"Today's Peter Zenger!" v. County Clerk

A holographic order to show cause bringing on a proceeding pro se under article 78 of the Civil Practice Act to compel the County Cleric to file the petitioner’s summons and affidavit of service in an action which states the plaintiff’s name within the quotation marks: “ Today’s Peter Zenger! ’ ’, was heretofore submitted for signature. The petition was unverified. Instead, an affidavit was presented by one Rebecca Becker, who swore that the petitioner is her brother, that the petition is true on her own knowledge and because her brother says so.

In his petition, the use of the pseudonym was…