Court Filings
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The Court accepts the above indictment of Nubt II of Mortipal. The Court appoints @Dreadton as moderating Justice and @Lord Dominator as Standby Hearing Officer.Indictment
I bring forward the following charge(s) holding that all the below is true and honest to the best of my belief.
Name of Complainant: Vivanco
Name(s) of Accused: Nubt II of Mortipal
Date(s) of Alleged Crime(s): Thursday 28th of October 2021
Crime: Espionage
Specifics of Crime(s):
The Accused, Nubt II of Mortipal, willfully exposed private information being discussed in the Private Halls of the Regional Assembly without authoritation of the Regional Assembly. The Private Halls are a hidden forum only visible for citizens and, as such, members of the Regional Assembly. The accused posted and revealed confidential information being prepared in these halls in their public media "The North Pacific Today", to be exact within their Master Thread, on their Issue 1-T.
This media is of public access, and has thus shared information to the full public, to all groups and regions' access, an information that hasn't been legitimately sanctioned by the entity the information is gathered from, this entity being the Regional Assembly at large as it was gathered from the Private Halls where only members can access.
Summary of Events:
As above.
Evidence:
https://forum.thenorthpacific.org/topic/9195063/post-10466381
Indictment
I bring forward the following charge(s) holding that all the below is true and honest to the best of my belief.
Name of Complainant: Vivanco
Name(s) of Accused: Zohaib
Date(s) of Alleged Crime(s): Wednesday 20th of April 2022
Crime: Espionage and Conspiracy of Espionage
Specifics of Crime(s):
The Accused, Zohaib, has admitted to have leaked and shared regional secrets with a region without being sanctioned by The North Pacific Army.
This admission was done in the RMB and screenshot by @Dreadton .
At the moment of the crime and admission, the accused Zohaib was still a Citizen, for the Speaker has not taken down their status of citizenship per their rejection of citizenship following the legislation within the Legal Code, and thus being still subject to TNP laws.
It's clear the subject, if the espionage admission was not proof enough, it is clear they have attempted or planned to do such a thing within the region to breach the region's trust and commit the crime of Espionage.
Summary of Events:
As above.
Evidence:
Screenshot taken by Dreadton
I'd like to add to the evidence the RMB post and a request of order to preserve evidence in order to avoid evidence tampering.
Indictment
I bring forward the following charge(s) holding that all the below is true and honest to the best of my belief.
Name of Complainant: Dreadton
Name(s) of Accused:
@Sil Dorsett
@Pallaith
@Gorundu
@Just a Lore
@TlomzKrano
Date(s) of Alleged Crime(s): May 12, 2023 - May 17, 2023
Crime:
Conspiracy to Commit Gross Misconduct
Gross Misconduct
Specifics of Crime(s): The above named accused, did conspire to commit Gross Misconduct by attempting to make changes to the final results of the May 2023 General election via a nonpublic action in violation of the law and the Election Commission rules, individually and as a whole. The above named accused, with the exception of TlomzKrano, did commit Gross Misconduct by conducting Election Commission business outside the public eye and in violation of the Election Commission rules.
Summary of Events:
The May 2023 General Election is a legally required election to select the next serving delegate. Dreadton and Lore were selected by the Chief Election Commissioner to supervise the election. At the close of the voting period, the Election Commission has 6 hours to review and privately challenge ballots. Historically, minor errors and vote changes are caught during this time. On occasion, Election Commissioners will actively participate during the voting period and catch such errors. In this election period, no Election Commissioners participated, outside the two supervising Commissioners. During the challenge period, some errors were found and corrected by the two Supervisors. The sole election commissioner to certify the election was Pallaith (Ghost). No other Election Commissioner commented during the voting period or the challenge period. At approximately 2:15pm CST on May 11, 2023, the Election Results were automatically certified and the Results presented to the Region. The spreadsheet where the votes were tallied was locked and all edit permissions removed.
On May 12, 2023, at 2:58 am CST, Ghost messaged the Complainant on Discord about some discrepancies he discovered after the results were published. The Complainant did not respond and undertook a review of the law and rules in order to determine what if anything needed to be done, once the message was viewed. On May 13, 2023, Lore reached out about the issue. Lore stated they would have changed the results but their access was cut. Lore then stated, a few hours later, that they had talked to Sil and “They are as far as I know of the mind that it can't be fixed after certification but there is no actual laws or real rules about certification.” The complainant responded, “Does it change the outcome of the election? If not I think a citizen has to challenge each of those.” Lore acknowledged it did not change the outcome and gave some thoughts on the relevant law.
