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#77
Interview of An Innocent Man: Sean Riker
by Nate A. Lindell 19 August 2012
I first met Sean Riker W.D.O.C #567232 in June of this year, when he was put in a cell across from mine. I knew of him from another W.S.P.F prisoner I was helping with legal work. Sean looked...beat down, desperate, much like I might if I was in his shoes, serving 200-plus years for crimes including child rape, which he was innocent of. So, I was sympathetic, but due to my disgust for child-abusers, carefully scruntinizing everything about him before making any commitment to his cause. Eventually I had to conclude he's a straight-up guy in a horrible situation, meaning I had no choice but to help him get justice, freedom.
Feel free to make your own conclusions. Maybe this "interview" will help.
Q: How did you wind up being arrested; where did the arrest occur; what were you charged with?
I was a plant manager at a multimillion dollar glass factory in New Berlin, WI. on the 10th of November, 2004, I was pulling out of work and saw my SUV zoom by. I called my wife and asked if it was her. She said "No" and that she was at the computer store and on the was home in a few minutes.
I told her I was going home for lunch and that I wanted to play with the kids before I went back. She said "Ok."
I waited at the house for two hours. I looked out the window and saw the street was road blocked and S.W.A.T were peeking at my house covertly. I knew my wife had followed through with previous threats to fabricate charges against me.
I called my dad and told him what was up. He asked me what she told the cops. I assured him it was something minor, because i hadn't done anything wrong. We kept talking for 30 minutes white S.W.A.T. pestered me to come out. I told my dad I loved him, then exited my house.
S.W.A.T threw me to the ground, cuffed me, and took me to jail. Three days later I found out i was charged with four counts of mental harm to a child, four counts of child abuse, one count of strangulation (on my wife), one count of felon with a firearm, four counts of Endangering safety of a child, and two counts of 1st degree Sexual Assault.
Q: What was your reaction?
"Man, I should have left my wife when I had the chance.... I'll be out within 24 hours on bail and then i will leave her." My bail turned out to be one million dollars, cash.
Q: How did you react when you learned, what the charges were?
I was completely blown away! I was so mad!
There's no one who loves my children more than I do. To be falsely accused of such heinous crimes against them is a travesty.
I had never felt such hate for a human as I did (and do) for my wife at that time.
Q: How many children did you have?
I have four children, ages (then) 1 year, 2 years, 8 years & 9 years.
Q: How did you get along with your children?
My children and I were best friends and did everything together. On weekends we were camping, fishing, A.T.V.ing, bungee jumping, going to Disneyland, Circus Circus, rock climbing, etc.
My wife never went with us when we went camping.
My kids and I had a bond that they didn't have with their mother. When the kids got hurt playing, they would run around my wife's open arms and into mine for consolation. I was my kids' father, mother, friend, protector, and confidant.
Q: Do you still have contact with your children? If not, why?
I do not have contact with my children. The sentencing judge [i.e. Eugene A. Gasiorkiewicz ph. 262-636-3141] ordered me not to. I wrote to them every single day for two years prior to the court order.
Right after I was arrested, my wife sold all my assets and drained my bank accounts, including the childrens' college funds. Then she moved to Colorado, Fort Collins.
In the next seven months following my arrest, her neighbors called the police on her because she was savagely abusing my children. On the tenth police call, she was finally arrested for child abuse- the very charge she accused me of.
When she had a court hearing on her abuse case, the judge ordered that I be a "respondent" and have unlimited contact with my kids. That blissful communication went on for two years, until a crooked judge [i.e Gasiorkiewicz ph. 262-636-3141] in Racine, WI ordered no contact with my children.
F.Y.I, my four kids went to fosterhomes, because the abuse inflicted by my ex-wife was so bad.
Q: What evidence was presented against you?
Only my wife's words.
The day before I was arrested she alleged that i savagely beat all four of my children, bloody, and raped them. But, on the day of my arrest, the children had full-body exams and there was not one scratch or bruise on any of them. All of their hymens were intact. No semen or such on them or me.
There was absolutely zero evidence against me when there should have been an abundance, given the allegations. But that didn't stop the cops. I was dealing with the stupidest, most corrupt police agency I've ever seen.
Q: What evidence of your innocence did your attorney present?
What I was "allowed" to show was numerous forensic psychologists' testimony that the children were coached by their mother and their "mental harm" and "abuse" was caused by their mother's action, not mine.
Q: Were you prevented from presenting evidence that you or your attornies felt would have helped prove your innocence?
The evidence I was not allowed to show at trial was my ex-wife's savage abuse of my children, because "it was after the fact." And, two months after i was arrested. my ex-wife called the cops and said I'd been searching for child porn on the home computers. The computers were confiscated, and a forensics evaluation of them revealed that there was child porn on them, but it was downloaded after I had been arrested.
My wife had been trying to further set me up with heinous crimes. But I was not allowed to bring that up at my trial because "it was done after the fact and has nothing to do with [my] case."
Q: Do you feel the judge was fair or unfair to you? Why or Why not?
The judge was completely unfair to me at trial. He ruled against every objection we made and allowed cops and a "best friend" of the District Attorney to be on my jury. He also let on my jury a lady who had been savagely abused as a child and a crime reporter who was doing articles on my case.
Q: What help do you feel you need to obtain justice?
Unbiased media attention. The will expose the wrongfulness of my conviction and the corruptness of the judge, cops, and prosecutor.
I need help with computer searches for legal work, securing a good attorney who cares rather than one who's just appointed. I need a private investigator to document my ex-wife's criminal activities, past and current.
Q: If someone wants to help or has questions about your case, how can they contact you?
Anyone can write me at:
Sean Riker #567232
W.S.P.F P.O Box 9900
Boscobel, WI
53805-0901
They can learn more about my case, including viewing the reports of my expert witnesses, by going to these web-sites:
http:/www.seanrikerisinnocent.blogspot.com/2012/04/justice
http:/betweenthebars.org/blogs/5254/sean-riker/
http:/www.unjustjusticeseanriker.blogspot.com/2012/02/unjust-
www.prisoninmates.com/
Q: How was your experience in jail, before sentencing?
Jail staff treated me very bad. For almost two years I was on 24/7 lockdown. When i was able to shower, I had to do it in handcuffs, shackles on my feet, surrounded by the "riot crew". Never once was I allowed recreation or access to a T.V. Jail staff stripped my cell of a mirror, desk, chair, and lights, because "Riker will use them as weapons."
Q: How long did the jury deliberate before finding you guilty?
45 minutes.
Q: Did you attend sentencing?
No, for numerous reasons: a)they wanted to strap me in a Hannibal-Lector chair with a mask on my face when they wheeled me into court; b) I wouldn't let the court, cops or media see my reaction to such a ridiculous sentence, which I knew I'd receive; c) I didn't want to have to be driven to Racine (it was five hours away from the prison I was/am in) in full restraints, with a mask on my face, and a 50,000-volt stun belt painfully strapped to my leg; and finally, d) I didn't want to miss "America's funniest videos" and "Jeopardy" on T.V. that day. :)
Q: What was your sentence?
More than 200 years incarceration, then 70 years of extended supervision.
Q: Is there anything you'd like to say to your children?
I love them, miss them, and my heart aches for them every day, every second.
Q: Is there anything you would like to say to those who helped framed you?
If I get out of prison, you're in serious trouble. If I never get out of trouble, you're in serious trouble. I'm talking "legal trouble." I will never stop pursuing those who wrongfully imprisoned me and ripped my children from me. All of you are my life's mission.
Anyone reading this, write to me. Ask me anything. Google my name. I will hide Nothing. Just ask.
-end of interview-
And that's been my experience with Sean. Like me, he's a bad boy, but a good man. I've reviewed his case file and am baffled at his conviction- it's a travesty (a perverse representation) of justice. I hope this help real justice happen.
To my regular readers, now you might have an even better idea why I seem, sometimes, a "lazy blogger". Sean's situation, whihc includes several lawsuits, is but one of the despicable abuses perpetrated by people who weasled their way into power that I fight against, hard!
Help Sean, but please help me help people like Sean. YOU can do so in the ways I specify in my blog at:
http://writeaprisoner.com/inmate-Blogs/inmatesAllBlogs.aspx?f=z-303724
by "subscribing" to my blog here on BtB, and by telling others about this blog o' mine.
Best Wishes
Love to the Girlies :)
Nate.
P.S. My own mom, for her own reasons, told me & my siblings that her mother, father & siblings were baby-raping/killing Satanists.
I know this sounds absurd but, it didn't sound so when I was a boy. As i grew, I grew skeptical of my mom's tales whihc she did not like. But, I alwaya had... concerns about my aunts, uncles & grandparents, even wanted to hurt them. This kept us kids from our relatives, dependent on our mom.
When arrested for murder, aunts & uncles contacted me, finding me by the media reports. They were typical, decent, imperfect people. But, by then, I was damaged beyond repair, Apparently. Some mom's are "bad."
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United States Court of Appeals
Tenth Circuit
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS March 10, 2009
Elisabeth A. Shumaker
FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT Clerk of Court
SEAN RIKER,
Plaintiff,
v. No. 08-1123
(D.C. No. 1:05-cv-01178-MSK)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS; (D. Colo.)
HARLEY LAPPIN, Director, Federal
Bureau of Prisons; RAY HOLT,
Director, Southeast Region Federal
Bureau of Prisons,
Defendants-Appellees.
MARK JORDAN,
Party-in-Interest-
Appellant.
ORDER AND JUDGMENT *
Before MURPHY, McKAY, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges
unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist the determination of
this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is
therefore ordered submitted without oral argument. This order and judgment is
not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata,
and collateral estoppel. It may be cited, however, for its persuasive value
consistent with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 and 10th Cir. R. 32.1.
Mark Jordan, a federal prisoner proceeding pro se, appeals from the district court's partial denial of his motion to unseal documents in Colorado district court case No. 05-cv-01178-MSK, Riker v. Federal Bureau of Prisons. Mr. Jordan argues that the district court (1) abused its discretion in denying his common-law right of access to the documents and (2) erred in failing to assess his right of access under the First Amendment. We affirm.
BACKGROUND In June 2005, Sean Riker, who was a federal prisoner at that time, filed a civil action in district court asserting that he was in imminent danger of harm from other prisoners. Defendants, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and two BOP directors, 1 moved for expedited sealing of Mr. Riker's complaint, documents #2 and #4, and his motion for expedited ruling on the complaint, document #9. The district court preliminarily sealed the documents, which the court found appeared to contain information of a sensitive nature, pending a determination of the BOP's motion to seal. In October, the district court granted the parties' stipulated motion to dismiss the case with prejudice.
- decision to exclude evidence allegedly showing that Mr. Riker committed that murder, and concluding that even if court should not have excluded evidence, it was harmless error to do so), cert. denied, 128 S. Ct. 636 (2007). Mr. Jordan asserted that he was wrongly convicted and that although Mr. Riker provided statements to the FBI and testified for the government before the grand jury identifying Mr. Jordan as the murderer, Mr. Riker actually committed the murder.
Mr. Jordan contended that the government failed to notify him before his trial of Mr. Riker's filings in No. 05-cv-01178-MSK and that the sealed documents may be evidence or could lead to evidence that would support his post-conviction motion. Mr. Jordan asserted that any need to seal the documents had ended because Mr. Riker himself had acknowledged that his informant status is known at every federal prison and because Mr. Riker has been released from prison.
- "Whether judicial records . . . should be sealed . . . is a matter left to the sound discretion of the district court." Mann v. Boatright, 477 F.3d 1140, 1149 (10th Cir. 2007). We will reverse a district court's order to seal documents only if "we have a definite and firm conviction that [the court] made a clear error of judgment or exceeded the bounds of permissible choice in the circumstances." Id.
"The right is an important aspect of the overriding concern with preserving the integrity of the law enforcement and judicial processes." United States v. Hickey, 767 F.2d 705, 708 (10th Cir. 1985); see also FTC v. Standard Fin. Mgmt. Corp., 830 F.2d 404, 410 (1st Cir. 1987) ("The appropriateness of making court files accessible is accentuated in cases where the government is a party: in such circumstances, the public's right to know what the executive branch is about coalesces with the concomitant right of the citizenry to appraise the judicial branch."). But this right of access is not absolute; it can be rebutted when other interests outweigh the public interests in access. Mann, 477 F.3d at 1149. "All courts have supervisory powers over their own records and files. Thus a court, in its discretion, may seal documents if the public's right of access is outweighed by competing interests." Hickey, 767 F.2d at 708 (citations and quotation marks omitted). "The party seeking to overcome the presumption [of access] bears the - burden of showing some significant interest that outweighs the presumption." Mann, 477 F.3d at 1149 (quotation marks omitted). Whether a trial court exercises sound discretion will be based on the facts and circumstances of the individual case and the weighing of the parties' interests. See Hickey, 767 F.2d at 708.
The complaint documents at issue here are the type that are generally made available for public access. But these documents had little to do with the district - court's exercise of judicial power, as the court considered the documents only to determine whether to seal them. No further adjudication occurred. Thus, the district court correctly determined that the public's interest in access to the documents is weak.
Next, the district court correctly recognized that the BOP articulated a competing interest to the right to public access: the need to protect Mr. Riker's safety. Although Mr. Jordan criticizes the BOP and the district court for stating this interest in only conclusory terms, the sensitive nature of the sealed documents warrants the conclusory treatment.
We therefore conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion in concluding there was a compelling reason to continue to seal the two documents.
Mr. Jordan's "generalized claim that the file might contain helpful matter does not outweigh the government's justifiable concern with safety." Hickey, 767 F.2d at 709. Furthermore, our review of the sealed documents leads us to the - conclusion that there is nothing in them raising a reasonable doubt about Mr. Jordan's guilt. And Mr. Jordan is clearly aware of Mr. Riker's FBI statements and grand jury testimony.
II. First Amendment Right to Access Mr. Jordan next argues that the district court erred in failing to assess his right to access under the First Amendment. The BOP counters that Mr. Jordan failed to argue in district court that he has a First Amendment right of access to Mr. Riker's complaint, and he therefore cannot raise this argument for the first time on appeal. We recognize that Mr. Jordan did not expressly raise a First Amendment argument in district court, but he did cite to Globe Newspaper Co. v.
The Supreme Court has not yet ruled that there is a constitutional right to access court documents. See United States v. Gonzales, 150 F.3d 1246, 1256 (10th Cir. 1998); United States v. McVeigh, 119 F.3d 806, 812 (10th Cir. 1997).
Even assuming, without deciding, that there is a First Amendment right to court documents, that right is not absolute. See Globe Newspaper, 457 U.S. at 606.
"Where . . . the State attempts to deny the right of access in order to inhibit the - disclosure of sensitive information, it must be shown that the denial is necessitated by a compelling government interest, and is narrowly tailored to serve that interest." Id. at 606-07. Applying this test, we conclude, as a matter of law, based upon our prior discussion, that any interest Mr. Jordan has is outweighed by the safety needs of Mr. Riker. Accordingly, Mr. Jordan cannot obtain access to the sealed documents.
PENDING MOTIONS Mr. Jordan attached to his reply brief a five-page document that had not been part of the district court record. The BOP moved to strike the attachment.
Mr. Jordan then moved to supplement the record on appeal, a motion the BOP opposes.
United States v. Kennedy, 225 F.3d 1187, 1191 (10th Cir. 2000) (citations and quotation marks omitted). Because this document was not before the district court, Rule 10(e) does not permit supplementing the record. Nor is this a case where we will exercise our inherent equitable power to allow Mr. Jordan to supplement the record. See id. at 1192. CONCLUSION The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. The BOP's motion to strike is GRANTED, and Mr. Jordan's motion to supplement the record is DENIED. We remind Mr. Jordan that he must continue to make partial payments until the entire filing fee has been paid.
