I don't know what the reasonable effort or expectation is for people he's still on friendly terms with. But surely "ask them if they will testify in Utah" is a precursor to claiming "they will only testify in Utah" or "they would be extremely inconvenienced testifying someplace other than Utah".
It'll be silly when the case is finally dismissed in 30 years, on a purely legal technicality, because of Russell flubbing up somewhere. Either forcing the case to retransfer back to Utah when it ought not to have, or the emergency brothel rezoning meeting opening up doors to challenge his IFP status. The plightsperging serves no purpose other than to plightsperg, as he has been told many numbers of times, stalker.
I guess that something like this was always going to be the case though. It's not like he's prosecuted anything beyond 'muh copyright' after 5 years. We'll get to the point of his copyright expiring before his case is even over.
I'm still flabbergasted that the judge denied Hardin's attempt to enjoin Jewgle to the lawsuit last year though. The 10th circuit being spastic, vindictive retards is one thing, but I'm at a loss considering the goddamn material isn't even hosted on the forums. Just a fucking link to a Googledrive. I need someone to explain to me how Kiwifarms, a website, is legally liable for what is stored on another web server. It's obvious why Russ isn't bothering with going after a Google, but how does the court not look at this and think "why aren't you going after them"?
Combine that with Russ's incredible motions and it makes the US federal court system look like a bunch of pants-shitting retards. Then, whenever it does get dismissed 40 years from now, Russ is just going to conjure up some other lawsuit shrowded in plights and we're back at this all over again. Except this time his IFP status might actually be legitimate.
Assuming Russ doesn't get labeled as a vexatious litigant, and doesn't do the Wereturkey game of court venue shopping, I think the only long-term option is to secure Russ's parent's services as tardwranglers. Why they never stepped in is beyond me. They know him well enough for the tardshield to be inneffective and it's not like his actions makes the Mormon faith proud. It'd be one thing if he was excommunicated, but that clearly isn't the case either.