[45] A commitment surely bolstered from the pecuniary benefits they enjoy from publicizing their ideologies.[46]. [27] See Blandino v. Lombardo, No. 637, 647 (2019) (likening the efforts of Sovereign gurus to the propaganda of snake oil salesmen). The currently pending Nevada criminal case against Kim Blandino exemplifies the practical burdens of the paper war. [39] See Goode, supra note 35 (discussing liens filed against the district attorney in Gadsden, Alaska, and describing dealing with these liens as nightmarish). [73] Any restriction put on sovereign citizens from having full access to the judicial system has radiating effects that will inevitably harm those who are already overlooked in the legal system. The term sovereign citizen refers to an individual who does not agree with a particular law and will find any means of justifying his noncompliance with that law. You will never hear a judge say "You have convinced me with your powerful arguments, oh El Bey Al-Moronic!" What you will see many times is them being sent . 355, 361 (1998) (describing how deterrence works as coercion by fear in order to alter problematic behaviors). [34] Other sovereign citizens engage in paper terrorism,[35] a much more harmful approach, by filing false court documents, most notably liens,[36] against public officials. 2 [40] Sovereigns uniformly reject this notion, making it doubtful that legislation utilizing the same unrecognized legal system will meaningfully influence Sovereign Citizen behavior. 2:20-cv-02157-JAD-VCF, 2021 WL 537104, at *1 (D. Nev. Jan. 19, 2021). [9] See infra Part II for an explanation of sovereign citizenship. Traffic tickets XI!Be 'V0xkwpR8M~%?9NS 27iT9H>p\ `R^Twtu)p:XiKi`YZTRa(|3:Qr(Q T*M$:F#`%{;Cg=B1O1%JG~/CURFz5bX92/v=)iv.Q} uhrA5\qEN. Members of the sovereign citizen movement include everyone from litigants and tax protesters, to those who promote financial schemes. IV. Core tenets of 'Sovereign Citizen' law are things like 'claiming a court cannot try you because they fly a gold-fringed flag, thus making it an admiralty court' and 'because I declare myself a sovereign citizen, many laws don't apply to me.' This is, of course, absurd. Harder to dismiss are the effects these conspiracy theorists have on the legal system, where simple court cases can be tied up for months as sovereign citizens file thousands of documents, overwhelming prosecutors, public defenders, and judges. The magistrate said he could not make a determination on the jurisdiction the case would be heard in but remanded the matter to May 2 for a mention. [74] See Sovereign Citizens Movement, supra note 13. [25] See Sullivan, supra note 14, at 798800. 554, 554 (2013) (explaining how Illinois upgraded the penalty for false title-clouding from a misdemeanor to a felony in an effort to stifle the paper war levied by Sovereign Citizens). 2004) (articulating a four part test for issuing a pre-filing injunction (1) the partys history of litigation, in particular whether he has filed vexatious, harassing, or duplicative lawsuits; (2) if the party files his cases on good faith bases, or only to harass; (3) the extent of the burden on the courts and other parties resulting from the partys filings, and (4) if alternative sanctions are adequate). endobj (July 5, 2021), https://www.justsecurity.org/77328/sovereign-citizens-more-than-paper-terrorists/ [https://perma.cc/SH98-JLKF] (describing the ideological overlap between Sovereign Citizens and anti-maskers). Suggested Citation: Holly Christensen, The Uses and Abuses of the Judicial System, Penn St. L. See supra note 9 and accompanying text. [23] These theories argue that the government thus created two citizenships: sovereign citizenship and federal citizenship. [13] This practice of talking past each other often causes court proceedings to come screeching to a halt.[14]. zw!$LXf|XtArEJfU0 Q L[BletS}1Z@t:d438vai3U:-wQb8T1iI}7Tv4rqJ`Dj4avv +d;BH{RA+hd9hu%%&.")"31+U}"IoHMJ8Z}7ID} Erl9U-p_`n0UKY $j)49Py5V}v$K-8G_ITm0jYw%STrJRm}GZ44K9RHMc 1#_ =LiU=wr>fR;4tR$w~I9uAp~k)`W&.V:G!z`^`GG0RT/gjuXkJev)2 From left to right: Ulster County "sovereign citizens" Ed Parenteau, Jeffrey Burfeindt and Richard Ulloa, Local Policing and Immigration Enforcement, Request for Legal Assistance Economic Justice, bogus liens and fraudulent invoices totaling $1.24 trillion. See Pometto, supra note 3, at 4445 (describing Moors claim to a diplomatic immunity that precludes U.S. jurisdiction over them). [46] Some proponents of the movement argue that all laws and amendments to the Constitution after the 1871 passage of the Fourteenth Amendment are invalid due to complex legal