Founder of WikiLeaks sued ... kind of.

[GoCubsGo]

I did a few searches and didn't see this here. This was too entertaining not to post.

"Julian Assange Frivolously Sued by Inane Person"

A man in Florida is suing the Wikileaks founder, alleged sexual deviant, and international man of mystery Julian Assange. The reason for the suit? "Serious personan injury" (sic) due to living in "fear of being on the brink of Nucliar WAR" (sic). The sum? 150 million "dollors" (sic).

Depression? Stress? Fear of a stroke? Clarity Law Blog explains what this suit (PDF) actually means for the impish data disseminator (and other targets of similarly frivolous lawsuits):

Should Assange laugh and ignore the lawsuit? It depends. Filing a claim is a two-step process. First, Crazyman files with the clerk of court (4 mistyped pages and ~$200), and then he has to serve the court papers on Assange. Even if Assange reads about Crazyman online, American requirements for due process aren’t satisfied until the written complaint is physically delivered to Assange—no easy task. (In the movies, a fake FedEx person saunters up and asks, “Hey man, can you sign for this package?”) To bring in WikiLeaks itself as a defendant, Crazyman has to serve WikiLeaks’ (nonexistent) registered agent.

If Crazyman succeeds in serving process on Assange, Assange must respond. If he doesn’t, a default judgment will be entered—it’s just like forfeiting a softball match. Once Crazyman has a default judgment in hand, he can go after Assange’s U.S. bank accounts (now or in the future). Banks don’t care if the claim is ridiculous; a court order is a court order.

In my line of work I see some poorly written suits, this guy must be their leader. Filing pro se is ballsy when you cannot spell "Nucliar" correctly.

 

[GFLPraxis]

I can almost see the U.S. government letting it go through just to spite him.

 

[appleguy123]

Can I join in the suit?

 

[rdowns]

This needs class action status.

 

[GoCubsGo]

As the article says, if the guy can serve the defendant and the defendant answers then there you have it. First things first though, this guy has to be served first and the proper process of serving someone must be followed, usually to the letter.

 

[RedTomato]

Didn't know you could sue someone for making you afraid of nuclear war.

Why not someone bring a case against the US government over this issue? There's far more mileage there, especially given issues like the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Hmm. Are national defense strategies like MAD really legal? When exactly did did we all give our consent to risk dying in a global nuclear winter for the sake of some Presidential grandstanding? (especially as there was no state of war declared.)