Doerty has misused antiharassment laws to claim that news gathering constitutes "surveillance" and reporting news defines as "harassment" and "invasion of privacy". The court order effectively denies the constitutional rights of the author. He has held an international press card for many years and published hundreds (probably thousands) of pieces during his half-century career as a writer and graphic designer.

Doerty has deliberately interrupted the flow of public information and interfered with ethical reporting procedures designed to observe and expose government dereliction. US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) neglected to oversee management of Council House, Seattle, a government financially-assisted, senior citizen residence for independent living (not a nursing home).

The court decision has advantaged a group of wealthy landlords complicit in alleged abuse of senior citizens and misappropriation of federal funds by their neo-fascist administrator. As landlords, they remain indifferent to the needs of their tenants. They use an unlawful tactic known as SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation in Government) to try to silence criticism with kill-the-messenger techniques.

They have intentionally caused Nmesis collateral economic damage. They could not prove inaccurate reporting that would have allowed them to bring defamation or eviction lawsuits so they used a non-governing harassment law. Judge Doerty denied due process of law and benefit of legal counsel then jailed the reporter.

Moreover, Council House shelters a US congressman's mother who has sworn a misleading declaration. The wife of a senior superior court judge holds a directorship and acted as co-president for two years. This probably makes the issue politically sensitive for Jiminy, a recently elected judge.

The censored information should form part of the public record. Secretary of State, State of Washington, requires nonprofit corporations to file an annual report containing names and addresses of officers and directors. However, the directors and administrators of Council House neither comply with this law nor do they comply with IRS regulations that require public disclosure of their financial condition.

Without any rational legal interpretation, Doerty retroactively ordered the publisher to remove other information (published more than a year before his order). He claimed that Nmesis kept people "under surveillance" by using public records and attending court hearings then jailed him for 111 days for contempt of court.

Bizarrely, he now wants all people named in articles to sign waivers. The court order also effectively denied use of information contained in public records available under RCW 42.17 (Washington Public Disclosure Act).

Nmesis.