INTRODUCTION
The Honorable Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has said, ""Laws as protectors of the oppressed, the poor, the loner, is evident in the work of my Jewish predecessors on the Supreme Court. The biblical command, "Justice, Justice shalt thou pursue" is a strand that ties them together. I keep these words on the wall of my chambers, as an ever present reminder of what judges must do that they may thrive."" (New York Times, 1/14/1996) The Courts of the State of New York, regarding the lawsuits Speken v. Columbia and Speken v. Moore, have not pursued justice. Our pleas for an evidentiary hearing to substantiate claims against Thomas R. Moore, Esq. (Moore) were repeatedly denied. This violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s Procedural Due Process requirement and is the subject of the Petition For A Writ Of Certiorari. In the Brief In Opposition, Moore portrays Petitioners as legally misguided and a nuisance to the Courts. He states, "Petitioners’ arguments were heard over and over again…"(p1, Opposition Brief) Yes, that is true, Petitioners’ motions to the New York State Courts stated over and over again that Moore’s actions were coercive, and fraudulent.
The sole ‘investigation’ of these actions occurred during the fee hearing of
November 30, 1999. The hearing conducted by Justice Klein-Heitler concerned
Moore’s unethical activities toward his co-counsels. It detailed his intention
to withhold their rightly deserved fees. The Petitioners’ allegations of
improprieties against Moore were not addressed until the Petitioners themselves
raised the issue. Judge Klein-Heitler asked Moore if these allegations were
true. He responded they were not. That was the extent of
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