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proves your innocence? Which is it? Was there DNA evidence that convicted you or not? People don't get 200 years for just a bitter
spouses words! And your "numerous" experts who testified that your wife forced the kids to lie is also a life! You had ONE expert testify. And this man was hired and he works as a
university professor and does this "testimony" on the side for extra money. He NEVER spoke to any of the children or the wife. He gave a general commentary that the kids COULD have
been influenced. NOT that they were influenced because he can't PROVE that. Only that they COULD have been. Well, Unicorns COULD exists. So take that "expert" testimony for what it is - trash
and like the jury decided it wasn't good enough to overcome all of the other EVIDENCE. Yes, REAL evidence. You had full opportunity to show whatever you wanted to PROVE your innocence. You had nothing
which is why nothing was shown. You continue to say you are going to upload proof of your innocence to your websites but in three years you HAVE NOT! The only "evidence" you put on those sites is deperate
women who love you and support you writing things such as your ex-wife is a cunt and a liar. That is NOT evidence of your innocence! You were convicted of SEXUAL ASSAULT. Stop lying on your websites saying
you are in prison for escape and assault. You are not putting all the crimes down! 1st degree sexual assault does not nessesarily mean
RAPE. You were not charged with rape. You were charged with sexual assault and CONVICTED. Stop trying to confuse people who do not know legal jargon into thinking you were wrongfully accused.
Nathan Lindell,
You were not there during the marriage. You DO NOT KNOW what happened. Tayler and Sean know what happened. Sean has every reason
to lie. This was an all or nothing situation for him. Fighting until the death is the only option for him. Who would admit to being
a sex offender? What if Sean is lying? How would you feel then that you were fooled by him and that you helped him continue to tormet his
wife and children who are VICTIMS? Stay out of this because it has nothing to do with you. Question everything Sean tells you.
He is a master liar and manipulator. And stop posting this for him and giving him a platform to continue his lies. Ask Sean why he
deleted his own Between the bars blog? Why? Because he doesn't like the things that were posted in response. Ask Sean about his involvement
as a FBI informant with the Mark Jordan / David Stone case?
I’ve been serving a 200 years for crimes I’m 100% innocent of. I was prosecuted, persecuted and vilified for the worst crimes imaginable. Through newly obtained DNA evidence that proves my innocence and the recantation of the star “witness”, I will be set free. I have no idea how long until I get out. The filling of the motions and the waiting period in the courts could take a while. BUT I’M GETTING OUT!!! ☺ My legal team has already been contacted regarding a settlement for my wrongful conviction. I will be on easy street at the end of this ordeal. I’m so excited I could explode.
I never thought I would experience love again but now I know I will. Through this web-site I hope to find my soul mate and someone to grow old with. I’m a non-smoker, non-druggie and non-drinker…
I’m looking for someone with intelligence, a sense of humor, manners, great hygienic values, and a great personality. Are you out there???
I do not care about looks, race or size. If you seen my ex-wife you’d know this to be true. God gave her a high-five. In the face. With his staff. Repeatedly ☺. Animosity, definitely. She’s the lying so and so that put me in here with lies. Soon she and I will be trading places.
When I get out I will be a boisterous advocate for the wrongfully convicted and strive to imprison perjurus trailer trash.
Any way, I have young children and they will be with me. We’re a packaged deal. You will love them.
I also seek friends of all kinds but I am straight. Sorry fella’s ☺
I believe true beauty comes from the inside. I am not a shallow person and will not judge you for your looks (unless you have me wrongfully imprisoned ☺)
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The three-judge panel issued its decision on Wednesday, affirming former Wind Lake resident Sean A. Riker’s November 2010 conviction for busting up the jail. He broke out of his cell in a 24-hour lockdown segregation unit on Jan. 6, 2010, by repeatedly pounding on the door until it became dislodged.
According to an appellate court filing, Riker contended that an inmate threw fermented feces mingled with urine at the base of his cell door that morning. He said the mixture splashed him in the face and mouth and argued he had to break out of his cell because he didn’t have access to towels, water or a shower.
The opinion, obtained Friday afternoon by The Journal Times, says that Riker’s account couldn’t be confirmed by his attorney or the appellate court.
“Appellate counsel indicates that she investigated the matter and found nothing to corroborate Riker’s claim of a biohazard attack” that day, the judges wrote.
Riker — an alleged member of the Aryan Brotherhood — contended that because of his opinions about minorities, he was the target of “rampant and ongoing” abuse from other inmates.
Riker remains in the Wisconsin Secure Program Facility in Boscobel. He sought late last year to have his conviction in this case overturned.
Appellate court records show the judges also decided Riker’s defense attorney, Urszula Tempska, no longer has to represent him.
****Please tell me that this isn't the same attorney who is supposedly in contacts with getting you a huge cash reward for your wrongful conviction? I'm sure it's all just a misunderstanding.
YOU do not tell the full story or the full truth! Tayler should of done more a long time ago to protect her kids if Sean really was the kind of person she said he is. She knew when he was in Federal Prison what he was in for & yet still got with him, married him, and had kids with him. Sean has 3 older kids that live on the west coast and there is proof he was & is a great father to them. Tayler IS a liar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TAke it from someone who was married to Sean & has kids with him and knows the REAL truth about Sean Riker!
Yeah, everybody has got it wrong. Sean committed pipe bombings in Utah, Sean was a member of the NLR in prison and has an extensive and violent prison history, Sean was convicted in 1991 for inflicting corporal punishment on a spouse out of CA, Sean committed several crimes in Utah including rammig a forklift through the side of this workplace building and stealing all of the employee Christmas bonus checks, stealing quarters from car washes, stealing mail from USPS locations and the list goes on. Yeah, Sean is just always at the wrong place at the wrong time and everybody who thinks he actually is a monster just doesn't "know" him enough.
How do you know Sean? Are you Christina? Why did you leave him? Why didn't you let the boys visit him in prison? Why did your mother think Sean was the devil? Give me a fucking break. Where were you the last 15 years of his life and since 2006 when he was with his other wife. You never once visited him when he was in Utah or Wisconsin. He may have been one way (violent still apparently) in the late 80's early 90's and after 12 years in federal max prisons he came out another way. His ex was 22 when she met him, stupid - sure, but knew that she would be beat almost daily and have her kids abused - hell no! And considering it takes a fucking dozen deputies with half of them in full fucking riot gear to get Sean into court what exactly was his ex wife suppose to do to proect herself and her kids from Sean's rage? One woman against Sean in private vs. 12 cops in riot gear against Sean. You are stupid.
Show me your proof bitch, because there was all of his ex's proof at court and he DID get convicted. You can't "KNOW" anything about things that you were NOT there to witness. You "think" you know but you DO NOT KNOW. I hope your God judges you harshly for defending a monster.
Explain why Sean took his own Between the Bars blog down?
Explain why Sean Riker was and FBI informant for a prison murder?
Explain why Sean loses all of his court motions against his ex-wife, the Racine Co. Jail, the WI DOC and anything else he files. He hasn't won one yet.
Explain why he had to have a special cell at the jail and be taken into court like hanibal lector?
Explain why he spent all his time in Maximum security prisons?
Explain his ourburst at the judge and prosecutors when he cursed them all, threatened to kill them and actually had their addresses in his cell?
Did you see the video of Sean at court screaming at the judge? Because I guess you haven't seen Sean in almost two decades. How do you see this and say he's innocent of everything and just the nicest guy ever http://www.journaltimes.com/news/local/video---sean-riker-outburst-leads-to-his-removal/vmix_f96b97d2-3e50-11e1-a30f-0019bb2963f4.html
If you have proof that his ex-wife lied then post it here. I'd love to see it. Prove what you say. I can post my stuff all day long to show what kind of person Sean is.
Nathan, did Sean tell you he was a federal prison snitch in protective custody? Bet not. What do you think of him now. Want to keep defending him as some type of honorable man. Why did Sean motion the courts a month ago asking that the murder case be sealed because he was in danger in WI prison if that info got out. Why did he take his blog down? Because I said the federal prison has no tv and that is where he is going soon. You like WI prison Sean and being the "lord of the losers" wait till you get back in the feds. Your cake walk ride will he over.
from your fucking ex roommate mutha fucka
Really Sean? A fat raise? Not true, there was no pay rate increase at that time. A paid move? Another lie, that move was paid for out of your own pocket. That is one of the issues that was debated on whether or not to accept the job. No moving expenses were going to be reimbursed at all. Your own plant? Really? You were the night warehouse supervisor. Not a plant manager, not at all.
But don't believe me. Call Arch Aluminum and Glass for yourself. Their number is (801) 886-2724. Ask for Kay or how about asking for Brett, the plant manager. Ask them if Sean was given a huge raise and paid move to WI. Ask them if Sean was a newly appointed "Plant Manager". And dont' forget to ask them if Sean was the person who broke into the facility by ramming a forklift through the side of the warehouse and broke into the small office. Ask them if Sean Riker, our newly devout Christian, was responsibile for stealing the Christmas bonus' that were cash in envelopes from all of his co-workers. The larger checks for salaried managers were trashed but the cash for lower level employees was all taken. About $2,000 in all. Ask Sean if he went into work early that next day when the break-in was discovered as to make sure he was able to control the flow of information. Luckily for Sean a black employee had just the week or so before quit in a fit from this facility and Sean was able to mastermind the framing of this black guy as the guilty person for the break-in. Ask Tom there at Arch what he thinks of Sean.
You are a liar. Your position was never a "consultant". And you didn't make 52k a year. You made $22 an hour at the high point. $22 an hour times 40 hours a week = $45,760. Slight difference. Unless you're counting the quarters from car washes that you were so fond of stealing.
Oh yes, the quarters. "How would you react if you beat the odds of recidivism, succeeded in life...." (Wisconsin Inmates are an Enimga to Me) You didn't beat the odds of recidivism. You lost them. You did commit the "stupid crimes" you swore you were done with. Remember when the cops from the small town came to your home on Emerson to question you about the black stationwagon being caught on film stealing quarters from the car wash. Or how about Saratoga Springs, Utah police department. Please call them at 801-766-6503 and ask them about the car wash box they found in the small river by the bridge next to Smith's and ask them if they have Sean on camera stealing quarters from the carwash multiple times on Redwood. Go ahead, ask them. Ask them if they were going to prosecute but only didn't because Sean got 200 years in WI. Or call Summit County sheriff in Park City, Utah and ask them about their case on Sean.
Ask Saratoga Springs if you stole the Honda generator from their utility storage facility. Ask them about the stolen ATV from the house on the hill overlooking Smith's. Ask Draper police about the ATV you stole from a dealership that scracted your white Chevy Colorado pickup truck. The one you had to have repaired because the damage was noticable because you let your side of the ATV slip out. The repair is on record Sean.
You were born in 1968. You are currently 44 years old. If you have been punishing inmates for the last 30 years that means you're claiming to have been an 'enforcer' of the convict code since age 14. That is quite a stretch. But even if that little tidbit is not enough to convice anyone on here of how delusional of your own past that you are let me ask you to consider this:
According to Riker v. Lappin which can be found at the following link http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca10/08-1123/08-1123-2011-03-14.html It states "In June 2005, Sean Riker, who was afederal prisoner at that time, filed a civil action in district court asserting that he was in imminent danger of harm from other prisoners." Defendants, the BOP and two BOP directors, moved for expedited sealing of Mr. Riker's complaint, documents #2, and $3, and his motion for expedited ruling on the complaint, document"
You can slice this any way you like but Sean Riker is a prison snitch. He is not only a snitch but a coward. He asked the courts for protection. This means Sean Riker is an informant, a prison snitch and was in federal prison under "Protective" status. He was PC. Ask Sean Riker why he spent the last couple of years of his federal prison sentence at FCI - Englewood. Which is a medium security federal prison in Littleton, Colorado. That's because he was transferred there for his own protection at his own request. Sean Riker claims to have followed the 'convict code' for 30 years yet in 2005 he appealed to the federal courts for protection from other, unnamed inmates. Give me a break. It's exactly why he acted out in Racine Co. Jail, because he did not want to face a general population yard in WI filled with black inmates. He wanted to act out and be tough so he would get solitary and be alone. He is a sheep in wolf's clothing. Tough on the outside but a real bitch on the inside.
Sean is a proven liar on multiple accounts. The most humerous part of this though is that you have been fooled and you don't even know it yet. You think that you and Sean are some team of fighters who are fighting for justice and that you're this great jailhouse lawyer. Yet the legal arguements you provide and your reasoning skills are low-budget at best and would really only attempt to persuade the most intellectually dull among us. People with real knowledge of Sean and any real legal knowledge and the ability to see through the bullshit can see that you are not as smart or legal-savvy as you believe yourself to be and that Sean really is the piece of shit that I am others claim him to be.
So you're claiming by your title that charges have been 'filed' yet in the letter from the district attorney they say they are not brining forth any charges. This seems pretty clear cut to me that 1) you're a dumbass and 2) that you're wrong. So please inform us all of what we're so obviously missing because 1+1 doesn't equal 3 in this senario.
Let me showcase one of my personal favorites:
"#2) 'My daughter being born' This DVD is where my life beagn in 2007. It shows my daughter being born and what a good father I was. It's graphic."
Please tell me what "good father" sells videos of his then wife giving birth to their child. In one of life's most intimate of moments that Sean himself claims to be graphic (like a vagina with a baby's head coming out of it for God's sake) Sean is using the opportunity to exploit the child he claims to so dealy love. Father of the year material right there Sean Riker. Thank you for showing us all what a great father you are by proving this by selling home made private videos. That sure is proof that you're a great father, oops, I mean good father. You said good father.
Really? You met a lot of good people. People like Mark Jordan? The man you framed for murder and has been saying for the last decade plus that you killed David Stone and not him. Remember David Stone was murdered on the yard at Florence USP and shortly after that you snitched and got the directors of the prison to help cover for you and that's why you got to be moved from Florence USP to FCI-Englewood. That's why you became a PC inmate. That's why you filed a motion for expedited sealing of your court records. You can laugh and yuck it up because you and I both know that you're in a state prison, not a federal one now, and that in WI there is a small white prison gang population and the threat from such groups to you is much less in WI than it would be in other states or the federal system. But don't take my word for it. Please write to inmate Mark Jordan at: Mark Jordan #48374-066, Big Sandy USP, P.O. Box 2068, Inez, KY 41224. Ask him about all the other good people Sean met and made friends with. Nobddy said you were a member of the Aryan Brotherhood but if they could get their hands on a NLR dropout such as yourself you bet they would. And one final bit on this. If you're not scared about the inmates in WI finding out you're a snitch then why (besides claiming that reason in your two million dollar lawsuit) did you recently file a federal motion to have that paperwork sealed. Yes, I know that you recently motioned the courts to have the currently public document sealed for your own safety. I also know about the other things you wrote during this summer. It was two pieces of mail specifically and they were mailed to the same person/group. They were about the same situation. They contained information from you that does not match what you claimed to have happened in 1995. Ask Sean specifically to tell you what I'm talking about. I won't throw Sean under the bus just yet, I'll give him a month to tell you himself what I'm talking about otherwise I'll do it myself.
