Draft:Frank Bafford Sr.

On July 22, 1971, Frank Bafford was born in Painesville, Ohio. As a child, his mother moved to Frostproof, Florida where he spent his childhood and teenage years. In 1989, he graduated in the 11th grade from Frostproof Jr. Sr. High School with honors and went on to attend Rhema Bible Training Center in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. After graduating Bible school in 1992, he moved to Tampa, Florida where he became an assistant pastor. In the 90s, he became a Realtor and transitioned into being a successful Real Estate Investor. Frank was the first purchaser to put a contract in to purchase a property called Township Apartments. He gave them their full asking price of 8 million dollars and put up a 25 thousand dollar non-refundable deposit. He was giving the seller 25 thousand dollars just to sign the contract. The seller then sold the property for less money to another purchaser of another race. While talking with the Realtor, he was informed that “the seller didn’t want to sell to someone like you.” to which he responded, “What do you mean someone like me?” There was no response. Believing that he was a victim of discrimination, Frank hired a law firm to represent his interests. He quickly realized that his lawyers didn’t appear to be representing his interests. He then began to study the law himself. He went from law firm to law firm looking for someone to represent his case but each firm appeared to take up where the last firm left off in trying to get his case dismissed. After spending over 60 thousand dollars in legal proceedings and not finding a lawyer to represent him, he began to represent himself. He soon discovered what he believed to be the reason why the law firms were seeking to get his case dismissed. One of the defendants in his lawsuit was a lawyer and this lawyer could possibly be disbarred and face fraud charges. Other lawyers also could have been implicated together with this lawyer. To protect these lawyers, Frank could not be allowed to win this case. So The Good Ol’ Boys Club went into action to stop Frank from winning. It finally made sense to him why he couldn’t find a lawyer to help him. Of the approximately 60k that was spent on legal fees, only 40k to 45k was actually used to reimburse the lawyers for working on his case. 15k to 20k was kept by the lawyers as part of their Slush Fund. Meaning, when giving the law firms retainers to represent him, once Frank decided to change firms, he should have been returned the unused balance of the retainer. The lawyers wouldn't return the unused portion of the retainer. One firm was given a $5000 retainer. $2500 was supposed to get them started in state court and $2500 was supposed to get them started in federal court. They filed 1 document in state court and never filed anything in federal court, not even a notice of appearance, yet kept the $5000.. Based on calculations this was 15k to 20k that was withheld from Frank to make it harder for him to proceed with the lawsuit. Mr. Bafford went to the Bar to complain and they told him they would not get involved in taking the lawyers to court. Not being a lawyer and having his hands full with his current cases, he had to let them keep the money. They made it difficult for Frank by hindering him financially, had him followed, had his phone bugged,changed his telephone records so that calls pertaining to the lawsuit didn't appear to have been made and had him monitored at the law library to make sure he wasn't receiving help from others. He even showed a lawyer how to win the case within a couple of weeks, but they wouldn't do what he requested for them to do. Township Apartments was going out of business and selling all their properties. With Frank having lawsuits in front of 3 courts, it would be considered fraudulent conveyance for Township to sell all of their assets and run off with the money, when they have pending legal actions against them. Believing that he was a victim of discrimination, Frank hired a law firm to represent his interests, Frank Bafford vs. Township Apartments, ET Al. With no legal experience, Frank filed cases before the State District Court, State Administrative Court, State Appellate Court, Federal District Court, Federal Appeals Court, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Federal Claims. He beat the lawyers and their friends but was blocked by the court from winning. The defendants admitted in State Administrative Court to refusing to sell to Frank because of his race. They set different terms and conditions into the contract because of his race. They denied that the property was available and refused to negotiate with him because of his race. These admissions were noted by the Administrative Court and operated as a judgment. Though the defendants admitted to these illegal acts, this Administrative Court did not have jurisdiction to address these violations of the law. The State District Court and Appellate Court determined that the proceedings before the Administrative Court were legal and final. With the admissions of guilt before the State Administrative Court, Frank filed with the Federal District Court who had jurisdiction over Civil Rights violations. He and the Defendants went back and forth arguing the law when Frank realized that the Federal District Court didn’t have jurisdiction to consider the merits of the case. This court could only determine damages. The Rooker-Feldman Doctrine and Full Faith & Credit Act prevented the Federal District Court from reconsidering and going over a final judgment of the State Courts. Once the Federal District Court realized Frank knew the legal truth, there’s only one thing they could do to stop him at this point. They entered an order preventing him from filing anything else in court to further protect The Good Ol’ Boys Club. After facing this legal nightmare, Frank now ministers to prisoners and is doing a series of Christian Books for prisoners called the “You're Never Going Back Series.” In the battle between the rock and the water, the water eventually wins.