Project Types: Court Filings

Payne Files Objection Regarding Leen’s RecommendationDefends 924(c) dismiss motion…Ryan Payne’s public defenders filed a lengthy objection to Magistrate Judge Peggy A. Leen’s Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 1218). Her report suggests that the Court should allow counts 3, 6, 9, and 15 stand on the superseding indictment for trial. These “stacked” or “enhancement” counts of 18 USC § 924(c), also known as “use and carry of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence”, carry near draconian statutory minimum sentence guidelines that would effectively incarcerate each defendant for life. Recent court decisions led to the scenario where Payne files objection regarding Leen’s recommendation.In […]

Government Concerned About Juror Safety Near Tuquop Wash Terrain and potential presence of media and Bundy supporters cited as concerns… The Government filed a response to Eric Parker’s motion (ECF No. 1194) to allow the jury to view the Tuquop Wash. While the response doesn’t overtly oppose the motion, it does raise concerns about the safety of jurors. The Government cites rough terrain and the likely presence of media, as well as Bundy supporters, as cause for concern. Construct A Road? The Government asserts that construction of a road might be the only viable solution to get jurors into the wash. The BLM […]

Drexler Again Denied Bill of ParticularsSpecifics of allegations buried in 1.4TB of digital data…Magistrate Judge Peggy A. Leen again denied a motion from O. Scott Drexler that would require the Government to produce a Bill of Particulars. This record contains a more exhaustive list describing specific, overt actions by a defendant which result in the basis for a criminal indictment. As it stands now, Drexler (along with Parker, Stewart, and Engel) are under indictment with more than a dozen other defendants. Many of these defendants, though charged with the same crime(s), have fundamentally different avenues for defense. A Bill of […]

Ryan Bundy Detention Hearing reopened; Set January 24, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. in Las Vegas Courtroom 3A.

Stewart and Parker Motion for Attorney Conducted Voir DireA simple questionnaire will not sufficiently reveal a lack of objectivity…On Monday, 09 January 2017, Steven Stewart and Eric Parker motioned to allow “Attorney Conducted Voir Dire” which is a process where their attorneys will take time to verbally ask questions of potential jurors. The matter is entirely at the discretion of the court; there is no statutory requirement that binds judges to a decision either way. Stewart and Parker argue that due to the highly politicized nature of the incident at Bundy Ranch in 2014, it is unlikely that a simple […]