The funderal website shows tath she is survived by her son Noah. It does not give an age for her son. But since her son lived in the same town as her and both of her parents lived outside of the state of South Dakota I will assume this son was under 18. Which brings about the obvious...this woman killed herself over the agony of your conviction and left hre son motherless. You never were in a relationsihp with this woman outside of prison. You never gave yourself to her after being released from federal prison. Instead your greed andselfishness brought you to a more attractive woman and you left Angel as 'just a friend'. If this woman did kill herself over you and left her son motherless that makes her absolutely bat shit crazy, more crazy than even you Sean Riker.
And it makes her exactly the mentally unstable mother that you keep claiming your ex-wife is/was. Suicide is selfish, short-sighted and happens when people are mentally unstable. At least she only took her own life and nobody else with her. You know, some Christians believe that people who commit suicide don't go to heaven because suicide is a sin. But I won't harp on that, there's no need to rub salt in the wound. You have ruined so many lives Sean Riker. Paula did time in prison because of you and suffered abuse from you, your ex-wife's life is ruined to a certain degree, the children's lives are ruined to certain degrees, your mother disowned you, you ruined Mark Jordan's life, you murdered David Stone over who knows what retarded issue, Angel killed herself because of you and now her son has no mother. This is just the top of the iceberg for all of the misery and ruin you have caused in so many lives.
Someone please call me a bitch and tell me "you lie too" because that right there totally proves Sean is innocent. Talk about hard facts and evidence. All Sean ever has is woman ranting about how they feel or think or what their opinions are. Nothing more than that. Sean's had three good years to put out his evidence of innocence and it never amounts to anything more than writtne dribble by lonely women.
Why did Sean delete his own between the bars blog? Why?
Maybe the women you know you’ll find as supportive on these types of sites are generally women who are overweight, less than average attractiveness and generally older, depressed women. So your blog post titled “How to Remove Lardus Buttamus” was quite a hoot. I mean you claim on your PrisonInmates.com website that you don’t care about looks and won’t hold looks against anyone so long as they don’t bring false criminal allegations against you but in this Lardus Buttamus post you tell people that they need to eat plain boneless, skinless chicken breast with raw veggies to lose weight. Anyone who chooses to not lose weight is a lazy couch potato that has no self-esteem according to you. Yes, Sean you are again the master. You depend on women (who are generally fat and/or ugly to be blunt) and yet you write speeches about losing weight and telling those that don’t how pathetic they are. Fucking awesome!
Just thought I'd drop by and wish you a collective Merry Christmas ;)
Nicki
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First, both video and testimonial evidence placed Riker at the scene of the stabbing. The video shows Stone, Jordan, Riker and an inmate identified only as "Larry" sitting together at a concrete table several minutes before the stabbing. And Collins testified that he saw Riker and Larry seated at Stone's table prior to the stabbing.
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Second, Collins claimed to have heard through the prison grapevine, albeit after the stabbing, that Riker had given Jordan the shank to "hit" Stone. Vol. XIV, at 371.
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Finally, Jordan argues that unidentifiable DNA found on the shank indicates that someone else possessed the shank.
Proffered Evidence
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The second source of supporting evidence — and the heart of this appeal — are four additional pieces of proffered evidence that Jordan claims would point the finger at Riker.
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First, Jordan proffered evidence that, six months before the murder, Riker possessed a shank, "almost identical in size and shape" to the shank that killed Stone. Vol. XVI, at 739.
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Second, Jordan offered statements by Riker to investigators after the stabbing indicating that he was untruthful about the circumstances surrounding Stone's death. Jordan contends that these lies reflect a "consciousness of guilt" on the part of Riker. Id. at 734.
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Third, the defense claimed evidence shows that shortly after the stabbing prison officials investigated Riker as a possible suspect in Stone's homicide. Id. at 736. The record unfortunately does not disclose the basis for this statement.
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Finally, Jordan claimed that Riker would testify that he and other inmates went over to a set of bleachers after the stabbing. On the top of the bleachers, investigators later found a blood-stained glove. Id. at 737.
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I wonder whose DNA is on that handle? Any guess?
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Vol. XVII, at 953-954.
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Jordan's defense counsel then goes further to implicate Mr. Riker in the crime.
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We don't have the abilities [government authorities] have. We can't go listen to phone calls that are made by Mr. Riker or some inmate by the name of Larry or Mr. Collins to see if he has been calling anybody about this. We don't have the ability to search their cells. We don't have the ability to search DNA databases to see if Mr. Riker or other people's DNA is on the weapon.
https://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/485/485.F3d.1214.06-1161.html
On June 3, 1999 Federal prisoner David Stone was fatally stabbed on the main yard of the U.S. Penitentiary in Florence, Colorado. In August 2005, imprisoned civil rights activist Mark Jordan was wrongfully convicted of the murder after trial court excluded evidence that another prisoner and jailhouse snitch, Sean Riker (aka "joker"), actually committed the offense. See United States v Jordan, 485 F .3d 1214 (10th cir 2007). The Jordan center is offering a ten thousand dollar rewards for information that will clear Jordan's name. We are asking anyone with information regarding this case and Mr. Jordan's innocence to write:
Donald Bounds
Attorney at Law
1994 Lincoln Ave.
Parker, Coloardo 80134
failed to appropriately contest, Riker was booked in to the Racine County Jail on November 11,
2009, being held on numerous felony charges including multiple counts of First Degree Recklessly
Endangering Safety, Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, Strangulation and Suffocation, Child
Abuse—Causing Mental Harm, and Child Abuse—Intentionally Causing Harm. (Docket No. 36,
¶1-2.) While awaiting trial, Racine County Jail staff initially housed Riker in administrative
segregation due to the potential safety and security threat he posed within the jail. (Docket No. 36, ¶
3.) The Racine County Jail policy regarding administrative segregation provides that the decision to
place someone in segregation can be based on purely subjective evaluations and predictions of
future behavior or on informed predictions based on past behavior. (Docket No. 36, ¶ 25.)
Segregation is designed to help protect those threatened by the behavior of the inmate as well to
protect the inmate himself. (Id.) An inmate who displays or threatens aggressive behavior towards
staff or other inmates or has any sort of disciplinary problem may need administrative segregation.
(Id.)
Internal investigation revealed that Riker subscribed to a white supremacist ideology, the
expression of which could pose a threat to the safety of other inmates, jail staff, or Riker himself
due to the ethnic and racial diversity of the general population. (Id ¶ 3.) Riker’s assignment to
administrative segregation was done as a precautionary measure, pursuant to jail policy, in an effort
to maintain the safety and security of the jail environment. (Docket No. 36, ¶ 4.) Inmates in
administrative segregation are allowed to have one hour per day outside their cell to shower, use the
inmate request/complaint demanding to be placed in general population, to which Sheriff Thompson
responded and advised Riker that his classification was to ensure jail security and safety and his
classification would be reviewed every ten days. (Docket No. 36, ¶¶ 6-7.)
On December 20, 2009, Riker flooded his cell and broke the seat off his desk, then pounded
the heavy metal seat against the cell door, causing jail staff to transfer him to a different cell.
(Docket No. 36, ¶ 8.) On December 29, 2009, during a meeting with a mental health worker, Riker
broke a cell door and shouted racial slurs, which were directed at other inmates. (Docket No. 36, ¶
9.) On December 31, 2009, Riker was yelling at inmates from day rooms 2 and 3, and Officer
Hernandez advised Riker to stand down. (Docket No. 36, ¶ 10.) Riker refused to stand down and
yelled to “get those niggers away from the windows” and asked Officer Hernandez for “any nigger
to kill.” (Id.) Riker also threatened to kick Officer Hernandez’s “ass.” (Id.) On January 2, 2010,
Riker threatened staff members standing guard during his shower, specifically telling Sergeant
Gonzales that “I’m gonna catch you when you don’t have five people around you. I’m gonna
remember your face you fucking spic, and you’re gonna remember mine.” (Docket No. 36, ¶ 11.)
force that the welds broke, and was then able to push the lower portion from its track, allowing him
to exit the cell. (Docket No. 36, ¶ 12.) After exiting the cell, Riker used a metal electrical junction
box he pried from the wall to break six cell windows, two day room windows, and nine light
fixtures, depriving the jail of the use of eight cells for approximately one month. (Id.) That same
day, command staff met to formulate an action plan for safely housing Riker to prevent further
damage to the facility but in a manner in which he would not be able to carry out his threats.
(Docket 36, ¶ 13.) At the meeting, the command staff decided Riker needed to be housed by himself
in a modified cell and two man day room on administrative segregation status for safety and
14.) These cell modifications included preemptive removal of items to prevent Riker from using
them as weapons against people or to damage property. (Id.) In addition to the removal of items
from his cell, Riker would be allowed to be out of his cell only with the Correctional Emergency
Response Team (“CERT”) standing by for showering and phone use, (Docket No. 36, ¶ 15), during
which time his cell would be cleaned and searched, (Docket No. 36, ¶ 16). The staff also determined
that Riker would not be allowed in the dayroom without leg irons and belly chains, and made
special security measures for transporting him to and from the courthouse. (Docket No. 36, ¶¶ 17-
18.) Riker claims that the belly chains and leg irons caused him severe physical injuries due to the
way he had to position his body to use the phone and the mental strain of administrative segregation
and limited recreation time caused severe mental and psychological injury. (Docket No. 1.)
Following these security measures, Riker again on January 12, 2010 tampered with a
sprinkler head but was stopped and secured to a body board when he threatened to disarm a guard
carrying a taser. (Docket No. 36, ¶ 19.) On January 22, 2010, he was transferred to a cell on “2D”,
where he remained for the rest of his time at the Racine County Jail. (Docket No. 36, ¶ 20.) Once in
2D, due to Riker’s prior threats, acts of violence, and repeated property damage, it was determined
that Riker would be allowed out of his cell on only Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays during first
team supervised him. (Docket No. 36, ¶ 21.) On July 28, 2010, Riker was out of his cell for shower
and exercise when he slipped out of his belly chain. (Docket No. 36, ¶ 24.) Riker yelled racial
epithets at black inmates in nearby day rooms as he swung the belly chain around, using the stillattached
padlock to damage windows of the neighboring day rooms. (Docket No. 36, ¶ 24.)
Lt. Brown conducted periodic reviews concerning Riker’s administrative segregation status,
but Riker remained housed in administrative segregation for the remainder of his time at Racine
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County Jail due to continued threats towards inmates and staff and destruction of property. (Docket
No. 36, ¶¶ 22-23.)
IV. ANALYSIS
Riker claims the defendants violated his Eighth Amendment right against cruel and unusual
punishment and his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process. It appears that Riker, while in the
Racine County Jail and during the time of the alleged constitutional violations, was a pretrial
detainee. As a pretrial detainee, both claims will be analyzed under the Fourteenth Amendment.
Jackson v Ill. Medi-Car, Inc., 300 F.3d 760, 764 (7th Cir. 2002). The constitutional rights of a
pretrial detainee are derived from the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and are
distinguishable from an inmate’s right not to be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment under
the Eighth Amendment. Board v. Farnham, 394 F.3d 469, 477 (7th Cir. 2005) (citing Bell v Wolfish,
441 U.S. 520, 535 (1979)). Although the Eighth Amendment does not apply to pretrial detainees,
detainees are entitled to at least as much protection as the constitution provides convicted prisoners.
Id. (internal citations omitted). Although there is a distinction, it is of little significance in
application, and courts have found it appropriate to use the same standard for claims arising out of
both the Eighth Amendment (convicted prisoners) and the Fourteenth Amendment (pretrial
detainees). Id. (citing Henderson v. Sheahan, 195 F.3d 839, 845 (7th Cir. 1999)).
A. Plaintiff’s Due Process Claim
The court begins its analysis with Riker’s claim that his placement in administrative
segregation upon booking, without an initial hearing, and his continued segregation status
throughout his stay at the Racine County Jail, was a deprivation of due process. “A person has a
liberty interest in avoiding placement in a status that is atypical and imposes a significant hardship
on the inmate in relation to the ordinary incidents of prison life.” Sandin v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472,
484 (1995). If a liberty interest exists, then due process requires informal, non-adversarial, but
Kentucky Dept. of Corrections v. Thompson, 490 U.S. 454, 462-63 (1989); Hewitt v. Helms, 459
U.S. 460, 472 (1983)). A condition of confinement may be imposed on a pretrial detainee without
violating the due process clause if it is reasonably related to a legitimate and non-punitive
governmental goal; it may not be arbitrary or purposeless. Antonelli v. Sheahan, 81 F.3d 1422, 1428
(7th Cir. 1996) (citing United States v. Salerno, 481 U.S. 739, 747 (1987)). Safety and preventing
danger to the community are legitimate governmental goals that outweigh an individual’s liberty
interest, depending upon the circumstances. Id. A pretrial detainee has a right to due process before
conditions or restrictions are imposed upon him only if those restrictions or conditions amount to
punishment of the detainee. Bell v. Wolfish, 441 U.S. 520, 536 (1979).
In the case at hand, Riker was placed in administrative, non-disciplinary segregation
immediately upon booking. (Docket No. 36, ¶ 3.) This was done for safety and security reasons that
the jail staff identified during the preliminary internal investigations. (Docket No. 39, ¶ 4.) There is
a liberty interest in avoiding placement in a status that is atypical, but there is nothing atypical about
Riker’s placement. According to Racine County Jail policy, inmates are placed in administrative
segregation for a multitude of reasons, including potential safety risks to the general population.
(Docket No. 36, ¶ 25.) Also, according to the policy, a subjective evaluation of potential future risk
is a reason for placement in administrative segregation. (Id.) The Racine County Jail staff, which
identified and evaluated potential future risks regarding Riker in general population, acted in
accordance with the jail’s own policy in placing Riker in administrative segregation. Riker was not
deprived of any liberty interest he possessed because his placement was in accordance with the
policy governing all persons detained at the jail. Riker was dealt with in accordance with that policy
and therefore, his placement cannot be considered “atypical.”
are baseless. This is where adherence to the jail policy regarding placement in administrative
segregation is critical. Given the facts of this case, the policy was followed and Riker’s placement
was warranted. There is no due process violation because Riker’s placement and subsequent
conditions were reasonably related to a non-punitive governmental goal—safety to the general
prison community, staff and inmates alike. Riker’s placement was not punishment for any conduct,
but was done for his benefit and the benefit of his fellow inmates and the prison staff. The staff
recognized the potential security and safety risks that could result from Riker’s expression of his
racist attitudes within the ethnically and racially diverse general prison population. The staff was
legitimately concerned that Riker’s continued presence in the general population would be the fuel
to create an explosive situation, endangering the safety of inmates, staff, and Riker. The safety risks
to the prison community presented by Riker’s attitudes and behavior far outweigh any liberty
interest Riker may have had in avoiding placement. Since this is a legitimate goal and jail policy
was followed, there is no violation of due process.
Riker, along with his initial placement, also complains of his continued segregation status
with limiting conditions, and continued denials of requests to be in general population. Riker was
not deprived of any procedure since his status was reviewed periodically, every 10-14 days, and his
continued requests were read and considered. (Docket No. 36, ¶ 22.) Wearing instructed Brown to
conduct these reviews, and they were carried out. (Docket No. 38, ¶ 10.) As indicated, due process
requires only informal, non-adversarial, periodic reviews of status. The decisions made thereafter
not to return Riker to the general population are fully justified based on his actions damaging
property damage and his threats to staff and other inmates while in administrative segregation. (See
Docket No. 36, ¶ 23.) Continued placement in administrative segregation was warranted f
same reasons he was initially placed there—safety risks to the prison community.
