On August 28, 2019, a New York federal court dismissed Couri's bogus lawsuit against a cadre of his former adversaries.

On August 28, 2019, a federal court dismissed Couri's unhinged-pro se complaint against defendants Kenneth V. Gomez, Esq., other well recognized New York and California-based attorneys, a number of established New York and California judges, the County of Riverside California, the Riverside County California District Attorney, the Riverside California Sheriff's Department, the UCLA Medical Center, the University of Wisconsin Hospital, not to mention a host of private citizens. Nearly 30 defendants in all.

Below are copies of the order of dismissal and docket. From the outset, Couri harassed and abused the federal court and its support staff without cause despite repeated warnings to cease. This is Couri's modus operandi. Couri is never about the merits; he is about defamation.

Significantly, none of the defendants appeared in the federal court action. Couri had no interest in pursuing the allegations (against me) because they are meritless.  Rather, Couri's goal was to give his false and now terribly old allegations a "ring of truth" by having them appear in a court-filed document. That is what con men do. That is what Couri does. Throws mud covers his tracks and claims to be judgment proof.

For the record, the order dismissed Couri's claims against Dan Angers, Garrett Behrens, Lisa Brunette, Joseph M. Burke, Esq., Theresa Castiglione, Vincent Castiglione, Maria Castiglioni, the Hon. David Chapman, John Does 1-15, David Fisher, Esq., Fisher & Wolfe, Max Folkenflik, Esq., Kenneth V. Gomez, Esq., Diane Hendricks, Hendricks Holding, Michael Hestrin, Sulmeyer Kupetz, Folkenflik McGarity, Shaun Murphy, Esq., Antonia Pavia, George Pavia, Esq., David Richardson, Esq., Riverside County CA, Riverside County CA District Attorney, Riverside County CA Sheriff Dept., SBEMP, John Siebert, MD, University of Wisconsin Hospital, Scott Walker, and the Hon. Paul Wooten.

James C. Couri’s Defamatory Websites ScamRaiders.com and ScamsInc.com

In 2007, I successfully represented George M. Pavia in the ejectment of Couri from one of the four apartments within Pavia's 73rd Street and Fifth Avenue townhouse. A unanimous jury found Couri to be a legal nuisance for sending over 200 faxes to Mr. Pavia’s office falsely accusing him of immoral and unethical behavior, sending about 40-50 similar types of faxes directed at a tenant who lived above Couri to the tenant’s various workplaces, and sent unfounded complaints and disparaging letters to professional organizations about Mr. Pavia and various attorneys involved in the litigation.

In the months that followed Couri’s ejectment, I successfully recovered from Couri approximately $165,000. Shortly thereafter Couri formed Scamraiders.com and ScamsInc.com to continue his harassment of Mr. Pavia, his wife, children, presiding Judge Joan A. Madden, and me, among others.

In response, I created this public service blog, to curtail Couri’s ability to damage, intimidate and fleece his victims. As a result of this blog, I received calls from people who said they were current victims of Couri’s harassment, intimidation, and false blog posts. In addition, counsel defending U.C.L.A. Medical Center against Couri's medical malpractice claims used the court records posted to my blog to force Couri to withdraw his meritless medical malpractice lawsuit. No doubt, Couri’s victims and U.C.L.A. Medical Center were satisfied to learn Couri is a thrice-convicted felon (federal bank fraud and two counts of federal securities fraud), a prolific pro se litigant, a court-declared vexatious litigant in both New York and California, and the debtor of a fraud judgment of more than $15 million (for the benefit of Dr. John Siebert). 

Couri has never been encumbered by the truth. Indeed, it is Couri’s stock and trade to attack and defame the lawyers, judges, litigants, businesses, and persons who will not succumb to his demands for money, threats or prevarications. 

Note: George M. Pavia Esq. is the named partner of the Manhattan law firm of Pavia & Harcourt. Justice Sonja Sotomayer was a partner of the law firm before becoming a federal court judge, and ultimately, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

THE ONE AND ONLY JIM COURI - 01/17/2016: "The [New York State Supreme] Court concluded, from the hearing evidence, including telephone calls to the Court and [Couri's] abusive nature towards Court personnel by telephone, that he is a vexatious litigator and needlessly prolonged this action to harass defendant [John Siebert], his attorney [Joe Burke], and needlessly exhausted this Court's resources with motions completely devoid of merit."

In late August 2016, claiming illness, California pro se plaintiff James C. Couri VOLUNTARILY withdrew his motion to hold George Pavia in default for failing to answer Couri's $40 million complaint.

"[James C. Couri] demonstrates a fundamental disrespect for the legal process, and a willingness to make baseless attacks on the integrity of any individual or institution in his disputes." Hon. Joan A. Madden, Justice Supreme Court, June 25, 2007.

This blog is dedicated to the victims of three-time convicted felon (securities fraud and two counts of bank fraud), prolific pro se litigant and legal nuisance, James C. Couri (image left), many of his victims become distraught simply by the thought of him. And to those unfortunate souls who may be mistreated by him in the future, this blog serves as a warning.

In a lucid and heartfelt affidavit, Couri's mother, Katby T. Couri, said her son Jim Couri is ruthless, without morals, a liar, who needs psychiatric help, who maintains his lifestyle by cheating others, and when people find out about him they are willing to lose money just to get away from him. [Click "Read More" immediately below. It is a must.]

