UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
AT KNOXVILLE
JOHN D. LEE II, pro se )
)
TAMI J. LEE, pro se )
)
Plaintiffs, )
)
v. ) N. 3:05-CV-512
) (VARLAN/SHIRLEY)
GEORGE
WALKER BUSH, )
PRESIDENT, )
)
MICHAEL
J. ASTRUE, )
COMMISSIONERS OF SOCIAL
SECURITY, )
)
Defendants, et al. )
AMENDED COMPLAINT
AND RESPONSE TO ANSWER BY DEFENDANTS
WITH MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
STATE
OF
COMES
NOW the plaintiffs John Lee, pro se,
and spouse Tami Lee, pro se ("Plaintiffs"),
and having filed suit against the above-styled defendants (collectively, the "Defendants"),
hereby makes this amended complaint ("Amended Complaint") to replace
the original complaint ("Complaint") made against the Defendants,
pursuant to Rule 15(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and responsive
to Defendants vague denials or frivolous responses as follows:
OVERVIEW
1.
Subject matter jurisdiction for this Court arises from Social Security Act Title II
(Title 42, Chapter 7, Subchapter II, Section 423, U.S. Code); Social Security
Act Title XVI (Title 42, Chapter 7, Subchapter XVI, U.S. Code); and common law.
2.
This
Response to Defendants' Answer to Complaint is timely filed. Disabled pro se Plaintiff John Lee objects to
being given only 20 days (plus 5 days mail) to respond, when Defendants, and
their gigantic team of lawyers, paralegals and assistants with their unlimited
budget get 45 days to respond to this Amended Complaint.
3.
Plaintiffs constructively complied with proper service of
process of original summons and notice of complaint upon Defendants. Plaintiff
John Lee is disabled, and any delay in service was excusable mistake due to
that disability, and is prima facie
evidence of disability. Defendants did stipulate in writing to receipt of the
original complaint within 120 days time limit. The Court does have personal
jurisdiction over Defendants.
4.
Plaintiffs' appeal of Defendants' administrative Final
Decision is based upon Defendants' abuse of discretion, Defendants' errors of
law, and the fact that the decision was not supported by the substantial
evidence. There are broad policy and procedural issues in this case that affect
the public interest. Equity requires a remand for adjudication of new evidence filed
by expert witness, that has already been submitted as an exhibit in this case.
5.
Plaintiff John Lee's treating physician, Dr. Janet
McNeil, has testified by signed exhibit regarding Plaintiff's Residual
Functional Capacity, filed as "new" evidence in this 10-year-old
case. This is material evidence, with good cause for failure to incorporate
such evidence into the administrative record in a prior proceeding, due to
Plaintiff John Lee's disability and Plaintiffs' lack of funds to pay for this
testimony by an expert witness.
6.
Plaintiff John Lee is unemployed due to permanent disability,
and is incapable of sedentary work or substantial gainful activity in a
competitive work environment, and is incapable of commuting to an outside
workplace. Plaintiff John Lee is currently unable to drive an automobile on a
regular basis, due to extreme pain in his arms, legs or back while driving, in
addition to other disabling symptoms, and side effects to prescription drug
interactions. Plaintiff routinely experiences extreme back pain, dizziness and
vertigo after a mere one hour in a sitting position outside the home. During
Plaintiff's ALJ hearing, he had to lie prone on the floor during Plaintiff Tami
Lee's tearful testimony, due to John Lee's extreme back pain, as reflected in
the official record (PAGE 86 IN DEFENDANT'S CERTIFIED COURT TRANSCRIPT).
7.
Plaintiff John Lee is permanently disabled, as described
by his treating physicians, Dr. Beth Sherrill and Dr. Janet McNeil. To quote
Dr. Sherrill, "You have Irritable Bowel Syndrome. I've never seen a
patient recover from Irritable Bowel Syndrome". To quote Dr. McNeil,
"You have Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. My daughter is
permanently disabled with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and is paid
Social Security Disability". Dr. McNeil prescribes an anti-gout kidney
medication, Guifenesin, as treatment for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue.
Plaintiff is also diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder and Depression by
treating physician Dr. Rodwell, but Plaintiff discontinued prescription
medications for those symptoms due to adverse side effects (inability to
urinate while taking antidepressants, and increased insomnia due to ADD
medication). Dr. McNeil prescribed Benadryl antihistamine as treatment for
insomnia due to Fibromyalgia (encephalitis is swelling of the brain, and
Benadryl reduces swelling of the tissues in the skull). All these
"diseases" and symptoms had sudden onset at the same month in 1997.
8.
"Chronic Fatigue Syndrome" was formerly
identified as "myogenic encephalomyolytis", apparently renamed by
Defendants in order to falsely downplay is significance in disability cases.
"Fibromyalgia" was formerly identified as "infectious
rheumatism", apparently renamed by Defendants in order to falsely downplay
is significance in disability and death cases. Both diseases are listed as
permanent disabilities in Social Security caselaw (PAGES 232-273; PAGE 589-626
IN DEFENDANT'S CERTIFIED COURT TRANSCRIPT).
