This is the same bozo that lost a frivolous appeal in 2009 in state court and got sanctioned $1,000 for it:WASHINGTON, June 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A federal grand jury in Spokane, Wash., has returned an indictment charging Ronald James Davenport of Deer Park, Wash., with filing fraudulent multi-billion-dollar liens against four government officials, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.
According to court filings, the federal government brought a civil suit against Davenport in 2008 to collect delinquent income taxes. The indictment alleges that in retaliation for attempting to collect the delinquent taxes, Davenport made a series of fraudulent claims in December 2009 against, among others, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, an Assistant U.S. Attorney, the clerk of court for the federal district court and a collection officer for the IRS. Davenport filed liens against the property of these government officials, falsely claiming that each of them owed Davenport $5,184,000,000.
An indictment merely alleges that a crime has been committed, and a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. If convicted, Davenport faces a maximum of 40 years in prison and a maximum fine of $1 million.
The case is being investigated by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration and is being prosecuted by Tax Division Trial Attorney Brian Bailey.
SOURCE U.S. Department of Justice
OPINION
¶1 Korsmo, J. — Appellant Ronald Davenport attempted to sue Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent William Waight in the Spokane County Superior Court in an effort to halt agency action to collect federal taxes owing from 1995. The trial court dismissed the action and Mr. Davenport appealed. We conclude that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to hear the case and that this appeal is frivolous. We affirm the dismissal and impose sanctions.
FACTS
¶2 Mr. Davenport filed a self-styled “Petition for Common Law Writ of Prohibition” in the Spokane County Superior Court asking the court to stop Mr. Waight from attempting to collect taxes owed the federal government. He claimed to be a “sovereign” over whom the federal government had no jurisdiction. The court promptly denied the writ [*2] and dismissed the action since it had no jurisdiction over federal agencies and statutes. It ordered the filing fee returned to Mr. Davenport. He then appealed to this court.
¶3 The Department of Justice responded to the appeal and sought an order renaming the case to make the United States government a party instead of its employee, Mr. Waight. n1 Mr. Davenport argues here that he is a “sovereign” to whom the state courts owe a duty to issue the writ to prohibit collection efforts. The IRS contends that this state court has no jurisdiction over the matter and Mr. Davenport's actions are frivolous.