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It is not difficult to see that Riker posed a threat to the general population, and his conduct
warranted his stricter limiting conditions within administrative segregation. These stricter
conditions were not punishment or retribution, but necessary measures to ensure the safety of the
staff and other inmates. Riker was able to destroy property and even escape from his cell and belly
chain, so the heightened conditions were necessary to make sure that Riker was physically unable to
continue the property damage and potentially carry out one of his many threats to staff and other
inmates. The restraint measures may have been a hardship for Riker, but they were necessary. Due
to the necessity and purpose of the stricter confinement, and the periodic reviews throughout his
segregations status, the court finds no violation of due process in Riker’s continued segregation
status.
The defendants have presented the measures taken to restrain Riker, but Riker claims that
the multiple incident reports and continued misconduct warranting the restrictions are “lies and half
truths.” (Docket No. 41.) Although he makes this conclusory assertion, he has not presented
anything specific to place these facts in dispute. The court concludes that the conditions imposed on
the plaintiff were not punishment and did not violate due process.
B. Plaintiff’s Cruel and Unusual Punishment Claim
The court now looks to whether or not the conditions of the Riker’s confinement in
administrative segregation amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. Riker claims that the
conditions of his confinement, most notably his restriction on recreation and yard time, subjected
him to cruel and unusual punishment as prohibited by the Eighth Amendment. As noted above,
because Riker was a pretrial detainee, his claim is to be analyzed under the Fourteenth Amendment.
The mere fact that pretrial detention interferes with a person’s desire to live comfortably an
347 (1981). Claims of cruel and unusual punishment require the plaintiff to show he has suffered an
objectively, sufficiently serious injury, and that prison staff inflicted the injury with deliberate
indifference. Framer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 834 (1994). The standard for deliberate indifference
is that the defendant committed an act so dangerous that his knowledge of the risk can be inferred or
that the defendant knew of an impending harm. Antonelli, 81 F.3d at 1427 (citing Miller v.
Neathery, 52 F.3d 634, 638 (7th Cir. 1995)). In terms of length of confinement with recreation
restrictions, more than 90 days of confinement without yard time is considered cruel and unusual,
but preventing access to the yard to protect prison staff from violent behavior is reasonable,
regardless of the time. Pearson v. Ramos, 237 F.3d 881, 885 (7th Cir. 2001). “To confine in
‘solitary’ a prisoner who behaves like a wild beast whenever he is let out of his cell is the least cruel
measure . . . for dealing with such a person.” Id.
In the case at hand, Riker was not completely deprived of his time out of his cell. At the
onset of administrative segregation, Riker was allowed his mandatory one hour per day recreation
time. (Docket No. 36, ¶ 5.) This privilege was slowly taken away because of Riker’s violent acts,
threats, and property damage any time he was let out of his cell. Although his recreation time was
diminished, it was never completely taken away. At the end of his stay in Racine County Jail, Riker
was still allowed out of his modified cell three days a week, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
(Docket No. 36, ¶ 21.) He was to be in belly chain and leg irons while out of the dayroom. (Docket
No. 36, ¶ 17.) These conditions of confinement are fully compliant with the enunciated standards as
to what is, and is not, cruel and unusual. Riker was not denied any basic human need, as he was still
allowed out of his cell to shower and use the phon
Journal Times comments on various stories about Sean Riker:
October 20, 2012 6:33 pm may he die in prison.
btw, where's riker's little honey? i remember she was posting on JT defending him.
did she move on to her next psychopathic skinhead?
Sean and Nathan submitting a lawsuit together, how nice of them. http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/wisconsin/wiwdc/3:2012cv00759/32672/5/?ts=1353515576
You two must be awfully busy:
Lindell, Nathaniel et al v. Jess, Cathy et al
Filed: October 15, 2012 as 3:2012cv00759
Plaintiffs: Nathaniel Allen Lindell and Sean A. Riker
Defendants: Cathy A. Jess and John Does
Cause Of Action: Prisoner Civil Rights
Court:Seventh Circuit > Wisconsin > Western District Court
Type:P. Petitions > Civil Rights
Riker, Sean v. Overbo, Todd et al
Filed: September 24, 2012 as 3:2012cv00696
Plaintiff: Sean A. Riker
Defendants: Todd Overbo , Vicki J. Sebatian, Kelli R. Wellard-West, Timothy Haines, Ellie Ray and others
Cause Of Action: Prisoner Civil Rights
Court:Seventh Circuit > Wisconsin > Western District Court
Type:P. Petitions > Civil Rights
He IS GUILTY AS CHARGED. Shawn will have his number much sooner than he would like.
He needs to MAN UP.
I'm thinking Mr. Riker is OFF the short list.
I do, however, support ANY death row inmate who can counter their conviction with evidence.
I've personally donated to a few funds in hoping that happened (LOL - used for commissary not intended for).
DO NOT GET INVOLVED UNLESS YOU HAVE NO LIFE, WANT TO BE DRAINED OF YOUR LIFE SAVINGS, HAVE NO PROBLEM BEING REJECTED BY YOUR CHILDREN, RELATIVES...EVEN EMPLOYERS.
The *funny* part is that while you are on the offensive...fighting attacks from all sides...your "MAN" already has the next one lined up. lol.
November 10, 2011 2:01 pm • KRISTEN ZAMBO kristen.zambo@journaltimes.com
Dr. Thomas Schacht, a psychologist, testifies for the defense in Sean Riker's trial in Racine County Circuit Court, Thursday, November 10, 2011 / Mark Hertzberg mhertzberg@journaltimes.com
RACINE - A former Wind Lake man accused of abusing his wife and children he lived with for three years across two states opted not to testify in his own defense Thursday in a Racine County courtroom.
But before making that decision during his fourth day of trial, Sean Riker, 43, posed a question to Racine County Circuit Judge Wayne Marik.
"My record can be brought up if I get on the stand?" asked Riker, who was convicted more than a decade ago in federal court for a string of bombings in 1995 in Utah.
Reports show an elementary school was one of the handful of sites bombed in Utah - just months after the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was bombed in Oklahoma City. No one was injured in the bombings for which Riker was convicted.
Riker was sentenced last December to 7 1/2 years in state prison for escape, felony criminal damage to property, misdemeanor criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct. Riker was sentenced for breaking out of his cell in January 2010 at the Racine County Jail.
Marik told him some information could be shared with jurors if he chose to testify. Riker quickly decided not to testify.
( Why did Sean decide not to testify)??
That capped a day during which two defense experts testified that Riker's now-former wife, a prosecution psychologist and child abuse investigators may have influenced how children spoke of their experiences with Riker. Defense attorneys tried to show jurors - through two of their psychologists' testimony - that there is reasonable doubt Riker repeatedly abused his wife and children he lived with while living in Wind Lake and Utah. Riker only could be convicted in Racine County of crimes that occurred here.
Tennessee psychologist Thomas Schacht testified Thursday that the psychologist they talked with in December 2009 - when the girls were pre-teens - didn't fully explore whether they were pressured "to say certain things."
Riker's former wife, Tayler Riker, and children he lived with testified earlier this week about his punishments, beatings and alleged sexual abuse and misconduct they endured while living with him in Wisconsin from Nov. 3, 2009, to Nov. 10, 2009, and in Utah prior to moving to Wind Lake.
Riker is charged with more than a dozen counts, which include charges of first-degree recklessly endangering safety; possession of a firearm by a felon; possession of a short-barreled rifle; sexual assault of a child; first-degree sexual assault of a child younger than 13; battery; strangulation and suffocation; child abuse; and causing mental harm to a child. If convicted of every charge, he faces up to 168 1/2 years behind bars.
"I do NOT believe (Sean Riker) caused either daughter significant or substantial harm. Going into the marriage , the children were on pretty shaky ground to begin with," forensic psychologist Michael Kula testified.
Tayler Riker testified Wednesday that she met Riker while he still was in federal prison. She said she married Sean Riker in 2006, immediately after his release from prison. They then had a daughter and son.
Racine County prosecutors have said Sean Riker had connections with a Nazi motorcycle gang and the Aryan Brotherhood.
Kula said one child told the prosecution psychologist that Riker "‘when in jail, makes me nervous when he comes home'" and that "she found him as a mean person." Kula never met nor interviewed the girls, but said he reviewed the initial psychologist's notes and file.
But during cross-examination by Assistant District Attorney Patricia Hanson, Kula admitted that one method he used to determine if a child was sexually abused was their responses to being shown a series of ink blots.
The trial is set to continue Friday morning at the Law Enforcement Center, 717 Wisconsin Ave
It did happen. Imagine how I feel having other women who were not a part of my marriage and not alone in my home with Sean telling me that I'm a liar. Imagine the pain that I endured with Sean and now the new hell that I live every day by being accused of lying, and by another domestic violence survivor no less. You really should be ashamed of yourself. I mean that as calmly as possible. Shame on you for continuing to allow Sean to hurt me.
The proof of what Sean did was presented in court. 12 unbiased jurors from a city and state where we knew nobody accepted it and convicted him of it. All 16 charges, no exceptions. You women are the only ones who think there is this great chance at him being innocent of everything. The jurors had no qualms about his guilt after being in the courtroom for the entire trial. I am not posting that information again because it is private and includes private information about my young children. I don't have to prove anything to you to make you staying out of my business the right thing to do. I proved it in a court of law and Sean's doing 200 years now. There's my proof. Accept or just leave me and this situation alone. Be Sean's friend, send him money, support him with cards ect. But do not tell me I am lying, tell me that my children are lying or make statements about a marriage and life you were not a part of. I owe you nothing. You owe me basic respect of privacy.
http://ca10.washburnlaw.edu/cases/2007/05/06-1161.htm
My own opinions are (UPPERCASE) for your reading enjoyment.
I was born and raised in San Bernardino, Calif which is probably the reason I spent most of my life in prison starting at the age of 13 (RIGHT? BECAUSE EVERYONE WHO GROWS UP IN SAN BERDO SPENDS THEIR LIFE IN PRISON). As a juvenile I was “trained” at the notorious youth-training school in Chino, Calif. At age 18 I graduated to state “Big Boy” prison: Chino, Salano, Vacaville and Pelican Bay. I stayed out for about 4 years from 1991-1995-ish (WOW! WAY TO SHOW HOW LONG YOU CAN STAY OUT OF PRISON, YOU MANAGED ABOUT FOUR YEARS) and then went on a bombing spree in St. George Utah. I was upset about the whole polygamy thing and them having sex with children. I frowned upon it, to say the least. I bombed a bunch of places that I didn’t like. (SEAN, YOU BOMBED A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, A BOOKSTORE OWNED BY TWO GAY MEN AND DIXIE AUTO STORE. WHAT DID AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAVE TO DO WITH YOUR CONTEMPT FOR FUNDAMENTALIST MORMONS?) Unfortunately the feds from on bombings, through a mistake of my own and a DVD fuse in a bomb I blew myself up in a car bombing. I was wearing baggy surfer shorts and flo-jo sandals, nothing else when the car exploded I flew easily 15 feet in the air. Everything was in slow motion. My body was twisting in the air like a cat trying to land on its feet. I finally landed on my butt hard, The adrenaline kicked in and I was on my feet and running down main street with smoke barreling from my body. I looked like something out of a comedy skit. I was screaming to my girlfriend (PAULA ROBERTS CASTILLIO) “I’m on fire!! Run! Run!” I wasn’t really on fire but I thought I was. We ran all of the way home.
As I’ve said I’ve spent most of my life in prison. I learned since TYS that there is a convict code to follow. Through all of my yeas of prison, the “Home Boys” and I prayed on inmates with cases that were unfavorable to the strict convict code. No violent act against those who violated the code was too strict. (INCLUDING MURDER OF DAVID STONE? INCLUDING BEATING YOUR WIFE AND HER CHILDREN FOR MAKING A MESS OR TOUCHING SOMETHING OF YOURS) “No mercy” is the sentence. For 30 years I have lived that code and enforced it to the fullest extent. (BUT WE ARE ALL SUPPOSE TO NOW BELIEVE THAT FOR THE TIME FROM 2006-2009 YOU WERE A PERFECT ANGEL AND NEVER ONCE LAYED A VIOLENT HAND ON YOUR WIFE OR HER CHILDREN DURING THAT TIME) I can’t go into detail about the punishments because “BTB” is rated PG but you can imagine what went on. (LIKE MURDER? MURDERING DAVID STONE AND FRAMING MARK JORDAN, SEAN? LIKE THAT KIND OF STUFF) I SPENT MY ADULT LIFE IN California state and federal penitentiaries. All of the prisons max and supermax custody.
ENTER WISCONSIN
In 2006 I was released from federal prison after serving 12 years of a 12 year sentence. (NOT TRUE. LINK TO MUG SHOT FROM SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH http://mugshots.com/US-Counties/Utah/Salt-Lake-County-UT/Sean-Anthony-Riker.7044961.html DATED 2/1/1996. MUGSHOT FROM SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH http://mugshots.com/US-Counties/Utah/Salt-Lake-County-UT/Sean-Anthony-Riker.7044962.html DATED 9/4/2006. THESE DATES GIVE AN INTERMEDIATE TIME OF 10 ½ YEARS. WHICH MEANS IT IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO HAVE SERVED 12 YEARS ON YOUR 12 YEAR SENTENCE. NICE TRY THOUGH) I lost all of my good-time because I “dealt” with those who violate the convict code. No biggie. But when I walked uot of those doors I knew I would never see prison from the inside looking out.
In 2009 we moved to Wisconsin because I was given a plant of my own with 100 employees under me, a fat raise, paid move and it was a huge promotion. (LIE AGAIN, PLEASE SEE ABOVE POST ABOUT SEAN’S $22/HOUR WAGE, NIGHT WAREHOUSE MANAGER TITLE, NO PAID MOVE, NO RAISE AT ALL FOR MOVING TO WISCONSIN AND MAYBE A DOZEN EMPLOYEES UNDER HIM, NOT 100) We were here 4 days. She called the police and fabricated horrendous lies of abuse against me and my children. I was arrested with zero evidence to support the lies. (ZERO EVIDENCE? THEN WHY DOES YOU PRISONINMATES.COM PERSONAL PROFILE SAY AND I QUOTE “THROUGH NEWLY OBTAINED DNA EVIDENCE THAT PROVES MY INNOCENCE…” WAS THERE EVIDENCE AT TRIAL TO CONVICT YOU OR NOT SEAN. THIS IS PRETTY OBVIOUSLY A LIE ON YOUR PART. PLEASE STEP YOUR GAME UP ON THIS SHIT)
I was going to prison with charges I had been punishing inmates for 30 years for. I was never worried because I knew I was innocent and my paperwork blatantly screams, “SET UP!”. But I have/had my back against the wall ready to fight to the death should the occasion arise. During my county jail stay, while I fought my case, I was an alleged berserker to say the least. (THAT’S PUTTING IT MIDLY. PLEASE READ FULL TRANSCRIPT ABOUT SEAN’S BEHAVIOR AT THE RACINE COUNTY JAIL HERE http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/wisconsin/wiedce/2:2010cv00906/54450/46/?1342279871 ) It’s alleged that every chance I got I was beating up cops, escaping and just plain old wreaking havoc non-stop. (NOT ALLEGED, YOU WERE CONVICTED OF ESCAPE AND THE VIDEO OF YOU ACTUALLY ESCAPING IS HERE http://www.journaltimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/inmate-bent-steel-door-enough-to-get-out-of-cell/article_11ba6d74-023d-11df-ad48-001cc4c002e0.html ) (IF) it’s true, do you think that may be it’s because I was wrongfully accused?? (TOTALLY LEGIT ARGUMENT THERE SEAN, TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE NOW. –SARCASTIC) How would you react after beat the odds of recidivism, succeeded in life, job, had children you loved very much whom were ripped from your life dur to lies and were savagely abused at the hands of your accuser? Hmmmm? How would you react?? So while I’m in the county jail it’s alleged I’m a ‘bezerker’. Little did I know wich every incident at the county jail, the media were writing stories about me in the news and the newspapers.