arguments involving the citizenship portion of the amendment. They make a certain amount of noise. Am., Inc., 390 F.3d 812, 817 (4th Cir. [64] Some states use their criminal and civil procedure rules to ward off sovereign citizens and punish abuses of the legal system, often by awarding damages to the victims or sanctions to the attorneys who participate in these lawsuits. [74] Legal systems must weigh the costs of allowing sovereign citizens to abuse the judicial system against the costs of both denying a political faction their right to the judicial system and potentially antagonizing them further. [10] They are anti-government extremists who believe that even though they physically reside in this country, they are separate or sovereign from the United States.[11] Over the past sixty years, several distinct groups evolved and merged to form the modern idea of sovereign citizenship; accordingly, these groups do not belong to a centralized organization with joint leaders or official beliefs but instead share similar broad beliefs about the governments jurisdiction and ability to govern its citizens. Beane was sentenced to 13 years in prison, 5 years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay over $550,000 in restitution. In the video, she detailed her act of filing foreclosure notices, along with her fellow sovereign citizens, against the federal government as a way to reclaim Federal Reserve funds. [20] Sovereign Citizens Movement, supra note 13. [19] See S. Poverty L. [53] Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 327 (1989) (To this end, the statute accords judges not only the authority to dismiss a claim based on an indisputably meritless legal theory, but also the unusual power to pierce the veil of the complaints factual allegations and dismiss those claims whose factual contentions are clearly baseless.). Perhaps the most infamous violent incident involving sovereign citizens is the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995. \,+Y-ODAt~A5y2xHF9=HS^\; q@3|if^e>>y'(~'zmz %%EOF A sovereign citizen will say that it worked but somebody looking at it from a legal view will say it didn't. Objectively viewed you have two answer, a short answer and a long answer. [12] See William P. Stork & Jordan Beumer, Sovereign Citizens in South Carolina: Who Are They and How Do We Deal With Them?, 30 S.C. Law. [10] See Michael Mastrony, Note, Common-Sense Responses to Radical Practices: Stifling Sovereign Citizens in Connecticut, 48 Conn. L. Rev. With movement towards acceptance of sovereign citizens into mainstream politics, it is important that the legal community find a way to manage sovereign citizen tactics in the judicial system. Nor may he argue at trial that this court lacks jurisdiction over him because he is a "sovereign citizen" or citizen of the Cherokee nation (he is in fact a U.S. citizen), that the U.S.. v. Varsity Brands, Inc. An individual who believes he is above the law, and that he only has to. The legal community cannot solve the problem of a conspiracy theory, especially one that is rooted in the belief that the legal community and the government are already lying to them. [46] Sovereign Citizens Movement, supra note 13 (Common Law Court and National Assembly Members . Now she believes she's being penalised, Australia looks to press home its advantage with the bat on day two against India, ADF aircraft, personnel to assist evacuation of hundreds from flooded NT remote communities, Rajwinder Singh expected to be charged with murder of Cairns woman Toyah Cordingley tonight, police say, 'Weight of the dead on my shoulders': Academic breaks down at gay hate deaths inquiry, Outside her tent, next to a popular city walking track, homeless Tasha is past caring what people think. [47] The Sixteenth Amendment[48] is also often attacked, with sovereign citizens arguing that it was never ratified or was not ratified correctly and therefore is unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendments Takings Clause or right against self-incrimination, or is unconstitutional because taxes in general are illegal. RICO laws were originally drafted to fight organized crime but now are sometimes applied to other forms of criminal enterprise. [49] See, e.g., supra notes 45 and accompanying text. [1] Sovereign Citizens abject refusal to stipulate to even the most basic tenets of the established legal system has resulted in a paper war, in which courts are bombarded with legally baseless filings and motions, causing general chaos, confusion for legal professionals, and never-ending delays. When officers arrested Mr Glew, they allege he