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INTHESUPERIORCOURTOFFULTONCOUNTYSTATEOFGEORGIAKEVINRICHARDPOWELL,
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Petitioner
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CIVILACTIONV.
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FILENO.'2012CV211528BARACKOBAMA,
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Respondent
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PETITIONER'SRESPONSETORESPONDENT'SMOTIONTODISMISS
NowcomesPetitionerKevinRichardPowell,byandthroughundersignedcounsel,andrespondstoRespondentBarackObama'sMotiontoDismisshereinasfollows:
PRELIMINARYSTATEMENT
RespondentObama'sMotiontoDismissinitiallyclaimsthattheinstantcaseisoneinaseriesofcasesfiledacrossthecountrysince2008in"[aJnefforttoharass"Respondent.Respondentfurtherclaimsthatthoseindividuals,presumablyincludingPetitionerherein,bringingchallengestoRespondent'squalificationsforoffice"ignoreproceduralandevidentiaryrequirementsbecausetheirclaimsarewithoutmerit,basedonfantasy,andofferedinpursuitofapoliticalagenda.
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Finally,Respondentclaimsthathe"wasaUnitedStatescitizenfromthemomentofhisbirthinHawaii
u
andthattherefore,"allConstitutional(sic)qualificationshavebeenmet.
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Areviewof
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therecordinthisaction,however,revealsthatRespondent'sassertionsarecompletelymisguided.Petitionerfirstnotesthatnoindividual,includingRespondentObama,hasa
vestedright
tobethePresidentoftheUnitedStates.AnindividualseekingtoholdtheOfficeofthePresidencyisexpectedandrequiredtocomplywiththeprovisionsoftheConstitution,includingtheeligibilityrequirementsforthepresidency,andthelawsoftheUnitedStatesandtheSeveralStatesthereof.Withtheforegoinginmind,PetitionerwouldpointoutthatitwasRespondentObama,infact,whoinitiatedthesubmissionofhisnameasacandidatetobelistedontheGeorgiaDemocraticPresidentialBallot.Likewise,inaccordancewithhisrightsunderGeorgialaw,PetitionerraisedanadministrativechallengetotheRespondent'squalificationsasa"naturalbornCitizen"pursuanttoArticleIIoftheUnitedStatesConstitution.Respondentandhislawyertried,unsuccessfully,tohavePetitioner'schallengedismissed.RespondentwasthenlegallyservedwithaNoticetoProduce,requiringhimtoappearattrialandtobringcertaindocumentsanditemsofevidencewithhim.TheRespondentdidnotobject.Whenthetimefortrialwasimminent,theRespondent'slawyerwrotealettertotheGeorgiaSecretaryofStateinwhichheboldlycriticizedandattackedtheadministrativelawjudge
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andinwhichhestatedthatheandhisclientwererefusingtocometocourt.Thedayoftrial,whenRespondenthadnoeventsordutiesonhisofficialpublicschedule,andaftertheSecretaryofStatehadwarnedhimthathisfailuretoappearwouldbeathisownperil,theRespondentandhislawyerneverthelessfailedtoappearforcourtandfailedtocomplywithPetitioner'svalidNoticetoProduce.TheR~spondentthusnotonlypresentednoevidenceofhisownastohiseligibilityforoffice,buthefailedtoproducesignificantpiecesofevidencetowhichPetitionerwaslegallyentitled.InviewoftheforegoingmisconductandfailingsofRespondentandhislawyer,andconsideringRespondent'stotaldisregardofthelawsofthisStateandthejudiciarythereof,itappearsthat
itisRespondent,
andnotPetitioner,who"ignore[s]proceduralandevidentiaryrequirements,"whois"inpursuitofapoliticalagenda,"andwhosefactualassertions-whichhefailstosupportwith.anyevidence-are"basedonfantasy."Petitioner,farfromseekingto"harass"anyone,issimplyavailinghimselfoflawfulproceduresunderGeorgialawinordertoproperlyraiseandhavefinallydeterminedtheissueofwhetherRespondent,
whosefatherwas
a
foreignnationalandnever
a
UnitedStatescitizen,
isa"naturalbornCitizen"eligibleunderArticleIIoftheConstitutionforthePresidencyoftheUnitedStates.Inthatregard,Petitionercontendsthatthe
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