Our courts are intended to be used for actual victims seeking justice, not for greedy individuals seeking riches by playing "lawsuit lottery" with false victimization claims and stalking through the courts.

This was a person, who from her own bankruptcy affidavit, swore under penalty of perjury in Bankruptcy court that she only made on the average $11,000 a year in income from her claimed "fame" for the prior three consecutive years. This filing reflected that her annual income actually increased from $10,000 to $13,000, and yet at the same time she was swearing (under penalty of perjury) in her complaint against us in Federal Court that we caused her over $75,000 in lost income from the past year. (That amount of a $75,000 loss is the ticket to be able to file a complaint in "Federal" court.) A bold lie from Dolen? Absolutely! She banks on the court's right hand never knowing what the left hand is doing! (And surprisingly, they don't!) She is confident that she can exploit the flaws in our system. (And she did!)

We answered with counterclaims, and Dolen immediately threatened to have us sanctioned, claiming that she was under the protection of her Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Eventually, the bankruptcy Judge informed her that from the date she filed her bankruptcy she was not protected from her actions against us, but would be liable for those actions. After reading the case, he further cautioned her in proceeding with her claims against us, and clearly stated that the purpose of his court was not to "protect" her from her actions or the liability resulting from them. What did debtor Dolen hear him say?  Somehow, she interpreted and boasted in many delusional statements and additional filings that 'she won, we lost’ and that the Judge had "barred" our counterclaims. Go figure!

Deborah Dolen went on to make her claims against us public. She posted false and libelous commentary about us on websites, in forums, and self-published press releases. She has named us individually as "known cyberstalkers" and claimed we wanted to obtain notoriety and some sort of "power" by associating ourselves with her self-proclaimed "famous author" name of Mabel White. She fabricated claims that we had other victims and had "stalked" her. She fabricated claims that we had committed all sorts of internet fraud, trademark infringement, criminal acts against her - and more. At one point, she even published online a self-written and fake court order against us. Every claim, every allegation, and in fact, the entire "Federal lawsuit" was based solely on false pretenses, and was a wild display of grandiose and persecutory delusions, reckless irresponsibility, intentional lies, and a vexatious attempt to libel and disparage us, then demand money from us to stop.

So, why did Deborah Dolen target us for her lawsuit?
From what I have learned about and read from this plaintiff since January of 2009, I think this came about because of some sort of grandiose/hero complex she may have. According to my husband's ex, Angela Schubart Ledcke, as mentioned previously, Dolen had contacted and befriended her because they were both featured on the same online scammer site. Ledcke dangled my family like a carrot in front of someone who was greedy enough to forget logic and reasoning, and set her sights in rolling the dice and playing a game of pro se lawsuit lottery. There was no other way on earth for Deborah Dolen to know who we were, know our names, emails, and/or our personal information without the rants of her new friend and my husband’s longtime bothersome ex, Angela Schubart Ledcke. Although Ledcke eventually confessed to supplying this pro se plaintiff with our names, Dolen's original claim was that our attorney had “dimed us out” and supplied her with our names and information. The only little logistical problem with that was that Dolen and Ledcke were trashing us on an that Topix forum days prior to us knowing anything about Dolen and even before our attorney knew who we were. 

Of course it’s just my opinion, but I would never do business with someone who demonstrates such unprofessional, unbalanced, and disturbing behavior. But then again, I have no interest in homemade lotions, potions, perfumes, candy or coffee flavor oils - and would never purchased from a business that was not licensed, reputable, and/or have FDA approval on their products. After all, these bathroom-chemist type businesses can too easily substitute canola oil as cheap fillers for essential oils, for example.

Why am I being so tacky and blogging about this?
No, it isn’t like me, but because my family and I have been inconvenienced for the past several years by having our names associated with this convicted felon, I am personally sick of Deborah Dolen's lies, threats, dogmatic delusional pro se legal attacks, constant attempts to libel and disparage us, and demands of money from us. In my opinion, this woman has obviously caused her own problems because of the poor and dishonest choices she has made and continues to make in life, and neither I nor any member of my family has had anything to do with her, her history, her problems, her scams, or anything else she may dream up, claim, and sue us for.  As “famous” as she may think she is, she was (as is) inconsequential to us, as we had never even heard of her or her claimed trade name of “Mabel White” (an alias name she has used freely and directly to libel and harass us) prior to her unwarranted attack on us.

