URGENT!!! ... EMERGENCY!!! ... UPDATE PAGE

I called the storage contact and she said that she felt the burden was on me to contact the party of issue and that I was doing nothing. I responded and said that I related that I was trying to resolve same and there were activities going on that she was not aware. I asked if anyone had contacted her on my behalf and she said no. I said that I just need time due to my devastating circumstances and she said that she is firm on the time table. I said that there is state and government evidence involved and she did not respond. I related something to the effect that I would like to keep this amicable but might have to go into court and get an injunction if necessary. She indicated she had to go as she had someone waiting to see her.

I left messages with a Naperville police officer and a court officer related to the Dorta case. I also called a business colleague in Naperville to update him as to my circumstances relating I know that he does not have the money but if I could just get 1,000 people to give just $1 each I could resolve the immediate emergency.

I am going to the shelter to make more calls this afternoon.

UPDATE: 9-2-99: I applied for a temporary restraining order today at the Dupage County Court Complex and same was denied by Dupage County Judge* John W. Darrah, (now, beginning circa late 1999 early 2000, U.S. District Judge of the U.S. District Court of Northern Illinois, Eastern Division, Chicago, Illinois), who was then thought to be Judge Robert E. Byrne, Presiding Judge of the Chancery Division at the Dupage County Courthouse at the time of hearing due to a name placard present at the bench with Judge Byrne's name on it. I used a standard form to present same complaint, motion, petition and etc. and same was said not to be a complaint. At the beginning of the hearing that occurred somewhere near the 11:00 hour the Judge was informed that I had called the storage company and gave them notice of my approaching the Court for a temporary restraining order. The phone call notice constituted constructive notice to the Defendants. The Judge said that my document lacked the first two components necessary for a successful temporary restraining order. The first was that he named was notice to the Defendants and the other was not made clear to me. I informed the Judge a second time that I had made phone call notice and the Judge brushed it aside yet indicating that temporary restraining orders allow for phone call notice or constructive notice. I stressed to the Judge that priceless personal property and court related papers were involved and he side stepped same and said that THE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER WAS DENIED. I distinctly felt that I was rushed through my support evidence and prevented from bringing forth the full impact of damages pending. I did stress that the damages to me would far outweigh any damages that would occur to the storage company.

I presently do not know the status of the auction and whether any loss to my storage property accrued. I will be searching out information as to this tomorrow and what will happen to any remaining property that was not auctioned .... I will try to negotiate a continued stay and payment plan in good faith.

The other storage issue deadline that is September 5, 1999 is still pending as to an amicable payment solution with the party who stored my property under his cover. The party does not respond to his responsibility for several thousand dollars of lost test equipment and semiconductors noted missing in spite of a thorough recovery of property recovered from the dumpster. An oscilloscope, a couple of new digital voms, a tool box and a tool box full of pricey semiconductors is missing and a complete inventory of missing property is yet to be performed. The party has not been effectively cooperative in the location of missing property ...... So far no money has been presented to me in the form of a loan or donation. PLEASE NOTE DONATIONS AND LOANS ARE STILL REQUESTED SO TO EFFECT AMICABLE RELATIONS WITH THE STORAGE PEOPLE.... PLEASE STAY TUNED!!!....

UPDATE 9-4-99: The storage was sold "lock stock and barrel" I am in progress to find out who has purchased same! The storage supervisor I have been dealing with has taken the position that if I want to know who the purchaser is I will have to subpoena same information. She has been very hard nosed as you can see and refuses to have any compassion on the circumstances nor does she want to know the circumstances.

UPDATE A.M. 9-9-99: The Police department was again contacted as the officer which I had been in contact was not responsive realistically to the circumstances of the emergency at the storage facility. The last two weeks especially I have ended up waiting and going around in circles until investigations took a hard look at the circumstances. I am to call this afternoon the officer that took my original report and try to get some mediation and resolve the crisis on the man's storage issue and intercession on the storage that has been sold.

