Niekes Case Dismissed?

Is this true?

Heard through the grapevine a Portalnd judge, sitting for Brownhill, dismissed James "Ace" Neikes lawsuit against Clatsop County Sheriff, Tom Bergin and Clatsop County Monday afternoon and awarded attorneys fees to Sheriff Bergin, citing and executing
a law called S.L.A.P.P. which Wikipedia defines as; A Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation ("SLAPP") is a lawsuit or a threat of lawsuit that is intended to intimidate and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition. Winning the lawsuit is not necessarily the intent of the person filing the SLAPP. The plaintiff's goals are accomplished if the defendant succumbs to fear, intimidation, mounting legal costs or simple exhaustion and abandons the criticism. A SLAPP may also intimidate others from participating in the debate.

From The Daily Astorian: Crash Names Released, Death Toll Rises To Five

8/4/2008 5:42:00 PM

Death toll in Gearhart crash raised to five

The Daily AstorianUpdated 6:04 p.m.

GEARHART - More information was released about the plane crash that killed five people and injured three others during the final press conference of the day Monday.Gearhart City Administrator Dennis McNally released the names of the pilot and a passenger as Jason Ketchson and Frank Toohey, 58, both of Clatsop County. According to McNally, Ketchson was piloting the craft when it crashed into a home at 398 N. Marion St. in Gearhart....For Full Details Click On Title Above