Chronic
Fatigue-Fibromyalgia Syndrome
A syndrome characterized by
persistent or recurrent fatigue, diffuse musculoskeletal pain, sleep
disturbances, and subjective cognitive impairment of 6 months duration or
longer. Symptoms are not caused by ongoing exertion; are not relieved by rest;
and result in a substantial reduction of previous levels of occupational,
educational, social, or personal activities. Minor alterations of immune,
neuroendocrine, and autonomic function may be associated with this syndrome.
There is also considerable overlap between this condition and FIBROMYALGIA.
(From Semin Neurol 1998;18(2):237-42; Ann Intern Med 1994 Dec 15;121(12):
953-9)
http://www.online-medical-dictionary.org
myogenic
1. pertaining
to myogenesis.
2. originating
in myocytes or muscle tissue
─Dorland's
Medical Dictionary for Health Consumers
encephalomyelitis
inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.
─Dorland's Medical Dictionary for Health
Consumers
Myelitis,
Infectious
Inflammation
of the spinal cord. Relatively common etiologies include infections; AUTOIMMUNE
DISEASES; SPINAL CORD; and ischemia (see also SPINAL CORD VASCULAR DISEASES). Clinical
features generally include weakness, sensory loss, localized pain,
incontinence, and other signs of autonomic dysfunction.
http://www.online-medical-dictionary.org
Myalgic encephalomyelitis and muscle fatigue.
J.
H. Coakley
Myalgic encephalomyelitis (postviral syndrome, fatigue
syndrome, effort syndrome, neurasthenia) has been much discussed in your
journal recently.
─British
Medical Journal, 1989 August 12; 299(6696): 460
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also known as myalgic
encephalomyelitis (ME), post-viral fatigue syndrome (PVFS), and various other names, is a syndrome
(or group of syndromes) of unknown and possibly multiple etiologies,
affecting the central nervous system (CNS) and possibly
the immune system
as well as other organs. CFS is most easily diagnosed when formerly active
adults become ill, and is most commonly diagnosed in young to middle aged
adults. Patients with this diagnosis may report many other symptoms which are
far more wide-ranging than these research diagnostic criteria, including:
muscle weakness, loss of brain function, hypersensitivity,
orthostatic intolerance, digestive
disturbances, depression, immune system weakness, and cardiac and respiratory
problems. These symptoms, like the syndrome's hallmark 'fatigue', range from
mild to severe. CFS is a working case definition for the immunological
neurological
disorder known as Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) since 1956[5]. ME has been included in the classification of the World Health Organization (WHO) as a
disease of the central nervous system since 1969. In the ICD-10, ME is
the only disorder listed in the tabular classification under G93.3, post-viral fatigue syndrome (PVFS). In 1993 the term
"chronic fatigue syndrome" (CFS) was added to the alphabetic list of
the classification with the same designation.
Wikipedia.org
9.
Dr. Gary Speigelman allegedly performed a colonoscopy of
Plaintiff John Lee (PAGE 18 IN DEFENDANT'S FINAL DECISION IN CERTIFIED COURT
TRANSCRIPT), however, Speigelman never
billed Plaintiff, nor TennCare insurance, for this procedure. Plaintiff John
Lee has no memory of this procedure being performed. Dr. Speigelman originally
refused to provide any medical records nor photographs from this procedure,
which Defendants allege proves that Plaintiff has no disease. Dr. Speigelman
made the excited utterance, to his detriment, said in the presence of Plaintiff
John Lee, "You are my only TennCare patient. If I do this procedure on
you, I will lose money." Plaintiffs move to strike Dr. Speilgelman's
testimony.
10.
While employed by Defendants in U.S. Air Force,
Defendants destroyed Plaintiff Tami Lee's medical records regarding
"vaccinations" during Gulf War #1. Plaintiff John Lee may have
acquired a contagious disease(s) from his spouse, who was very sick at that
time, as reported by many other Gulf War veterans and family members. John Lee
may also have been exposed to radioactive toxins during his employment by
Defendants, in his job as a nuclear weapons specialist. Defendants never
conducted any radiation testing at any time of Plaintiffs nor the nuclear
weapons. Plaintiff John Lee's job for Defendants also included sabotage of
Defendants' aircraft, USAF airbases and nuclear weapons, using conventional
explosive shape charges of C4 explosives, which are also toxic. Plaintiffs'
jobs with Defendants required breathing poisonous jet-engine exhaust on a daily
basis. Plaintiff John Lee also cannot breathe Defendants' poisoned air in many
parts of Knoxville (ranked "F" in air quality by American Lung
Association), thanks to Defendants' illegal emissions from coal and nuclear
power plants operated by Tennessee Valley Authority and East Tennessee
Technology Park in Oak Ridge, among many other polluters, such as
government-operated diesel buses, which burn similar fuel to Defendants'
military jet aircraft Plaintiffs were overexposed to.
11.
