On May 29, 4:15 pm, BarbaraSchwarz2...@excite.com wrote:

Barbara Schwarz, née Bretschneider, is a German citizen living in Salt
Lake City, Utah. She is known for filing a large number of requests
under the United States Freedom of Information Act, for filing a large
number of lawsuits, and for posting a large number of articles to
Usenet newsgroups.
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* 1 Biography
* 2 Freedom of Information Act requests
* 3 Litigation history
* 4 Usenet history
* 5 Legal actions, court decisions, and FOIA appeals
* 6 References
* 7 External links

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Biography

Schwarz was the president of the German branch of the Church of
Scientology for 11 months, from August 3, 1983 until July 10, 1984.
[1] She considers herself a Scientologist [2] although she is no
longer active in the Church of Scientology (she says that she was
"kicked out" in 1984 [3]), and has filed at least seven lawsuits
against it. [4]
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Freedom of Information Act requests

In 2003, The United States Department of Justice said that Schwarz was
unrivaled in the most requests filed by a single individual under the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The Department reported that she
had submitted thousands of FOIA requests to the United States
government and its agencies.[1]Mike Beard, spokesman for the Oregon
Department of Administrative Services, estimated that Schwarz had cost
taxpayers thousands of dollars in staff time.[2] The United States
Department of Defense issued a ruling barring her from filing any
further FOIA requests until she pays for her prior requests. (She
often claims indigency to get fee waivers.) Daniel J. Metcalfe, co-
director of the United States Department of Justice's Office of
Information and Privacy said, "Ms. Schwarz is all alone in a category
unto herself."[2]

Many of these FOIA requests attempt to substantiate her claims that
she is the granddaughter of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and the
daughter of Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, that she
lived in a secret submarine base under the Great Salt Lake until age
four, that she was kidnapped as a child by Nazis and taken to Germany,
and that her alleged husband Mark "Marty" Rathbun, who she alleges is
the secret heir to the Rothschild fortune was wrongfully arrested in
Madrid, Spain in 1988 and taken to the United States, where she
believes he is secretly being held. (Mark Rathbun was a high official
with the Church of Scientology's Religious Technology Center for many
years until September, 2005.) Linda Simmons Hight, the director of
media relations for the Church, stated, "We're clueless about this
person and obviously she is delusional about Mr. Rathbun and she needs
help. We're sorry for her." [1]

William Ferroggiaro, director of the Freedom of Information Project of
the National Security Archive at George Washington University and
president of the American Society of Access Professionals, said about
her, "Who's to say that one person's request has more validity than
anyone else's? It's value neutral. In a way, she is using the law as
it is intended even if her efforts cannot be characterized as anything
but bizarre."[1]
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Litigation history

Schwarz's thousands of FOIA requests have not proved fruitful in
finding the evidence she has been seeking. She has appealed,
internally with the various agencies, numerous times to keep looking
for secret documents and she has been informed numerous times that due
diligence has not revealed any documents related to her search. After
exhausting all her internal appeals with the various agencies, she has
resorted to filing suits against each of them.

She has filed over 80 lawsuits in federal court, Utah state courts,
and California state courts against a variety of public and private
agencies. She has filed suits against the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, the
IRS, the President of the United States Bill Clinton, the National
Institute of Corrections, the U.S. Parole Commission, the National
Archives and Records Administration, the California Department of
Corrections, and the Salt Lake Tribune, who reported on her FOIA
requests and lawsuits.

The United States Supreme Court stated in SCHWARZ v. NSA (March 8,
1999), "Schwarz has repeatedly abused this Court’s certiorari
process. ...Schwarz had filed 29 petitions for certiorari, all of
which were both patently frivolous and had been denied without
recorded dissent. The instant petitions for certiorari thus constitute
Schwarz’s 34th and 35th frivolous filings with this Court." [5] The
court also issued a ruling in this case which permanently bars Schwarz
from utilizing the certiorari process of the United States Supreme
Court in civil matters.

