BREAKING: Powers v. Orange County District Attorney Todd Allan Spitzer, et al. — A Lawsuit Filed in D.C. and Built by We the People
By Powers, Billie Rene’ Frances Lillian July 9, 2025 (lawsuit document linked below)
This is more than a legal filing. It is the clarion call of a nation betrayed, a People ignored, and a system rigged against its rightful heirs. It is the reason we rolled — the reason Toll and Roll™ exists.
In 2008, the first illegal foreclosure struck my family ranch — followed by a second in 2009, and a third in 2012. After years of trespass, harassment, and domestic terrorism against my family, land, and home, a fraudulent trustee sale was executed in 2016 using forged deeds. In 2017, a second SWAT raid descended on our home — seizing everything we owned and removing us with militarized force. This wasn’t law enforcement. This was war. These were not clerical errors. They were coordinated attacks.
In 2017, I stood before U.S. District Judge David O. Carter in the case of Powers v. Bank of New York Mellon. He told me in open court that if I proved fraud, he would send it to the U.S. Attorney General. I did prove it. But the court didn’t refer. It erased the record. The very whistleblower evidence used to build that case was later extracted and rerouted — used in the prosecution of Patrick Soria, a man whose crimes mirrored those I exposed. At least 64 interested parties entered the criminal joinder action — victims with documented claims connected to the same network of fraud. And the victims who exposed it? We were cast aside.
The Petition of Remonstrance: The Constitutional Backbone was introduced into federal court in December 2019, the Petition of Remonstrance — authored by Christopher Hallett, Valerie Naif, and Lorie Cole with contributions from We the People — is not a protest. It is a lawful constitutional action under Article I and the First Amendment. It stands as a living affidavit of remedy and demand for enforcement. Not a statutory lawsuit, but a binding administrative invocation of our sovereign rights to include holding officials accountable.
This Petition was lawfully entered into public record in all 50 states through court dockets, county filings, and municipal meetings — and formally served in 40 states by representatives to Governors, Attorneys General, legislative chambers, Secret Service offices, and more. It is an historical document. It was delivered to Presidents Trump and Biden, Congress, and over 600 federal and state agencies. Today, it rests in the hands of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), awaiting full enforcement. It exposes systemic fraud, corrupted registries, judicial collusion, charter violations, and administrative treason — all enforceable under constitutional law. It remains active. It remains enforceable. And it continues to grow in support.
In March 2021, OCDA Investigator John Minn contacted me after I submitted my findings to the IRS and he opened a formal criminal investigation. At his request I delivered a clear sealed bin with over seven binders of evidence to his office. Other victims came forward with similar claims, and whistleblower Renee Wyler assisted me and contributed to our key research and documentation exposing interstate connections — including ties to Georgia, Massachusetts, Florida, and Minnesota — that pointed directly to federal crimes. John Minn was sent updated evidence and victims called him as well as emailed him, some thanking him for his courage to assist us. But Minn quickly began ghosting all victims and by 2024, that investigation was closed without a single indictment, without notice— and weeks later, the ranch at the center of it all burned to the ground in the Airport Fire. It wasn’t until March 7, 2025 that I became aware that our family ranch burned to the ground. It was a devastating realization.
The day I found the ranch burned to the ground John Bloom and I founded the Toll and Roll™ Convoy. We united our whistleblower team and took our truth directly to the nation’s capital — 8,000 miles round trip. We met face-to-face with DOGE, members of Congress, and federal agency officials. This wasn’t lobbying. It was a lawful action. We delivered the evidence. We demanded the truth. We have confirmed sealed investigations.
After returning from D.C. I was asked to attend a Board of Supervisors meeting on June 24, 2025, to support victims of conservatorship. While there I greeted DA Todd Spitzer and shook his hand. I reminded him of who I was, telling him of my dismay in his avoidance of a meeting with me. Further I kindly offered and said, “Had your office done it’s job, we wouldn’t have had to go to D.C.” He asked me what I was talking about, looking confused and stating he had no clue about anything I was sharing or asking about, no idea of a criminal investigation involving me or other victims in his office or that it was abruptly shut down after 3 years. He was interrupted by Supervisor Foley and escorted away from me as he looked back repeatedly at me and told me to contact his office. Before leaving the meeting later that day Spitzer approached me, with urgency. He said we needed to meet and said he would give my name to his office to assure I was placed on his calendar. I did. I called. I showed up. I went to the DA’s office on June 26 to follow up on my call the previous day. After 30 minutes Senior Investigator Michael Kendrick appeared, we spoke for approximately 15-20 minutes, we shook hands and agreed that he would follow up by Wednesday July 2, he confirmed that John Minn had taken early retirement and I said we believed that may be the case after he began ghosting us, it was a pattern and anyone attempting to help without knowledge of underlying gatekeeping to stop the victims was quickly removed or retired. We then hugged.