had posted a series of videos on social media "using threatening language and inciting others to arrest government ministers and public officials after documents purporting to be arrest warrants were handed to Perth Police Station". ?cK mS Id. Fax: (612) 624-5400 [22] See U.S. Census Bureau, P60-273, Income and Poverty in the United States: 2020 13 (2021) (stating that there were over 37 million impoverished Americans in 2020); Justin McCarthy, Americans Losing Confidence in All Branches of U.S. Govt, GALLUP (June 30, 2014), https://news.gallup.com/poll/171992/americans-losing-confidence-branches-gov.aspx [https://perma.cc/F8BE-6QAG] (indicating that the general publics trust of the judicial system has decreased by over 20% in a five year period). See Sovereign Citizens Movement, S. Poverty L. [48] See Sullivan, supra note 14, at 790. Press J to jump to the feed. [14] See, e.g., Stork & Beumer, supra note 12, at 46 ([T]he numerous and nonsensical filings of a Sovereign Citizen can slow litigation to a crawl.). 2 0 obj The shared view is that sovereign citizens' arguments cannot be backed up by actual statute law, the Constitution, or common law. The term "sovereign citizen" is a catch-all phrase referring to several loosely connected groups centered around a similar theme. [4] See Michael N. Colacci, Sovereign Citizens: A Cult Movement That Demands Legislative Resistance, 17 Rutgers J. L. & Relig. Reed was also convicted of threatening a judge. at 854 (noting that courts have become inundated with frivolous lawsuits and liens against public officials filed by Sovereign Citizens). [19] Just as many get rich quick schemes or multilevel marketing brands form a trap for the unwary, local Sovereign leaders have seduced new members through the peddling of quick-fix solutions to legal problems. That's basically what a sovereign citizen is. [58] See Gino Spocchia, QAnon Merges with White Extremists and Spreads New Conspiracy Trump Will Be President Again on March 4, The Independent, (Jan. 26, 2021, 1:56 PM), https://bit.ly/3vcaMrz. [48] However, the limitations of pre-filing injunctions are just as apparent. . [25]Thus, Americas economic loss is the Sovereign leaders financial gain. The scheme relied on the "redemption" theory, a sovereign belief that taxpayers can access secret Treasury accounts containing millions of dollars. [45] Sovereign Citizens Movement, supra note 13 (Galactic Sovereigns . 1915(g); Cal. Heres where things get interesting: Tucci-Jarraf was actually a former prosecutor who acted as an unlicensed attorney for Beane in an attempt to defraud the United Services Automobile Association (USAA) bank of over $31 million. Online auction of Algorta n 73 - vizcaya - playa de ereaga - ed. [22] Such beliefs include that once the United States moved away from backing the U.S. dollar with gold to instead backing it with the full faith and credit of the federal government, the government began to use its citizenry as collateral; that the government has s[old citizens] future earning capabilities to foreign investors, starting at birth with the issuance of a birth certificate and Social Security number; and that the government uses the birth certificate to set up a [secret] corporate trust in the babys name, creating a corporate shell account with which the baby now must split their rights. endstream endobj 139 0 obj <>/Metadata 6 0 R/Pages 136 0 R/StructTreeRoot 11 0 R/Type/Catalog>> endobj 140 0 obj <>/MediaBox[0 0 612 792]/Parent 136 0 R/Resources<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI]>>/Rotate 0/StructParents 0/Tabs/S/Type/Page>> endobj 141 0 obj <>stream She claimed she had committed her life to stopping these unlawful acts against people all over the world.. The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) refers to some sovereign citizens as domestic terrorists. Sovereign Citizen was created to provide a resource for like minded individuals to learn about (and laugh at) people who have declared themselves "sovereign citizens", especially those who run afoul of the law. [42] For radicals, additional statutes such as Illinois will only serve to reaffirm their views that corruption permeates the American government;[43] while the financially despondent are often turning to Sovereign Citizen tactics as a last resort, by which time statutes calling for additional sanctions on frivolous court filings are unlikely to play a significant role in their legal calculus. William Foust of Coconino County, Ariz., fought a $115 traffic ticket in December, claiming state and local authorities had no authority over him. g"w1 [41] Other sovereign citizens result to violence and chaos. Court records are used to elucidate and identify, some of the more common courtroom tactics used by sovereign citizens. In 1996, the population of Algorta was 35,600. In 2019, Blandino was charged with extortion and impersonation of an officer after allegedly threatening a sitting judge. 