Schwarz says that the reason she sued the Church of Scientology was to
find out the whereabouts of Rathbun.[6]

In every instance where Schwarz has filed a case, the ruling at the
end has been a dismissal of her lawsuit. Not once has she proven the
merits of her case to a court of law.
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Usenet history

Schwarz posts regularly to the Usenet newsgroup
alt.religion.scientology. Her posts are sometimes in defense of the
Church of Scientology, but other times she insists that while the
Church's "technology" (Hubbard's teachings) is effective, the current
hierarchy of the church is corrupt, due to "infiltration" by non-
Scientologists. [7] Other posts have recounted her travels during the
1980s and how she was arrested on various occasions, including for
illegally entering the White House, and twice confined to a mental
health hospital in the U.S. and once in Germany. [8] [9] [10] [11]
According to Schwarz, these events were the result of a conspiracy by
a group called the "Still Existing German Nazi Psychiatrists'
Mindcontroller Secret Service" (SEGNPMSS)." [12]

Schwarz frequently posted to Usenet from the Salt Lake City Public
Library. On October 21, 2005, Salt Lake City Library Director Nancy
Tessman permanently suspended her access to the library's computers
due to her spamming of Usenet. [13]
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Legal actions, court decisions, and FOIA appeals

* Supreme Court of the United States appeal of the following two
cases (98-7771 and 98-7782), both dismissed as frivolous.

Schwarz v. United States National Security Agency ET AL. 98-7771
Schwarz v. Executive Office of the President of the United States
ET AL. 98-7782

