walter fitzpatrick iii was unsuccessful in persuading the foreperson of the monroe county, tennessee, grand jury to indict obama for treason because of obama's purported ineligibility to serve as president. in response, in april 2010, fitzpatrick accused the foreperson of violating state laws governing the length of time that a foreperson can serve and attempted to make a citizen's arrest. fitzpatrick and darren huff of georgia, who assisted him, were prosecuted by tennessee for disrupting a meeting of the grand jury.