I no longer follow the convict code (YEAH, WE KNOW) because there’s not one to follow here in Wisconsin. I will not ask anyone for paperwork. I will not punish anyone for their alleged crimes. I will not dnothing because “Nothing” is what they will do to me. I might spend….(I DID NOT PRINT THE ADDITIONAL PAGE SO THIS ENDS HERE.)
“I never through I would experience love again but now I know I will. Through this website I hope to find my soul mate and someone to grow old with. I’m a non-smoker, non-druggie and non-drinker. I’m looking for someone with intelligence, a sense of human, manners, great hygienic values and a great personality. Are you out there??? “
Sean, you one-time fiancé and love of your life killed herself for her love for you. That’s some real Romeo and Juliet type shit right there. Real deep, ya know. But less than a year later, LESS THAN A YEAR LATER, you were back on the dating scene pounding the pavement and looking for a new love again. Someone killed themselves for you in an act of love and you are moving on to the next less than a year later. What the fuck does that say about you. A real genuine man like Megan likes to say, huh.
EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
SEAN A. RIKER,
Plaintiff,
v. Case No. 10-C-906
SHERIFF ROBERT CARLSON, et al.,
Defendants.
DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR
SUMMARY JUDGMENT
I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On October 13, 2010, the plaintiff, Sean A. Riker (“Riker”), proceeding pro se, filed a
complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging civil rights violations while incarcerated in the Racine
County Jail. Riker claims that Sheriff Robert Carlson (“Carlson”), Captain Douglas Wearing
(“Wearing”), Chief Deputy John Hanrahan (“Hanrahan”), Lt. Kevin Brown (“Brown”), and Sheriff
Deputy Christopher Schmaling (“Schmaling”), all of whom were persons involved in his
incarceration at the Racine County Jail, violated his right to due process by placing him in
administrative segregation and violated the constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual
punishment in relation to his conditions of confinement. (Docket No. 1.) Riker claims that the 24
hour lockdown has resulted in multiple physical and emotional injuries. (Id.) Accompanying his
complaint was a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. (Docket No. 2.) The matter was
randomly assigned to this court and the parties have consented to full jurisdiction of a magistrate
judge. (Docket Nos. 6, 15, 16.) The court screened Ricker’s complaint and permitted him to proceed
violated. (Docket No. 13.) The court dismissed the Racine County Jail as a defendant. (Docket No.
13.)
The defendants submitted a timely answer to the complaint raising affirmative defenses.
(Docket No. 14.) Riker then submitted a request for an order setting a deadline for the defendants to
respond to his complaint. (Docket No. 19.) The court found Riker’s request moot because the
defendants had answered the complaint within the deadlines set forth in Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure. (Docket No. 20.) Riker then filed a motion for the court to order the defendants to
disclose requested discovery, alleging that his request for all e-mails regarding his 24 hour
confinement had not been met. (Docket No. 23.) Riker also submitted a request for representation
by a court appointed attorney. (Docket No. 26.) The court denied Riker’s motion to compel on the
grounds that his request for any and all e-mail messages about his 24 hour confinement over a
thirteen month period was overly broad, and a search of thirteen months of e-mails would be
burdensome. (Docket No. 27.) Further, Riker’s request for a court appointed attorney was also
denied on the basis that he failed to meet the requirement of establishing his unsuccessful attempts
to obtain legal counsel on his own, and that he demonstrated competence to represent himself.
(Docket No. 27.) Riker then filed another motion to appoint counsel, this time including evidence of
his attempts to retain representation. (Docket No. 29.) The court denied the motion, acknowledging
that even though Riker satisfied the requirement to attempt to retain counsel, assessing the nature
and difficulty of the case, he demonstrated sufficient competence to represent himself and the
appointment of counsel would not make a difference in the outcome of the case. (Docket No. 30.)
Riker requested the court reconsider based on his professed lack of legal proceedings and ability to
engage in legal research. (Docket No. 31.) The court denied Riker’s request for reconsideration.
(Docket No. 33.)
The defendants submitted their proposed findings of fact, (Docket No. 36), and a brief in support of
the motion for summary judgment, (Docket No. 37.) Riker responded by alleging that the
defendants’ submissions are confusing and that the facts set forth in the supporting affidavits are
“falsehoods.” (Docket No. 41.)
II. SUMMARY JUDGMENT STANDARD
“The court shall grant summary judgment if the movant shows that there is no genuine
dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.” Fed. R.
Civ. P. 56(a); see also Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 248 (1986); Celotex Corp. v.
Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 324 (1986); McNeal v. Macht, 763 F. Supp. 1458, 1460-61 (E.D. Wis. 1991).
Material facts are those facts which, under the governing substantive law, might affect the outcome
of the suit. Anderson, 477 U.S. at 248. A dispute of such material facts is “genuine” if the evidence
is such that a reasonable trier of fact could find in favor of the nonmoving party. Id.
The movant bears the burden to establish that there is no genuine issue of material fact and
that he or she is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a); Adickes v. S.H. Kress
& Co., 398 U.S. 144, 159 (1970); see also Celotex Corp., 477 U.S. at 323. The moving party
satisfies its burden by demonstrating “that there is an absence of evidence to support the nonmoving
party’s case.” Celotex Corp., 477 U.S. at 325. Any doubt as to the existence of a genuine issue for
trial is resolved against the moving party. Anderson, 477 U.S. at 255; Cain v. Lane, 857 F.2d 1139,
1142 (7th Cir. 1988); Spring v. Sheboygan Area School Dist., 865 F.2d 883, 886 (7th Cir. 1989).
Further, “on summary judgment, a court can neither make a credibility determination nor choose
between competing interests.” Sarsha v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 3 F.3d 1035, 1041 (7th Cir. 1993).
specific facts showing that there is a genuine issue of material fact. Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co.,
Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574, 586-87 (1986).
III. FACTS
According to the defendants’ submissions in support of summary judgment, which Riker has
failed to appropriately contest, Riker was booked in to the Racine County Jail on November 11,
2009, being held on numerous felony charges including multiple counts of First Degree Recklessly
Endangering Safety, Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, Strangulation and Suffocation, Child
Abuse—Causing Mental Harm, and Child Abuse—Intentionally Causing Harm. (Docket No. 36,
¶1-2.) While awaiting trial, Racine County Jail staff initially housed Riker in administrative
segregation due to the potential safety and security threat he posed within the jail. (Docket No. 36, ¶
3.) The Racine County Jail policy regarding administrative segregation provides that the decision to
place someone in segregation can be based on purely subjective evaluations and predictions of
future behavior or on informed predictions based on past behavior. (Docket No. 36, ¶ 25.)
Segregation is designed to help protect those threatened by the behavior of the inmate as well to
protect the inmate himself. (Id.) An inmate who displays or threatens aggressive behavior towards
staff or other inmates or has any sort of disciplinary problem may need administrative segregation.
(Id.)
Internal investigation revealed that Riker subscribed to a white supremacist ideology, the
expression of which could pose a threat to the safety of other inmates, jail staff, or Riker himself
due to the ethnic and racial diversity of the general population. (Id ¶ 3.) Riker’s assignment to
administrative segregation was done as a precautionary measure, pursuant to jail policy, in an effort
to maintain the safety and security of the jail environment. (Docket No. 36, ¶ 4.) Inmates in
administrative segregation are allowed to have one hour per day outside their cell to shower, use the
inmate request/complaint demanding to be placed in general population, to which Sheriff Thompson
responded and advised Riker that his classification was to ensure jail security and safety and his
classification would be reviewed every ten days. (Docket No. 36, ¶¶ 6-7.)
On December 20, 2009, Riker flooded his cell and broke the seat off his desk, then pounded
the heavy metal seat against the cell door, causing jail staff to transfer him to a different cell.
(Docket No. 36, ¶ 8.) On December 29, 2009, during a meeting with a mental health worker, Riker
broke a cell door and shouted racial slurs, which were directed at other inmates. (Docket No. 36, ¶
9.) On December 31, 2009, Riker was yelling at inmates from day rooms 2 and 3, and Officer
Hernandez advised Riker to stand down. (Docket No. 36, ¶ 10.) Riker refused to stand down and
yelled to “get those niggers away from the windows” and asked Officer Hernandez for “any nigger
to kill.” (Id.) Riker also threatened to kick Officer Hernandez’s “ass.” (Id.) On January 2, 2010,
Riker threatened staff members standing guard during his shower, specifically telling Sergeant
Gonzales that “I’m gonna catch you when you don’t have five people around you. I’m gonna
remember your face you fucking spic, and you’re gonna remember mine.” (Docket No. 36, ¶ 11.)
On January 6, 2010, Riker forced his solid cell door open by kicking the door with such
force that the welds broke, and was then able to push the lower portion from its track, allowing him
to exit the cell. (Docket No. 36, ¶ 12.) After exiting the cell, Riker used a metal electrical junction
box he pried from the wall to break six cell windows, two day room windows, and nine light
fixtures, depriving the jail of the use of eight cells for approximately one month. (Id.) That same
day, command staff met to formulate an action plan for safely housing Riker to prevent further
damage to the facility but in a manner in which he would not be able to carry out his threats.
(Docket 36, ¶ 13.) At the meeting, the command staff decided Riker needed to be housed by himself
in a modified cell and two man day room on administrative segregation status for safety and
14.) These cell modifications included preemptive removal of items to prevent Riker from using
them as weapons against people or to damage property. (Id.) In addition to the removal of items
from his cell, Riker would be allowed to be out of his cell only with the Correctional Emergency
Response Team (“CERT”) standing by for showering and phone use, (Docket No. 36, ¶ 15), during
which time his cell would be cleaned and searched, (Docket No. 36, ¶ 16). The staff also determined
that Riker would not be allowed in the dayroom without leg irons and belly chains, and made
special security measures for transporting him to and from the courthouse. (Docket No. 36, ¶¶ 17-
18.) Riker claims that the belly chains and leg irons caused him severe physical injuries due to the
way he had to position his body to use the phone and the mental strain of administrative segregation
and limited recreation time caused severe mental and psychological injury. (Docket No. 1.)
Following these security measures, Riker again on January 12, 2010 tampered with a
sprinkler head but was stopped and secured to a body board when he threatened to disarm a guard
carrying a taser. (Docket No. 36, ¶ 19.) On January 22, 2010, he was transferred to a cell on “2D”,
where he remained for the rest of his time at the Racine County Jail. (Docket No. 36, ¶ 20.) Once in
2D, due to Riker’s prior threats, acts of violence, and repeated property damage, it was determined
that Riker would be allowed out of his cell on only Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays during first
shift, in which he was allowed to use the common room/day room for recreation while the CERT
team supervised him. (Docket No. 36, ¶ 21.) On July 28, 2010, Riker was out of his
and exercise when he slipped out of his belly chain. (Docket No. 36, ¶ 24.) Riker yelled racial
epithets at black inmates in nearby day rooms as he swung the belly chain around, using the stillattached
padlock to damage windows of the neighboring day rooms. (Docket No. 36, ¶ 24.)
Lt. Brown conducted periodic reviews concerning Riker’s administrative segregation status,
but Riker remained housed in administrative segregation for the remainder of his time at Racine
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County Jail due to continued threats towards inmates and staff and destruction of property. (Docket
No. 36, ¶¶ 22-23.)
IV. ANALYSIS
Riker claims the defendants violated his Eighth Amendment right against cruel and unusual
punishment and his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process. It appears that Riker, while in the
Racine County Jail and during the time of the alleged constitutional violations, was a pretrial
detainee. As a pretrial detainee, both claims will be analyzed under the Fourteenth Amendment.
Jackson v Ill. Medi-Car, Inc., 300 F.3d 760, 764 (7th Cir. 2002). The constitutional rights of a
pretrial detainee are derived from the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and are
distinguishable from an inmate’s right not to be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment under
the Eighth Amendment. Board v. Farnham, 394 F.3d 469, 477 (7th Cir. 2005) (citing Bell v Wolfish,
441 U.S. 520, 535 (1979)). Although the Eighth Amendment does not apply to pretrial detainees,
detainees are entitled to at least as much protection as the constitution provides convicted prisoners.
application, and courts have found it appropriate to use the same standard for claims arising out of
both the Eighth Amendment (convicted prisoners) and the Fourteenth Amendment (pretrial
detainees). Id. (citing Henderson v. Sheahan, 195 F.3d 839, 845 (7th Cir. 1999)).
A. Plaintiff’s Due Process Claim
The court begins its analysis with Riker’s claim that his placement in administrative
segregation upon booking, without an initial hearing, and his continued segregation status
throughout his stay at the Racine County Jail, was a deprivation of due process. “A person has a
liberty interest in avoiding placement in a status that is atypical and imposes a significant hardship
on the inmate in relation to the ordinary incidents of prison life.” Sandin v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472,
484 (1995). If a liberty interest exists, then due process requires informal, non-adversarial, but
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periodic review of the confinement. Alston v. DeBruyn, 13 F.3d 1036, 1042 (7th Cir. 1994) (citing
Kentucky Dept. of Corrections v. Thompson, 490 U.S. 454, 462-63 (1989); Hewitt v. Helms, 459
U.S. 460, 472 (1983)). A condition of confinement may be imposed on a pretrial detainee without
violating the due process clause if it is reasonably related to a legitimate and non-punitive
governmental goal; it may not be arbitrary or purposeless. Antonelli v. Sheahan, 81 F.3d 1422, 1428
(7th Cir. 1996) (citing United States v. Salerno, 481 U.S. 739, 747 (1987)). Safety and preventing
danger to the community are legitimate governmental goals that outweigh an individual’s liberty
interest, depending upon the circumstances. Id. A pretrial detainee has a right to due process before
conditions or restrictions are imposed upon him only if those restrictions or conditions amount to
punishment of the detainee. Bell v. Wolfish, 441 U.S. 520, 536 (1979).
In the case at hand, Riker was placed in administrative, non-disciplinary segregation
immediately upon booking. (Docket No. 36, ¶ 3.) This was done for safety and security reasons that
a liberty interest in avoiding placement in a status that is atypical, but there is nothing atypical about
Riker’s placement. According to Racine County Jail policy, inmates are placed in administrative
segregation for a multitude of reasons, including potential safety risks to the general population.
(Docket No. 36, ¶ 25.) Also, according to the policy, a subjective evaluation of potential future risk
is a reason for placement in administrative segregation. (Id.) The Racine County Jail staff, which
identified and evaluated potential future risks regarding Riker in general population, acted in
accordance with the jail’s own policy in placing Riker in administrative segregation. Riker was not
deprived of any liberty interest he possessed because his placement was in accordance
deprived of any liberty interest he possessed because his placement was in accordance with the
policy governing all persons detained at the jail. Riker was dealt with in accordance with that policy
and therefore, his placement cannot be considered “atypical.”
