Theodore W. Atkinson who is with the Office of Immigration Litigation of the DOJ will litigate the case filed by the Robin Hood International Human Rights Legal Defense Fund in the Ninth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals.
Dr. Paul Maas Risenhoover filed the case last week on behalf of the National Chamorro Association of the Mariana Islands headed by local radio talk show host Glenn Manglona.
“The lawsuit filed on behalf of the National Chamorro Association of the Mariana Islands and the native Chamorros and Carolinians will also benefit all overseas foreign workers,” said Manglona in a statement.
“It is imperative that we remain united. Because we are wards of the U.S. by conquest after WWII and by the Treaty of Peace, the native Chamorros and Carolinian tribes and native Filipinos in the Philippines were automatically U.S. nationals. Are the indigenous people of the NMI being mislead into signing the Covenant with the US who are trustee when we don’t really need to? We’ll find out soon with this lawsuit,” he added.
An Internet search revealed several cases Risenhoover filed against the federal government.
In Risenhoover v. Washington, he challenged his passport application denial over his failure to pay child support.
He was later issued a valid passport after paying his outstanding child support. Risenhoover claimed he was subject to certain cognitive disorders but should not be discriminated because of that.
In yet another case, Risenhoover was described as a “fraudulent opportunist” by a judge in an article in the New York Times.
Risenhover claims to be a lawyer, but this cannot be confirmed.
In August 2008, Risenhoover was involved in a scheme to recruit Micronesians in a kosher meat packing plant in Iowa that was later raided by immigration authorities, leaving hundreds of workers stranded in the state and penniless.
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