Civil Law

Author

The Author and Editor-in-Chief, by his enterprise client’s headquarters in San Diego, California

Artist/Author: The Honorable Dr.⁹ Mattanaw, Christopher Matthew Cavanaugh, Retired

Interdisciplinarian with Immeasurable Intelligence. Lifetime Member of the High Intelligence Community.⁶

• Masters Business & Economics, Harvard University, Studies Completed
• Attorney, Pro Se, Litigation, Trial, Depositions, Contracts (E.g. State of Alaska v. Pugh, et. al., Alaska Superior and Supreme Courts)⁴
• B.S. Psychology, University of Maryland, 4.0, Summa Cum Laude¹
• B.S. Computer & Information Science, University of Maryland, 3.91, Magna Cum Laude²
• B.A. Philosophy, University of Maryland.³
• G.E.D., State of Maryland, Montgomery County, 1999.
• Lifetime Member of the High Intelligence Community, Mensa Lifetime Member

Former Chief Architect, Adobe Systems

Current President/Advisor, Social Architects and Economists International.

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Contact:

• cmcavanaugh@g.harvard.edu
• christopher.matthew.cavanaugh@member.mensa.org
• mattanaw@mattanaw.org

Resumé

• Professional Resumé

Edit History

• 526 Wanattomians, Epoch 1767948579, Friday, January 09, 2026 01:49:39, United States of America
  • Addition of affidavit section with first two affidavits, and update of the introduction.
• Initiated on Wednesday, June 22^nd, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska

Contents

• Author
• Edit History
• Introduction
• Journalism and Legal Matters
• Living Autobiography Affidavits
  • Affidavit Concerning Mattanaw’s Abstinence From Sex, Drugs, and Alcohol
  • Affidavit of Mattanaw Regarding The Stewart Public Trail
• Civil Trial - FOSS v. Pugh & Mattanaw
  • Docket, Events
  • Docket, Filings
  • Docket, Disposition
• Post Trial Civil Issues
  • Recordings

Introduction

Every person living in a legal society has some need to deal with others in a legal capacity, that is either civil or criminal in nature. Over time, beginning as a citizen who was interested in learning to self-defend in legal contests, and later becoming a trial attorney, I have gained useful experience that is useful for others, but also useful for myself as I continue to plan my own actions and behaviors, relationsihps, and responses to other people.

The Book and Journal of Mattanaw is also a publication including the living autobiographical material of the Author, and this material constitutes what some would call artifacts, that document the anthropology and history of Mattanaw. There are differing words in different disciplines that amount to synonyms or near synonyms meaning evidence. Some of the information in the legal secions of this work provide forms of evidence of the life of Mattanaw in the form the legal profession would expect. For example, legal affidavits can be found that attest to history, in a format and using a process, that would make the documents acceptable to the court system. One affidavit here included is about the moral conduct of Mattanaw regarding his abstinence from sex, drugs and alcohol. This information is useful for sharing what courts would accept as evidence for his behavior, but also would be usable for defense against claims of others who might lie regarding his personal activities. This document is to serve to protect against claims of DUI, or intoxication during any personal altercation that could occur, particularly given the propensity of others to cause mischief even if one tries to avoid it actively, as described in his book Imagination and Filtration or Higher Order Attention. Anything that exists that is an artifact from an archeological or anthropological perspective, or a primary source document from a historical perspective, or witness testimony evidence from a legal perspective, can be used to try to understand a life scientifically.

Since each person happens to have relationships that include many legal connections, all people will have a legal history, that connects with both the civil and criminal laws. So for each and every person, there is a collection of artifacts accumulated during life, that are stored by governments, organizations, and miscellanesou agencies, that providing verifying information about their lives and events. Some of this is problematically locked up by these agencies. HOwever, people who seek to do autobiographical or biographical work, can rely also, on the documents available by the individuals, that pertain to both these legal domains. The total of the documents on each side would be very large, as should now be clear, and so trying to know as much as one can about a person, it would be helpful, to have as much legal information as could be had, in addition to other forms of information that might exist, like identity information and medical records. This type of information is also gathered by Mattanaw and stored in his other book in progress Open Health and Identity.