Plaintiff John Lee has concurrently filed timely claims,
and timely appeals, for both Social Security Disability and Supplemental
Security Income, as proven by business records in possession of Defendants, and
by the COURT TRANSCRIPT filed by Defendants in U.S. District Court. Defendants
have repeatedly conspired to defraud this honorable Court, and conspired to
defraud Plaintiffs, by deleting or ignoring Plaintiff John Lee's record of
filing claims and appeals for Social Security Disability (including
"family benefits" via "fully insured" spouse). Defendant
"ERNEST BASKERVILLE" committed perjury by attesting to the
certification of the "full and accurate transcript of the entire record
relating to this case", dated January 6, 2007 (CERTIFICATION cover page of
Defendants' Answer to Complaint), as proven by Plaintiffs' additional exhibits
included in this Amended Complaint.
1. Defendant denies that Plaintiff applied for Social Security Disability benefits. The claim before the court is exclusively about Plaintiff's entitlement to SSI benefits.
─JAMES R. DEDRICK, DEFENDANTS' ANSWER TO COMPLAINT, LORETTA S. HARBER, JOHN J. LEE, U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE, Paragraph 1, ANSWER TO COMPLAINT, JOHN D. LEE II v. MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security, March 9, 2007
Dear Clerk: The above-styled matter is a Social Security disability case.
─JAMES R. DEDRICK, LORETTA S. HARBER, U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE, Re: John D. Lee II v. SSA, Civ. No. 3:05-CV-512, March 9, 2007
(PAGE 591 OF COURT TRANSCRIPT)
Claim for Disability plus SSI
This appeal denies the "clerical mistake" of the ALJ's false allegation that my claim only involves SSI. From the beginning of my claim, I have also asserted my claim for Social Security Disability "Insurance", either under my own account number of XXX-XX-XXXX, and/or my spouse's account number of XXX-XX-XXXX. As I testified in my prior Affidavits, one employee of Defendants refused to provide me with a copy of my "account" of money I paid into Social Security, and when I again demanded a copy to present to a lawyer (who had requested it), Defendants' employee refused, and ripped uop my printout and threw it in the trash. This behavior of Defendants is indicative of criminal behavior and fraudulent concealment. I was unable to interest a lawyer in my case as a result of this illegal act by Defendants.
AFFIDAVIT OF John Lee
NOTICE OF APPEAL AND BRIEF
APPEALS COUNCIL, US OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS, FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA
RECEIVED JULY 1, 2004
This is about your request for review of the Administrative Law Judge's decision dated April 29, 2004.
IN THE CASE OF: John D. Lee
CLAIM FOR: Supplemental Security Income
─Social Security Administration, Office of Hearings and Appeals, NOTICE OF APPEALS COUNCIL ACTION - ORDER OF APPEALS COUNCIL, September 5, 2005
Page 16
(PAGE 69 OF COURT TRANSCRIPT)
ALJ: But I'll be glad to take the specific points as to your claim that you are a disabled individual under the supplemental security income provisions of the Social Security Act.
CLMT: I would like to object.
Page 17
(PAGE 70 OF COURT TRANSCRIPT)
ALJ: Mr. Lee has filed an application. Actually, this will be your third application.... For disability....
Page 38
(PAGE 90 OF COURT TRANSCRIPT)
BY ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE:
Q: Is there anything else you'd like to add to our record here today?
A: I would definitely like to state for the record that this appeal hearing is for both SSI and disability.
─SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS, TRANSCRIPT: In the case of: John D. Lee, Claim for Supplemental Security Income Benefits, Social Security Number: XXX-XX-XXXX; November 18, 2003
The claimant named below has an application pending for disability benefits.
Name of Claimant: John D. Lee
SSN: XXX-XX-XXXX
Date and Time: November 18, 2003 at 9:00 a.m.
─Social Security Administration, Office of Hearings and Appeals, NOTICE OF HEARING, October 28, 2003
(PAGE 124 OF COURT TRANSCRIPT)
Dear J.D. Flynn;
The claimant named below has an application pending for disability benefits. A hearing for the claimant is scheduled, date and time shown below.
Name of Claimant: John D. Lee
SSN: XXX-XX-XXXX
Date and Time: November 18, 2003 at 9:00 a.m.
Your testimony will primarily cover the following period:
December 15, 1997 through present.
-Wm Davis, Administrative Law Judge, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Office of Hearings and Appeals, October 28, 2003
Dear Ms. Hall,
The claimant named below has an application pending for disability benefits. A hearing for the claimant is scheduled, date and time shown below.
Name of Claimant: John D. Lee
SSN: XXX-XX-XXXX
Date and Time: August 5, 2003 at 11:00 a.m.
You are requested to appear and give testimony as a vocational expert in the above hearing. Your testimony will primarily cover the following period:
December 15, 1997 through the Present.