What is a clear and undisputable fact in our world is that this plaintiff, prior to anyone in my family having any idea that she existed, was conspiring against us, researching our assets, posting libelous content about us online, and had already gathered our names, address, phone numbers, personal emails, work emails, and other personal information, and yet her claim is that we had been "stalking" her!  Deborah Dolen has since continued to harass my family by publishing our names and address online, posting distasteful and delusional online comments and outbursts, complete lies, libel, libel per se, and has even published a self-authored fake and unsigned court order against us. Again, go figure.

I am confident that plaintiff "Deborah R. Dolen aka author Mabel White" must realize that her fictional claims against us have no merit whatsoever and were solely based from the unsupported claims and gossip of her only source, my husband's ex, Angela Ledcke (who has personally published online that she is a diagnosed schizophrenic).  Whatever delusional entitlement this person may think she has to be able to pick someone out of thin air to sue, trash, and harass, and attempt to extort money from, she needs to face reality and realize that she made a poor decision when she attacked my family with her lawsuit lottery game. She doesn’t know any of us well enough to comment on anything about us, and I daresay if she did, she would be surprised to discover just who she choose to target. As well, she certainly doesn’t know us well enough to lecture us on any of the many matters she has harassed us with in her numerous emails - some of which she actually sent via our employer's emails.  Nonetheless, she has continued in her libel campaign and empty, unsupported, and ridiculous accusations regarding my family. 

I am also convinced that pride, arrogance, mean-spirited gaming and greed outweighs her ability to recognize reality and actually admit that she was completely and totally wrong in the fantasy-filled conclusions, assumptions, and allegations she made against my family, and in naming us in her nonsensical Federal lawsuit. 

July 5, 2010:
Since writing about my experience in the above content on my blog, bogus lawsuit filer/pro se plaintiff Deborah R. Dolen aka author "Mabel White" has motioned the Federal Court in the middle district of Florida for injunctive relief to shut down my entire blog, and she has continued to demand money from us. Although that motion was filled with more lies, complete delusions, and whatever fantasies filled her head at the time of filing, the motion was denied.  After the Court ordered her to amend her Federal complaint, she made a few more attempts at making demands from us, and even though we ignored her, she eventually dropped my family from her newest amended bogus Federal complaint. We stood up to this vexatious lawsuit bully, and with any luck, plaintiff Deborah R. Dolen aka author "Mabel White" will not be able to victimize others with her vexatious pro se litigation games in the future. Aside from the fact that she often portrays herself as one of the "rich and famous," sadly, this person, as we have found through our personal experience, demonstrates a total lack of connection with reality, and in our opinion is nothing more than a bully, a nut, and a delusional wanna-be seeking attention.

October 21, 2010 - Here We Go Again...
I am always shocked that there are people who simply do not recognize the consequences of their own actions. Dolen targeting my family in a vexatious lawsuit based solely on greed in order to try and profit from extortion attempts and also to "get us" for her friend (and my husband's ex), has brought with it the consequence of me starting this blog. Because she brought my name online in order to try and trash and damage me in some way, I felt I had the right to defend my name from her delusional rants. In reality, this blog never would've existed, or at least, she never would've been mentioned. After all, without her bullying, lies, threats, libel, abuse, tirades, and vexatious lawsuit against my family, obviously I would not have known who she was or anything about her! (She's not as "famous" in reality as she seems to be in her own mind.) It's just that simple, yet something this person does not seem to understand this. Instead, she is continuing to blame others for her own actions, and is now throwing a fit in Federal court because I've blogged about our experience of being the target of her bullying and latest scam attempt.

This pro se plaintiff is petitioning the court to amend her lawsuit for the third time to once again add us back into her "Federal complaint" of make-believe allegations - simply to harass us and attempt to restrict me from using her name(s) and saying on my blog what she has done to us. She seems to think that I have no right to use the very names that she, herself has used so freely in her attempts to publicly mock, disparage, bully, cyberbully, cyberstalk, cyber smear, harass, threaten, libel, and sue us in bad faith. As has been her usual pattern, she is adding new coo-coo concocted theories and fantasy allegations to her motion to amend. This time, she is claiming and has submitted an exhibit in the case that someone called "the water filer lady" will sign a "formal declaration" against us because this "water filter lady" person received an email from someone else. I don't even know who the heck this "water filter lady" is, so I can only assume that she is just another nutcase.

