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Eugene Volokh

Court Spots Vexatious Litigant Trying to Hide Under Pseudonym

From yesterday's order by Chief Judge Nancy Rosenstengel (S.D. Ill.) in Robe Probe v. McGehee:

Two amorphous plaintiffs, Robe Probe John Doe, initiated this action on October 2, 2023, against various personnel of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois along with Judge John McGehee. {In the Complaint, Robe Probe (also called Judicial Felons Watch) describes itself as a national watch dog that polices judicial abuses, judicial fraud, judicial corruption, and judicial felonies and monitors corrupt state court judges nationwide.} In the Complaint, Plaintiffs make many serious and colorfully-worded allegations that Judge McGehee acted improperly while presiding over a state court action in Rock Island County, Illinois. Plaintiff John Doe identifies himself as the plaintiff in that underlying state court action.

As an initial matter, the Complaint contains accusations of criminal acts, corruption, bribery, and case fixing, paired with malicious language, derogatory slurs, and charged phrases like: "Muslim terrorist," "judicial thug," "judicial felon," "imbecile, ignorant, clueless crook," "ignorant fool," "crook scorpion lawyer," "perverted sadist defendant," "judicial clown," "mad hyena," "clueless pathetic creature," and "maniacal, out of control psychopath." Simply put, the language in the Complaint is inappropriate and will not be tolerated in this Court.

Aside from the fact that the Complaint contains outlandish, disrespectful, and intimidating allegations and language, it is clear to this Court that the real plaintiff standing behind "Robe Probe" and "John Doe" is Roger Shekar, a restricted filer in the Seventh Circuit {[a]lso known as Raj Shekar or Garan Shekar}.

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