Oregon Standoff Latest: Ryan Bundy in Showdown with Federal Judge

Ryan Bundy, one of the lead defendants in the cases stemming from the 41-day armed takeover of the Malheur National Wlidlife Refuge has until Noon on Monday to put in writing why he should be allowed to continue representing himself.

That's the order from Federal Judge Anna Brown, who is overseeing the trial of Bundy and seven others that is scheduled to begin on September 7th.

Another eight defendants are scheduled to go on trial on February.

Ten others have pleaded guilty to charges related to the takeover.

"Ryan Bundy has persisted in a course of conduct
by which he has repeatedly raised both by written motion and in open court various frivolous issues and matters that the Court has previously resolved," Judge Brown wrote in an order last week.

"On several occasions Ryan Bundy has raised issues related to this Court’s jurisdiction under Article III of the United States Constitution, the Court’s asserted failure to provide him with a bill of particulars, and the false contention that he has not been provided any discovery in this case."

Brown wrote that Bundy did this despite the fact that she has addressed this issue several time sin filings with other defendants.

"It is now clear from his continued filing of
frivolous and duplicative documents in spite of multiple directions to refrain from doing so that Ryan Bundy will not follow this Court’s directives," she wrote.

Ryan Bundy has demonstrated not only an unwillingness to comply with the Court’s orders, but also an open defiance of the Court’s authority in this case."

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