W. Davis, Administrative Law Judge, July 15, 2003
(PAGE 115 OF COURT TRANSCRIPT)
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
The application you filed for SSI was also a claim for Social Security benefits. We looked into this, and decided you can't get Social Security Benefits. In the future, if you think you may be entitled you will need to apply again. If you disagree with this decision, you have the right to appeal.
-Social Security Administration, SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME, Notice of Disapproved Claim, October 25, 2001
We are writing to tell you that you do not qualify for disability benefits. You do not qualify for disability benefits because you have not worked long enough under Social Security. Since you do not have enough work credits to qualify for benefits, we did not make a decision about whether you are disabled under our rules. You are not entitled to other Social Security benefits based on the application you filed. If you think we are wrong, you have the right to appeal.
─W. Burnell Hurt, Social Security Administration
RETIREMENT, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE
Office of Central Operations
Baltimore, Maryland
Date: January 30, 2000,
Claim Number: XXX-XX-XXXXHA
APPLICATION FOR DISABILITY INSURANCE BENEFITS
MY NAME IS JOHN DAVIS LEE
MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER IS XXX-XX-XXXX
I BECAME UNABLE TO WORK BECAUSE OF MY DISABLING CONDITION ON DECEMBER 15, 1997. I AM STILL DISABLED. MY ACTIVE U.S. MILITARY SERVICE IS AS FOLLOWS:
START DATE: JULY 1, 1983
END DATE: MARCH 31, 1987
I AM MARRIED TO TAMMI [SIC] CROUGH [SIC]. WE WERE MARRIED ON JUNE 30, 1984. MY SPOUSE'S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER IS XXX-XX-XXXX.
CIPCMAC PCAC
SG-SSA-16
January 4, 2000
Signed: John Lee, 5 January 2000
You need 13 credits to qualify for disability insurance benefits. You had to earn 20 of the credits in the 10 year period which ended when you became disabled. Your record shows you have only 12 credits in that 10 year period.
CIPCMAC PCAC
FACTS ABOUT YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
THE FACTS WE USED FOR YOUR CLAIM
Your Name: JOHN D. LEE
Your Social Security Number: XXX-XX-XXXX
January 4, 2000
Type of Claim: DISABILITY, SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME
─Social Security Administration
TELEPHONE APPOINTMENT CONFIRMATION
June 9, 1998
12.
Plaintiffs, collectively, have paid into this
"Social Security Insurance Trust Fund" for over 42 years, according
to business records in possession of Defendants. Plaintiff Tami Lee has been "fully
insured" since John Lee's first claim for disability. Plaintiff John Lee
has paid Social Security "taxes" (involuntary "withholdings"
from "income") since 1978. Plaintiff John Lee was employed by United
State Air Force and U.S. Census Dept., in addition to numerous civilian
employments, none of which were counted by Defendants. Plaintiff Tami Lee is retired from U.S. Air Force and was employed
by Tennessee Army National Guard, in addition to civilian employments. Tami Lee
was retired by USAF with a "10% disability" as determined by U.S.
Veterans Adminstration, as result of "medical malpractice" in
freakish "medical school experiments", making childbirth virtually
impossible. Tami Lee's retirement pension (or V.A. disability pension) was fraudulently
stolen by Defendants, as perpetrated against approximately 95% of all retired
disabled veterans.
13.
Defendants falsely claim that Plaintiffs have failed to
qualify for "Social Security Disability Insurance", "because
you have not worked long enough under Social Security."
14.
Defendants consider TAMI JEAN LEE to be a plaintiff in
this case:
(PAGE 129-131 OF COURT TRANSCRIPT)
My name is JOHN DAVIS LEE. My social security number is XXX-XX- XXXX.
I am married to TAMI JEAN LEE.
INFORMATION ABOUT TAMI JEAN LEE
Her birthdate is October 20, 1960. Her social security number is XXX- XX-XXXX.
-APPLICATION FOR SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME, July 11, 2001
(PAGE 205 OF COURT TRANSCRIPT)
CLAIMANT'S NAME: John Davis Lee II
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER: XXX-XX-XXXX
WAGE EARNER'S NAME: Tami Jean Lee
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER: XXX-XX-XXXX
CLAIMANT'S STATEMENT WHEN REQUEST FOR HEARING IS FILED AND THE ISSUE OF DISABILITY
15.
Defendants consider Husband and Wife to be one person,
and include other family members in that "one person" unit, for
purposes of collecting on Social Security benefits, including Disability
benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits.
Application for Wife's or
Husband's Insurance Benefits (SSA-2-F6)
http://www.lexisone.com/store/catalog?action=product&id=46
http://www.lexisone.com/lx1/store/catalog?action=category&id=53
SSA uses the information collected on Form SSA-2-F6 to determine whether applicants (including those who are divorced) can be entitled to wife's or husband's insurance benefits.
