I think I've figured out where this "evidence repository" nonsense comes from: Eddie Ray Kahn, the head of "American Rights Litigators", Wesley Snipes' codefendant, who is now doing ten years in the federal pen. Good source. At least Van Pelt takes from only the best: Leroy Schweitzer and now Kahn.
Back in 2003, Kahn filed
a gibberish "Counterclaim in Admiralty" - which looks a lot like a Van Pelt "libel of review" - against Colonial Bank, which had frozen ARL's accounts in response to an IRS levy. The bank moved to dismiss. Among other stupid arguments,
Kahn claimed that he was also using the docket under "the common law right to evidence repositories". In his
order dismissing the complaint, Judge Hodges - the same DJ who tried the criminal cases against Kahn and Snipes - characterized this dumbass idea as "the right to use the court file as some kind of personal filing cabinet for whatever papers the Plaintiff wishes to file, regardless of whether those papers have anything to do with this case". Dismissed.
There is something else about this case: Judge Hodges also directed Kahn not to file further bullshit after he dismissed the case. Kahn not only did that, but filed a purported default judgment, and then tried to use that "judgment" in various state court proceedings against the Bank. Judge Hodges
held him in contempt.
As we've seen, some of Van Pelt's "suitors" have done exactly the same thing.