  When the appellant's attorney writes, " Ricketts v. Ciccone , 371 F. Supp. 1249 (W.D. Mo. 1974) is instructive. . .
" and the following items are all true: 1. This is an appellate brief to the Circuit Court of Appeals. 2. The Western District of Missouri isn't even in our circuit, let alone oh, I don't know, a circuit court. 3. The year is 2004. 
