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US judge warns Moussaoui over pleadings
Frenchman Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person charged in the United States for the September 11 attacks, could be punished if he does not stop his slew of court requests, a judge said Thursday. "(Moussaoui) is placed on formal notice that he faces sanctions, including being held in contempt or losing his right to (act as his own attorney), if he files any further frivolous, scandalous, disrespectful or repetitive pleadings in this case," Judge Leonie Brinkema wrote in a document made public Thursday. "Since October 27 , 2003, the court has received more than twenty writings from Mr. Moussaoui, most of which are not proper requests for appropriate judicial relief." Moussaoui has submitted to the court handwritten requests, generally ranging between sarcastic and insulting, often incoherent and flouting legal conventions. The judge had earlier warned the defendant, but the Frenchman seemed to have exhausted her patience. She said the requests were packed with "veiled and, in some cases, overt" threats against officials, verbal attacks on foreign governments and attempts to obtain documents unrelated to the case. The content of those requests would remain sealed, the judge said.Anyone here have a leftover Almond Joy? Sometimes you feel like a nut... Posted by: Seafarious 2003-11-07 |
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