Form #: SSA 2 BK
Agency: Social Security Administration
http://forms.gov/bgfPortal/citizen.portal
Can my family get benefits? Certain members of your family may qualify for benefits based on your work. They include:
Your spouse, if he or she is 62 or older;
Your spouse, at any age if he or she is caring for a child of yours who is younger than age 16 or disabled;
Your unmarried child, including an adopted child, or, in some cases, a stepchild or grandchild. The child must be under age 18 or under age 19 if in elementary or secondary school full time; and
Your unmarried child, age 18 or older, if he or she has a disability that started before age 22. (The child’s disability also must meet the definition of disability for adults.)
NOTE:
In some situations, a divorced spouse may qualify for benefits based on your earnings if he or she was married to you for at least 10 years, is not currently married and is at least age 62. The money paid to a divorced spouse does not reduce your benefit or any benefits due to your current spouse or children.
http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10029.html#part7
16.
Defendants never completed a Social Security
Administration Form SSA-2-F6 for Plaintiffs. This form is not available to the
public in Social Security Administration offices, nor anywhere of Defendants'
website at www.ssa.gov. This form was only made available to the public
by persons other than Social Security Administration, usually for a payment of
money. This form was apparently only made available from private persons on
Google.com search engine after January 1, 2007.
17.
At the same time that Defendants illegally deny
"transfer of Social Security credits" from Plaintiff spouse Tami Lee
to Plaintiff John Lee, Defendants falsely claim that Tami Lee's employment
renders John Lee ineligible for "Social Security Supplemental Security
Income". Either John Lee and Tami Lee are considered "one
person" under the Social Security Disability Insurance" contract,
with transfer of credits, or they are not, and thus Tami Lee's employment
"income" cannot be considered as John Lee's income for purposes of
SSI. An unconscionable contract is a void contract.
18.
Defendants allege that "Social Security
Disability" is an "insurance program" on its public website, and
in printed materials supplied to "beneficiary" contractees (i.e., "policy
holders"):
Social
Security disability insurance
program pays benefits to you and certain family members if you worked long
enough and paid Social Security taxes. Qualify and Apply; Updated: March 2007
http://ssa.gov/d&s1.htm
We
pay disability benefits through two programs: the Social Security disability
insurance program and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. Disability benefits
http://ssa.gov/pubs/10029.pdf
SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, TITLE II, SEC. 201. [42 U.S.C.
401] (a) There is hereby created on the books of the
Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the “Federal Old-Age
and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund”.... [T]he amounts appropriated by clauses
(1) and (2) of subsection (b) shall be transferred from time to time from the
general fund in the Treasury to the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. TITLE
II—FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS, AND DISABILITY INSURANCE BENEFITS
http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/title02/0201.htm
SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, TITLE II, SEC. 223. [42 U.S.C.
423] (a)(1) Every individual who—
(A) is
insured for disability insurance benefits (as determined under subsection
(c)(1)),
(B) has not
attained retirement age (as defined in section216(1)),
(D) has
filed application for disability insurance benefits, and
(E) is under
a disability (as defined in subsection (d))
shall be entitled to a
disability insurance benefit.
DISABILITY INSURANCE
BENEFIT PAYMENTS
http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/title02/0223.htm
However, if Social Security is neither an "insurance
program" nor a "trust fund", but is in fact a mandatory tax,
then this is a fraud perpetrated by Defendants. Social Security Act of 1965 allegedly
allowed Defendants to
withdraw funds from the independent "Trust" and put it into the
General fund for additional Congressional "tax" revenue. A fraudulent
contract is a void contract.
19.
It is an unconscionable for Defendants to sell Plaintiffs
an "insurance" contract for "disability insurance", that
does not pay benefits when a beneficiary becomes disabled, after 42 years of
paying insurance premiums on that insurance policy. An unconscionable contract
is a void contract.
20.
Plaintiffs were fraudulently induced to enter into
"voluntary" civil contracts with Defendants ("Social Security
Insurance"), as extortionist condition for employment, in both U.S.
government jobs (United States Air Force and Tennessee Army National Guard),
and numerous civilian jobs for nearly 30 years. Defendants, and other federal
and state governmental agencies, such as Tennessee Department of Safety, to
fraudulently require Plaintiffs to "volunteer" for a Social Security
contract as extortionist condition for obtaining a "driver license"
contract to travel without arrest, and Internal Revenue Service, to obtain a
job that "requires" withholding of "income tax" from
paychecks.
21.
Defendants' contract for "Social Security
Insurance" is so voluminous (over 10,000 pages that change every year),
that this renders the contract void for vagueness. There was never a
"meeting of the minds" between the parties to this contract, thus the
Social Security contract was void from its inception.
22. Defendants falsely claim that Plaintiff John Lee only filed for Supplemental Security Income, yet the record clearly proves that Plaintiff filed claims for both SSI and Social Security Disability, as proven by Defendants' certified COURT TRANSCRIPT.
23. Defendants have exhibited a continual conspiracy to defraud Plaintiffs, from refusal to provide printed statements of "Social Security credits" paid by John Lee, to Defendants' refusal to allow Plaintiffs to combine their Social Security credits as family members, to Defendants' censorship of the official record to reflect Plaintiff John Lee's actual claims.
