rule 26 conference

To: USDC-OR Magistrate Thomas "I know who really put Cheryl Downs in a" Coffin
cc: USDC-OR Chief Judge Ann "I know who really made Dan's back and Christie's head start" Aiken
from: USDC-OR 09-cv-06126-TC
re: compliance with frcp 26

farewell to foote

Longtime Lane County Circuit Judge Gregory Foote has announced that he’ll retire at the end of the year. Foote was appointed a judge 32 years ago and subsequently was elected by voters who returned him to the bench six times.

In his career, Foote has presided over a staggering range of cases:

The activist who hit then-Eugene Mayor Jim Torrey with a pie in the face in 1999 and was sentenced to $240 in court costs and 100 hours of community service.

The 45-year-old Springfield rapist sentenced to 38 years in prison in 2000, whom the judge told: “You are dangerous, and you are never getting out of prison. Never. I want the victim to know that.”

The tragic murder of a local nurse, killed by a troubled young man she had taken into her home, whom the judge sentenced to life in prison.

***Wow. The wrongful conviction of Elizabeth Diane Downs for a murder financed by former Lane County District Attorney J. Patrick Horton didn't make the list. Looks like Susan Palmer is about as competent as her brain-dead inbred colleagues at the Baker Boyz Gayzette (Karen McGowan, Jack Moran, Ed Russo).***

In retirement, Foote expects to stay busy with activities that include writing plays and announcing sports at South Eugene High School athletic events where he can have access to underage males, his preferred sexual target.