Then came July 2, 2025. Investigator Kendrick had promised a follow-up by this date. But like clockwork — I was denied, again. He never delivered. That breach of verbal agreement — that failure to act in good faith — was the final straw. I had no more options. The lawsuit had to be filed.
Over the 4th of July holiday I worked on the lawsuit that this story is written for. I have had an edited version for years that was started in the event one day I’d need to actually file it. I conferred with a man many know, who will be publicly showing his knowledge and support of this litigation very soon. Also, a man who has assisted me with protective duties and calls on my behalf to the county attorneys, the FBI agent in charge of an investigation and standing himself as a victim of counterfeit document deed fraud. And a team Toll and Roll™ Delegate, Matt Skarlatos.
Over the holiday weekend, Matt and I spoke several times to refine the document. That’s when we launched “Mission Get It Filed.” With our sharp edits and creative thinking, we worked to make the filing as strong and airtight as possible. Unfortunately, PACER was down, preventing access. On Monday, July 7, I called PACER and was informed that my account was inactive for non use and in addition that as a non-attorney I could not file a new case electronically — my submission would have to be mailed, emailed, or hand-delivered. The court would have to approve electronic filings. Matt and I had already had a plan C for hand delivery, but I attempted email first. After three bounced-back messages — and one that didn’t return but left doubt — it became clear the intake system was unstable due to server overload, and that was confirmed by the court clerk who filed the case. The clerk apologized for the inconvenience and was very helpful, yet she said it is a problem and happens frequently and causes delays. She further apologized for not having a judge assigned as yet due to bringing the case Pro Per, it may delay the assignment up to 6 weeks. Once again, this proved our point about unequal access to justice.
On June 8, 2025: Powers v. OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY – COUNTY OF ORANGE, TODD ALLAN SPITZER, in his official and individual capacities, COUNTIES OF SAN DIEGO, LOS ANGELES, ORANGE, AND RIVERSIDE, and their respective BOARD MEMBERS, in both their official and individual capacities, as owners and operators of the ‘S.E.C.U.R.E.’ recordation and case management software systems, and JOHN DOES 1–50 was filed.
It is filed in D.C. filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Powers v. Office of the District Attorney, Todd Allan Spitzer, et al. is the result of years of lawlessness ignored. California had its chance — and failed. Every public officeholder, every clerk, every judge, and every agency that chose silence over action now faces the consequence of We the People standing in federal court.
At the heart of this lawsuit lies the S.E.C.U.R.E. system — a software apparatus owned by the counties of Orange, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Riverside. This proprietary platform was implemented under Kamala Harris during the Obama administration and was made possible by the Government Paperwork Elimination Act under Bill Clinton. What began as digital efficiency was weaponized for theft. S.E.C.U.R.E. enabled false filings, deed fraud, judicial collusion, and the erasure of constitutional rights — all while hiding in plain sight under county contracts and bar association control.
The lawsuit documents over a decade of whistleblower reports, verified fraud, title tampering, and civil rights violations. It names the architects. It holds them to account.
This is not just judicial warfare. It is the collapse of public trust. The betrayal of state and county charters. The abdication of duty by those sworn to uphold the Constitution. Those who accepted unlawful emoluments, signed off on digital fraud, or empowered third-party shell contractors are exposed in the Petition. It calls for audits. It calls for removal. It calls for indictments. It calls for justice.
The Petition of Remonstrance, this federal lawsuit, and the Toll and Roll™ movement are a collective of victims from all avenues of judicial warfare; CPS/APS/Guardianship/Deed Fraud and are unified under one unshakable truth:
When the courts fail, the People respond.
When officials hide, the People expose.
When evidence is destroyed, the People rebuild it.
And when the system forgets it serves us — We the People roll.
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