ARIZONA COMMON SENSE

An Exercise in Aggressive, Non-Partisan Political Activism

October 16, 2013 The Honorable Raner C. Collins Chief Judge U.S. District Court Evo A. DeConcinni U.S Courthouse 405 W. Congress St. #5190 Tucson AZ. 85701-5051 The Appearance of Court Directed Judge Shopping in Warden v Miranda, CV-11-0460-TUC-DCB (BPV). Dear Judge Collins: On June 06, 2013 and again on July 25, 2013 I sent a similar letter to Roslyn Silver in her administrative capacity as Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court. Judge Silver did not reply Now that you are Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court, I re-direct this inquiry to you in your administrative capacity and, in my capacity as Publisher of Arizona Common Sense, a political newsletter, received by selected members of the media and 1,200 members of the Pima County Bar. Regarding the assignment of judges to civil cases, information found on the U.S. Courts website, in pertinent part, provides: Judge assignment methods vary. The basic consider-ation in making assignments are to assure equitable distribution of caseloads and avoid judge shopping. By statute the Chief Judge of every District Court has the responsibility to enforce the courts rules and orders on case

assignments. Each Court has a written plan or system for assigning cases http://www.uscourts.gov/Common/FAQS.aspx Please be advised there is a growing public oncern regarding the appearance of court directed judge shopping in several cases now pending before the Court, the first of which is: Warden v Miranda, CV-11-0460-TUC-DCB (BPV) I have outlined the nature of this concern in the attached three articles, each of which has received wide internet distribution:
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Is the Federal Court Judge Shopping in Warden v Miranda? Pima County Bar Advises Warden on Judge Shopping Judge Bury is a Rubber Stamp for the Good Old Boys

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Under your authority as Chief Judge of the U.S. Court District of Arizona, would you please be so kind as to provide me with a copy of the written plan or system for assigning cases presently employed in the Arizona District, as set forth above, as well as the US statute which requires you to enforce the rules regarding case assignments? Yours Truly, Roy Warden, Publisher Arizona Common Sense 3700 S. Calle Polar Tucson Az. 85730 roywarden@hotmail.com cc: U.S. District Court Judges Bury, Jorgenson, Zipps and Zapata; U.S. Magistrate Judges; selected members of the media, selected members of political activist groups; 1,200 members of the Pima County Bar , etx.