Brilliant Article: Sovereign Citizen Gurus: The Hidden Threat Behind Debt Scams and Pseudo-Legal Schemes
I just read this article and think it is fantastic: “Sovereign Citizen Gurus: Inciting a Lawless World” (63 U. Louisville
Category: Court Cases (American)
Sovereign Citizens and the IRS: Two Brothers Indicted for Conspiracy to Prevent the Sale of Property Seized by the IRS for Unpaid Taxes
William Phillip Jackson and Stephen Lee Jackson are two Missouri brothers who have long challenged the IRS’s authority, racking up
Sovereign Citizen Defiance Meets Legal Reality: United States v. Thody
In United States v. Thody, 2025, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the 12-month prison sentence of Daniel Isaiah
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Fraudulent Real Estate Scheme Involving Sovereign Citizen Tactics
In USA v. Estes et al., the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia addressed pretrial motions in
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Sovereign Citizen Ideologies and Tax Fraud: A Closer Look at United States v. Rhodes
The ongoing case of United States v. Rhodes offers a detailed examination of how sovereign citizen ideologies intersect with legal
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Commonwealth v. Kearns: Sovereign Citizen Rhetoric Meets Child Endangerment Conviction
Justin W. Kearns, convicted of endangering the welfare of his two-year-old daughter, appealed his conviction, raising procedural and evidentiary issues.
Sovereign Citizen Claims Rejected in Habeas Petition: Butts v. Clarke
There are so many sovereign citizen cases that never make the news. There are many reasons for this and sometime,
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Summary of Sovereign Citizen Court Cases (Week of Jan 10, 2025)
Christopher Eugene Guilford (Nevada): Christopher Guilford was indicted for filing a false tax return, leading to a $1.2 million IRS
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Sovereign Citizen Tries to Sue the Police, Gets Case Dismissed
Kevin Massengale brought a civil rights action against San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus, San Bernardino High Desert Detention Facility,
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The Case of Pepo Herd El: Facts and Development
Pepo Herd El, a 40-year-old man, was arrested on March 27, 2020, at the Nubian Square MBTA station in Boston
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