I don't know how many stages there are before the lawsuit becomes 'accepted'. By accepted I mean that they start calling witnesses and stuff like that.
When Bosco is asked the question: "Did you order the Code Red?"
And Bosco answers:
"Code red? What's that? Some kind of Commie tactics? Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be torn down. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Mr. Keenan? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for the Dragon Family, and you curse the Vatican. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it."