In our world, we have never come across someone that could act so outrageously irrational and crazy, but I have to admit, Deborah Dolen, as "Mabel White, CEO" did email us (during the phase of her harassment campaign where she was emailing us threats via our employers) and warn us that she "can DO crazy!" Excerpt from one of her harassing emails to us.

Even after being removed from Dolen's Federal complaint in June of 2010, in her attempt to further harass us, in early 2011 Dolen published several online "articles" that intentionally and falsely stated that we were still defendants in this case and "going to trial" as "cyberstalkers" - while publicly gloating because of having  associated our names with such.

With the exception of one [let's say] "less-than-credible" source, a website owned by June Maxam, NorthCountryGazette.org, all other site owners, after simply reading the irrational and ridiculous article(s), immediately, responsibly, and respectfully removed Dolen's bullying libel game from their online publications. Apparently June Maxam is known for the same sort of nonsensicality and for imagining herself to be a "news" correspondent of some sort. Maxam, ignorantly referencing Dolen's obsolete complaint that the court had previously dismissed and removed us from as defendants, insists that I did "go to trial" as a defendant, and that I am "wrong" in stating that I had not. (Some "reporter" - huh?) (I've discovered that ethics, principles, and rationality all seem to run scarce in the world of felons and fruitcakes.) June Maxam, through her webhost, challenged me to sue, but suing the insolvent seems like a senseless waste of time.

An Extra Helping of Insanity!
I've personally witnessed more insane conduct in this one bogus and vexatious lawsuit filed by pro se plaintiff Deborah R. Dolen than I think I've seen collective from anyone in my lifetime. Maybe that's because by choice, I've never had any association with this type of unscrupulous person before. Some of the tactics this plaintiff has used is beyond what anyone with an ounce of honesty and/or credibility would attempt. Although she omitted my family from her 2nd amended complaint and threatened that if we continued with our counterclaims that she would motion to add us back in, she actually seems to believe that she can simply invent claims against us and act as though we were still included in her bogus lawsuit. In some crazy attempt to try and intimidate me, Dolen listed my ex husband on her new witness list and stated that he would testify against my character. When asked about this, my ex said he had never even heard of Deborah R. Dolen and that he had no intention of making any statement or testimony against me. Somehow, in her own little world, she must've theorized that he would have something negative to say about me. Dolen actually included this delusional theory in one of her pleadings and even intimated that he'd left me in our marriage. As with all of her assumptions and claims, It doesn't seem to matter to her that she has absolutely no idea what she's talking about because she doesn't know anything about us.

Dolen has claimed over the past two years that we have "confused" the Federal court Judge in Texas, which resulted in the orders and decisions made in our favor in this case; that we prejudiced the mediator (and experienced criminal attorney) against her; that we "tampered" with the [imaginary] potential jury pool; that I, personally, "witness tampered," because of my blog; and most recently, that we "tainted" the Federal Court Magistrate Judge in Tampa. (All that, and yet I can't even get the postman to stop walking on my lawn!)

February 24, 2011 - Deborah Dolen's Lawsuit and ALL Claims Against Us Are Dismissed
For the first day in over two years my family and I are no longer being sued and harassed in Federal court by pro se plaintiff Deborah R. Dolen aka "author" Mabel White in a targeted, nonsensical, and fictitious lawsuit lottery game. The Federal court ruled on the  pleadings and ALL of Deborah Dolen's delusional and bogus claims against my family and me were DISMISSED with prejudice today in our favor and she is now barred from ever making those claims against us again. (Predictably, she somehow thought and immediately boasted in an email to our attorney that this decision was in her favor.) As the Federal Court order stated about claim-thrower Deborah R. Dolen's "tortuous action," "enough is enough."  Order of Dismissal  Our counterclaims were dismissed in that case, but were dismissed without prejudice, allowing us to reassert them in a separate action when and where we choose. There wouldn't be much use for this, however, because Dolen is what the courts commonly refer to as a "insolvent defendant." Simply put, she has nothing.