* Schwarz v. Federal Bureau of Investigation No. 00-2758 (Case
summary and appeal dismissal), 70 defendants.
* Schwarz v. Federal Bureau of Investigation No. 98-4036, 3087
defendants.
* Schwarz v. Central Intelligence Agency No. 99-4016
* Schwarz v. Department of Agriculture This was later re-filed as
over 90 separate cases. (In Barbara's own words.)
* Schwarz v. Department of Energy No. 99-3234, 807 defendants.
* Schwarz v. Department of Energy Request filed 09/19/2002
* Schwarz v. Department of Energy No. VFA-0700 (Decision and
Order)
* Schwarz v. Department of Energy No. VFA-0701 (Decision and
Order)
* Schwarz v. Department of Justice No. 95-2162; UNITED STATES
DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, May 31, 1996
* Schwarz v. Department of State No. 97-1342
* Schwarz v. Department of the Treasury No. 98-2406; UNITED STATES
DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, November 30, 2000
* Schwarz v. Government Accounting Office No. 00-369 (In Barbara's
own words.)
* Schwarz v. INTERPOL, ET AL; No. 94-4111, 94-4142, UNITED STATES
COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT, February 28, 1995
* Schwarz v. National Archives & Records Administration 98-6820,
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, December 14, 1998
* Schwarz v. National Credit Union Administration Appeal of
request on October 15, 1999.
* Schwarz v. National Credit Union Administration Appeal of
request on February 14, 2000.
* Schwarz v. National Institute of Corrections (NIC) and Bureau of
Prisons (BOP)
* Schwarz v. Patent & Trademark Office No. 95-5349
* Schwarz v. Postal Rate Commission
* Schwarz v. Postal Rate Commission
* Schwarz v. Salt Lake Tribune, Media Newsgroup, ET AL Case No.
20030981-CA , COURT OF APPEALS OF UTAH , May 5, 2005
* Schwarz v. United States Navy
* Schwarz v. Duncan Case No. 990945-CA , COURT OF APPEALS OF UTAH,
June 15, 2000
* Schwarz v. Church of Scientology International and Utah State
Department of Corrections; Nos. 93-4082, 93-4092. UNITED STATES COURT
OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT November 2, 1993
* Barbara Schwarz v. FBI, Civil Action No. 00-2758(JDB) MEMORANDUM
OPINION Filed SEP 24 2002
* Schwarz v. Woodruff, Inc., No. 97-4004, UNITED STATES COURT OF
APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT, April 15, 1997
* Schwarz v. Church of Scientology Int'l, No. 94-4072, UNITED
STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT, February 28, 1995
* Schwarz v. Salt Lake Tribune, Case No. 20041124-CA , COURT OF
APPEALS OF UTAH , 2005 UT App 189
* Schwarz v. IRS, 5:98-CV-286 (FJS)(GLS), UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, 998 F. Supp. 201; 1998
* Schwarz v. California Dep't of Corrections, No. C-92-4119 EFL,
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA,
June 10, 1993
* Schwarz v. NSA, 98-7771, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,
April 26, 1999
* Schwarz v. Executive Office of the President, 98-7782, SUPREME
COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, April 26, 1999
* Schwarz v. FBI, 98-8150, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, 526
U.S. 1037; 1999, March 29, 1999
* Schwarz v. FBI, 98-6817, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, 525
U.S. 1053; 119 S. Ct. 616; 142 L. Ed. 2d 556; December 14, 1998
* Schwarz v. National Inst. of Corrections, 98-6818, SUPREME COURT
OF THE UNITED STATES, 525 U.S. 1053; December 14, 1998
* Schwarz v. United States Parole Comm'n, 98-6819, SUPREME COURT
OF THE UNITED STATES, 525 U.S. 1053; December 14, 1998
* Schwarz v. Department of State, 98-6316, SUPREME COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES, 525 U.S. 1025; November 30, 1998
* Schwarz v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, 98-6317, SUPREME COURT OF
THE UNITED STATES, 525 U.S. 1025; November 30, 1998, Decided
* Schwarz v. Executive Office of the President, 98-6318, SUPREME
COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, 525 U.S. 1025; November 30, 1998
* Schwarz v. IRS, 98-6623, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, 525
U.S. 1031; November 30, 1998
* Schwarz v. Woodruff, Inc., 97-7652, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES, 523 U.S. 1029; March 23, 1998
* Schwarz v. Woodruff, Inc., 96-9371, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES, 522 U.S. 845; October 6, 1997
* Schwarz v. Clinton, 96-9254, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,
522 U.S. 837; October 6, 1997
* Schwarz v. Spalding, 96-8905, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES, 522 U.S. 826; October 6, 1997, Decided
* Schwarz v. Clinton, 97-5456, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,
522 U.S. 895; October 6, 1997
* Schwarz v. MSPB, 96-9094, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,
521 U.S. 1126; June 27, 1997
* SCHWARZ v. DEPT. OF JUSTICE, 96-8150, SUPREME COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES, 520 U.S. 1216; May 12, 1997
* Schwarz v. Brown, 96-7944, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,
520 U.S. 1189; April 21, 1997
* Schwarz v. Commission on Civil Rights, 96-7943, SUPREME COURT OF
THE UNITED STATES, 520 U.S. 1175; April 14, 1997
* SCHWARZ v. WOODRUFF, INC., 96-7945, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES, 520 U.S. 1175; April 14, 1997
* SCHWARZ v. WOODRUFF, INC., 96-7946, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES, 520 U.S. 1175; April 14, 1997
* Schwarz v. Office of Gov't Ethics, 96-7932, SUPREME COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES, 520 U.S. 1175; April 14, 1997
* Schwarz v. Clinton, 96-7343, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,
519 U.S. 1135; February 18, 1997
* Schwarz v. United States Fid. & Guar. Co., 95-8532, SUPREME
COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, 517 U.S. 1226;May 28, 1996
* Schwarz v. United States HHS, No. 02-5327 , UNITED STATES COURT
OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT , 2003 U.S. App., May
7, 2003
* Schwarz v. FBI, No. 02-5321 , UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT , 2003; April 10, 2003
* Schwarz v. United States HHS, No. 02-5327 , UNITED STATES COURT
OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT, February 25, 2003