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Of course, Riker has a liberty interest in avoiding placement for no reason or for reasons that
are baseless. This is where adherence to the jail policy regarding placement in administrative
segregation is critical. Given the facts of this case, the policy was followed and Riker’s placement
was warranted. There is no due process violation because Riker’s placement and subsequent
conditions were reasonably related to a non-punitive governmental goal—safety to the general
prison community, staff and inmates alike. Riker’s placement was not punishment for any conduct,
but was done for his benefit and the benefit of his fellow inmates and the prison staff. The staff
recognized the potential security and safety risks that could result from Riker’s expression of his
racist attitudes within the ethnically and racially diverse general prison population. The staff was
legitimately concerned that Riker’s continued presence in the general population would be the fuel
to create an explosive situation, endangering the safety of inmates, staff, and Riker. The safety risks
to the prison community presented by Riker’s attitudes and behavior far outweigh any liberty
interest Riker may have had in avoiding placement. Since this is a legitimate goal and jail policy
was followed, there is no violation of due process.
with limiting conditions, and continued denials of requests to be in general population. Riker was
not deprived of any procedure since his status was reviewed periodically, every 10-14 days, and his
continued requests were read and considered. (Docket No. 36, ¶ 22.) Wearing instructed Brown to
conduct these reviews, and they were carried out. (Docket No. 38, ¶ 10.) As indicated, due process
requires only informal, non-adversarial, periodic reviews of status. The decisions made thereafter
not to return Riker to the general population are fully justified based on his actions damaging
property damage and his threats to staff and other inmates while in administrative segregation. (See
Docket No. 36, ¶ 23.) Continued placement in administrative segregation was warranted for the
same reasons he was initially placed there—safety risks to the prison community.
It is not difficult to see that Riker posed a threat to the general population, and his conduct
warranted his stricter limiting conditions within administrative segregation. These stricter
conditions were not punishment or retribution, but necessary measures to ensure the safety of the
staff and other inmates. Riker was able to destroy property and even escape from his cell and belly
chain, so the heightened conditions were necessary to make sure that Riker was physically unable to
continue the property damage and potentially carry out one of his many threats to staff and other
inmates. The restraint measures may have been a hardship for Riker, but they were necessary.
to the necessity and purpose of the stricter confinement, and the periodic reviews throughout his
segregations status, the court finds no violation of due process in Riker’s continued segregation
status.
The defendants have presented the measures taken to restrain Riker, but Riker claims that
the multiple incident reports and continued misconduct warranting the restrictions are “lies and half
truths.” (Docket No. 41.) Although he makes this conclusory assertion, he has not presented
anything specific to place these facts in dispute. The court concludes that the conditions imposed on
the plaintiff were not punishment and did not violate due process.
B. Plaintiff’s Cruel and Unusual Punishment Claim
The court now looks to whether or not the conditions of the Riker’s confinement in
administrative segregation amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. Riker claims that the
conditions of his confinement, most notably his restriction on recreation and yard time, subjected
him to cruel and unusual punishment as prohibited by the Eighth Amendment. As noted above,
because Riker was a pretrial detainee, his claim is to be analyzed under the Fourteenth Amendment.
The mere fact that pretrial detention interferes with a person’s desire to live comfortably and
free from restraint does not by itself make the conditions unconstitutional. Board v. Farnham, 394
F.3d 469, 477 (7th Cir. 2005). In order to be cruel and unusual, there must be a denial of “basic
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human needs” or the “minimum measure of life’s necessity” Rhoades v. Chapman, 452 U.S. 337,
347 (1981). Claims of cruel and unusual punishment require the plaintiff to show he has suffered an
objectively, sufficiently serious injury, and that prison staff inflicted the injury with deliberate
indifference. Framer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 834 (1994). The standard for deliberate indifference
is that the defendant committed an act so dangerous that his knowledge of the risk can be inferred or
that the defendant knew of an impending harm. Antonelli, 81 F.3d at 1427 (citing Miller v.
Neathery, 52 F.3d 634, 638 (7th Cir. 1995)). In terms of length of confinement with recreation
restrictions, more than 90 days of confinement without yard time is considered cruel and unusual,
regardless of the time. Pearson v. Ramos, 237 F.3d 881, 885 (7th Cir. 2001). “To confine in
‘solitary’ a prisoner who behaves like a wild beast whenever he is let out of his cell is the least cruel
measure . . . for dealing with such a person.” Id.
In the case at hand, Riker was not completely deprived of his time out of his cell. At the
onset of administrative segregation, Riker was allowed his mandatory one hour per day recreation
time. (Docket No. 36, ¶ 5.) This privilege was slowly taken away because of Riker’s violent acts,
threats, and property damage any time he was let out of his cell. Although his recreation time was
diminished, it was never completely taken away. At the end of his stay in Racine County Jail, Riker
was still allowed out of his modified cell three days a week, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
(Docket No. 36, ¶ 21.) He was to be in belly chain and leg irons while out of the dayroom. (Docket
No. 36, ¶ 17.) These conditions of confinement are fully compliant with the enunciated standards as
to what is, and is not, cruel and unusual. Riker was not denied any basic human need, as he was still
allowed out of his cell to shower and use the phone, and he makes no claims of lack of food, water,
or other basic necessity.
or severity of these alleged injuries. Injured or not, the jail staff did not act with deliberate
indifference to his conditions of confinement, but acted out of necessity and concerns for safety.
The planning and the diligence of the staff demonstrate that concerns for safety were taken into
account, not just for Riker, but everyone. The intent of the staff was never to harm Riker and the
actions taken were in accordance with legitimate penalogical policies. The irons and chains and
limited recreation time were conditions necessitated by Riker’s violent behavior and threats; they
were not imposed for the purpose of punishment.
The fact that Riker was uncomfortable and his living situation was not free from restraint
does not make the confinement conditions unconstitutional. The court finds that the staff acted for a
legitimate governmental purpose; the conditions were necessary to restrain the uncontrollable Riker,
and the conditions were not so severe as to constitute cruel and unusual punishment under the
Fourteenth Amendment.
V. CONCLUSION
The jail staff did not violate Riker’s liberty interest when they placed Riker in
administrative segregation, as his status and placement followed the procedures in the jail. Because
his placement was for a legitimate governmental goal, one which outweighed any liberty interest,
there was no due process violation. Neither were Riker’s continued placement and limiting
conditions a violation of due process because Riker was treated in accordance with an appropriate
review procedure. His continued administrative status was warranted due to his behavior and the
unusual. He was not deprived of any basic human need. The staff imposed very limiting conditions,
but these were done out of necessity due to Riker’s uncontrollable destructive and threatening
behavior. For these reasons, the court concludes that there was no violation of due process and
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further concludes that the conditions of confinement did not constitute cruel and unusual
punishment.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the defendant’s motion for summary judgment,
(Docket No. 35), is granted. The clerk shall enter judgment dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint and
this action.
Dated at Milwaukee, Wisconsin this 13th day of July, 2012.
______________________
AARON E. GOODSTEIN
U.S. Magistrate Judge
“I was totally out of control due to drugs,” Riker told Benson on Monday. …..”At the time I was heavily on methamphetamines.” The bombs exploded at Star Flag and Display on July 31, 1995; at Dixie Auto Sales on Aug .4, 1995; at Woodward Elementary School on Aug. 5, 1995; and at Agave bookstore on Sept. 23, 1995. Two bombs were set off at the school. (WAY TO PROTECT THOSE CHILDREN SEAN) The bookstore, badly damaged and no longer in business, was bombed to disguise a burglary, Riker admitted.
(ADMITTED! YOU ADMITTED IT WAS TO DISGUISE A BURGLARY. NOWHERE IN HERE DOES IT SAY YOU BOMBED THESE PLACES BECAUSE THEY WERE TIED INTO SOME CHILD SEX SCANDAL. YOU FUCKING LIAR AND PIECE OF SHIT SEAN RIKER. LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE!!!) – All pun intended since you really did blow your own dumb ass up and claim you thought you were on fire. Sean says he was heavily on drugs, stupidity was the reason he committed the crimes and he was covering up a burglary. So make up your mind Sean and quit telling people you bombed places because of Mormons having sex with children.
Full story available here http://www.sltrib.com/ci_13763369
“Great News!!! I’ve been serving a 200 years for crimes I’m 100% innocent of. I was prosecuted, persecuted and vilifies for the worst crimes imaginable. (spelling errors consistent with the page, not mine) Though newly obtained DNA evidence that proves my innocence and the recantation of the star “witness” I will be set free. I have no idea how long until I get out. The filling of the motions and the waiting period in the courts could take a while. BUT I’m GETTING OUT!!! My legal team has already been contacts regarding a settlement for my wrongful conviction. I will be on easy street at the end of this order. I’m so excited I could explode.”
Here’s the article from The Racine Journal Times:
Appeals court affirms conviction in jail damage spree October 20, 2012
RACINE- A state appellate court decision this week upheld an almost 2-year-old Racine County conviction against a man for damaging the Racine County Jail when he broke out of his cell and went on a rampage.
The three-judge panel issued its decision on Wednesday, affirming former Wind Lake resident Sean A. Riker’s November 2010 conviction for busting up the jail. He broke out of his cell in a 24-hour lockdown segregation unit on Jan. 6, 2010 by repeatedly pounding on the door until it became dislodged.
According to an appellate court filling, Riker contended that an inmate threw fermented feces mingled with urine at the base of his cell door that morning. He said the mixture splashed him in the face and mouth and argued he had to break out of his cell because he didn’t have access to towels, water or a shower. (SPLASHED YOU IN THE MOUTH, WERE YOU GIVING THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR A KISS WHEN THE ALLEGED FECES CAME AT THE DOOR. THIS IS THE MOST RIDICULOUS CRAP EVER, PARDON THE PUN. YOU MUST LIKE FECES SEAN SINCE FECES WAS THE OBJECT OF CHOICE YOU ACCUSED ME OF SMEARING OVER FAMILY PHOTOS.)
The opinion, obtained Friday afternoon by The Journal Times, says that Riker’s account couldn’t be confirmed by his attorney or the appellate court. (SO WEIRD HOW LIKE NOTHING SEAN SAYS CAN BE CONFIRMED)
“Appellate counsel indicates that she investigated the matter and found nothing to corroborate Riker’s claim of a biohazard attack” that day, the judges wrote.
Riker – an alleged member of the Aryan Brotherhood – contended that because of his opinion about minorities, he was the target of “rampant and ongoing” abuse from other inmates. (WHAT OPINIONS ABOUT MINORITIES COULD THAT BE SEAN. POSITIVE OPINIONS OF MINORITIES? NAH, IT’S NEGATIVE OPINIONS OF MINORITIES WHICH MAKES YOU AN ADMITTED RACIST)
Riker remains in the Wisconsin Secure Program Facility in Boscobel. He sought late last year to have his conviction in this case overturned.
Appellate court records show the judges also decided Riker’s defense attorney, Urszula Tempska, no long has to represent him. (GUESS SHE’S NOT ON YOUR LEGAL TEAM, LOL)
Riker was sentenced Dec. 22, 2010, by Racine County Circuit Judge Wayne Marik to 7 ½ years in prison and five years on extended supervision for damaging the jail. Marik also ordered Riker, 44, to repay $5,443.79 in damages.
Marik convicted Riker on Nov. 4, 2010 , of two felony and two misdemeanor charges: criminal damage to property and escape, and criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct, respectively.
But Riker won’t be released from the stat’s Maximum security prison when that term ends. In a separate case, Riker was sentenced on March 2 of this year to 200 years behind bars for beating his wife and two stepdaughters, molesting the girls and terrorizing this family in their Wind Lake home.
Jurors convicted Riker on Nov. 11, 2011, of the 16 charges. The family moved to their Wind Lake rental home after Riker was released from federal prison, where he served time for a series of bombing in 1995 in Utah.
Article available here http://www.journaltimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/appeals-court-affirms-conviction-in-jail-damage-spree/article_f3d121d6-1a44-11e2-b004-001a4bcf887a.html
“According to the criminal complaint, Riker slipped out of his belly chain as he was being moved from his cell to the shower area of the jail on July 29. The 2-foot long section of chain had a padlock on it, and was still attached to handcuffs on his wrists.”
“Staff at the jail said Riker screamed about his treatment in the jail and used racial slurs while telling staff to stop putting black men in cells near him. He allegedly swung the chain, cracking a day room window. After re reportedly agreed to return to his cell, staff said Riker turned and ran to the corner cell in front of a day room occupied by two black inmates. He then allegedly swung the chain and padlock at the window several times, causing it to crack.”
“Staff said Riker then quickly returned to his cell and said “There. Now they can’t come out ‘cause their window’s broken.” “ Above three paragraphs available here http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/wisconsin/wiedce/2:2010cv00906/54450/46/?1342279871
RACINE- The man who allegedly broke out of his jail cell and trashed a day room has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.”
SO SEAN IS ADMITTING HE HAS A MENTAL DISEASE OR DEFECT. “Defense attorney Robert Peterson told the court Friday that his client had been on psychotropic drugs before his arrest, and that the jail did not keep giving him the medication. The judge asked if Riker intended to enter the same type of plea in his other case – for the alleged abuse of his family; Peterson said he did not believe so.”
The same Peterson attorney that you didn’t like for whatever reason and then made up the claim that he sexually molested you so that you could have him removed from your case. You asked for him to be removed, the judge refused, and then you said he sexually molested you so you’d get your way and he’d be off the case. And Sean’s admitting that he has a mental disease or defect here in this case. That was his official plea. No making stuff up or inflammatory bullshit from me. Sean pled that himself. So does Sean have a mental disease or defect or is he manipulating the system and crying wolf. But he says he was on psychotropic drugs. Guess what? They don’t give psychotropic drugs to mentally stable people. I have never been on meds once in my life for any mental illness. And after taking a mental health evaluation it was determined that I was mentally healthy and not asked to take any therapy or get on any meds. My brain works Sean. Yours apparently doesn’t. So quit saying someone who has been professionally deemed mentally stable is not at the same time you’re claiming you’re innocent by reason of mental disease or defect because you weren’t being administered your psychotropic drugs.
But it just isn’t true Sean. I have proved over and over again that you’re a liar.
You claim to be a good guy vs. the court paperwork that says you’re a federal prison snitch who was in protective custody because you were worried for your own safety. You checked in Sean and we all know it.
You say you’re not racist but the paperwork I posted shows you asked for “any nigger to kill” as well as demanding jail staff not house black men near your cells and calling a Hispanic jail guard a “spic”.
You claim you’re getting out on your prisoninmates.com site vs. me showing that clearly you’re not thanks to the appellate court upholding the 7 ½ years.
You said you got a letter from your child vs. nobody actually get a letter and me talking to four of the agencies you said you sent the letter to and the Attorney General’s own letter back to you mentioning only YOUR letter.
You claiming I’m going to prison vs. Well, I haven’t yet so that is rather obvious.
Saying I’m unstable vs. your fiancé killing herself over you and you being on psychotropic drugs.
You claiming DNA evidence will exonerate you vs. you saying everywhere else that only my lies convicted you. And then Nathan saying the DNA mixup was just a white lie at most.
Your desperate housewives and Nathan can go around on the merry-go-round of excuses and lies all they want.
You went to federal prison for burglaries, arson and bombings. Including an elementary school. And you lied about the motive because it was to cover up a robbery from your meth-induced crime spree. Not because of Mormons having sex with kids. But they excuse that.
You were in a prison gang and involved in a murder where a man has spent almost 15 years now proclaiming his own innocence. But Mark Jordan is also just a liar and this is all excused too.
You committed crimes during the entire time you lived in Utah. Excused.
You admit you were never out of trouble or prison for more than four years from the age of 13 until now. No biggie, it’s excused too.
You have a swastika tattoo and you refer to black people almost solely as niggers. You ask to kill them and tell guards they are spics and you will remember their face and get them when they are not around five other guards. But you say you’re not a racist. We believe you, excused.
Simple answer – Sean’s a coward.
