Oregon Standoff Latest: Ryan Bundy Wants $1 Million to be Defendant or Inmate

In a series of court filings Thursday, Ryan Bundy - one of the charged leaders of the 41-day armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge - argues that he should be paid $1 million to accept the role of inmate or defendant.

"I; ryan c, man, do not accepted the offered "Role" of "Defendant" or "Inmate", without fair and just compensation of $1,000,000.00; and; I do not accept the offered "Role" of "Respondent", without fair and just compensation of $1.000,000.00."

In that document, he also suggests there are other roles he would be willing to accept.

"I; ryan c, man, am willing to consider, and believe I am qualified for, the "Role" of "Judge"; and; possibly the "Role" of "Baliff."

To accept either of those roles, Bundy says he will require $1 million to be sent to him "payment in full."

He argues that the roles are conflicts of interest but doesn't explain why.

In another filing Thursday - there were more than half a dozen - he claimed that the U.S. Marshals Service, Department of Justice, and others were "maliciously using fraudulent" means to commit larceny against him.

Bundy, in one filing, refers to himself as "I, man jure divino, ryan c, of the bundy society."

One filing has Bundy saying that if he is ordered to "come before the court again this matter" he will charge the government $100 million.

Bundy, along with his brother, Ammon, were among 26 people indicted in connection with the takeover. Nine of those people have pleaded guilty.

The Bundy brothers along with seven other defendants - Jeff Banta, Shawna Cox, David Fry, Kenneth Medenbach, Joseph O'Shaugnessy, Pete Santilli, and Neil Wampler - are scheduled to go on trial September 7th.

Earlier this week, Judge Anna Brown granted a request from eight other defendants - Dylan Anderson, Sandra Anderson, Sean Anderson, Duane Ehmer, Jason Patrick, Jon Ritzheimer, and Jake Ryan - will have a separate trial that will start February 14, 2017.

The same day Judge Brown warned Kenneth Medenbach to stop challenging the validity of her oath of office.

"If Medenbach again makes any such argument in any form, he will forfeit the right of self-representation because of his failure to adhere to the Court's Orders,'' Brown wrote.