I have just received the information that yesterday, October 9, 2001,
defendants - Jerald M. Jordan, Donalda K. Ammons and John M. Lovett -
through the CISS Home Office issued the so-called CISS Statement.
Owing to the above, I would like to make it sound and clear on the
following :
1. At the request of the several prominent deaf sports leaders,
including the CISS EC members, I, as a plaintiff, had not named the CISS as a
defendant in the legal action;
2. As a result, the lawsuit that I filed before the USA District Court
for the District of Maryland on September 17, 2001, does not name the
organization of the CISS as a defendant;
3. It is the lawsuit against the 3 persons - Jordan. Ammons and Lovett
and it is my lawsuit against these 3 individuals on "a personal basis".
This means that, logically speaking, the 3 defendants - Jordan ( the
ex-CISS President ), Ammons ( the "elected" and "re-elected" CISS Secretary
General ) and Lovett ( the "elected" and "re-elected" CISS President ) - are not
supposed to use at their own free will the CISS Treasury funds or money
to defend themselves on this ongoing lawsuit,i.e., they are not supposed
to utilize the CISS Treasury funds or money for their lawyer/s' fees, if
any, as well as for the other expenses like fax, phone, mail, in any.
Once again, please be mindful of the facts that these three defendants
do not own the CISS and the CISS is not their own personal property!
In addition, from the legal point of view, whatever will be the outcome
of this lawsuit,the CISS shall not be liable for anything because, let me emphasize
once again, the CISS is not a PARTY on this ongoing lawsuit!
On the other hand, plaintiff is looking forward to receive from each
defendant his/her respective Verified Answers, which , by the Court's
rules, are due on or about October 21,2001.
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