OH David where you at.
Here is some UCC fun for you.
Just decided McLaughlin v CitiMortgage
http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=9199911945608893685&hl=en&lr=lang_en...Count Eight, labeled “No Contract,” see Am. Compl. [doc. # 67-1] at 20 ¶ 1, also fails to state a
claim. In that count, Mr. Ade Bey once more invokes the UCC, and also alleges fraudulent
inducement; “unnecessary harassment”; “torture”; “Enticement to Slavery,” in violation of 18
U.S.C. § 1583; and a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 242, which punishes the deprivation of rights
under color of law. See id. Most of these allegations are entirely conclusory and merely repeat
claims already discussed and rejected. As for what remains, even if Mr. Ade Bey had alleged
facts to support these fantastical allegations — which he has not done — it is well settled that
neither 18 U.S.C. § 242 nor § 1583, both of which are criminal statutes, provide a private right of
action. See Dugar v. Coughlin, 613 F. Supp. 849, 852 n.1 (S.D.N.Y. 1985); Risley v. Hawk, 918
The “Redemptionist” theory seems to explain Mr. Ade Bey’s relationship to the all-capital letter
“RAYMOND MCLAUGHLIN.” As the Third Circuit has explained:
[T]he “Redemptionist” theory . . . propounds that a person has a split personality: a real
person and a fictional person called the “strawman.” The “strawman” purportedly came
into being when the United States went off the gold standard in 1933, and, instead,
pledged the strawman of its citizens as collateral for the country’s national debt.
Redemptionists claim that government has power only over the strawman and not over
the live person, who remains free. Individuals can free themselves by filing UCC
financing statements, thereby acquiring an interest in their strawman. . . . Adherents of
this scheme also advocate that [individuals] copyright their names to justify filing liens
against officials using their names in public records such as indictments or court papers.
I've seen variations of "Redemption" , "Strawman", "UCC", "Admiralty", etc. arguments & for longer than that they've been shot down, but they're still being promoted & what's worse, people looking for that "silver bullet" are still buying.