The storage representative was given my position to the man. In essence, either the man pays for the storage or we go to court. He is responsible for the loss of thousands of dollars of equipment and property and is holding up my business' efficient functioning and revenue production. It is clear he should be making remuneration. He has not been cooperative nor seemingly interested in seeing if it is possible to recover the missing property. He apparently has admitted only to having clothing of mine as well as a bicycle! The storage representative seems content with going to court irrespective of their court costs! The man simply refuses to pay any money toward the storage.

UPDATE P.M. 9-9-99: The police officer that I filed my complaint with on August 4, 1999 has not changed his positioning. He holds that the man did no wrong entering the storage due to the fact that it was in his name. He holds to the position that a verbal agreement as to access rights does not mean anything. He states that even though property is missing and damaged and that the man has not cooperated with any attempt to recover the missing property does not constitute criminal activity. The officer has stated that common law principles do not apply. He said that even if the storage was a garage attached to the house it would make no difference. I.E.: If the man went into his own garage that I was renting from him and he took property or destroyed property that belonged to me there would be no criminal issue it would be a civil issue! The officer does not want to mediate the issue!

UPDATE P.M. 9-10-99: The officer says it is my responsibility to talk to the man and decide who pays! My position is I want, minimally, a witness, and the man wanted a police officer as well as I have related same to him through the former contacts. The storage representative has said that I am supposed to contact the man. I said I am trying to get the police to interface with him. This simply has been a situation of very little cooperation from the storage representative, the man and the police. The delays have been caused by their lack of communication and coordination with me under my severe financial and physical circumstance and seem designed to eat up the "grace" period and put the balance of property in the same scenario as the one that has just been sold! They all know that I do not have the money for phone calls when the shelters are not available nor the transportation except when the shelters provide same and they do have, comparatively speaking, a lavishment of same and yet have cooperated very little if any in resolving same issues at hand. BOTTOM LINE: I do not have the money but am trying to get $100.00 from the shelter and I have not been given a deadline to have the money in at this point so I don't know if the man is going to be allowed in the storage again to further destroy, loose and lose my property or if I will have time Monday to bring the $100.00 if the man does not pay if the shelter can provide the money by then so to at least mitigate the circumstances impending for at least another month so we can get resolution that preserves my property in the storage of present. Moving the property only causes more disorganization and loss of property not to mention loss of time to move and reorganize yet again when the same time could be used to further my business productivity and earn money to pay my bills!

UPDATE 9-14-99: It is very important to note the probability that the man and others who have been adverse to myself and my business in the community may have privileged and personal documents and other property including evidence that is adverse to themselves. It is obvious that the series of events that have occurred have had a similar if not identical method of operation: people who put me into impossible circumstances that foment financial deprivations that just "happen" to foment creditors to demand "sudden" lump sum payments or close to same and then abruptly pull the plug with no flexibilities of payment programs for a business that has a proven track record of ultimately paying bills to his good faith creditors. It is very apparent that these adversaries have very systematically arranged for myself not to get the equal protection of the law for the purpose of justice between parties. It is clear that they needed a way to foment "legal" access to private and privileged information in my storage for the ultimate destruction of anything that might be adverse to themselves if I or the government might decide to pursue action against them. This may have already occurred with the man with the 150 square foot storage and the holder of my 250 foot storage sold and yet may be currently happening. I have reason to believe the 250 square feet of personal, business and third party property that was sold on September 2, 1999 with no notice to third parties is held by adverse parties who have been apart of the overall scenario for making me vulnerable and ultimately subservient to their negative designs on my life! It is imperative that they be stopped! It is very probable that certain politically slanted law enforcement persons are involved as their "officer" "friendly" intervention has been lax and wanting when I have patiently asked and waited for their intercession and assistance in an immediate emergency circumstance! Same unrealistic response is clearly demonstrative of a sham!

