USA v. Eklund

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
v.
LOUIS HOLGER EKLUND,
Defendant.
Case No. 3:18-cr-00035-SLG
ORDER REGARDING NATURE AND FORMAT OF FILINGS WITH THIS
COURT
In light of pro se defendant Louis Holger Eklund’s numerous recent filings
and the tenor of the language used therein, the Court finds it necessary to enter
this order regulating motion practice in this case. Effective immediately, all pretrial
filings by Mr. Holger must conform with this order.
Mr. Holger has filed a series of notices that are not related to his defense of
the charges against him and are addressed to third parties not involved in his
criminal prosecution.1 Effective immediately, Mr. Holger shall restrict his filings to
motions that request specific relief from the Court or responses to motions filed by
the prosecution. The Court directs Mr. Holger to Federal Rule of Criminal
Procedure 12(b), which provides a list of motions that may be made before trial.
1 See, e.g., Docket 278 (Letter to Betsy Shilling); Docket 256 (Letter to Alyssa Milano). Some of
Mr. Holger’s filings falsely purport to be official documents such as orders from the President of
the United States, see, e.g., Docket 275, or arrest warrants for various officials involved in Mr.
Holger’s prosecution, see, e.g., Docket 285.
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Pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 47(b), any motion that Mr. Holger
files “must state the grounds on which its based and the relief or order sought.” If
Mr. Holger wishes to make any pretrial filing not explicitly listed in Federal Rule of
Criminal Procedure 12—for example a request for subpoenas under Rule 17 or a
notice under Rules 12.1, 12.2, or 12.3—he must clearly identify his authority for
doing so in the title of his filing.
In many of his filings before this Court, including those which are motions,
Mr. Holger uses unacceptable language to refer to prosecutors and to court
officials, including the undersigned Judge.2 In all future filings Mr. Holger shall
refer to the undersigned only as “the judge” or “the Court” and to Mr. Walker, the
assigned Assistant United States Attorney, as “the prosecutor” or “the
government.”
The Court finds these measures necessary to retain control over the docket
in this case3 and concludes that they will not restrict Mr. Holger’s constitutional
rights as a pro se criminal defendant. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that all future
2 See, e.g., Docket 276 at 2 (referring to the undersigned as “the tyrannical wrinkled old hag
child rapeist [sic]”); Docket 195 at 2 (referring to the Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonas Walker as
“the nonsensical Pathological liar & convicted violent serial pedophile & rapeist [sic] who fancies
himself ‘the government’”).
3 See United States v. W.R. Grace, 526 F.3d 499, 509 (9th Cir. 2008) (“[A] district court has the
authority to enter pretrial case management and discovery orders designed to ensure that the
relevant issues to be tried are identified, that the parties have an opportunity to engage in
appropriate discovery, and that the parties are adequately and timely prepared so that the trial
can proceed efficiently and intelligibly.”); see also id. (reciting the “‘well established’ principle that
‘[d]istrict courts have inherent power to control their dockets’” (alteration in original) (quoting
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. Hercules, Inc., 146 F.3d 1071, 1074 (9th Cir. 1998))).
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filings by Mr. Holger shall conform with this order. Any filings not in conformance
with this order will be stricken, effective immediately. The Court encourages Mr.
Holger to consult with his appointed standby counsel regarding this order.
DATED this 10th day of June, 2020, at Anchorage, Alaska.
s/ Sharon L Gleason
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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