Motorist sues city, seeks $7 million over traffic ticket : News-Record.com : Greensboro & the Triad's most trusted source for local news and analysis

"Motorist sues city, seeks $7 million over traffic ticket"

"In a civil lawsuit filed Friday in federal court, Tornello Fontaine Pierce El-Bey, 43 — who says he is a member of the Washitaw Empire — accuses the police department and Officer B.J. Nida of causing him financial distress and violating his rights. He also accuses the city of copyright infringement for using his name on the ticket.

As a member of the Washitaw de Dugdahmoundyah Muur's Indigenous People, El-Bey claims he is protected by the U.S. and state constitutions and the United Nations' Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People. According to the Washitaw Empire's Web site, the Louisiana-based group considers itself to be the world's oldest sovereign and independent nation."

Sounds to me like a suit doomed to be dismissed instantly. If he is a member of a sovereign foreign nation, he should be suing in their court, not ours. And he should be suing in Washitaw Bucks, not U.S. Dollars.