Longer answer – If Sean had taken the stand it would have allowed the D.A. to ask Sean if he was a felon. Sean would have to answer yes to this question. Then the D.A. could answer what felonies have you been convicted of. And Sean would have to answer that he was convicted of felonies that include arson, bombing an elementary school and three other buildings among others. This would have looked very bad for Sean. If Sean took the stand his entire past criminal and prison history would have been fair game. By not taking the stand it was never brought up. That’s right. The jury did not know that Sean had served federal prison time for any reason let alone for bombing a school. They didn’t know of his prison career from age 13 onward in max and supermax facilities in California and the federal system. They got no info that he is the most likely suspect in a murder that was committed in prison. They knew nothing of his past. And yet they still convicted him on all 16 state charges. It also allowed Sean to skate around all of the felonies he committed during our time in Utah. The abuse in Utah, the things he stole ect. All of Utah has basically off limits because Sean didn’t take the stand and because I did Sean the favor of not bringing up Utah. I stayed focused on only what happened in Wisconsin. If Utah had been brought up five days of trail would not have been enough.
Submitted by lala (not verified) on September 30, 2010 - 3:35pm.
Thanks to everyone for their positive comments and support. And a special thanks to those who made it to the oral argument. Unfortunately, the Federal Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's denial of my motion to permit DNA testing of the murder weapon under the Innocence Protection Act. LINK?. The court reasoned that even if someone else's DNA is foundon the wapon, such as the DNA of Sean Riker, that would prove only that Riker handled the weapon at some time (Riker actually denies ever handling the weapon), and will not prove that I am innocent. The court basically interpreted the Innocence Protection Act very narroly to permit DNA testing only where the results will prove conslsively exonerating. A copy of all proceedings in this case under the IPA, including the appeal court's February 11, 2010 order, can be found on jordanlitigation.com on the "Criminal Litigation" page, under "Pending Innocence Protection Action Proceedings". LINK?
I also want to separately address the sorely misinformend June 16, 2010 comments posted my "Hmmm". First, as to what is or is not "ON FILM", the video evidence used at trial is now availabe to the public at jordanlitigation.com, on the "Criminal Litigation" page, under "Section II. Trial and Sentencing In District Court". We hope to also have the entire trial transcrips posted very soon.
While it is not at all clear from that video, I did manage to get ahold of the murder weapon immediately after BOP/FBI confidential informant Sean Riker stabbed the victim, my former cellmate and friend. I did then run behind the victim - between him and his assailant - after he was stabbed by Riker. Although not on video, which mysterioulsy skips over this activity, I did throw the murder weapon on a rooftop and run to a Bureau of Prison' Lieutenant to assist the victim, Davin Brian Stone, who died later that day. Further contrary to the commenter's misstatements, the actual assailant, Sean Riker, was not "seen leaving the scene long before the stabbing happened". Indeed, the video places him with the victim minutes prior to his assault and the government's own star witness, Gary Collins, a fellow gang associate of Riker, testified to Riker's presence at the time of the stabbing.
I encourage that commenter to also review my proposed trial testimony at pages 105-112 of "Jordan's Amended Motion to Vacate" ?, which is pending before the court and available at jordanlitigation.com, on the "Criminal Litigation" page, under "Section VI. Pending Motion To Vacate Conviction". All of the evidence, save the perjured testimony of two jailhouse rats, one of whom has since recanted, is entirely consistent with my proposed trial testimony, my not assaulting anyone.
Finally, I remind that commenter that Federal Judge Lewis Babcock refused to allow my defense to call Sean Riker to the stand in my defense, as a witness, to ask him whether and why he in fact stabbed the victim. The basis for Judge Babcock's refusal was that my doing so "would confuse the jury".
It is clear to me that justice in my case will not be administered by the courts or by way of my release. I expect only that my innocence, my wrongful conviction, my be proven publicly and that the public will administer justice in grater awareness, progressive changes in the criminal justice system, and the prevention of further wrongful convictions. It may be too late for me, but it is not too late for change. There, will I find my justice.
MJordan@jordancenter.org
Submitted by Anonymous on December 6, 2009 - 8:55pm.
The more i hear about this Sean Riker, The more i believe in Mr Jordan's innocence.A man that can put a shotgun to his own baby's head and beat his wife and children is a man that is capable of murder and this case should be reviewed and witnesses should be questioned again because it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out there are many people caught up in lies just to pin this on jordan.I truly believe Mark Jordan is innocent and wish him the best and hope one day soon he will be cleared of this and move on with his life,enjoy the time with his family.If he has children im sure he will be a great father to them and be greatful that god gave him a chance to be with them. Not put a shotgun to their head!!! Stay Strong!!
Submitted by Anonymous on November 21, 2009 - 3:37pm.
There is no doubt in my mind that Mr. Jordan is innocent. I was reading his website jordanlitigation.com and learned alot of details that i never knew before.How this jury found him guilty still blows my mind.I think the workers from the bop know much more about that day then they are saying, also it seems to amaze me how cameras in the most secure prison in the country just so happen to change views while the stabbing took place.Give me a break!! Probly a set up of some sort.It also says bloody glove was found near a set of bleachers where "it has been proven Mark Jordan was no where near".There are just way to many facts that prove him innocent and i believe the truth will be told one day.But until that day Mr Jordan should be a free man.Whats there to hide?Give him the DNA test requested.
Submitted by Anonymous on November 3, 2009 - 12:04pm.
Hi I am a long time friend of Mark and just wanted to say this man was once a boy who was and i believe still is a wonderful, loving person. Did he commit robbery at 17? Yes. But he has also served 15 years in prison which is not usual considering his age and the fact no one was hurt. I am in my 70's and hope to see mark with his family once again and hope and pray he gets a new trial to prove his innocence.I am tired of hearing so much negative when there are so many positive things about mark. I remember when mark was younger he would walk around for hours collecting food for homeless people or families who wouldnt have a meal on holidays,and then surprise these families for the holidays.He would shovel snow for hours free of charge so that seniors around the neighborhood wouldn't have to go outside and do it. I just needed to let people know this man is not the monster some make him out to be and in my opinion " innocent ".
By Robert Gehrke, Associated Press writer
Published: Wednesday, Oct. 8 1997 12:00 a.m. MDT
A federal judge has sentenced Paula Castillo Rogers to three years in prison for her role in a bombing and robbery spree in St. George two years ago.
"You terrorized the city of St. George," U.S. District Judge Dee Benson told Rogers on Tuesday.Rogers, 31, had pleaded guilty to one count of malicious destruction of a building and admitted to being an accomplice of Sean Riker. Riker has pleaded guilty to detonating five bombs in St. George businesses and the two have admitted to a string of robberies.
Her attorney, Greg Stevens, asked Benson for leniency, claiming that Rogers played a minor role in the crime spree and was coerced into participating through beatings she received from Riker.
"I was involved in a lot of that but I was scared of him," Rogers said. "He did beat me up a lot and put me in the hospital. . . . He threatened my kids if I didn't stay."
Stevens also said Rogers was enrolled in Narcotics Anonymous to try to kick a drug habit.
Benson was dubious of her explanation. He ran down a list of 14 robberies of southern Utah businesses and residences in which she and Riker are suspects, asking if she played a part in each. She admitted involvement in six.
The state has agreed not to prosecute Rogers in those robberies.
Benson said that the fact she chose not to take part in eight alleged robberies indicates that Riker did not exercise excessive control and chastised her for offering "some 1990s excuse that you were being bullied and coerced by your boyfriend."
"I find quite to the contrary," Benson said. "You were in this up to your eyeballs."
Benson sentenced Rogers to 36 months in prison and an additional three years on supervised release. She also must participate in a psychiatric-health program and a drug and alcohol testing program and pay $59,452 restitution.
"I think (36) months is light, and it's a good thing you didn't get caught and prosecuted on the others, or you could be spending the rest of your life in prison," Benson said.
Since her arrest, Rogers has spent the 21 months in Salt Lake County Jail. She will be in a federal prison for the duration of her sentence, said Stevens.
Riker has pleaded guilty to five counts of use of an explosive device. Prosecutors plan to seek a prison sentence of more than 11 years at his Oct. 27 sentencing.
Riker admitted to detonating bombs at Star Flag and Display on July 31, 1995; at Dixie Auto Sales on Aug. 4, 1995; at Woodward Elementary School on Aug. 5, 1995; and at Agave bookstore on Sept. 23, 1995. Two bombs were set off at the school.
Rogers admitted to acting as a lookout and buying supplies for Riker in at least four bombings.
"I was involved in a lot of that but I was scared of him," Rogers said. "He did beat me up a lot and put me in the hospital. . . . He threatened my kids if I didn't stay."
This is from Sean's ex-girlfriend Paula. By Sean's own words he was never out of prison for longer than the timeframe that he was during the mid 1990's and he spent this time with Paula. This time was plauged with meth and drug use that Sean admits himself and claims he was out of control from.
And now the woman he was with during that time is claiming that Sean threatened her kids and beat her often including putting her in the hospital. Sean told me himself that he beat Paula almost dead one time and beat her often other than that. Add Paula and her children to the list of people who are victims of Sean.
Paula - If you ever come accross this stupid blog and read this garbage about Sean being innocent and a nice guy let me tell you this. I am sorry that I have used your name to further my own points. I am sorry for taking any privacy away from you by doing so.
I am also sorry that you knew Sean. I do believe you that you were scared. I was scared too. I believe that Sean used your children as a pawn to make you do things for him. I stayed for so long because I had kids and I was scared too. I believe you that he beat you and I am sorry for all of it. I am sorry that Judge Benson didn't believe you about the type of abuse that I know you suffered. I am sorry that you lost three years of your life to prison but I am grateful that you were able to escape and free yourself from Sean. Even if that escape could only come through a prison sentence. I hope that you have been able to move away from your time with Sean. I hope your family and you have healed. I hope you found some type of peace. I hope your life has happiness in it. Be proud that you also survived Sean. Others who knew him haven't been so lucky.
sean riker...you're not going ANYWHERE and the people you screwed in your life are MOVING ON.
unlike you.
cya, loser.
I want to expose not the limited uploads he provides for his crime(s), but his actual jacket.
perhaps we'll all view him differently if we knew the extent of his crime(s).
Wow is that the way you treat people that have apologized to you and admit their wrong! First off I am not married. I never said I was. Go back and read the damn post again. Also, you mentioned my uncle. I never said anything about my uncle. It was my mom's ex husband. You question my education. Do you know how to read?? And yes I can be a bitch right back. Also, I am not obsessed with another man. I met Sean long before I met the man I am with now and my man knows all about Sean, you, your kids, and this case. Just because someone gave Sean a chance to prove his innocence and took interest in this case doesn't mean they are obsessed. Get your facts straight before you start running your mouth! I quit having anything to do with Sean over a year ago. We got into it over this shit with you, Angel, and a few other things. I got tired of it, cut off all communication with Sean, anyone that had anything to do with Sean, and met someone else. I have a great life and am very happy. I also have a great job and a great education! And yes I can prove it and back it up. Just because someone hears about this case and wants to know the truth on everything doesn't make them obsessed. Also, the man I am with is hardly the type to get raped in the ass by another inmate. You don't even know my man. I'll be sure to let him know what you said but he wont waste time on someone as fucked up as you are. I guess Sean was right about you after all. I came back on here to share some important news with you but after seeing the post you made about me you can definately forget it now. You think I am obsessed look who is married again and still searching Sean's name on the internet and posting all kinds of crazy shit. If you hadn't been on Google searching for Sean you would of never known about this website. Maybe you are the one who needs to put all their energy, time, and effort into your own life, new husband, and kids. Maybe you need to go feed them cause I am sure they are hungry as fuck and cold as hell since you seem to leave them on street corners in 20 degree weather with hardly no clothes on. Do I need to post a copy of the CPS report on you or what? You want to be a bitch towards me just remember I can be one just as bad.
And I don't care if you file on Mr. Hart or not. File all the crazy shit you want. By the way, I am sure Mr. Hart is right as well. It's ok though. What comes around goes around. Thanks for showing your true colors on here. If Sean did beat your ass I can definately see why now. Anytime someone tells you they are sorry and wants to right the wrong you still gotta act like a bitch. Why do you spend all your time worrying about the post Sean and Nathan make on here. Seems like you would of learned by now to ignore it and move on with your life. I wonder how your husband feels knowing you can't get past Sean. I do not have time for all this stupid crap with you. If you think Sean can be mean & evil you haven't seen nothing yet. I told you I can be either way depending on how people treat me. You wanna be nice then I'll be nice. You want to be a bitch then so can I and ten times worse! I don't take shit off anyone! Fact! Ask Sean! I feel sorry for those children. They deserve way better!
ROFL. I'm hoping the moderators here at BTB are awake.
TAKE CARE OF YOUR YOUNG CHILDREN. GO TO THE PARK, GO TO THE ZOO. MAKE COOKIES.
You, Nicki, continue that.
Your children deserve the limited time a single mom (student and employee) can give. That is, of course, if your scenario is true.
:)
Case in point: let me digress for a moment.
There is ONE inmate (Marcus T Rogers #377571
SCI
100 Corrections Drive
Stanley, WI 54768)
who caught my attention.
Mr. Rogers admitted and actually apologized/showed remorse for his crime.
He answered every inquiry factually. He was respectful and (to my knowledge), honest.
I give kudos to Mr Rogers and will assist as long as he tells me the truth.
St. George bomber pleads guilty
Published: Thursday, Aug. 14 1997 12:00 a.m.
Sean Riker has admitted making and detonating five pipe bombs in St. George two years ago.
Riker, 29, pleaded guilty to five counts of use of an explosive device Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Dee Benson.The bombs exploded at Star Flag and Display on July 31, 1995; at Dixie Auto Sales on Aug. 4, 1995; at Woodward Elementary School on Aug. 5, 1995; and at Agave bookstore on Sept. 23, 1995.
Two bombs were set off at the school.
The bookstore, badly damaged and no longer in business, was bombed to disguise a burglary, Riker said.
"At the time I was heavily on methamphetamines . . . . It was just to see how powerful (the pipe bombs) were," he told Benson.
Federal prosecutors will seek a prison sentence of more than 11 years at Riker's Oct. 27 sentencing.
As part of his plea bargain, he must tell state prosecutors about burglaries he committed in St. George.
His former roommate and co-defendant, Paula Castillo Rogers, has pleaded guilty to two charges. Her sentencing is set for Sept. 30.
The bookstore, badly damaged and no longer in business, was bombed to disguise a burglary, Riker said.
"At the time I was heavily on methamphetamines . . . . It was just to see how powerful (the pipe bombs) were," he told Benson.
How does a out-of-business bookstore relate to you bombing places involved in sex crimes against children Sean? And you either are lying to us or you lied to the judge since this article quotes you as saying you bombed those places to cover up burgarlies and just to see how strong the bombs were. You are so lame.
I posted everything I did without first reading any new posts. Which means I did not see your apology to me before unleashing my hurt and anger.
You have to understand my position. I suffered at the hands of Sean for four years, and so did my kids. After the horror of my marriage I finally had the courage to leave. Either that or I was finally willing to die trying.
When I left I had no idea that I would be subjected to the hell Sean has inflicted on me. He has sued me in state and federal court more than a dozen times. Brought me back to divorce court countless time. He taunts me. He writes horrible things about me that aren't true on the internet, to the judge in Colorado and other people. He writes horrible things about me to my family, social services ect. It never ends.
This is my life. I can't escape this. I keep getting dragged back in by new lawsuits and new blogs such as this. By being aware of them and fighting them back it gives the power of knowledge. I have to know the enemy to fight it.
