The Fourth Dimension

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Merry Christmas, dear Reader. The day is December 26th. You would think—after three federal lawsuits, this website, and journalist credentials—that City Hall, the Council, or anyone with a functioning brain (not FoFo, for sure) would take some affirmative action toward resolution.

Pff.

Innocent summer child. Let me introduce you to the fourth lawsuit.

Meet Apryl Lee Ready. She's not a city employee. She's an outside contractor—billing $140.00 per hour to the City of Biloxi to serve as Municipal Court Judge.

Just like Pete Abide. Outside contractor.

Just like Hank Ros and the rest of Currie Johnson. Outside contractors.

All lawyers. All contractors. All corrupt.

Welcome to the Outside Contractor Bonanza.

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We have filed three federal civil rights lawsuits against the City of Biloxi:

• Case 178 — Filed May 22, 2025
• Case 233 — Filed July 7, 2025
• Case 254 — Filed August 2025

Today, we announce the fourth.

This one is different.

This one is about the judge. And the Chief of Police.

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The Cardinal Sin

Dear Reader, let me pour you a cup of eggnog—the undersigned prepared it himself. It's delicious.

While you sip, let me explain how hard it is to sue a judge.

Like, literally almost impossible.

Judges enjoy absolute immunity for their judicial acts. Not qualified immunity—absolute. You could prove a judge ruled against you out of pure spite, personal vendetta, or because he didn't like your haircut. Doesn't matter. Immune. Case dismissed.

This doctrine exists for good reason: judges need to make tough calls without fearing lawsuits from every disappointed litigant. Fair enough.

But there's one cardinal sin a judge cannot commit. Just like Eve shouldn't have bitten the fucking apple.

One line they cannot cross.

One act so fundamentally unlawful that the shield of immunity evaporates entirely.

Our beloved and good-looking Municipal Judge committed exactly that sin.

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What Did She Do?

On July 25, 2025—exactly eighteen days after we filed Case 233—Municipal Court Judge Apryl Ready presided over an arraignment.

An arraignment. That's the proceeding where charges are read and you enter a plea. That's it. Nothing else happens.

Except something else happened. Several something elses, actually.

She didn't arraign anyone. The entire purpose of an arraignment—reading charges and entering a plea—never happened. That's illegal.

She allowed Jerry Creel to participate. The Building Official—the complainant—was permitted to speak at a criminal proceeding. As if this were his personal courtroom.

She ignored perjured affidavits. The undersigned raised—on the record—that Jerry Creel's affidavits were false. She was told. She chose to ignore it.

She never ruled on any motions. Motions were filed. She never addressed them. Never ruled. Just... ignored.

She approved a secret motion with mandatory criminal consequences. A "Pretrial Diversion" that was never disclosed to the defendant. Never served. Never filed on the docket.

Judge Ready's version? Mandatory. With criminal consequences for non-compliance. The exact opposite of what pretrial diversion is supposed to be.

And then—the grand finale:

Judge Ready issued a cease and desist order prohibiting all work on our property.

At an arraignment.

In a criminal court.

For a building matter.

And she called it a "hearing."

Her order reads "IT IS FURTHER ORDERED"—meaning this was the custom part, made exclusively for the undersigned, ordered by the small weiner Napoleon Peter Abide himself.

I was truly hoping they would try to arrest me on this. They would've made my life easier—because they would be the ones getting arrested. I wanted my Trump mugshot picture—you know, the one with that face: "when I get you, you MFs better be ready." But they do a lot of talking and very little action. They bank on fear and deterrence, rather than actually getting down to it. In reality, they show time after time how they are actually very bad at confrontation—which is very sad, because that's only 5% of our aggressiveness.

So let's keep score.

They must explain how they continue to keep this up.

You know what? Let me put this in terms everyone can understand.

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But wait—we're not done. There's more they need to explain:

• His private court with Brooke Vanover and Tara Busby
• All his hats—Building Official, Code Enforcement, Historic Preservation, Floodplain Manager, and whatever else he's appointed himself this week
• The Historic District fraud—where he admitted on TV it exists to "censure property owners"
• Why he lives on a dead mayor's estate
• Why he was not fired for being a Saturday fuckboy
• The Ros August 13 letter falsification
• And why he has not been fired yet—after all of this has come to light

Municipal courts in Mississippi have jurisdiction over traffic offenses, misdemeanors, and city ordinance violations. They do NOT have jurisdiction over building permits, stop work orders, or administrative enforcement.

This wasn't just an error.

This was a judge conducting surgery in a courtroom. A traffic judge ordering a divorce. A probate judge running a murder trial.

Ultra vires. Latin for "beyond the powers." An act so far outside jurisdiction that it's void from the moment it was issued.

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What Are Civil Rights? (For Newbies)

Dear Reader, let's start from the very basics. Because if you're going to understand why Judge Ready is in serious trouble, you need to understand what she violated.

Constitutional rights are the rights guaranteed to every American by the U.S. Constitution. The big ones live in the first ten amendments—the Bill of Rights. Things like:

• First Amendment: Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly
• Fourth Amendment: Protection from unreasonable searches
• Fifth Amendment: Due process, protection from self-incrimination
• Fourteenth Amendment: Equal protection, due process (applies to STATES and CITIES)

Civil rights are the legal protections that enforce these constitutional rights. When the government violates your constitutional rights, you sue them under civil rights laws—most famously, 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

So when we say Judge Ready violated "due process"—that's a constitutional right under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. When we sue her under Section 1983—that's the civil rights law that makes her personally liable.

Constitutional right = what you're entitled to.
Civil rights lawsuit = how you enforce it.

