV-2034

CLERK’S OFFICE: Under 5™ Cir. R. 42.3, the appeal is dismissed as of March 4, 2021, for want of prosecution. The appellant failed to timely pay the fee.

by Federal Reserve Bank of New York. (Attachments: # {| Exhibit 1 (Plaintiffs' production cover letter dated February 10, 2023), # 2 Exhibit 2 (Plaintiffs' production cover letter dated February 23, 2023)).(Leonard, Alex) (Entered: 04/28/2023) 131 | SCHEDULING ORDER: Oral Argument set for 5/9/2023 at 02:30 PM in Courtroom 15C, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007 before Judge Lewis J. Liman, regarding Defendant's motion for sanctions. Plaintiffs are directed to provide to the Court at the hearing all of the documents withheld from production on the basis that it is spam anc all other documents regarding contact with the ministry or payment to the ministry. The Plaintiffs are directed to attend and to be prepared to testify at the request of eith counsel for Plaintiff or counsel for Defendants. (HEREBY ORDERED by Judge Lewis J. Liman) (Text Only Order) (mcf) (Entered: 05/01/2023) 4132 | ORDER: The Clerk's Office received the attached document. The Court does not believe that any action needs to be taken in response to this "notice." Any party who believes that the document requires action by the Court shall file a letter on ECF by the end of this week. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Lewis J.

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