1989). 43, 45 (indicating these communications are further hampered through the Sovereign Citizen belief that attorneys represent an extension of the illegitimate government system). The video also contained several tropes of the sovereign citizens movement which have repeatedly been discredited. [61] See Sovereign Citizens Movement, supra note 13. Whether its the networks distinctive brand of award-winning disruptive reality, groundbreaking documentary, or premium scripted drama, A\u0026Es brave storytelling always makes entertainment an art. Enjoy the Top 5 Sovereign Citizen Moments from Court Cam!Tune in to Court Cam, Wednesdays at 9/8c on A\u0026E, and stay up to date on all of A\u0026E's premieres at http://aetv.com/schedule.#CourtCamSubscribe for more from Court Cam and other great A\u0026E shows: http://aetv.us/subscribe-aeFind out more about Court Cam and watch full episodes on our site: https://www.aetv.com/shows/court-camCheck out exclusive A\u0026E content:Website - http://www.aetv.com/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/AETVTwitter - https://twitter.com/AETVFrom frightening outbursts to furious judges, Court Cam gives viewers an in-depth examination of some of the most stunning and emotional courtroom moments caught on camera. hold a concurrent belief that friendly aliens will visit earth and they are actively planning for this occurrence or believe that public officials and other individuals are reptilian aliens.). [13], The modern-day legal philosophies of sovereign citizens are based on reinterpretations of the Constitution of the United States, the Uniform Commercial Code, the Magna Carta, the Bible,[14] and other archaic documents using selective readings of legal dictionaries,[15] baseless interpretations of capitalization and punctuation, and conspiracy theory. [22] See Sovereign Citizens Movement, supra note 13. [1] [56] Until that overhaul occurs, judicial expediency will likely remain at the mercy of Sovereign Citizens and their paper war. [15] See, e.g., Anna Harman, Recent Vaccine Mandates Raise Questions and Controversy Over Constitutional Rights, Cedars (Oct. 2, 2021), https://cedars.cedarville.edu/2021/10/recent-vaccine-mandates-raise-questions-and-controversy-over-constitutional-rights/ [https://perma.cc/Z9PJ-6BC4] (discussing whether schools, businesses, and governments have the authority to issue vaccine requirements). See Charles E. Loeser, From Paper Terrorists to Cop Killers: The Sovereign Citizen Threat 93 N.C. L. Rev. Here Beane and Tucci-Jarraf were found guilty of conspiracy to commit money laundering, and Beane was also convicted on six counts of bank and wire fraud. He has refused to pay a $143,840 fine levied by a judge against him in May 2010, as well as an additional $52,120 in October. This video never gets old. [51] These theories are most often used in tax cases, arguing that a sovereign citizen is not subject to taxes by the illegitimate federal government. [36] See Mastrony, supra note 10, at 101617; see also Goode, supra note 35. 156 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[]/Index[138 44]/Info 137 0 R/Length 94/Prev 282837/Root 139 0 R/Size 182/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream thesis, Naval Postgraduate School), https://bit.ly/3MeEOBR; see also Fed. [59] See Sovereign Citizen Ideology Increasingly Seeping into QAnon, Anti-Defamation League (Jan. 19, 2022), https://bit.ly/3rhszww. The "sovereign citizens" movement has swelled rapidly in the last two years, affecting most major law enforcement agencies. Find it in the section Postcards from the Basque Country on todocoleccion. [8] Admiralty-Maritime Sovereign Citizens believe that the common law legal system of the founding fathers was swapped for admiralty law when the United States abandoned the gold standard. [49] See Mastrony, supra note 10, at 1018; see also United States v. Cheek, 882 F.2d 1263, 1268 n.2 (7th Cir. [32] Sovereign citizens, usually after they have been ticketed for moving violations or unpaid taxes, subvert the legal system to try to prove their claims. garcia garrabella - sin circular. They are unlikely to win a case in court. Just because you d Mr. Beeks, you should be quiet unless spoken to.