So repeat after me: when Jerry Creel plays games with you, or because you are too foxy (guilty as charged, your honor)—you say:

Got it? Good. Now let's talk about how courts actually work.

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How Case Law Works (For Newbies)

Raise your hand if you've never been sued before. (Not so quick, Jerry—keep those pervert hands down below, you Sunday boi.)

Dear Judge Apryl—you might be born "Ready" but us mere mortals are not.

If you've never sued anyone—or been sued—you might not understand how American law actually works.

Here's the secret: the law isn't just what's written in statutes.

When the Supreme Court—or a Circuit Court of Appeals—decides a case, that decision becomes binding precedent. It's called "case law." Future courts MUST follow it. Not "should." Not "usually." Must.

So when we cite cases like Loudermill or Goldberg or Caliste, we're not just throwing around fancy names. (I do sound cool and smart though, don't I?) We're pointing to rules that federal judges are legally required to follow.

Think of it like this: if the Supreme Court says "the government must do X, Y, and Z before taking your property," and Judge Ready did none of those things... she violated the Constitution. It's not opinion. It's math.

Now let's do the math.

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The Due Process Score

The Supreme Court in Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill requires four things before the government takes your property:

1. Notice of the charges
2. Explanation of the evidence
3. Opportunity to respond
4. Hearing BEFORE deprivation

How many did Judge Ready provide?

The Supreme Court in Goldberg v. Kelly requires seven things for due process:

1. Timely and adequate notice
2. Opportunity to confront witnesses
3. Opportunity to present evidence
4. Right to retain counsel
5. Impartial decisionmaker
6. Decision based on the record
7. Statement of reasons

How many did Judge Ready provide?

Combined score: 0 / 11.

Zero. Out of eleven constitutional requirements. Zero.

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The Paycheck Problem

Here's where it gets interesting.

Judge Apryl Ready is a part-time contract judge. She bills $140.00 per hour for her services.

Her pay is governed by City of Biloxi Resolution 635-19.

That resolution contains a fascinating clause:

Who is the Director of the Legal Department?

Pete Abide.

Pete Abide is a named defendant in Cases 178 and 233.

The judge who ruled against us has her paycheck approved by a defendant in our lawsuits.

Let that sink in.

And she was told that—at the arraignment. The undersigned knew of the conflict already and raised it on the record.

They did it anyway.

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The Caliste Comparison

In Caliste v. Cantrell, 937 F.3d 525 (5th Cir. 2019), the Fifth Circuit found unconstitutional structural bias where a judge received only 20-25% of court revenue from a source with interest in case outcomes.

That was enough. Twenty to twenty-five percent dependency was enough to violate due process.

Judge Ready?

One hundred percent of her municipal judicial income comes from the City of Biloxi.

One hundred percent requires approval from Pete Abide.

This is four to five times more severe than what the Fifth Circuit already found unconstitutional.

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The Harenski Confession

On October 1, 2025, the City's own Senior Municipal Prosecutor—Robert G. Harenski—signed a settlement letter in Case 254.

That letter explicitly names "Judge Ready" as part of the prosecution system.

That letter promises three protections "going forward":

1. Notice and opportunity to cure prior to filing charges
2. Prosecutorial review of criminal affidavits
3. "Judge Ready... will review the Criminal Affidavit to determine whether probable cause exists"

The phrase "going forward" is an admission.

It means these protections were NOT being provided before.

The City confessed. In writing. On official letterhead.

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The Defense Controls the Court

But wait. There's more.

On August 18, 2025, Currie Johnson attorney Hank Ros—the City's outside defense counsel—sent an email.

In that email, he made an extraordinary statement:

Read that again.

A defense attorney—representing the City in federal court—is stating that he can postpone criminal proceedings in municipal court.

The defense. Controls. The prosecution.

The same law firm that bills $718,000 per year to defend the City against civil rights claims... controls whether criminal charges proceed.

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The Conspiracy Chain

The documents tell the story:

Player	Role	Connection
Pete Abide	Approves Ready's pay; supervises Harenski	Financial control over judge
Jerry Creel	Swears false affidavits; recommended Vanover	Creates false charges
Brooke Vanover	Notarizes supervisor's false affidavits	Rubber stamps perjury
Robert Harenski	"Did not initiate" prosecution	Admits puppet role
Hank Ros	States he can postpone criminal court	Defense controls prosecution
Apryl Ready	Issues ultra vires order	Executes the scheme

Built by Creel. Notarized by Vanover. Ignored by Harenski. Approved by Abide. Executed by Ready.

Paid for by you.

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No Immunity

Judges typically enjoy absolute immunity for their judicial acts.

But not always.

The Supreme Court in Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349 (1978), carved out an exception:

Judge Ready had zero jurisdiction over building enforcement.

She had zero jurisdiction to issue administrative orders.

She had zero jurisdiction to convert an arraignment into a hearing.

Under Norton v. Shelby County, 118 U.S. 425 (1886), her order was void from the moment she issued it—"as inoperative as though it had never been passed."

Under Adams v. McIlhany, 764 F.2d 294 (5th Cir. 1985), judicial immunity is lost for ultra vires acts.

She is exposed.

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The Counts

Five counts. Five ways she violated the Constitution.

This is the Fourth Dimension.

Welcome.

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The Banners of War

Today, we raise our banners of war once again.

This time, the enemies are more dangerous.

The Chief of Police.

The Municipal Judge.

Apryl Lee Ready.

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What Happens Next

The complaint is ready.

The filing fee is ready.

The service copies are ready.

Judge Ready is about to receive a Christmas present she didn't ask for.

And unlike her cease and desist order—this one has jurisdiction.

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