Jim Couri's life of crime, fraud and misconduct is well documented in court decisions, newspaper articles, sworn statements by his brother, late mother, and daughter. [Click "Read more" immediately below.

In February 2016, a $15,091,471.04 Judgment Was Entered Against James Cyril Couri of Rancho Mirage, California, for Defrauding Dr. John Siebert.

A California notary public accuses Couri, and Couri admits to forging the California notary's signature and notary stamp 33 times.

James C. Couri, an image.

James Couri Voluntarily Withdrew His Medical Malpractice Lawsuit against UCLA Medical Center When the Hospital Refused to Pay For His Subjective Complaints.

In April 2016, James C. Couri was Found to be a Vexatious Litigant by California Superior Court and Ordered to Post a $40,000 Bond (if he Wished to Pursue his Umpteeth Lawsuit Against John Siebert).

Couri "Employs Abusive Litigation Tactics to Intimidate his Adversaries and Potential Witnesses Through Repetitive Assertion of Unsubstantiated Accusations and Claims."

James Couri Cannot File a Pro Se Lawsuit Anywhere Within the State of California Without First Obtaining Permission of the Presiding Judge

To his credit, George M. Pavia, Esq. did not back down from Couri or accede to his money demands; the jury ruled in favor of Pavia and against Couri.

One juror told me, after the verdict, that a number of the jurors were afraid that Couri would sue them if the verdict did not go his way.

To Jim Couri the smallest slight, or no slight at all, justifies a relentless no-holds-barred campaign of harassment and lies to damage his victim's reputation for the purpose of having the victim pay Couri money to stop.

Jim's malicious form of behavior includes hundreds of faxes, emails, phone calls and court motions to harass, threaten and intimidate.

"The Pavias argued not only were the number (200+) and content of the communications outrageous, but that by sending the faxes to George Pavia's law firm and to the tenant's places of business, Couri intended to harass, threaten and intimidate the Pavias and the tenant to accede to Couri's demands regarding his complaints about his tenancy."

     --- From the Decision and Order of the Hon. Joan A. Madden, Supreme Court, State of New York, June 25, 2007.

Jim Couri's brother, John A. Couri, businessman and philanthropist, has described in court papers Jim's "vicious, defamatory and false statements against an almost limitless number of persons and entities."

• "No individual should be permitted, as James [Couri] has done in this case, to use and abuse the Courts by pro se commencement of litigation reasserting claims repeatedly released or adjudicated, and, in the context of those proceedings, to make vicious, defamatory and false statements against an almost limitless number of persons and entities. I, my wife, our child, and my business and professional associates must be spared this relentless annoyance and expense." Written by Jim's brother John Couri in a sworn affidavit filed in United States District Court Southern District of New York, 92 Civ. 2991 (CLB).

Jim Couri was declared a vexatious litigant in California by Judge Bork, on June 3, 2011, in a case Couri brought against Katy Tomas and Tony Tomez.

Couri Posts Stories to Scamraiders and ScamsInc That I Know from Personal Knowledge To Be False.

Profile of the Sociopath — Glibness and SUPERFICIAL CHARM; MANIPULATIVE and CONNING; GRANDIOSE SENSE of SELF; PATHOLOGICAL LYING; LACK of REMORSE; SHAME or GUILT; SHALLOW EMOTIONS; Incapacity for Love Need for Stimulation; CALLOUSNESS/LACK of EMPATHY; Poor Behavioral Controls/Impulsive Nature, Irresponsibility/Unreliability; Promiscuous Sexual Behavior/Infidelity Promiscuity; child sexual abuse, rape and sexual acting out of all sorts. LACK of REALISTIC LIFE PLAN/PARASITIC LIFESTYLE; Criminal or Entrepreneurial Versatility; ==> ULTIMATE GOAL is the CREATION of a WILLING VICTIM.

Under California law, what Is a Vexatious Litigant?

Jim Couri & Scamraiders.com Republish to the Internet an Image They Knew Was Fabricated, With Specific Intent to Harm and Injure.

Jim Couri & Scamraiders.com Republish to the Internet an Image They Knew Was Fabricated, With Specific Intent to Harm and Injure.

About a year ago, Couri had a one hour, one-day a week, AM radio talk show in Palm Springs, California. The broadcast was about scams; after a few shows, Couri attacked a number of doctors employed at the U.C.L.A. Medical Center. It appears the radio station owner(s) found out about Couri's background, and his claims against the medical center; because overnight, all reference to Couri and the show had been removed from the radio station's website.

I do not seek money by force or threat from Couri (that is Couri's modus operandi); and I do not smear Couri, because everything reported here is from published court documents.

Hardly Six Months Go By Before I Receive a Call From Someone Claiming to be Viciously Harassed by Couri.

Is James C. Couri Attempting to Distance Himself From Scamraiders To Give Scamraiders The Credibility It So Disparately Lacks?

Couri has no claim against me; if nothing else the last nine years have shown that; thus, Couri's malicious attempts to deter me from exposing him — as a perjurer, forger, thief, three-count convicted felon, lifelong deadbeat, thrice-confirmed vexatious litigant, and con-man — by fabricating a statement by "Rachel." As a former criminal prosecutor in both the States of Colorado and New York, I am not so easily intimidated. For the benefit of the public, I intend to expose Couri, an extremely dangerous criminal, with a severe personality disorder, manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behavior — and a lack of conscience.