[57], The presence of so many putative sovereign citizens at the Capitol Riot suggests that sovereign citizens have found a home with the far right in American politics. Magistrate Walton noted Mr Glew had notentered a plea but had indicated he would plead not guilty to the charge. See Kalinowski, supra note 23, at 15354. First, it is likely that imposing an injunction on Sovereign Citizens will serve to reinforce their already dismal view of the legal system and government as a whole. B. Assn J. Answer (1 of 7): Nope. <> Hosted by Dan Abrams, each episode includes interviews with judges, witnesses, and victims who give a first-hand account of what really happened during these intense courtroom moments. The Flagship Publication of Penn State Law, I, me, Pauline from the house of Bauer challenge the courts [sic] jurisdiction over me, a living woman, one of we the people, creator of Government.[1] So begins a ramblingand often incoherent114-page notice to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. [17] Some sovereign [citizens] believe this perfidious change occurred during the Civil War, while others blame the events of 1933, when the U.S abandoned the gold standard.[18], Sovereign citizens believe that this change from common law to admiralty law means that judges, lawyers, and some law enforcement officials are actually foreign agents,[19] acting out against sovereign citizens due to the law enforcements treasonous loyalty to hidden and malevolent government forces.[20] Sovereign citizens are split, though, on whether lawyers and judges are aware of the switch to admiralty law and are hiding it or whether they are uninformed, indoctrinated by government propaganda. Mr Glew, who represented himself in court, told Magistrate Matthew Walton he had been "inundated with calls from several barristers"claiming the police search warrant of his Glenfield property in early February was "a fraud". Another profitable recruitment tactic for Sovereign gurus is exploiting the disenfranchised and the desperate. [16] See Christine M. Sarteschi, Anti-vaxxers, Anti-maskers, and the Sovereign Citizen Movement, N.Y. Daily News (Aug. 14, 2021), https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-anti-vaxxers-anti-maskers-and-the-sovereign-citizen-movement-20210814-3xpmibj26zhpbce3yk74qztu5m-story.html [https://perma.cc/94U9-ZXU3] (describing how Sovereign Citizen rhetoric has pervaded recent lawsuits protesting COVID regulations). This comprehensive look at how the action unfolds allows viewers to sit in the courtroom as they witness crazy courtroom moments from the most high-profile trials to minor court proceedings.A\u0026E leads the cultural conversation through high-quality, thought provoking original programming with a unique point of view. [33] This is usually harmlessleading to hundreds of viral videos on the internet showing various law enforcement officials and judges castigating sovereign citizens for their nonsensical legal arguments and briefs. [21], Sovereign Citizens have a complex, multi-faceted network of conspiracy ideals upon which their movement is based. I was actually really close friends with this guy in highschool and one of my best friends afterwards before he started going off the deep end. The sovereign citizen movement is a loose grouping of litigants, activists, tax protesters, financial scheme promoters and conspiracy theorists, who claim to be answerable only to their. endstream endobj 142 0 obj <>stream c.(M)pQ AotL.bvRQr^L(9CITgey9GJH c,W r3[ ht}NYsrwrIFHd)ZXvlQ! Squatters These defendants truly believe they answer only to themselves. the Federal Reserve). mnlawrev@umn.edu, Home | Contact Publishing Services | My Account. To my knowledge, no sovereign citizen has ever won a court case. For example, increased filling costs will disproportionally affect those with the least resources. [66] A potential deterrent to paper terrorism is a uniform approach to those who use abuse judicial proceedings. Denver airline pilot Jack Wharton Thomas, who had argued that his income didn't qualify as taxable "wages," was sentenced in January to 10 years' probation for tax evasion and fraud. Elimination of federal and state income tax. ;bL.E;1h|i5^,i+.wE/fQP~S`II>smHc2w&lsBT=7mpRP}`xC:7_:V 0+Pb wg-{sz 4$ According to the FBI, the sovereign citizens movement consists of individuals who are "anti-government extremists who believe that even though they physically reside in this country, they are. In November, the county finally decided to clean up Corrigan's land and send him the bill. [29] See Sovereign Citizens Movement, supra note 13. Similar schemes run in the past by people like Tucci-Jarraf have resulted in their prosecution for such crimes as tax evasion and fraud. The FBI picked her up at the White House on a tip from the Secret Service, after she insisted on demanding a meeting with President Donald Trump. They do not believe they are subject to the same governmental statutes that govern the rest of the country. But that has not been enough to slow the growth of the antigovernment movement. There is an argument to be made that restricting sovereign citizens from engaging in paper terrorism is contrary to a persons fundamental right to access to justice. 