Here is an increasingly comprehensive providing of legal information to the public for the increasingly clear picture of the life of Mattanaw. The level of evidence provided is unprecedented and is increasing rapidly. Initially, what is included here that supplements the identity and helth information of Open Health and Identity, is the work of Mattanaw regarding the civil trial for which he was a defendent and trial attorney in the State of Alaska, Pugh, et al. vs Friends Of The Stewart Pubic Trail, and important land rights related case. This exhibits Mattanaw’s extensive training in law, which provides substantiation of claims on his resume and other claims regarding his career history. The author not only shares legal information here, but is also an attorney trained by long experience actively working in the legl system for an important case relating to the public. Legal information regarding his activities on this case are here included.

This book will also provide his datum regarding personal legal plans and preparations, files, and other information, which will provide a good view of other aspects of his legal relationships.

While much will be here provided regarded his legal thinking and history, it is known in advance, that the total amount of information cannot be shared, because again, much of that information is simply existing within organizations that collect information on individuals, without ever disclosing the total quantity of information they happen to have. At some point in the future, Mattanaw may work to obtain other information that exists in various organizations, but it seems like it must be the case, that there is a very large amount of information shared and float between organizations known and unknown, such that not all of this information can be obtained and examined. The total life situation of a person would be of interest for completing a living autobiography, and in a way that would amount to having the data of an Earth during th time of life or the information of the universe to bring it to completion. However, what we do is more realistic than such a sci-fi like effort, and starts with the individual at the locus and works outward. It will happen to be true that the work here will emanate from the author into other parts of life, but the bulk of living artifacts will be close to the author himself and what he’s held onto. Lastly, one may become a fossil with no other artifacts remaining, and in that case, what I’m stating is obviously the case. If far enough in the distant future, my skull and remains could exist, but probably not, because it’s hard to become a fossil. Caskets are sometimes dug up, to find the person inside, with what they have with them, like Tut of Egypt. This seems more likely if I’m buried in a way that I would not agree to. But it would be like Tut in that case, in imitation of Tut, and with less information. Tut would be an example of a person with more information emanating outwards from the locus of his burial chamber.

Journalism and Legal Matters

I have some interesting encounters with journalists as they have attempted to taint, create, and manipulate legal matters, sometimes with success. Some may know, from watching entertainment about legal situations, and from watching the news, that people will attempt to slander and malign and otherwise manipulate the public perception in order to influence existing or upcoming legal contests. While aware that this could happen I did not expect that it would happen to me.

Nothing of this sort happened to me until I purchased a large parcel of land, an 80-acre parcel, in a beloved location in Anchorage, within the state of Alaska. This property had a shared driveway, 3 kilometers split between three neighbors primarily, with 1km of the driveway being my own. These properties were in Anchorage’s envied “hillside properties” that have the backdrop of the incredible Chugach State Park and Chugach Mountain Range. Views included sights of Denali, of Lake Clark National Park and it’s permanently snow covered mountains, cook inlet, and a number of other ridges. It’s views are so amazing, that a famous runner in the area, well known to the community, claimed that it was her favorite place in all of Alaska. She used it to train running herself and used it routinely, so she said, as a place of ongoing enjoyment for recreation.

Many neighbors enjoyed hiking past the initial entry point, which had a gate erected by my neighbor several years before I purchased the property, and walked down the 3km driveway to a path at the end, called by them “Stewart Trail”, which continued up the mountainous terrain to McHugh Peak, a prominent pyramidal shaped mountain always in view from the nearby properties. My neighbor, Mr. Franklin Pugh, had closed down this driveway, making it somewhat more difficult for hikers to make their way out to the roadway or nearby trails, to enjoy the views and hike to Chugach State Park. The closing of the opening of our shared driveway, at the boundary of his property, caused anger an aggression in many members of the community, including some trail activists who were also working part-time as “Alaskan Outdoor Journalists”, who sometimes wrote on their blogs, some small local news sites, most of which did not have widespread recognition or respect. Sometimes their efforts did result in media coverage on the mainstream news, and before I purchased my land, there was news coverage about the dispute around the gate, which included prominent figures in the Alaskan community and some of these faux journalists.