On May 17, 2023, the complaint was messaged via Discord from Sil Dorsett. The Message stated, “I've been getting a lot of messages regarding the results of the last election being inaccurate, and after talking with Lore, Ghost, Gorundu, and Court Examiner Tlomz, what we believe should happen is to make the corrections on the spreadsheet and results page and just take an r4r to clarify what should happen if the posted results are incorrect. Can you make the corrections Lore brought up or restore his editor access to the counting spreadsheet to do that?” (Emphasis added) The complainant stated they would restore Lore access as they were not willing to change the vote. He further included that one reason was that the challenge was not done in accordance with Rule 7.2. At this point, access was granted to Lore. Sil acknowledged the rule and stated they would have Ghost place the challenge on the forum. On May 18, 2023, the complainant spoke to a former bar commissioner. They pointed out that granting access may be considered Gross Misconduct under the law, as the results were final and no changes can be made. The Complainant saw no edits to the sheet and removed access from Lore. The Complainant notified Sil Dorsett that he would not be willing to unlock the sheet.
The Complainant does allege that the above facts and attached screenshots, establish the Defendants in this matter did Conspire to Commit Gross Misconduct. The law on this matter is clear. Challenges regarding ballots must be done during the voting period and during the 6 hour Challenge period after. The Election Commissioner may modify how each ballot is counted Until they certify the final results. Further, Election Commission rules require that all official business of the Election Commission must be done publicly, with the exception of the challenges during the voting period and the 6 hour challenge period. For the reasons listed, the Complainant does allege that all parties Conspired to Commit Gross Misconduct by Planning and Attempting to change a final and certified election result. Furthermore, The Complainant does allege that all parties listed, with the exception of Tlomz, did commit Gross Misconduct by conducting Election Commission Business outside of the public eye.
Evidence:
- Pronouns
- He/Him
- TNP Nation
- Attempted_Socialism
The Indictment has been received by the Court and is under consideration.
Per 3.1 of the Court Rules and Procedures, I hereby order the preservation of evidence.
Per 3.1 of the Court Rules and Procedures, I hereby order the preservation of evidence.
Indictment
I bring forward the following charge(s) holding that all the below is true and honest to the best of my belief.
Name of Complainant: Gorundu
Name(s) of Accused: @St George
Date(s) of Alleged Crime(s): Friday June 9, 2023
Crime: Espionage
Specifics of Crime(s)/Summary of Events:
While serving as an Advisor to the Delegate, MadJack was privy to information that was not made available to the public or to other members of the government. Specifically, by virtue of his access to the Office of the Delegate channel on TNP’s executive Discord server, which is limited strictly to the Delegate and Advisors to the Delegate, he was made aware that the president of Europeia, Rand, had reached out to Delegate Gorundu for clarification on TNP’s position regarding remarks that MadJack made in a citizen-only space in The Rejected Realms forum. These remarks were considered to be inflammatory toward Europeia and caused their government concern, but they were also made in an area where Europeia’s president should not have been aware of them, meaning that a TRR citizen leaked the remarks to Europeia. Consequently, Delegate Gorundu began discussion with President Rand not only about Europeia’s concerns, but the prospect of informing TRR of this breach. Shortly after confirming that TRR had not yet been informed by Delegate Gorundu, and based on his knowledge that Europeia possessed information it did not receive through official or public channels, MadJack leveled accusations of espionage against the president of Europeia in several places in the wider NationStates space, including offsite Discord servers and most significantly in a dispatch, spreading the information as far and wide as possible.
Evidence:
Dispatch accusing Europeian President Rand of espionage
Screenshot of MadJack’s post of the dispatch in the IRC Discord server
Screenshot of MadJack’s post of the dispatch in the NSGP Discord server
Relevant logs of Office of the Delegate channel:
Note 1: All times are in Pacific Time
Note 2: Redactions were made under Section 7.4 of the Legal Code due to presence of information that may be harmful to the diplomatic interests of the region upon being made public
- Pronouns
- He/Him
- TNP Nation
- Attempted_Socialism
The Indictment has been received by the Court and is under consideration.
Per 3.1 of the Court Rules and Procedures, I hereby order the preservation of evidence.
Per 3.1 of the Court Rules and Procedures, I hereby order the preservation of evidence.
Naturally I will recuse myself from consideration of this case.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
- TNP Nation
- Attempted_Socialism
Cretox
Somehow, Palpatine has returned
- TNP Nation
- Cretox State
Indictment
I bring forward the following charge(s) holding that all the below is true and honest to the best of my belief.
