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SLOAN v. TRUONG

No. 07 Civ. 8537(DC).

573 F.Supp.2d 823 (2008)

Sam SLOAN, Plaintiff, v. Hoainhan "Paul" TRUONG, Zsuzsanna "Susan" Polgar, Joel Channing, William Goichberg, The United States Chess Federation, Bill Hall, Herbert Rodney Vaughn, Gregory Alexander, Frank Niro, Grant Perks William Brock, Randall Hough, Randy Bauer, Jim Berry, Texas Tech University, and The United States of America, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

August 28, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Sloan, Bronx, NY, pro se.

Greg Abbott, Esq., Attorney General of Texas, by Scot M. Graydon, Esq., Assistant Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Defendant, Texas Tech University.

Michael J. Garcia, Esq., United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, by Emily E. Daughtry, Esq., Special Assistant United States Attorney, New York, NY, for Defendant, United States of America.

Handler & Goodman, LLP, by Arthur M. Handler, Esq., New York, NY, Law Office of Patrick M. O'Brien, by Patrick M. O'Brien, Esq., Park Ridge, IL, for Defendant, William Brock.

Nixon Peabody, LLP, by Joseph J. Ortego, Esq., Jericho, NY, for Defendants, Susan Polgar and Paul Truong.

Proskauer Rose, LLP, by Jeremy M. Brown, Esq., Newark, NJ, for Defendants, United States Chess Federation, Joel Channing, William Goichberg, Bill Hall, Herbert Rodney Vaughn, Gregory Alexander, Grant Perks, Randall Hough, Randy Bauer, and Jim Berry.

MEMORANDUM DECISION

CHIN, District Judge.

In this case, pro se plaintiff Sam Sloan accuses certain members of the United States Chess Federation (the "USCF") of posting thousands of obscene messages under his name on an internet discussion forum (the "Issues Forum"), and propagating a sordid array of rumors that purportedly caused him to lose his bid for reelection to the USCF Executive Board (the "Board"). Sloan seeks $20 million in damages...

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