Even though the gate was erected to block the main enterance, it was still possible to hike the trail, and people in the community did so. All of the landowners along the trail did not object to use of the trail, but wanted to have agreements.

I am still not entirely clear myself of the rationale of Mr. Pugh to extend the gate, since the gate already prohibited vehicular traffic, and people were still hiking the trail. His gate didn’t really do much but make it more difficult for trail users who would use the trail anyways, using a bypass, to keep using it, and to create a perception that the area was mostly closed off and not anyone was wanted to pass through (this made more sense to me).

At the time of my purchasing of the land, disagreements were cool, and were not hot and fiery. I was not the one who erected the gate, and people in the community knew this. They did know that I was impacted, and had some interest in what position I had regarding ongoing trail use. Since I’m a trail user myself, and enjoy trail interactions, and happy neighbors, I thought it woul be innocuous for people to continue to use the trail, but agreed somewhat with my neighbor Mr. Pugh, that we needed contracts with neighbors who used it so that special liabilities were waived, and so that we were protected, in case any trail users became dangerous individuals, or people unconcerned with respect of property. I decided to work with him on gaining signatures from passerby’s to have continued access to the property with a legal agreement. This is not too unusual, since if one wants to pass through private land along trails in other parts of the united states, sometimes permit or license needs to be obtained online. I have a permit myself to pass through someone’s land now, so am willing when it’s required to make legal agreements with landowners.

Many of the walkers and trail activists were less interested in having agreements with landowners to have personal access, and protecting their property rights, than to obtain permanent public access to all, including anyone from the public who could be dangerous or criminal. With this protection to everyone, they would obtain permanent protection for themselves too, potentially, and some were worried that one day, either my neighbor who gated the driveway, myeslf, or another landowner, would take away their ability to walk one of the most stellar trails in Alaska. It’s still hard to believe this was on my property. I lived in one of the most desirable places in a state that is a tourist destination for having beautiful, rugged, and remote landscapes, and neighbors were saying, that my property was their “favorite”. I could understand with them, having wanted the property as much as I did first seeing it, and enjoying it as I did, that they would want ongoing access. For that reason I did not take any position that would result in revocation of their ability to use the trail, but only the position that I should be protected as a landowner and significant investor in the Alaskan Community.

I purchased the land during the cool period, when it seemed neighbors were fine with having agreements or at least having access to the trail despite having a gate, and there were no indicators that there would be any issue, other than ongoing conversations with neighbors about concerns. This did not turn out to be the case.

Shortly after purchasing the land, and spending much time out on the property, I started to get harassed by small town journalists. There was one journalist in particular, a writer for the Alaskan Landmine news site, a stuggling up-and-comer blog site wanting to be taken seriously as a news outlet, who started to harass me. I received several emails from him, trying to cajole me into having a conversation with him, for some journalistic work he was doing, about the trail situation. Initially, his request seemed kind. But after expressing my disinterest in talking, very kindly and politely, he threatened that he could “go chainsawing down my section line easement”, which is saying “He could chainsaw plant life on the edge boundary of my property” to continue use. He also indicated that he was taking the position of the hikers. His behavior was incredibly unprofessional, and he took a hostile attitude towards me, transferring possibly his view about my neighbor who blocked the gate. I was just a buyer of the property who did not block access and I was supportive of ongoing trail use, but was skeptical about the intent of journalists, so just didn’t want to create the wrong relationships and conversations.