Deborah Dolen's Lawsuit is DISMISSED at Trial by Federal Judge:
April 21, 2011 - Julie Ryals Receives a Judgment AGAINST Deborah R. Dolen and ALL of Dolen's Claims Are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE!
Deborah Dolen's vexatious and nonsensical lawsuit against Julie Ryals came to trial before the Federal Court in Tampa, Florida, on April 18, 2011. The issues were set before a jury. On the third day of the trial, after Deborah Dolen completed her performance as ringmaster for her own dog and pony show, in response to a verbal motion by Julie Ryals' attorney, the Federal Judge made a decision based on the case presented and immediately dismissed all of Deborah Dolen's claims against Julie Ryals WITH PREJUDICE. (Meaning that Dolen cannot bring those claims again.)

The Federal Judge in Tampa told Dolen that she [quote] did not show even the most minuscule ounce of proof to her claims. Dolen had said in published media interviews she had created by interviewing herself that she would not "fall into the sand trap" of having to provide proof of her unsupported allegations, but would instead bring in her own witnesses to simply testify "the old fashioned way." Because Dolen HAD no proof, but had been bulldozing through this case with only threats, bullying, and bogus accusations, it was no surprise that this desperate plan was actually put into play. Dolen introduced the testimonies of Annette Bartowsheski, and Sheryl Farley (aka Sherry Lynn Farley) of Bradenton, FL - two anonymous and scripted "witnesses" that Dolen brought in off the streets to lie and perjure themselves in Federal Court for her cause. (I have to wonder if they realized while "testifying" under oath and the penalty of perjury, that there is indisputable evidence that rebuts what they were scripted and instructed to say.) In addition to the scripted "testimony" agenda, Annette Bartowsheski seemed to be bothered because I did not publish a negative comment she submitted to my blog, and she pointed this out to the Federal Judge. (Her comment, by the way, was the ONLY negative/ugly comment I have ever received, and it was one that fell into the "irrational" category.) Bartowsheski also, via her affidavit and testimony, stated and complained to the Federal court that my blog was "too long." I suppose I was unaware that this was a Federal Court-worthy issue or offense, but like I said, "irrational."  Sherry Farley was even less rational, and in addition to her testimony being completely off the wall, she told the court that her deceased mother spoke to her (by way of a tree falling on her house), and told her to "help Deborah Dolen."

Despite these witnesses' ridiculous testimonial scripts and transparent attempts to manufacture the necessary evidence by inventing it on the stand (aka perjury), the Federal Judge dismissed such foolery and disciplined Dolen by stating that she had an "infinitesimal-infinity chance of prevailing in this case." (Direct quote) When Dolen uttered a confused "a-wha?" the Federal Judge clarified by saying that Dolen had “a snowball’s chance in Hell of prevailing on ANY claims made against Mrs. Ryals.” (Another direct quote) He further instructed pro se plaintiff Deborah R. Dolen aka Mabel White that she is forbidden from ever bringing any claims she made or could have made against Julie Ryals in this case in the future in ANY court, therefore, dismissing ALL claims against Julie Ryals by Deborah Dolen WITH PREJUDICE! 

Pending was Julie Ryals' counterclaim of cybersquatting for the domain julieryals.com, which Dolen had originally purchased at the onset of this "lawsuit" endeavor to use as a tool for libeling, name-calling, and attempt to extort a cash settlement in the case. Dolen kept this domain for 26 months, until eventually abandoning the domain and letting it expire - at which time julieryals.com was recovered by Julie Ryals. Because this ($12.00) counter claim was at this point moot, it was also dismissed.

The Federal Court's Final Decision in Deborah Dolen's Vexatious Lawsuit:
"IT IS ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Judgment is entered AGAINST Deborah R. Dolen and FOR Julie Ryals on ALL Deborah R. Dolen’s claims." Despite Deborah Dolen's continued delusions of the outcome of her fictional lawsuit, the orders of the court speak for themselves.

Defendants' Motion for Fees Against Deborah Dolen - Re: Plaintiff Dolen's Bad faith litigation

Order GRANTING Defendants' Motion for Fees AGAINST plaintiff Deborah R. Dolen, etc.

