Artist, Author & Constitutional Activist Julian Raven Ignites Federal Civil Rights Battle After Stunning State Court Showdown in Elmira Supreme Court

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - EntSun -- Constitutional activist, author, and visual artist Julian Raven has taken his legal fight with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) into federal court following dramatic developments in Raven v. NYS DEC (Index No. 2025-1215) in Chemung County Supreme Court.

After repeated denials of emergency relief and constitutional arguments during a volatile Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) hearing, Raven filed a sweeping federal civil rights lawsuit in the Northern District of New York (Case No. 25-cv-1624 AMN/DJS), accusing state actors of violating his First, Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

According to court filings, Raven alleges a pattern of institutional bad faith, procedural manipulation, and record distortion inside the state courtroom. He asserts that Assistant Attorney General Nicholas Buttino made materially false factual claims in open court and in written submissions, while Justice Christopher P. Baker blocked Raven's constitutional arguments, refused to engage with the merits of those claims, and granted virtually every request made by the DEC.

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"These were not legal defeats — they were procedural suppressions," Raven stated. "My constitutional arguments weren't weighed; they were boxed out."

Raven escalated matters by moving for judicial recusal, citing Judge Baker's admitted twenty years of extrajudicial familiarity with Raven's property, personal political connections, and refusal to clarify those conflicts when asked — all documented in his formal Motion for Recusal filed with the court.

Rather than retreat, Raven pivoted aggressively.

Within days, he filed:

• A federal § 1983 civil rights complaint
• A renewed TRO motion in federal court
• A motion to expedite the TRO hearing
• A motion for pre-hearing discovery to uncover alleged documentary suppression and inter-agency coordination

The federal case now sits before U.S. Magistrate Judge Daniel J. Stewart and District Judge Anne M. Nardacci — jurists known for handling high-stakes constitutional litigation.

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Observers say the case has transformed from a property-classification dispute into something larger: a test of judicial neutrality and institutional accountability.

"What began as an environmental enforcement action now reads like a textbook example of institutional contamination — not of groundwater, but of due process," Raven said.

Raven alleges that DEC enforcement, Attorney General defense strategy, and courtroom procedure have merged into a closed loop of arbitrary, capricious, and retaliatory government conduct, potentially exposing systemic failures within the state's environmental enforcement framework.

"This is no longer just about property," Raven added. "It's about whether the Constitution still restrains the state when it becomes inconvenient to do so."

The case is rapidly evolving, with emergency federal motions now pending.

More information, filings, and public documents are available at:

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