Steven Jay Pincus Hueter
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Attorneys for the American Samoa defendants in a federal lawsuit claim that local resident Steven Jay Pincus Hueter “is on a quest around the globe” for a court that “will vitiate” — meaning, to destroy or damage something — precautions the American Samoa Government has...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In an order issued Mar. 3rd, US District Court Judge, Trevor N. McFadden with the federal court in Washington D.C has denied another request by local resident Steven Jay Pincus Hueter’s for a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction against federal and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Federal attorneys representing Chief Justice Michael Kruse and the Acting US Secretary of Interior are seeking dismissal of a complaint against the two DOI officials, filed by local resident Steven Jay Pincus Hueter at the federal court in Washington D.C.
The federal...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A lawsuit against the Chief Justice, F. Michael Kruse, “is a gigantic waste of judicial resource” and is a “text book example of frivolity and vexation,” according to the defense’s detailed response to Steven Jay Pincus Hueter’s complaint against the Chief Justice....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Trial Division of the High Court has denied a motion by local resident Steven Jay Pincus Hueter for the Chief Justice and two Associate Judges to disqualify themselves from presiding over his lawsuit against the governor and the American Samoa Government in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Over the weekend, local resident, Steven Jay Pincus Hueter filed another official complaint through the U.S. government’s online complaint portal, this time with the US Interior’s Office of Inspector General.
Dated, Saturday, July 25, 2020 — broadly it alleges misuse of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Trial Division of the High Court has denied a temporary restraining order (TRO) sought by Steven Jay Pincus Hueter to enjoin the governor and ASG from enforcing the governor’s COVID-19 emergency declarations.
The court’s two-page decision was signed by Chief Justice...

![The plaintiff’s “latest forum-shopping” is now with the federal court in Washington D.C., which is where Hueter has a pending lawsuit and several motions, against the ASG, COVID-19 Task Force, as well as current and former ASG officials, according to the defense. [SN file photo] Federal Courthouse Washington, D.C.](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fed_ct_washington_dc_4.jpg?itok=GHXQTfVL)
![According to the federal judge, the “Court finds that Hueter has not met his burden to show that the extraordinary relief of a temporary restraining order is warranted here.” [SN file photo] Federal Courthouse Washington, D.C.](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fed_ct_washington_dc_3.jpg?itok=S2STBffD)
![Although the chief justice is an employee of the U.S. Department of the Interior, he acts in a territorial capacity in his role as Chief Justice, and conducts all of his official acts in American Samoa, not in Washington, D.C., the defense says in its latest submission. [SN file photo] Chief Justice F. Michael Kruse](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/kruse_0723_25.jpg?itok=eqDJiXx9)

![Plaintiff’s accusations against the judges “range from scandalous, to outlandish, to patently false” and the court finds that plaintiff’s motion is “clearly fueled by his hopes to secure a more favorable outcome from another arbiter,” the order states. Pictured is Chief Justice F. Michael Kruse [SN file photo] Chief Justice F. Michael Kruse](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/kruse_0723_4.png?itok=DFoAdzW4)
![DOI Office of Inspector General logo [SN file photo] DOI Office of Inspector General logo](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/doi-oig_logo_1.jpg?itok=HXtj0qTP)
![Chief Justice J. Michael Kruse [SN file photo] Chief Justice J. Michael Kruse](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/kruse_0723_2.png?itok=Xa1oMcCm)