Deborah Dolen Attempts to Recuse Federal Magistrate Judge and Fails

Deborah Dolen's Response and Threats via Email (Including additional excuses. She DID respond, and her response to the Court was a fireworks finale of crazy! The "ditching" any fees awarded to us in 56 months threatened by Dolen in this email was referencing her [calculated] upcoming bankruptcy in 56 months, when she would be eligible to file again. )

Florida Court Finds that Pro se Litigant Deborah Dolen Engaged in Vexatious Conduct
[Vexatious conduct, as defined by the court, is conduct that is an abuse of the judicial process and serves merely to harass or maliciously injure another party to the civil action.]
"...the Plaintiff makes several baseless arguments, cites to inapplicable case law, and most importantly, does not refute the Defendants’ allegations concerning her alleged vexatious litigation tactics. After a review of the procedural history of this case, it is clear that the Plaintiff engaged in vexatious and unreasonable conduct that multiplied the proceedings." (Pages 5 and 6)
[Vexatious conduct, as defined by the court, is conduct that is an abuse of the judicial process and serves merely to harass or maliciously injure another party to the civil action.]

Deborah Dolen Files Affidavit of Indigency to Proceed in Appeals Court 
Even after all of her claims had been dismissed and unproven, Dolen continues to make her same unsupported delusions about us in an application to proceed to the appeals court and have the fees waived. This Affidavit for Indigency included a statement that Dolen owed her witness #2, Sheryl Farley of Bradenton close to $2,000 for "trial expenses." Was this a payment for Farley's manufactured testimony? (When Sheryl Farley wasn't paid this amount Dolen promised, she placed a lien against the title of Deborah Dolen's vehicle.)

The Final Judgment For Fees AGAINST Plaintiff, Deborah R. Dolen – March 23, 2012
Although it probably goes without saying, the simple fact that Deborah Dolen remained pro se throughout the history of this extortion attempt case is another indication of how baseless and unfounded her claims were and are. If her claims had held any merit or truth, contingency attorneys would’ve been lined up to jump on the case. Instead, they continued to warn her of her liability in pursuing – as did the various judges involved.

I have to wonder if the plan to "get" us, coaxed by Dolen's abettor, Angela Schubart Ledcke, was worth it for her. She has built up such massive hatred toward us because we refused to be bullied, that I doubt if she has yet to realize how she was played by Ledcke and/or the [permanent] impact this entire endeavor has had and will have on her. I'd be willing to expect that she will never allow herself to digest the actual reality of her ruin or why we now hold a judgment lien against her.
Image version of judgment lien against pro se plaintiff Deborah R. Dolen for her vexatious conduct.

So, Who Was Arden_1? (Post-Final Judgment Posting)
Topix poster Arden_1 was actually Suzanne Rossignol, a young woman from Lake City, Florida. I found this out early in the case in 2009 through a simple method of Googling her Topix screen name, finding her email, and doing a search on Facebook using that email. This was something pro se plaintiff Dolen could have and should have easily done before suing me in Federal court for being this Topix poster, and for this poster's words and actions. It’s called due diligence! This is one more reason why the attack on my family was calculated as nothing but an act of revenge carried out by my husband’s ex’s greedy, scamming, convicted felon friend who had nothing to lose, and what she thought would be everything to gain - Deborah R. Dolen.

After discovering who Arden_1 actually was, I called Suzanne to suggest that she stop acting in such a reckless and irresponsible manner online, and told her that if I was able to find her real identity and contact information so easily, that anyone could. At first she was frightened by my call, but I told her that it was Dolen’s responsibility to discover who she was and assured her that I would not personally volunteer her identity during the case. Her response is something that I still find to be astounding. She told me that she comes from “a good family” and that her actions on Topix would affect that good family’s good standing if they found out how she was behaving. (Apparently, my family was somehow assumed to be inferior, so it was okay for me to take the blame.) Although Dolen did eventually discover Arden_1’s true identity during the case, she was too far into it (and her extortion attempts) to admit it. Arden_1 being someone else wasn’t part of Dolen and Ledcke’s plan. Suzanne never came forward, and let me assume full responsibility, consequence, and the impact for her actions. Thankfully, my family's good name and standing was good enough and strong enough to bear up.