24. Defendants' demand that all employees must pay a "withholding tax" into Defendants' "Social Security Trust Fund", as condition for employment in both governmental and civilian jobs, is a de facto "slave tax", making all such employees virtual slaves owned by Defendants, in violation of the U.S. Constitution's prohibition against involuntary servitude without criminal conviction. The Constitution's Contract Clause can never waive an inalienable right to freedom.
25. During Defendants' ALJ Hearing, ALJ abused his discretion by denying Plaintiff John Lee the right to cross-examine Defendants' "expert witnesses", including Defendants' "vocational expert" and Defendants' "medical examiner". In fact, ALJ abused his discretion by failing to ask the "vocational expert" any "hypothetical question", nor any other relevant question, during the ALJ hearing.
(PAGE 93 OF COURT TRANSCRIPT)
Page 41
CLMT: I have a question, Your Honor. Is this the vocational expert who will be -
ALJ: That's correct.
CLMT: Am I allowed to hear his testimony?
ALJ: Well, at this point I don't intend to call him. You can call him if you wish. He's an independent witness. But given the fact I'm holding the record for additional material, I don't have a record on which I feel that I could adequately question the individual at this point.
(PAGE 94 OF COURT TRANSCRIPT)
Page 42
ALJ: You've never written any reports about this case. Is that correct?
VE: I have not, Your Honor.
(PAGE 95 OF COURT TRANSCRIPT)
Page 43
CLMT: Will this witness be submitting anything written to the court, or only oral testimony?
ALJ: I don't anticipate at this time.
─SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS, TRANSCRIPT: In the case of: John D. Lee, Claim for Supplemental Security Income Benefits, Social Security Number: XXX-XX-XXXX; November 18, 2003
26. Defendants' "medical expert" failed to conduct a medical examination of Plaintiff John Lee, and failed to read any medical records from John Lee's treating physicians. Defendants' "medical expert" did not appear at the hearing. Plaintiffs move to strike testimony of Defendants' ME witness.
27. ALJ William Davis, and ALJ's clerk "Martha Ward", abused their discretion by denying Plaintiff's demand for subpoenas decus tecum for Defendants' "medical experts" ("ME") and "vocational expert" (VE) to appear in the ALJ hearing (PAGE 234 OF COURT TRANSCRIPT), and bring their documentation to decode their coded reports (PAGES 133-139 OF COURT TRANSCRIPT). ALJ did write a letter to the VE to requesting he "appear" at the ALJ hearing (PAGE 124 OF COURT TRANSCRIPT).
28. ALJ abused his discretion by denying Plaintiff the right to cross examine Defendants' "expert witnesses", both medical and vocational, after the ALJ hearing, regarding any supplemental reports.
29. ALJ abused his discretion by denying Plaintiff John Lee the right to hear testimony of the VE witness, which is denial of due process.
30. Plaintiff John Lee filed a Motion to Strike testimony of Defendants' VE and ME witnesses. (PAGE 593 OF COURT TRANSCRIPT, APPEAL OF ALJ DECISION, OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS)
The testimony of the non-examining advisor could not provide a sufficient basis for rejecting the opinions of the claimant's treating physicians since a non-examining physician's opinion is entitled to little weight if it is contrary to the claimant's treating physician's opinion. Shelman v. Heckler, 821 F.2d 316 (6th Cir. 1987); Tuohy v. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 34 F.3d 1068 (Table), No. 93-1814 (6th Cir. Aug. 22, 1994), citing Shelman v. Heckler.
The
medical evidence of record was inadequate to form a basis for the ALJ's finding
regarding the claimant's residual functional capacity. Pozondek v. Secretary of Health and Human Services, No. 92-1333
(6th Cir. Jan. 23, 1993). The record did not expressly describe the claimant's
residual functional capacity, nor did it provide any significant direct
evidence regarding his flexibility or strength. Id. The commissioner's failure to order a consultative examination
or to seek the advice of a medical examiner resulted in failure to meet his
burden of proof. Id.
The opinions of physicians who never examine the claimant "deserve little weight in the overall evaluation of liability." Allen v. Weinberger, 552 F.2d 781, 786 (7th Cir. 1977).
31. Defendants denied Plaintiffs the right to due process during the ALJ hearing, by ALJ refusing to allow Plaintiff John Lee to read a short statement of facts into the record (PAGE 67, PAGE 77-78 OF COURT TRANSCRIPT), by refusing to allow Plaintiff Tami Lee to read a short statement of facts into the record (PAGE 87 OF COURT TRANSCRIPT), and by shortening the hearing to an absurd 30 minute time limit, after Defendants delayed the ALJ hearing date for 7 years.
32.
Defendants illegally pay full "Social Security
Insurance" benefits to "illegal alien felons" after only one
year (6 quarters or 18 months) of working illegally inside the "United
States". Defendants will even mail "Social Security Insurance"
benefits to illegal aliens living in Mexico or other nations, including
"Social Security Disability" payments. Constitutional Equal
Protection doctrine under the 14th Amendment to U.S. Constitution requires
equal protection for Plaintiffs to be covered by Social Security disability
insurance after 6 quarters.