Name of Complainant: @Cretox
Name(s) of Accused: @Eluvatar
Date(s) of Alleged Crime(s): June 15th, 2023
Crime: Gross Misconduct
Legal Code of the North Pacific:
Specifics of Crime(s):
While serving as Moderating Justice for the ongoing case The North Pacific v. St George, Eluvatar was faced with a motion for a mistrial by St George's Defense Counsel. The motion concerned Chief Justice @Attempted Socialism's alleged continued involvement in the case, which he had previously recused himself from. The motion also concerned Moderating Justice Eluvatar's ability to oversee a fair and impartial trial of the defendant St George in accordance with the defendant's rights under the Bill of Rights due to the alleged continuing influence recused Justice Attempted Socialism had on the case.
After requesting clarification from the Defense and a response from the Prosecution, Eluvatar declined the motion, stating that:
Eluvatar then posted a follow-up, stating that:
Eluvatar violated his sworn oath as Justice by violating the following provisions of the Legal Code:
Legal Code of the North Pacific:
A Justice must recuse themselves from matters where they have a certain or potential conflict of interest. Given the fact that the motion in question concerned his ability to oversee a fair and impartial case, Eluvatar making a decision on the motion and determining himself to be capable of overseeing the case fairly and impartially constituted an obvious conflict of interest that legally required his recusal from the matter.
Eluvatar then proceeded to find recused Justice Attempted Socialism's interpretation of the Court Rules and Procedures appropriate, despite the motion in question concerning both of them and Attempted Socialism being a fellow Justice of the Court, constituting another conflict of interest.
Summary of Events: As above.
Evidence:
Eluvatar's oath as Justice:
The mistrial motion in question.
Eluvatar's decision regarding the mistrial motion:
Eluvatar's followup to said decision:
Attempted Socialism's appointment of Oracle as Standby Hearing Officer:
Section 3.2 of the Legal Code of the North Pacific:
Cretox
Somehow, Palpatine has returned
- TNP Nation
- Cretox State
I request the recusal of @Attempted Socialism, @Eluvatar, and @Pallaith from this matter, and request that @Great Bights Mum, @Kranostav, @Oracle, @Sanctaria, @St George, and @Dreadton recuse themselves from this matter should they be appointed as Temporary Hearing Officers for it. All have conflicts of interest in this matter due to their involvement in or recusal from the aforementioned case.
- Pronouns
- he/him/his
- TNP Nation
- Zemnaya Svoboda
As the accused, I recuse myself.
Cretox
Somehow, Palpatine has returned
- TNP Nation
- Cretox State
I gladly withdraw this indictment.
- Pronouns
- He/Him, They/Them
Indictment
I bring forward the following charge(s) holding that all the below is true and honest to the best of my belief.
Name of Complainant: St George
Name(s) of Accused: The nations of KEKISTON, GrandEngland and other conspirators.
Date(s) of Alleged Crime(s): 12/08/2023
Crime: Treason and Conspiracy
Specifics of Crime(s): Planning and conspiring to commit treason against The Rejected Realms, which is punishable under TNP's legal code as quoted below:
Summary of Events: On 12/08/2023, the accused engaged publicly in planning an attempted coup of the Rejected Realms due to a change in RMB posting rules. On TNP's regional message board, the accused, who reside in TNP, also detailed what they would were their treason successful and they got control of The Rejected Realms. One of the accused, GrandEngland, also publicly called for members of TNP to support their planned coup, thereby possibly exposing those who did express support to the potential of criminal charges. Upon being informed that they were in fact potentially violating TNP law, both the accused responded with blatant disregard for the rule of law in TNP.
Evidence:
https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=53031230
https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=53031409
https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=53031323
https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=53031410
https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=53031627
https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=53031758
https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=53031894
- Pronouns
- He/Him
- TNP Nation
- Attempted_Socialism
The Indictment has been received by the Court and is under consideration.
Per 3.1 of the Court Rules and Procedures, I hereby order the preservation of evidence.
Per 3.1 of the Court Rules and Procedures, I hereby order the preservation of evidence.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
- TNP Nation
- Attempted_Socialism
Indictment and Request for Approval
I bring forward the following charge(s) and request that the Court approve the ejection and banning of the below nations holding that all the below is true and honest to the best of my belief.
