| Ivorian Mission to UN Ran
Over Bronxite Donald Lewis Then Removed Case
to SDNY
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 8 – A car owned by the
Ivory Coast Mission to the
United Nations ran over
pedestian Donald Lewis in The
Bronx on November 24, 2018.
Beyond no-fault insurance,
asserting the Ivorian
Mission's negigence, Lewis
sued in state court in the
Bronx.
Nearly immediately, the
Mission snatched the case away
from the Bronx state court and
removed it to the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York.
In its notice of removal, the
Mission's lawyers wrote that
"for reference, Cote d'Ivoire
is also known as the Ivory
Coast, which is a country
located on the south coast of
West Africa."
They did not mention French
colonialism, or Laurent
Gbagbo, or now the president
installed after him trying to
stay in power, a question on
which the UN has refused to
answer written questions from
Inner City Press.
The
notice of removal included a
letter from Ivorian Deputy
Permanent Representative
Desire G. Wulfran, that
Mission staffer Diarra ADAMA
was in fact driving the car,
diplomatic license plate
0126ACD, on November 24,
2018.
On January 8 the
case came before SDNY Judge
George B. Daniels, and Inner
City Press was there. There
were disputes about discovery,
between lawyers Richard S.
Weiss of Koenigsberg &
Associates PC and Keane &
Bernheimer PLLC; a
future conference date was
set. Inner City Press, banned
from the UN for its questions
about the colonial corruption
of UN Sec-Gen Antonio
Guterres, will continue to
follow this case. It is Lewis
v. Permanent Mission of Cote
d'Ivoire to the UN, et al.,
19-cv-1375 (Daniels).
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