LOU DOBBS TONIGHT,
CNN
February 26, 2007
KITTY PILGRIM -
"You want to physically secure our borders and coastlines, enforce visa
rules. No amnesty. No welfare for illegal aliens. You want to end the
birthright citizenship and pass true immigration reform. Would true immigration
reform include a guest worker program, in your judgment?"
CONGRESSMAN DR RON
PAUL MD (R-TX, candidate for president): "Well, you know, those words are
tricky, because some times if you say you're for a guest worker program, all of
a sudden they construe that now, the conventional wisdom is that there will be
amnesty. And we have to deal with the welfare state. We can't allow the
illegal immigrants to qualify for Social Security after working here for 18
MONTHS." http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0702/26/ldt.01.html
SOCIAL
SECURITY ACT, TITLE II, SECTION 223.
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
Crediting Periods of Coverage; Conditions
of Payment of Benefits
(c)(1) Any agreement establishing a totalization arrangement
pursuant to this section shall provide—
(A) that in the case of an individual who has at least 6
quarters of coverage as defined in section 213 of this Act and periods of
coverage under the social security system of a foreign country which is a party
to such agreement, periods of coverage of such individual under such social
security system of such foreign country may be combined with periods of
coverage under this title and otherwise considered for the purposes of
establishing entitlement to and the amount of old-age, survivors, and
disability insurance benefits under this title;
(2) Any such agreement may
provide that an individual who is entitled to cash benefits under this title
shall, notwithstanding the provisions of section 202(t), receive such benefits
while he resides in a foreign country which is a party to such agreement.
http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/title02/0233.htm
33.
This is the crime of treason, 18 U.S. Code § 2381, to reward and invite invasion by tens of millions of
illegal aliens from a foreign nation(s), via the Social Security Act. Over 20,000 U.S. citizens have been
murdered in USA by illegal aliens, since September 11, 2001.
While the military
"quagmire" in Iraq was said to tip the scales of power in the U.S.
midterm elections, most Americans have no idea more of their fellow citizens –
men, women and children – were murdered this year by illegal aliens than the combined
death toll of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan since those military
campaigns began. Twelve Americans are murdered every day by illegal aliens,
according to statistics released by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa. If those numbers
are correct, it translates to 4,380 Americans murdered annually by illegal
aliens. That's 21,900 since Sept. 11, 2001. While King reports 12 Americans are
murdered daily by illegal aliens, he says 13 are killed by drunk illegal alien
drivers – for another annual death toll of 4,745. That's 23,725 since Sept. 11,
2001. King also reports eight American children are victims of sexual abuse by
illegal aliens every day – a total of 2,920 annually. Based on a one-year
in-depth study, Deborah Schurman-Kauflin of the Violent Crimes Institute of
Atlanta estimates there are about 240,000 illegal immigrant sex offenders in
the United States who have had an average of four victims each. As the number
of illegal aliens in the U.S. increases, so does the number of American
victims. 267,000 illegal aliens were incarcerated in all U.S. jails and
prisons. The 55,322 illegal aliens studied represented a total of 459,614
arrests – some eight arrests per illegal alien; Their arrests represented a
total of about 700,000 criminal offenses – some 13 offenses per illegal alien;
36 percent had been arrested at least five times before. -Joseph Farah, World Net Daily, "INVASION USA - Illegal aliens murder
12 Americans daily - Death toll in 2006 far overshadows total
U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq, Afghanistan," November 28, 2006 http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53103
34. Defendants have illegally overthrown the United States of America, via Defendants' "Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America" contract (www.SPP.gov) to merge USA with Mexico and Canada (a member of the 53-nation British Commonwealth headed by the Queen of England). SPPNA presumably includes promotion of Section 223 of the Social Security Act. Defendants have illegally replaced the U.S. government with the de facto "North American Union". Defendant George Walker Bush admittedly signed this contract in 2005. This is the crime of treason, 18 U.S. Code § 2381.
"The Security and Prosperity
Partnership of North America (SPP) was launched in March of 2005 as a
trilateral effort to increase security and enhance prosperity among the United
States, Canada and Mexico through greater cooperation and information sharing.
Looking forward, President Bush, Prime Minister Harper and President Fox have
identified emergency management; influenza pandemics, including avian
influenza; energy security; and safe and secure gateways (border security and
facilitation) as key priorities for the SPP. The Leaders also announced the
creation of North American Competitiveness Council to fully incorporate the
private sector into the SPP process."
http://spp.gov/
"We, the elected leaders of Canada,
Mexico, and the United States, gather in Texas to announce the establishment of
the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America. As part of our
efforts, we will: Implement a border facilitation strategy to build capacity
and improve the legitimate flow of people and cargo at our shared
borders."
-Office of the Press Secretary, "Joint Statement by President Bush, President
Fox, and Prime Minister Martin", March 23, 2005
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/03/20050323-2.html
35.