Name of Complainant: Kaschovia
Name(s) of Accused: The Northern Boys and Palvatone
Date(s) of Alleged Crime(s): Monday 9th October 2023
Crime: Treason and Fraud
Specifics of Crime(s)/Summary of Events: On Monday 9th October, the two nations Palvatone and The Northern Boys sent multiple telegrams to nations within The North Pacific containing fraudulent and treasonous material. The Northern Boys claimed they were from the North Pacific Regional Security War Council, that individuals in opposition to the region are trying to coup, and that Chipoli is the "true Delegate" instead of Pallaith, encouraging endorsements of Chipoli and withdrawal of endorsements on Pallaith. The nation Palvatone claimed to be the "Minister of Domestic Affairs of the North Pacific", a position which does not exist, and claimed that Pallaith is the "actual, confirmed, WA Delegate" and should be endorsed while Chipoli should be unendorsed. In a second telegram, Palvatone refers to Pallaith as "our rightfully elected delegate" and encourages the recipient to withdraw endorsements from the Delegate Kaschovia.
Reasons for seeking approval (how does the nation pose a clear security threat and why is their removal is necessary for the protection of the region): These nations claimed to represent the government with the intention of creating confusion among the recipients of the telegrams around the endorsements of Pallaith and Chipoli and attempted to undermine the endorsement levels of the elected Delegate and therefore the security of our region. It is now known that Palvatone maintains a nation, Volstrostia, in the Brotherhood of Malice, with whom we are at war.
If the nation has already been ejected or banned, when was this action taken: Palvatone has been banned, but the ban occurred once that nation had left the region. The Northern Boys has not been ejected or banned.
Evidence:
Telegram from The Northern Boys
Telegram from Palvatone
Another Telegram from Palvatone
Empire of Australia Raid Report by Alex of BoM
Alex's Puppet Confirmed as Palvatone
- Pronouns
- he/him/his
- TNP Nation
- Zemnaya Svoboda
The Indictment has been received by the Court and is under consideration.
Per 3.1 of the Court Rules and Procedures, I hereby order the preservation of evidence.
Per 3.1 of the Court Rules and Procedures, I hereby order the preservation of evidence.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
The indictment has been accepted. The trial, and response to the request for Pre-Sentencing Ban or Ejection can be found here.
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Indictment
I bring forward the following charge(s) holding that all the below is true and honest to the best of my belief.
Name of Complainant: Dreadton
Name(s) of Accused: @NorthArdenyan
Date(s) of Alleged Crime(s): December 1, 2023
Crime:
Count 1: Fraud
Count 2: Spamming
Count 3: Gross Misconduct
Count 4: Gross Misconduct
Specifics of Crime(s):
I allege that the Defendant did, knowingly and willingly, filed a false and misleading court filing in order to seek attention. The filing, by their admission, was not to seek review of an action or law but to serve to fill their need for entertainment. They sought to file a false petition for their benefit (personal entertainment) and in doing so attempted to damage the reputation of the court and those parties mentioned in the filing. I further allege that the act of filing a false petition, seeking by their own admission the sole purpose of entertainment and not the pursuit of Justice, they did conduct an act of Spamming. They sought to waste space and "play the court." I further alleged that the act of filing a false petition, they did violate their oath as a citizen and their oath as a solider in the NPA. By oath, they swore to act in a manner fitting of a citizen and as a solider, including obeying all laws.
Summary of Events:
The Accused filed a petition on December 1, 2023. The accused petition, while hard to understand, alleged some action by myself as a bar commissioner, somehow violated the rights of an applicant to the bar. After multiple parties sought to dismiss the filing on various legal grounds, it was further shown that the accused attempted to represent themself as a officer of court. The accused then attempted to deny and mislead the region further, by creating a puppet and claiming it was actually them who did the act. After once again being found out, they then admitted that their purpose was to get attention and mislead the court.
Evidence:
The filing : https://forum.thenorthpacific.org/topic/9197779/
Citizens Oath : https://forum.thenorthpacific.org/topic/9145386/209#post-10610181
NPA Oath : https://forum.thenorthpacific.org/topic/9145375/61#post-10622267
I request the court issue an order to preserve evidence.
The indictment has been considered:
The charge of spamming is rejected, as the statute for the same has “make it unusable” as a qualifier and the complainant has not alleged that degree of harm.
The charge of Gross Misconduct is accepted.
The charges of Fraud are rejected at this time, as the allegations as written are insufficiently precise for a trial. The complainant is advised to file an amended* indictment to remedy that if they desire, particularly by aligning the alleged crimes with the described events.
Per 3.1 of the Court Rules and Procedures, I hereby order the preservation of evidence.
A trial will commence once the Chief Justice has appointed a moderating Justice and THO.
