Beck vs DOE: Application of Plaintiffs-Appellants to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court for direct appellate review

1. Per Massachusetts Rule of Appellate Procedure 11, David L. Higgs and Rodney W. Young, plaintiffs-appellants in the above named action, respectfully apply to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court for direct appellate review of the dismissal by Plymouth Superior Court of their defamation suit.
2. Beck et al. vs. DOE et al. is on appeal from a decision and order of summary judgment signed on February 25, 2002 by Plymouth Superior Court Justice Richard J. Chin, dismissing all charges against the eight defendants.....
3. The plaintiffs’ appeal focuses upon the following issues:    a. The Court’s falsification of the record in Beck v. DOE in thirteen instances, defeating plaintiffs’ arguments of malicious defamation and rationalizing its decision and order of summary judgment on behalf of the defendants. Three of the fabrications alleged are presented in this application:

      (1) In its decision the Court deliberately misquotes an official report of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to justify the Court’s opinion that certain statements of the defendants, alleged slanderous in the Complaint, were made without malice, and therefore had not legally defamed “... the plaintiffs [judged] to be public figures for the purpose of this defamation action.” [p. 35]

      (2) Similarlythe Court falsifies an internal report prepared by trustees of the Defendant South Shore Charter School, to justify the Court’s opinion that certain written statements of a defendant, alleged libelous in the Complaint, were made without malice, and therefore had not legally defamed “... the plaintiffs [as] public figures ....” [Continue] (pdf)

"INTRODUCTION Appellees South Shore Charter School, Timothy Anderson, and Gregory L. Thornton ("SSCS Appellees”) respectfully request that appellants'petition for direct appellate review be denied. The pro- se appellants identify no questions of first impression, novel questions of law, nor any matters of substantial public interest in this simple defamation case that merit direct appellate review. [continue pdf]

Beck vs DOE: Application of Plaintiffs-Appellants to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court for direct appellate review

(12/17/03) Application of Plaintiffs-Appellants to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court for direct appellate review (pdf)

(12/15/03) NOTICE OF ENTRY OF APPLICATION FOR DIRECT APPELLATE REVIEW (pdf)

(12/16/03) OPPOSITION TO APPELLANTS’ REQUEST FOR DIRECT APPELLATE REVIEW OF SOUTH SHORE CHARTER SCHOOL, TIMOTHY ANDERSON, AND GREGORY L. THORNTON Filed by Mark W. Batten on December 16, 2003 (pdf)

(12/15/03) NOTICE OF DOCKET ENTRY, Batten Opposition (pdf)