The journal he ultimately wrote the piece “One Man’s Mountain” for, the Alaskan Landmine, includes trail activists who commit crimes to get stories. While it does have some serious content, it also has the appearance of a TMZ, or tabloid type site, interested in discussing what might “explode the public”. As it says, it offers “Explosive Alaskan News”. The Alaskan Landmine, still has this news up on its website, where it slanders me without ever having interracted with me to learn if the information shared was correct. It is a work of defamation, slander, and misinformation, while in some ways it does appear also to have positive intent. It’s main objective was to disseminate “supportive news”, really faux news from a novice and small-town journalist, to further the mission of trail activists in gaining access to Stewart Trail.

This particular journalist, who wrote “One Man’s Mountain” was already caught trespassing on trail cameras, and was himself a user of the trail network, and was a trail activist. This is hardly reputable journalism, coming from a criminal user of the trail.

Some time before the writing of “One Man’s Mountain”, I was on my property in my RV, when three trespassers stopped nearby on the driveway trying to coax and harass me with yells and loud conversation I was expected to overhear, to start a conversation with me, apparently because I was not accessible in other ways. I had already declined to meet or to be interviewed. These three men, yelling out near my property, were where I was living out in the remote countryside without anyone present. It was a dangerous situation for me to be in, to have a threatening mob come by and start to yell and harass me while I was inside my RV.

Instead of ignoring it, I decided to come out of the RV, and confront them on camera. I’m glad I did. I approached the three individuals, one the person managing the Alaskan Landmine, another the author of “One Man’s Mountain”, which would appear online later, and the last an individual named Craig Medred, who was a regular trail trespasser, who would walk and ride his bike on my property routinely. This last gentleman has a blog, also a hobunk faux news source, pretending to have authentic alaskan news credibility. These three men, tried to pretend as if they were innocently wanting to talk, and innocently using the trail on my property, while on camera, I expressed disblief and told them repeatedly I knew they had ulterior motives and that I wanted them off my property. The video footage from my go pro, shows Mr. Medred, making a threat out of nowhere about the situation being “three against one”, as if they could easily harm me. It also shows, that Mr. Medred threats to pretend, that I was an aggressive, and that he was surprised I did not have a firearm. Finally, after telling them that Mr. Medred was caught earlier on the trail, they quickly walked down the road in the opposite direction towards the exit, feeling themselves to be in the wrong.

Any and all news coverage about me on the internet, is due to these three individuals. All three of them are criminal trespassers. All three create slanderous fake news. And all three have placed their journalistic writings only on non-reputable fake news websites and blogs. None are mainstream media outlets.

After this situation with these three threatening journalists, wanting to influence political and legal outcomes related to the trail, I called the police to have them trespassed. Police were supportive. Quickly they contacted each person, and either arrested them, or obtained photos of them at the police station, to be used in a line up identification. The police contacted me to verify if they were indeed the people who harassed me on the trail, the trespassers who I had on video, and I confirmed it was them. This was the modern day alternative to seeing the criminals in a row with others who are innocent to show you could correctly identify who did the crimes.

Each of these journalists was being prosecuted. I was working with the prosecutor’s office to ensure that finally, they were convicted of trespass. I didn’t want anything major to happen to them, however. I really just wanted to be safe and free of risk of these trail activists who were increasingly dangerous, and just wanted to use the process with the police to formally trespass these people in the way that is expected in the legal process.

After a long period, I contacted the prosecutors office, and they decided to dismiss the case. However, I have the videos, conversations with police, and all information confirming that they did actually trespass, and it was only that the prosecutors office decided not to move forward that they did not finally get convicted.