18, 2022). Additionally, any restriction, however justified and specific, will be simply a validation of sovereign citizens belief that the government is out to silence and punish them. [16] Mastrony, supra note 10, at 1015, 101721. believe they were Americas original inhabitants and are therefore entitled to self-governing, nation-within-a-nation status, claiming to possess territories within the United States made up of land they do not legally own.). But if you actually go to a hearing in traffic court (instead of paying the scheduled fine on the ticket) lots of things can happen. <> [41] Additionally, specific deterrence likely does not serve as a viable rationale for increased penalties because Sovereign Citizens are often either political radicals or in a financially desperate situation. [7] Thus, even if a court knows in advance that they are contending with a Sovereign, they will likely not know if the individual is a traditional Sovereign, an admiralty-maritime Sovereign[8], a quantum grammar Sovereign[9], or even one of the many derivative Sovereign groups such as Moorish Americans. They keep digging deeper holes for themselves in quixotic confrontations with authority over everything from taxes to traffic tickets to code enforcement. %PDF-1.5 The sovereign citizen movement is a loose grouping of litigants, activists, tax protesters, financial scheme promoters and conspiracy theorists, who claim to be answerable only to their. Ctr., https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/ideology/sovereign-citizens-movement [https://perma.cc/9L59-28BH]. Sovereign Citizens: a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. [26] Varying even more are the remedies a sovereign citizen might take to reclaim their corporate shell account, which they refer to as their corporate artificial person or strawman[].[27] They believe that the government only has the authority to exercise jurisdiction over these strawmen, and thus sovereign citizens are not subject to laws, taxes, or the authority of the federal government. uMLL^R[pCd#Dv^7jv4A 0:)srd4)0^UOg5KL1)^Y6?xz%Ib 9Iib+|?mM#z^B(~`Jt +(:hd7N2"$ During this time, Beane supposedly stumbled upon a YouTube video that was being promoted by Tucci-Jarraf which talked about a secret bank account held by the Federal Reserve, that there was a glitch to access it, and gave instructions on how to use that glitch. endobj So which ones are best? candidate at Penn State Law. [64] See Terri A. March-Safborn, Weapons of Mass Distraction: Strategies for Countering the Paper Terrorism of Sovereign Citizens (March 2018), at 41 (M.A. They tend to file lengthy, nonsensical motions, sometimes hundreds of . [21] See Mellie Ligon, Comment, The Sovereign Citizen Movement: A comparative Analysis with Similar Foreign Movements and Takeaways for The United States Judicial System, 35 Emory Intl L. Rev. [31] See Pometto, supra note 3, at 6786 (discussing the Sovereign citizen toolkit, including buzz words and phrases commonly used at court proceedings). If the radical beliefs that originally defined Sovereign Citizens have faded, what contemporary forces perpetuate the groups existence? [18] See, e.g., Benjamin H. Barton, American (Dis)Trust of the Judiciary, IAALS (Sept. 2019), https://iaals.du.edu/sites/default/files/documents/publications/barton_american_distrust_of_the_judiciary.pdf [https://perma.cc/RE3L-6N6D] (discussing the bipartisan criticisms that have been levied against the legal system and the Supreme Court in particular). Never on its own merits, that is. The answer is a bit more complex than most people think. R. Civ. James Beeks, a Broadway actor and Oath Keeper, presented a sovereign citizen defense in his November trial, arguing that he has divine authority and [that] the government [corporation] had no jurisdiction over him.[56] The judge in Beeks case, Chief Judge Beryl Howell, replied simply: Thats all gobbledygook. % Mr Glew, who is part of an informal movement of sovereign citizens, told Mr Walton he wanted the case sent to the High Court. 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