*ideally in a new filing or as an addition to the post of the old, for proper record-keeping
The charge of spamming is rejected, as the statute for the same has “make it unusable” as a qualifier and the complainant has not alleged that degree of harm.
The charge of Gross Misconduct is accepted.
The charges of Fraud are rejected at this time, as the allegations as written are insufficiently precise for a trial. The complainant is advised to file an amended* indictment to remedy that if they desire, particularly by aligning the alleged crimes with the described events.
Per 3.1 of the Court Rules and Procedures, I hereby order the preservation of evidence.
A trial will commence once the Chief Justice has appointed a moderating Justice and THO.
*ideally in a new filing or as an addition to the post of the old, for proper record-keeping
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I appoint @Lord Dominator as Moderating Justice and @Vivanco as Standby Hearing Officer.
Code:
[center][b]Indictment[/b][/center]
I bring forward the following charge(s) holding that all the below is true and honest to the best of my belief.
[b]Name of Complainant: Oskland
Name(s) of Accused: Lionsroar
Date(s) of Alleged Crime(s): Dec 12th 2023
Crime: spam, false information on TNP RMB Guidelines
Specifics of Crime(s): emoji spaming
Summary of Events:
Evidence:[/b] I will share with Judge's nation on NS Due to inability of sharing it here- Pronouns
- he/him/his
- TNP Nation
- Zemnaya Svoboda
Rejected. Please resubmit with links, screenshots, or at the very least a description of the claim.
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[center][b]Indictment[/b][/center]
I bring forward the following charge(s) holding that all the below is true and honest to the best of my belief.
[b]Name of Complainant: Oskland
Name(s) of Accused: Lionsroar
Date(s) of Alleged Crime(s): Dec 12th 2023
Crime: spam, false information on TNP RMB Guidelines
Specifics of Crime(s): emoji spaming
Summary of Events:
Evidence:[/b] https://www.nationstates.net/page=display_region_rmb/region=the_north_pacific?postid=54202473#p54202473- Pronouns
- he/him/his
- TNP Nation
- Zemnaya Svoboda
Okay, having looked into this, your complaint is still rejected.
Code:
[center][b]Indictment[/b][/center]
I bring forward the following charge(s) holding that all the below is true and honest to the best of my belief.
[b]Name of Complainant: Oskland
Name(s) of Accused: Lionsroar
Date(s) of Alleged Crime(s): Dec 12th 2023
Crime: spam, false information on TNP RMB Guidelines
Specifics of Crime(s): emoji spaming and Providing false Information on TNP RMB rules.
Summary of Events: one day I was talking to my buddies, and I think i was discussing SR RP agreements and then after that u logged of forAbout an hour or two. I come back and I see @Lionsmeow posting a post with a emoji, that is considered emoji spaming on TNP RMB Guidelines so I confronted him and he denied stating that there has to be no words and emoji's on RMB, Messages to be considered Emoji spaming. I looked at the RMB Guidelines and it said [I]even a single emoji is considered emoji spaming [/I]and @Lionsmeow had a singleEmoji on his message on the RMB But Lionsroar said there has to be no words and just emoji's to be considered emoji spaming however the
Code:
Factbook he published on his factbook section said otherwise
Evidence:[/b] https://www.nationstates.net/page=display_region_rmb/region=the_north_pacific?postid=54202473#p54202473- Pronouns
- he/him/his
- TNP Nation
- Zemnaya Svoboda
It has been clarified that the guidelines prohibit messages that consist only of emoji as spam. Even if it's a single emoji. But they do not prohibit use of emoji in messages that have text to them and are not otherwise prohibited.
More crucially, however, the RMB guidelines are not enforced through criminal trials. They are enforced through summary suppression, ejection, or bans, which are subject to judicial review.
Please stop posting this complaint.
More crucially, however, the RMB guidelines are not enforced through criminal trials. They are enforced through summary suppression, ejection, or bans, which are subject to judicial review.
Please stop posting this complaint.
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Meow Meow！
- Pronouns
- Him/He
Indictment
I bring forward the following charge(s) holding that all the below is true and honest to the best of my belief.
Name of Complainant: Sawenia
Name(s) of Accused:https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_north_pacific_army
Date(s) of Alleged Crime(s): 2021 314days ago
Crime: Using TNP Flag and NPA Name
Specifics of Crime(s):
The Accused, The North Pacific Army has used the flag and the name of our regional military,NPA without the government permission to do so.
Summary of Events:
As above.
Evidence:https://imgur.com/a/frDFyVp