While this was transpiring, and while they worked to write upcoming pieces for the internet about the situation surrounding the trail, litigation did begin, and several years later, the landowners had a trail against the trail group “Friends of the Stewart Public Trail”. The trail activists, and their large number of witnesses, with a large number of affidavits, did win the lawsuit, and my neighbor did have to modify his gate. The witnesses in the case, and the people who submitted affidavits, were connected with these same journalists. They together comprised the trail activist group that had the legal claim. However, the journalists, did not participate in proceedings, despite being connected this way. Instead, they tried to influence the perception of the community, and wanted to influence the judge to have the outcome wanted. While I am not wanting to discuss the matter here, the Judge herself, was also a trail activist, and former employee of the Sierra club, a club I was also a member of for a period. Given certain experiences during the trial, I have good reason to believe the trail activist community simply included the judge, and so the judge favored the Plaintiff, but for now I do not want to elaborate. It is obviously true, that journalists, including those who are not very reputable or inexperienced, can still influence and alter media perception within groups and in regular interpersonal conversation, to sway a judge, who might already be favorable, to giving them a verdict they need. This judge was not very attentive to the details of our case and claims in litigation or during trial.

My involvement in the trial was a strange involvement, because I had nothing to do with the blocking of the gate. I was present as a party who would be affected. All the trail activism, anger and aggression experience in the course of five years from these journalists and other trail users, who were simply political advocates blindly attacking to have victory, was experienced only because I purchased the property and happened to be a landowner.

Near the end of the lawsuit, and shortly after, I did not spend much time on my property, because it was too dangerous, given the threat of activists who did not want to lose the case. I spent most of my time in the American Southwest and Hawaii.

One of the journalists mentioned above, wrote another article about me, after the case, that was entirely out of malintent and was written with a clearly slanderous voice. This is “Road Rage AK”, by Craig Medred, on his personal blog. This blog is not a news site, as it is important to say, and having already trespassed on my property, and being obviously caught on camera, and being identified in a photo lineup with the other journalists with the police, and nearly being prosecuted by Anchorage’s Prosecutor he is not reputable. Any writing after his criminal behavior could hardly be professional.

At the present time, one can confirm easily, that I have no criminal background whatsoever. I have not been prosecuted or convicted of any crime. I have been accused by public trail activists, but was vindicated. I have positively no criminal history and have a totally clean record, and more than this, given my background in my career, public service, and work on moral theory, within academia, that obviously I am an outstanding person and citizen. Morover, a comparison of my life, with the life of these jealous trail users and journalists, is one of high accomplishment and elevation in society, internationally, versus a life of a person living in a small world, in a small market, with few opportunities. Craig Medred, now elderly, is still a novice journalist. This is the consequence of living in a small place and having few avenues for career advancement.

These trail users, and faux journalists, clearly in person expressed jealousy and envious behavior, not being “the landowners”, and being unwilling to understand that landowners actually do care and are trail users themselves. Collectively, they did win their civil case to obtain access to the trail which was not even objected to (by myself in particular, having never blocked the trail), but really damaged themselves along the way. Now they still seem jealous, aggressive, immoral, criminal at times, and really disingenuous, because they seldom use the trail they claimed they used continuously in court. They discovered that they did not care as much about what they were fighting for, and harming people for.

Civil Trial - Friends of the Stewart Public Trail v. Pugh & Mattanaw

Docket, Events

*Source: Anchorage Courtview: https://records.courts.alaska.gov/

Docket, Filings

*Source: Anchorage Courtview: https://records.courts.alaska.gov/

  Friends Of The Stewart Public Trail Inc

  Cavanaugh, Christopher Matthew

  Friends Of The Stewart Public Trail Inc

  Friends Of The Stewart Public Trail Inc

  Friends Of The Stewart Public Trail Inc

  Friends Of The Stewart Public Trail Inc

  Cavanaugh, Christopher Matthew

  Friends Of The Stewart Public Trail Inc

  Friends Of The Stewart Public Trail Inc

  Friends Of The Stewart Public Trail Inc

Docket Disposition

Post Trial Civil Issues

Recordings

• Tue Jun 21 ~14:06:14 AKDT 2022. Request for police support after being locked off property at shared gate
• Wed Jun 22 21:32:14 AKDT 2022. Officer Nigh call about how to handle being locked off property after emails