Any legal arguments omitted or not objected to by Plaintiff
John Lee, pro se, at the ALJ Hearings
or Appeal Council, as published in Plaintiff's briefs included in Defendants' certified
COURT TRANSCRIPT, are not waived by Plaintiff at the district court level. (PAGES 232-273; PAGES 589-626 IN DEFENDANT'S
CERTIFIED COURT TRANSCRIPT)
36. Any factual testimony omitted or not objected to by Plaintiff John Lee, pro se, at the ALJ Hearings or Appeal Council, as published in Plaintiff's briefs included in Defendants' certified COURT TRANSCRIPT, are not waived by Plaintiff at the district court level. (PAGES 232-273; PAGES 589-626 IN DEFENDANT'S CERTIFIED COURT TRANSCRIPT)
37. All other factual statements and arguments made by Plaintiff John Lee and Plaintiff Tami Lee in the appeals to ALJ, Appeals Council, as published in Plaintiff's briefs included in Defendants' certified COURT TRANSCRIPT, and original complaint(s) to U.S. District Court are hereby incorporated in this Amended Complaint and Response to Defendants' Answer. Defendant does not waiver any such argument, objection, testimony or exhibit. (PAGES 232-273; PAGES 589-626 IN DEFENDANT'S CERTIFIED COURT TRANSCRIPT)
PRAYER FOR RELIEF
38. Plaintiffs request the Court to waive any limitation on the number of pages for Plaintiffs' complaints and other documentation.
39. Plaintiffs seek remedy from this court for:
a. Award of summary judgment for Social Security Disability benefits for Plaintiff John Lee (based on total credits accumulated by both Plaintiffs); or
b. Reverse and/or remand to Social Security Administration for determination of disability (including any new medical evidence, such as the Residual Functional Capacity questionaire by Plaintiff's treating physician Dr. Janet McNeil), and award of Social Security Disability benefits to Plaintiff John Lee (based on total credits accumulated by both Plaintiffs);
c. Reversal and/or remand to Social Security Administration for determination of disability (including any new medical evidence, such as the Residual Functional Capacity questionaire by Plaintiff's treating physician Dr. Janet McNeil), and award for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for Plaintiff John Lee (based on his non-income, without considering spouse's income); or
d. Court order to terminate Plaintiffs' contracts for Social Security Insurance, retroactive to inception, with award of all withholdings held by Plaintiffs in its "Social Security Insurance Trust Fund", plus interest, plus injunctive relief barring any future employer(s) from discriminating or denying employment to Plaintiff(s) for refusal to sign a "Social Security Withholding" contract, or failure to provide a "Social Security Number", as equity demands it.
e. That Plaintiffs be granted such further and
general relief to which they are entitled.
40. Plaintiffs seek temporary and permanent injunctions against Defendants' Section 223 of the Social Security Act, as it conspires to reward felonies, it conspires to reward invasion by over 40-million illegal alien felons so far (200-million illegal aliens on the way within 20 years), it rewards over 20,000 murders of U.S. citizens so far, and it requires Plaintiffs to literally pay for these crimes, yet Plaintiffs are barred from collecting benefits.
41. Plaintiffs seek award of all legal expenses, including court costs and expert witness fees.
42. Plaintiffs request that District Court retain jurisdiction over any remand(s) to Social Security Administration.
43. Plaintiffs do not consent to jurisdiction by magistrate, for fear that Defendants can unfairly extort an unconfirmed magistrate in this potentially precedent-setting case. Defendants were caught perpetrating extortion and illegal firings against U.S. attorneys at U.S. Department of Justice, as confessed under oath during congressional hearings in 2007.
44. Plaintiffs request oral argument in this case.
Plaintiffs declare under penalty of perjury that the facts stated in this document are true to the best of their recollections or knowledge and belief.
Respectfully
submitted, April ______ , 2007
____________________________
John Lee, pro se
7486 Chapman Hwy #104
Knoxville, Tennessee 37920
____________________________
Tami Jean Lee, pro se
7486 Chapman Hwy #104
Knoxville, Tennessee 37920
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that a true and correct
copy of the foregoing pleading was served on the following persons:
United States
Attorney, counsel for Defendants
Eastern District
of Tennessee
800 Market St.
Suite 211
Knoxville, TN
37902
865-545-4167
Attorney General
of U.S.
Washington DC
20530
General Counsel
Social Security
Administration
Room 617
Altemeyer Bldg
6401 Security
Blvd
Baltimore MD 21235
by depositing
same in the United States mail, or by personal service, this _____ day of
__________________ 2007.
____________________________
John Lee, pro se
7486 Chapman Hwy #104
Knoxville, Tennessee 37920
EPILOG: VICTORY!
THIS APPEAL WAS REMANDED TO SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION FOR A NEW HEARING BY ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE TO HEAR NEW EVIDENCE OF RESIDUAL FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY QUESTIONAIRE SIGNED BY THE PLAINTIFF'S TREATING PHYSICIAN.