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In the United States Court of Appeals For the Sixth Circuit
An Appeal for Merciful Reconsideration and Divine Reconciliation
JOSHUA HALTOM, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
CITY OF HENDERSON, TN POLICE DEPARTMENT, Defendant-Appellee.
Case No. 1:24-cv-01215-JDB-jay (On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee)
To the Honorable Justices of the Court of Appeals, a Plea for Mercy and a Declaration of Truth:
This appeal arises from a place of solemn duty, seeking to overturn a judgment that embodies the very essence of frivolity: the dismissal of eternal truths in favor of implied commercial codes of domination and control. The District Court, in its order, perceived the claims herein as “patently frivolous”. We humbly submit that the true frivolity lies in a legal paradigm that ignores the divine origin of law, the sanctity of family, and the prophetic urgency of our time. This action was never a mere dispute over traffic citations; it is a spiritual and constitutional reckoning demanding transparency and an alignment with the “Tree of Life”.
This is a plea to look beyond the procedural veil and address the substantive violations against the enfeebled and the innocent, to restore the sacred covenant between the government and the governed, and to choose the prophetic path of peace over the precipice of global conflict.
I. The Lower Court Erred by Ignoring Substantive Wrongs Against the Sanctity of Family
The foundation of this action rests on a principle the lower court failed to address: “there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God” (Romans 13:1). Any action by an official that is disconnected from a verified, sworn oath to uphold the Constitution is not an act of the state; it is a nullity. As the Supreme Court affirmed in
Norton v. Shelby County, “An unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; it affords no protection”.
It is from this position of lawlessness that agents of the Defendant acted, not against a belligerent, but against the most vulnerable. Scripture warns us to “Remember what Amalek did to you on the way… how he met you on the way, and attacked your rear ranks, all that were enfeebled in your rear, when you were tired and weary; and he did not fear God” (Deuteronomy, Ki Tetze, 17-18).
This ancient wickedness was made manifest here:
- The agents of the Defendant used “excessive force, resulting in physical injury to [the Plaintiff’s] mother,” a senior citizen, and subjected her to a “wrongful arrest”.
- They seized the personal property of the Plaintiff’s wife, Lady Lyn Haltom—literally bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh—whose testimony is an inseparable part of this record.
The lower court dismissed these events as ancillary to a “frivolous” claim about a license plate. But these are not tangential facts; they are the central, substantive harms. They are the evidence of agents acting without fear of God, attacking the “enfeebled in your rear” , and demonstrating that their deeds spring from darkness, not light. The court’s failure to see this substantive horror is an error that cries out for correction.
II. The True Frivolity: Dismissing Divine Law for Earthly Procedure
The Plaintiff has expressly disavowed any connection to the “sovereign citizen” movement, identifying it as a “state-sponsored psyop” designed to discredit authentic claims of divine sovereignty. The court’s dismissal, which leans on this mischaracterization, is therefore an unfortunate adoption of that very psyop.
The core of this case is a spiritual jurisprudence which the Defendant and the lower court refused to engage. The 48 volumes of the Zohar gifted to the City were not a stunt; they were a conditional covenantal gift , a “gift of light” that “must be received with awe, or it becomes a weight upon the soul”. The Defendant’s refusal to even acknowledge this gift, let alone reconcile with its purpose, is dispositive proof of their intent. They were offered a path to align with justice but instead chose “Pharaoh’s path over the covenant”.
To dismiss this entire theological framework as irrelevant is the pinnacle of frivolity. It is to declare that the “unwavering commitment to truth” is secondary to procedural compliance. It is to affirm a system where “men loued darknesse rather then light, because their deedes were euill” (John 3:19, 1611 KJV).
III. The Prophetic Alternative: Averting Global Conflict Through Local Justice
This case has always been presented with a sense of “Prophetic Urgency” , linking the systemic abuses in Henderson to the “imminent threat of World War III”. The Plaintiff has moved this Court to take Judicial Notice of this connection and to issue a Public Declaration, invoking the public’s right to transparency under
Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia. This is not a flight of fancy; it is an assertion that the spiritual sickness of injustice, if left untreated locally, metastasizes globally.
We present a prophetic alternative, rooted in Micah 4: “and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.” This transformation begins here. It begins when a court holds an officer accountable for a false report. It begins when a city is forced to be transparent. It begins when justice for a wronged mother and wife is seen as essential to the peace of a nation. This is the path to a “higher and improved quality of living” for all.
Therefore, we pray this Honorable Court will:
- REVERSE the District Court’s Order of Dismissal, recognizing its failure to address the grave, substantive claims of harm and its frivolous disregard for the foundational principles of divine law.
- VACATE the certification that this appeal is not taken in “good faith”.
- REMAND this case to the District Court with instructions to grant the Plaintiff’s motion to amend his complaint and to allow this matter to proceed toward a just and merciful resolution on its merits, thereby affirming its own connection to the “Tree of Life”.
Respectfully submitted, in service to the Most High God and the People.
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