to Judge Carter, in late June 1983, DeMarco filed an action pro se in the district court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 naming as defendants Judge Galgay, the trustee, her counsel and real estate advisor, the United States Trustee, two of the secured creditors of Tiana Queen, DeMarco's former attorneys who were also secured creditors of the estates, officials of the Town of Southampton and others. The action alleged, in essence, that the defendants, acting in a conspiracy, had deprived DeMarco of his constitutional *887 rights by blocking his development of the Tiana Queen motel site and by forcing him and his corporations into bankruptcy and liquidation. The case was assigned to Judge Edelstein, who appointed counsel for DeMarco. Thereafter, DeMarco dropped various defendants so that the onlyThe owner of a popular restaurant destroyed by fire vowed to continue his charitable work of serving 2,000 free meals a day to needy children.

Nobody was hurt in the blaze early Saturday that gutted the Anaheim White House in California's Orange County, an ornate Italian establishment that's been home to white tablecloth celebrations for decades.

Owner and philanthropist Bruno Serato fought back tears as he surveyed the destruction at the restaurant he took over in 1987.

"This is the saddest day of my life," he told the Orange County Register. "It's just like the death of my mom. I'm heartbroken."

Mr Serato used the White House kitchen to prepare hot pasta lunches and dinners for underprivileged kids, as part of his charity, Caterina's Club, named for his late mother. The charity,