* Schwarz v. FBI, No. 02-5321 , UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT, January 28, 2003
* Schwarz v. United States GAO, No. 01-5445, UNITED STATES COURT
OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT, March 29, 2002
* Schwarz v. DOE, No. 01-5413, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT, 2002; March 25, 2002
* Schwarz v. Dep't of Agric., No. 01-5276 Consolidated with
01-5328, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
CIRCUIT, 22 Fed. Appx.9; 2001
* Schwarz v. United States Dep't of the Treasury, No. 00-5453,
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT,
2001 May 10, 2001
* Schwarz v. CIA, No. 99-4016, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR
THE TENTH CIRCUIT, 182 F.3d 933; 1999, May 25, 1999
* Schwarz v. FBI, No. 98-2347, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR
THE FOURTH CIRCUIT, November 5, 1998
* Schwarz v. NSA, No. 98-5364, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT, November 12, 1998
* Schwarz v. National Archives & Records Admin. ., No. 98-4070,
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT, 1998 Colo. J.
C.A.R. 5231, October 7, 1998
* Schwarz v. National Inst. of Corrections, No. 98-1230, UNITED
STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT, 1998 Colo. J.C.A.R.
5236, October 6, 1998
* Schwarz v. Nat'l Inst. of Corr., No. 98-1230 , UNITED STATES
COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT , 161 F.3d 18; October 6, 1998
* Schwarz v. FBI, No. 98-4036 , UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR
THE TENTH CIRCUIT , 161 F.3d 18; September 17, 1998
* Schwarz v. Department of State, No. 98-5101, UNITED STATES COURT
OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT, 1998 U.S. App., July
29, 1998
* Schwarz v. Department of State, Office of Freedom of Info.,
Privacy & Classification Review, No. 98-5101, UNITED STATES COURT OF
APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT, 335 U.S. App. D.C. 320;
July 29, 1998
* Schwarz v. United States Parole Comm'n, No. 98-1685, UNITED
STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT, July 2, 1998
* Schwarz v. United States Parole Comm'n, No. 98-1685, UNITED
STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT, 153 F.3d 722; July 2,
1998
* Schwarz v. Clinton, No. 96-5328, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT, 1997, May 22, 1997
* Schwarz v. Clinton, No. 96-5328, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT, 325 U.S. App. D.C. 321;
Certiorari Denied October 6, 1997
* Schwarz v. Woodruff, Inc., No. 97-4004, UNITED STATES COURT OF
APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT, 111 F.3d 140; Certiorari Denied October
6, 1997,
* Schwarz v. MSPB, 96-3383, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE
FEDERAL CIRCUIT, February 18, 1997. Certiorari Denied June 27, 1997,
* Schwarz v. Clinton, No. 96-5209, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT, November 29, 1996; Certiorari
Denied February 18, 1997
* Schwarz v. United States Comm'n on Civil Rights, No. 96-5184,
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT,
November 6, 1996
* Schwarz v. DOJ, No. 95-5421, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT, 1996, October 23, 1996
* Schwarz v. DOJ, Office of Info. & Privacy, No. 96-5183, UNITED
STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT, October
23, 1996
* Schwarz v. United States Office of Gov't Ethics, No. 96-5094,
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT,
October 23, 1996
* Schwarz v. Church of Scientology Int'l, No. 94-4072, UNITED
STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT, 48 F.3d 1232; February
28, 1995
* Schwarz v. United States Postal Serv., No. 94-4136, UNITED
STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT, September 19, 1994
* Schwarz v. Department of Commerce, No. 93-5203, UNITED STATES
COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT, December 16,
1993
* Schwarz v. California Dep't of Corrections, No. 93-16321, UNITED
STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT, October 13, 1993
* Schwarz v. Department of Commerce, No. 93-5203, UNITED STATES
COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT, October 14,
1993
* Schwarz v. United States Postal Serv., No. 93-4036, UNITED
STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT, June 3, 1993
* Schwarz v. Interpol, Office of Information & Privacy, No.
92-4108, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT, October
19, 1992
* Schwarz v. FBI, Civil Action No. 1:98-CV-47, UNITED STATES
DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA; August 7,
1998
* Schwarz v. California Dep't of Corrections, S038979, SUPREME
COURT OF CALIFORNIA, 1994 Cal., May 11, 1994
* Schwarz v. State of Utah Mental Health, Case No. 20030875-CA ,
COURT OF APPEALS OF UTAH, September 30, 2004
* Dep't of Human Servs. v. Schwarz, Case No. 20030324-CA , COURT
OF APPEALS OF UTAH , November 28, 2003
* Dep't of Human Servs., Div. of Mental Health v. State Record
Comm., Case No. 20010942-CA , COURT OF APPEALS OF UTAH , 2002 UT App
33; February 7, 2002
* Schwarz v. Duncan, Case No. 990945-CA , COURT OF APPEALS OF
UTAH , 2000 UT App 172; June 15, 2000

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References

1. ^ a b c Smith, Christopher, "S.L. Woman's Quest Strains Public
Records System", The Salt Lake Tribune, 2003-05-11.
2. ^ a b "Woman pursues Oregon public records - lots of them", AP,
2004-05-03.

* Hamby, Chris, "Utah appeals court backs reporting privilege",
First Amendment Center, 2005-06-14. — Article about appeals court
dismissing the lawsuit of Barbara Schwarz against the Salt Lake
Tribune
* Schwarz, Barbara, "Barbara Schwarz reveals shocking news (92
part series)", Usenet, circa 2002. — Barbara Schwarz's 92 part series,
containing many references to her beliefs.
* Har, Janie, "Utah woman without rival in pursuit of public
records", The Oregonian, 2004-05-03.

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External links

* Her website
* Photographs of Barbara Schwarz
* Barbara Schwarz: Terrorizing Usenet, The Abusive Hosts Blocking
List. October 26, 2005. Retrieved November 2, 2005. Documents how the
Utah Educational Network was blocked from Usenet as a result of
Barbara Schwarz's behaviour while posting from her local Salt Lake
City library.