IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF RIDGEWAY
Case No. RSC-CM-2895
DEFENDANT'S OPPOSITION TO THE PROSECUTION'S
REQUEST FOR SANCTIONS AND FORCED
APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL
TO THE HONORABLE COURT:
COMES NOW the Defendant, wounded but not silenced, to oppose the prosecution's request
that he be fined $500 per motion and stripped of his hard-won right to represent himself.
I. ON THE MATTER OF "FRIVOLOUS"
The prosecution calls twelve motions "frivolous." Defendant calls them "thorough." Where the
prosecution sees a man clogging the docket, Defendant sees a man exercising every
constitutional avenue available to him, one filing at a time, in the proud tradition of due process.
There is no rule — written, unwritten, or vibes-based — capping the number of times a citizen
may ask this Court to reconsider things.
II. ON THE MATTER OF $500 PER FILING
Defendant notes that a $6,000 aggregate fine (by his count, though he reserves the right to
dispute the math in a follow-up motion) is a wildly disproportionate response to paperwork.
Nowhere in the Ridgeway Constitution — which, again, Defendant has not actually read but
firmly believes supports him — does it say that persistence is a punishable offense. If anything,
the Founders of Ridgeway would want this.
III. ON THE MATTER OF FORCED COUNSEL
Defendant already addressed, at length, in a prior filing, that his right to counsel was waived
without his consent. The prosecution now asks this Court to do the opposite — force counsel
upon him, also without his consent. Defendant cannot be assigned a lawyer he did not ask for,
in a courtroom already accused of ignoring his wishes on this exact issue. He respectfully asks
the Court to pick a lane.
IV. CONCLUSION
WHEREFORE, Defendant respectfully requests that this Honorable Court DENY the
prosecution's request for sanctions, DENY the forced appointment of the Public Defender's
Office, and take a moment to appreciate the sheer dedication behind twelve motions filed in
defense of one man's dignity.
Respectfully submitted, broke but unbowed,
Coldwither54
Pro Se, Still
Dated: Today, Under Financial Duress
