Lawrence Eliot Mattison v. Janie Deborah Willis, et al.
Securities Immigration Privacy
Whether repeal of code of Virginia 87.1-21(1976) of jurisdiction over alleged crimes and offenses committed on federal enclave property, and acceptance of that repeal by the DVA on behalf of the HVAMC, confers concurrent criminal jurisdiction on persons acting under color of State law to prosecute Petitioner for the alleged crime of Stalking and annoying calls under Virginia criminal process, when the alleged crimes are within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Department of Justice or U.S. Attorney under 18 U.S.C. §13 and 38 CFR §814.560 and .561
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED Under the Federal Constitution Art. |, §8, Cl. 17/18 Lands comprising the Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center (‘HVAMC") was ceded to the United States in the 1869-70 Act of the Virginia General Assembly c. 325 @ pg. 479, creating a federal enclave and giving the HVAMC exclusive jurisdiction. In a 1976 legislative Act of : the Virginia General Assembly c. 211 @ pgs. 239-242, Virginia repealed subjectmatter jurisdiction over crimes and offenses on federal property and expressly reserved jurisdiction for taxations. In July of 1977 that specific legislative Act was accepted by the Department of Veterans Affairs ("DVA”) on behalf of the HVAMC in what is referred to in this case as “The retrocession letter"; — THE QUESTIONS ARE: () Whether repeal of code of Virginia 87.1-21(1976) of jurisdiction over alleged crimes and offenses committed on federal enclave property, and acceptance of that repeal by the DVA on behalf of the HVAMC, confers concurrent criminal jurisdiction on persons acting under color of State law to prosecute Petitioner for the alleged crime of Stalking and annoying calls under Virginia criminal process, when the alleged crimes are within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Department of Justice or U.S. Attorney under 18 U.S.C. §13 and 38 CFR §814.560 and .561. (2) Whether the retrocession letter in this case, in light of the 1976 legislative Act, confers concurrent criminal jurisdiction on persons acting under color of State law . to use a State court criminal process against petitioner for alleged crimes committed on HVAMC property. i RELATED CASES Commonwealth of Virginia v. Lawrence Mattison case No. 171012 Lawrence Mattison v. Commonwealth of Virginia, U.S. S. Ct. case No. 17-8868 In re Lawrence Mattison (Habeas petition) U.S. S. Ct. case No. 19-7509