UPDATE 9-24-99: It has been approximately ten days since the storage person notified me via the shelter social worker that everything in regards to the storage issues were put on hold. Today I quizzed the social worker who called the storage person today and he indicated the storage person is still on hold with the storage. The social worker refuses to inquire if my property is being inventoried by the storage persons or if the police have had access to the property. He says that he won't ask as he is just honing in on the issue of whether they will provide the $100 to mitigate any disposal of the storage still in "my" possession. When I pressed the issue he suggested that I was being disrespectful and wanted me out of the church and threatened discontinuance of their services. I have appealed to the board of the shelter and am waiting their intervention. It appears to me that the social worker is not totally candid with me and that a confidence and ethics issue is at hand! No further info is available on my 9-2-99 property sale possessor. PLEASE STAY TUNED!

UPDATE 10-2-99 A.M.: The social worker has heard nothing from the storage representative. I still have no way to verify security on either storage property of issue! As I see it adverse parties are having a field day illegally looking over my private property and documents if not destroying same!. There has been no effort by law enforcement, storage persons or social workers to determine the status of my property's security. TOO MUCH SILENCE FOLKS!. Issues that suggest a constitutional question about the self storage act provoke: 1) Since when does a self storage have the right to override the law governing disposal of customer property in bailment; 2) Since when does a self storage have the right to sell noncustomer third party property with out direct notice?; STAY TUNED!

UPDATE 10-2-99 P.M.: As of approximately one week ago the social service worker has curtailed my services due to my attempting to get him to ask the storage representative if the police or the storage people have entered the storage or have been inventorying my property without my presence! He has reaffirmed the fact yesterday, 10-1-99, that I am not to come to the facility to use the phones or for any other reason. He said I cannot come unless he specifically invites me. MY FREE PHONE ACCESS HAS THUS BEEN ELIMINATED BY THIS SOCIAL SERVICE! A strange response for only wanting peace of mind about my storage! STAY TUNED!

UPDATE 10-10-99 P.M.: Approximately Monday, 10-7-99, I talked with the storage representative via a free phone at an outreach center. I personally asked her what was the status on the storage of 150 square feet still somewhat under my possession. She said that it is still on hold. I also asked her if anyone has had access to same storage and she said that no one has had access to the storage. I also asked her the status on the sold property in the 250 square foot storage and she said that it is still in progress and that not much has happened to clear it out due to bad weather. I asked her the status on my personal papers and mementos etcetera and she said she would let me know when they will be ready. I then asked her to reverse herself on the dispersion of the property stating that the self storage act was improperly initiated and that the fact that they sold third party and customer property in bailment without proper notice was a violation of other Illinois state law. I related that any law imposed that violates other existing law creates a constitutional question as to the validity of the imposed law and if unconstitutionally implemented it becomes null and void. She insisted that the law was properly followed and that she could not do anything to reverse the process. I related that she could. I further stated that I could put a lien on the storage company and the party that purchased "my" property when I find out who they are. I said that this could drag out to ten years of litigation. She said that this is it and hung up. I indicated as she hung up that I have yet begun to fight ... as Revolutionary War hero John Paul Jones said as his ship was sinking and took over the English ship. I don't know if she heard me. She said that this is it before and I wait to see what she means. I am going to try to get a seal and additional lock put on the storage still in "my" control so to be sure no one is going in without my knowledge. It seems to me that there is a credibility problem with the storage representative.

The man has still not complied with my request / demand to return the property he possesses of mine. I believe he holds more than just my laundry and a bicycle! I believe that these people are just trying to sucker me into a direct confrontation so that they can have me arrested or make allegations that I was disrespectful or abusive and the like. I am led to believe he possess my winter coats and court papers and law books with personal annotations that are invaluable to me in my criminal appeal and my current issues with this storage and property dispute not to mention test equipment and supplies that are directly impairing my business and financial circumstances!

I am holding on my criminal appeal until this property emergency is resolved as finances have been strained with this property situation.

A lien on the property holders will probably require court action. I have been given a mediation service to contact by legal services and will pursue that prior to further court action which would include the man.

I am looking into other legal avenues to get my property back. STAY TUNED!

Note that these updates have been sparse due to a certain security officer at one of the law schools that I have used by permission for approximately the last 20 years has been harassing me over leaving the building at closing time 1 to 5 minutes after closing time due to computer processing problems. Same at some Chicago Public Libraries. Stay Tuned!.