I made some rude remarks to you above. I am sorry. I got personal and just mean towards you. I am hurt! I am so hurt from three years of these blogs and people saying what happened to me really didn't happen. It hurts. And because it's my children I don't think I have to put their priavte info on the computer for random women to see. You are like one of 20 women who have contacted me. You have been the only one though that has ever apologized to me.
I accept your apology. And I would like to offer you my own. I am sorry that the rage I feel inside for Sean was unleashed on you. I am sorry I made rude remarks about you. I don't think you're stupid. Maybe too trusting while I am too cynical.
Thank you for believing me,
Tayler Riker
"Also, on Dec 7, 2001 my diance committed suicide after learning of my wrongful conviction."
And for those who still believe Sean you must believe this statement of his also above in handwritten response : "I am Sean Anthony Riker and anything I say is factual and if I can't back it up with proof I will not voice it."
But Nathan says on Moderating the Sean Riker debate that "1) Sean lied in his prisoninmates.com ad - what Sean said about himself is true, except his imminent release + DNA evidence (there were no fluids from which NDA could be extracted from), which express dream. If a lie, a white one."
Nathan, you and Sean need to do a better job at this. Your slip ups are ridiculous. You two can't keep what day it is straight let alone any factual information.
Page labeled #106 as part of the handwritten response from Sean Riker himself:
"In my cell @ 2 a.m. I was watching my favorite move when the cop brought me my mail." - Proof that Sean has a tv in his cell for personal use. Or Sean is lying about having a tv.
Yet in Nathan's blog "Moderating the Sean Riker debate" Nathan Lindell claims that Sean is too poor to own a tv. Quoted "As for your attempt to slur Sean as using anyone for commisary money. That's hilarious. He asks his supporters for books, stamped envelopes, paper and scented oil. The man doesn't even have a personal T.V....."
Yet Nathan also claims he knows Sean well enough that he posted this: "My read on Sean's body language, which I study and have notes from multiple texts on "kinesics" (body language), is he was being truthful when he told me he was innocent...."
I am a victim of a grave injustice. I am appealing my conviction and the outcome is favorable but I need your help. I do not seek money. First and foremost I need a friend. I also need someone to set up a website in my name so my evidence of my innocence can be posted to counter all the vicious lies on the web about me.
I'm looking for a fighter, a solid heart that believes there is injustice in the court system. A selfless person that has the gumption and will power to right a wrong. Someone that will stand up for me. Someone who is a gangster at heart. I am desperate for help. or if you are in need of something within my power. I will help you instead. I am intelligent and a great listerner. I have a huge heart filled with compassion for those in need.
I hope you write.
Lastly, I'm straight. I know, gay hearts are breaking all over the world :-) but I don't judge. So feel free to write.
Take care
Nathan - this shows that Sean asks his supporters of more than just stamps and paper to write on. He is actively looking for women to harass me.
I often temper my vernacular (no cussing) out of respect. Do we, as victims, need to be victimized OVER AND OVER?
Thank You.
I'm so done with this site..letting these monsters keep spewing their venom about their 3 hots and a cot.
If my grandma was still alive - she'd go right down the row with a brush broom and swipe you all in the head. :)
To all (except Nicki) - I wish you the best. This site will continue to allow these maggots to fester and I don't like maggots.
Every DW is another eradication, IMO.
HAD you had some good ole mama or gma spankings, maybe you wouldn't be where you are.
Just sayin.....
Read post above.
Thanks, convicts, for taking away MY LIFE. Then bitch about your hots & cots?
I'm outta here.
Take that, bitches.
UNJUST JUSTICE
JUSTICE. TOO MANY PEOPLE CLAIMING THEIR INNOCENCE AS THEY DETERIORATE IN A SQUAMISH, SMALL, LIFELESS CELL, REDUCED TO A NUMBER ISSUED BY THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. WE APPLAUD OUR CONSTITUTION FOR MULTIFARIOUS REASONS, MAINLY BECAUSE WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF OUR RIGHTS AS OUTLINED IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS, THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO SHIELD US AGAINST THE DEVIANT MONSTERS THAT ARE GRANTED THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO CRUCIFY US IF GUILTY OF COMMITTING CRIMES AND TO SHELTER THE INNOCENT FROM BEING A VICTIM OF CRIMES, BUT ARE THEY TRUELY RIGHTS? SHOULD WE EVER CHALLENGE THESE RIGHTS AS WE ARE TARGETED BY A SYSTEM WITH BADGES AND POWER? WHAT IS JUSTICE? AN INNOCENT MAN FACING THE DEATH PENALTY OR LIFE IN PRISON ON A RAPE OR MURDER CHARGE? AN INNOCENT MAN HATED BY THE JUSTICE SYSTEM BECAUSE HE HAD A PREVIOUS ENCOUNTER WITH THE LAW? WE ALL SEARCH FOR ANSWERS AND DEBATE ON HOW WE SHOULD HANDLE CRIMINALS. WE RANT AND ARE BOISTEROUS ABOUT OUR INNER DESIRES TO MAKE THE GUILTY CRIMINALS SUFFER FOR THEIR CRIMES. THERE IS MORE THAN ONE INNOCENT PERSON IN THIS SITUATION, KIDS. ENERGETIC, FLAMBOYANT, MEMORABLE, INNOCENT. SEAN: CHARMING, TALENTED, UNSELFISH, HARDWORKING, AND A DEDICATED, LOVING FATHER. SEAN. LABELED AS A REPEATED CHILD AND WIFE ABUSER. DEGRADING, CRUEL, UNCONTROLLABLE, AND PSYCHOTIC IS WHAT OUR GLORIFIED MEDIA HAS PORTRAYED HIM AS. CRIPPLED AND AT THE MERCY OF OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM IS NOT ONLY HAUNTING, BUT TERRIFYING. OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM CLAIMS THEIR DESIRE TO PROTECT THE INNOCENCE, BUT HOW COME SEAN HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY DESTROYED AND LABELED AS A MONSTER?
Link http://www.unjustjusticeseanriker.blogspot.com/2012/02/unjust-justice.html
Thank you Megan for this great post of yours. I especially like the choice of words such as nefarious. That word is one of Sean's favorites. I think you've been drinking too much Koolaid, Megan. The only terror in Sean's life is the terror that he inflicts on others around him. I feel sorry for the prison employees who have to deal with him. Although I am very grateful that he is their problem now and not mine.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012SEANRIKERISINNOCENT
JUSTICE. TOO MANY PEOPLE CLAIMING THEIR INNOCENCE AS THEY DETERIORATE IN A SQUAMISH, SMALL, LIFELESS CELL, REDUCED TO A NUMBER ISSUED BY THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. WE APPLAUD OUR CONSTITUTION FOR MULTIFARIOUS REASONS, MAINLY BECAUSE WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF OUR RIGHTS AS OUTLINED IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS, THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO SHIELD US AGAINST THE DEVIANT MONSTERS THAT ARE GRANTED THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO CRUCIFY US IF GUILTY OF COMMITTING CRIMES AND TO SHELTER THE INNOCENT FROM BEING A VICTIM OF CRIMES, BUT ARE THEY TRUELY RIGHTS? SHOULD WE EVER CHALLENGE THESE RIGHTS AS WE ARE TARGETED BY A SYSTEM WITH BADGES AND POWER? WHAT IS JUSTICE? AN INNOCENT MAN FACING THE DEATH PENALTY OR LIFE IN PRISON ON A RAPE OR MURDER CHARGE? AN INNOCENT MAN HATED BY THE JUSTICE SYSTEM BECAUSE HE HAD A PREVIOUS ENCOUNTER WITH THE LAW? WE ALL SEARCH FOR ANSWERS AND DEBATE ON HOW WE SHOULD HANDLE CRIMINALS. WE RANT AND ARE BOISTEROUS ABOUT OUR INNER DESIRES TO MAKE THE GUILTY CRIMINALS SUFFER FOR THEIR CRIMES. THERE IS MORE THAN ONE INNOCENT PERSON IN THIS SITUATION, KIDS. ENERGETIC, FLAMBOYANT, MEMORABLE, INNOCENT. SEAN: CHARMING, TALENTED, UNSELFISH, HARDWORKING, AND A DEDICATED, LOVING FATHER. SEAN. LABELED AS A REPEATED CHILD AND WIFE ABUSER. DEGRADING, CRUEL, UNCONTROLLABLE, AND PSYCHOTIC IS WHAT OUR GLORIFIED MEDIA HAS PORTRAYED HIM AS. CRIPPLED AND AT THE MERCY OF OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM IS NOT ONLY HAUNTING, BUT TERRIFYING. OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM CLAIMS THEIR DESIRE TO PROTECT THE INNOCENCE, BUT HOW COME SEAN HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY DESTROYED AND LABELED AS A MONSTER?
MEGAN DE OLIVEIRA.
BrasilFebruary 28, 2012 7:05 PM
This is all true, there is no better way to say this. It is very disheartening and disturbing that our legal system is okay with treating citizens so badly. Tayler Ann Riker is an abusive, rageful, sadistic, and unstable Mother that has abused her children emotionally, mentally, and physically. The Police Department where she resides has been called out to her residents more than once, requiring CPS to step in and be an advocate for the children that are suffering at her hands. She makes false statements and conjures up lies to make herself look like the battered, mistreated wife, when she is guilty for child abuse and neglect. Sean would be free and with his children today, if his wife hadn't snapped and went on a rampage about false mistreatments of the children. Two people suffer here, Sean and the children and justice is going to prevail and knock out all those who have voluntarily put in all the extra efforts to assure that Sean's life is destroyed. This day may take awhile to arrive, but when it does the truth will be exposed about Tayler Riker and what really happened during their marriage up until she made false police reports to have Sean arrested and incarcerated.
BrasilMarch 26, 2012 1:15 PM
Another month has passed, nother court date proceeded with unfavorble results. I've had the privilege to hear Sean prove and speak of his innocents, but most of all to find out what he's all about. I know his innocence is realistic and can be proven, it just will take time for this to circulate through the court system, and also to have a fair judge that will scrutinize the true facts of this case, instead of listening to false jail statements and testimony from his psychotic, mentally/psychologically unstable, vindictive,lying cunt ex wife that has put in the extra efforts to conjure up lies and neglect/abuse her own children to make a point about Seans actions and behavior towards the children and herself. What Tayler Anne Riker doesnt understand is that she's in the spotlight and on the justice system's fucken hit list. Shes talking alot of shit, put on the crying, deviant, abusive wife persona to reel in the prosecution team, jury, and the judge to rule in her favor so that Sean's life will be isolated, damaging, and thrown away due to a stacked jury and the continuous lies by Tayler Riker. Noone listen to this cogniving and lying bitch, she has ruined not only Sean's life,but her own children, who cannot fight for themselves. If you do not enjoy being a Mother, dont put your anger, bitterness, and rage onto your children because you're intensely fucked in the head. I ask how Sean can sleep each night knowing that his life is in the hands of a corrupted justice system, which is suppose to be the best system in the world, lamentably this is all wrong. On the opposite end of the scale, I ask how Tayler Riker can sleep well and not be interrupted by her own self conscious and behavior she has about her children and the anger towards Sean. Sean is a genuine Man, with alot of love for his children, he cares alot and would do anything to protect his kids and to give them a healthy, safe stable life, but the courts have been doing an excellent job of preventing that to happen.
Tayler had me fooled for awhile with all the messages she & her kids sent to me. She made me feel so bad for being on Sean's side and not believeing in her. She said that because I was on Sean's side I was pretty much calling the kids liars. She kept telling me she had proof & photos of where he abused the kids. She had her kids tell me all kinds of stuff and I was really starting to feel bad about everything. For a min. she had me even believing in her & doubting Sean. Sean told me she would play me but I didn't want to believe that. I thought I could play her & maybe if I could get close to the children I could get them to admit that Sean never abused them & that Tayler put them up to telling lies. But I was wrong. When I seen at the trial where the psychologist said the kids were influenced by the mother to lie I thought for sure Sean would win the case. I can not believe that they found him quilty and sentenced him to 200 years with no proof. Tayler said she could prove to me that he did hurt her & the kids. She said she had photos of the marks on the children. Well, I didn't see any of that at the trial. They convicted Sean only on what the kids said that matched what was said in home videos. Are you freaking kidding me?? Sean hates me now because I lost faith in him and didn't know who to listen to. I can't change how he feels but I can tell you I am very sorry and I DO want to believe in him and continue to fight for & support Sean. Especially when I learned that Tayler left a nasty message on Angel's facebook page saying that she got what she deserved. That right there proves to me that Tayler is evil hearted and I can not believe she even had me doubt Sean's innocence. But like I said she is very good at what she does. She is the kind of person who could con a con. Everyone talks about Sean going off and this and that. Well, if they were in his situation and innocent like Sean is I am sure they would go off too.
Brasil March 27, 2012 4:48 PM
So you got sucked in by that lying cunt, she's sneaky and cogniving. Tayler is guilty for damaging those kids emotions and life. These kids have done nothing for Tayler to abuse and neglect them for years, and our courts cannot see this ongoing cycle of hatred for Sean and his children. The fake tears she presented to the court when she testified was accepted by the judge, while Sean's words of truth were shit on by the courts all at the hands of Tayler Riker. I care about Sean so much and been supporting him ever since I inquired about his case, I will continue to support him and do anything to get his life. Although, Sean does write his children, the faces of his children are only a memory to him. The reason why the Wisconsin Court System has convicted Sean on no evidence is because Tayler continues to lie and the courts feed off of women who are abused by their husbands, but on the horizon is Sean's freedom. I want nothing more, but to get my hands on Tayler Riker and the fucken bullshit she has put Sean and the kids through since her marriage with Sean. DO NOT believe the words that Tayler speaks, she only lies.
Keisha March 28, 2012 7:21 PM
I just hated that I had to find out the hard way. I can't even imagine what those kids are going through. Thank GOD someone (like you) is standing by him & supporting him. Next time you talk to him PLEASE tell him I am sorry for letting him down. Tell him I am willing to do absolutely ANYTHING to prove that I truly am sorry and if there is anything I can do to help just let me know. Also, I know trust doesn't come easy. Especailly when you let someone down. But like I said before she is good at what she does and she really made me feel like I was a bad person. A few months ago I didn't know who to trust or listen to. Now I do. But I don't know if it even matters to him anymore
Selected White Supremacist Criminal Incidents, 2009-2012
Posted: August 8, 2012
The white supremacist movement in the United States has a strong association with violence and criminal activity, ranging from traditional crimes such as drug dealing or domestic violence to ideologically-related crimes ranging from hate crimes to act of terrorism. Every week new criminal incidents emerge.
Selected white supremacist-related criminal incidents from recent years are shown below:
Norway, Wisconsin, November 2009: Sean Riker, a white supremacist affiliated with the gang Nazi Low Riders, a racist prison and street gang, is arrested on charges of possession of a firearm, possession of a short barreled rifle, first-degree recklessly endangering public safety, battery, strangulation, sexual abuse of a child, child abuse, and causing mental harm to a child. Riker was found guilty and sentenced to 200 years in prison.
did anybody look at my research on REClarke?
he spells one game but smells another.
Here is a POSITIVE note, tho.
I researched/read an inmate and I came with a Marcus Rogers. He is #377571 at One Corrections Center in Stanley, WI. 54768.
The reason I think this inmate deserves attention/stands out is because HE OWNED HIS CRIME.
I've always said I will SUPPORT those who are remorseful.... I definitely believe Marcus is one.
Can we get together and get him what he needs?
Thank you. I WILL
Thank You.
SAH