Preparing filings for Kayla needing only her signature as "she" conducts "her" "pro se" defense would appear to go beyond the point of "informal advice".
Again, there's no doubt that Nick was the one who filed this for both himself and Kayla. They were filed within a minute of each other and, except for the names of the defendant and case numbers, are identical down to the errors - they both have the same incorrect county and judicial district listed on them.
Between this and Nick representing April in traffic court and then not bothering to show up, I guess Nick thinks professional responsibilities don't apply to him when he's representing members of his polycule.
I didn't say otherwise, and I agree with you. I was commenting on the propriety of it all and pointing out that a person (say, a criminal defendant) can listen to whomever or whatever they want and not face specific sanction for that choice, but that it's Nick who runs the risk of running afoul of some other standard. Absolutely, anyone taking legal advice from him runs a huge risk of a bad outcome...which is why I said that even the decision to remove the judge from the case should have been a conversation between her and a real attorney, but he has professional ethical considerations as well.
This is all true, but he's not using his license for anything. He's probably already under danger of having his license suspended until he goes to rehab because of his alcohol and drug problems. He can still be a streamer without active license. Suspended license is a non-issue to Nick, since he's not a practicing lawyer and does not make a living practicing law.
He was identified as April Imholte’s attorney in her speeding ticket just this Spring. And fucked it up, but as he pays dues and keeps malpractice insistance, it’s clear he values his license. And it is, objectively, a valuable asset. Most attorneys, whether practicing or not, maintain their law license.
Have you even taken a moment to realize what has happened to professional standards since the 19th amendment and niggers becoming actual judges?
It’s all grift and clown show. A female judge alone is one of the most oxymoronic statements. Lies, enabling of abuse that wouldn’t have otherwise been possible, entire rejection of any historical precedent for the past thousands of years.
Maybe, maybe a “jury of a woman’s peers”, but only in a consulting fashion.
No. It’s gossip. It’s their catnip. They are cackling over mimosas.
Crackets deserves the grace he dug for himself with this one tbh
You, sir, are a fucking idiot.
Agreed. But he could limp along covering rent in a shithole apartment being just a public defender.
He won't be a public defender with a 2nd degree felony under his belt.
I was wondering why no legal argument or memorandum. This is what another such notice I found looks like.
It was granted.
There's a Minnesota Supreme Court case involving this very guy, Robert Brady Malone, with a dissent, from 2021, going into extensive detail on the standards for such recusals.
He pasted it from someone else's. The one I found is better imo and explicitly states the elements necessary to comply with the local rule.
The file titled MCRO 04-VB-18-3565...? I didn't see any elements of anything, just the order granting removal.
The appellate opinion goes into bias and the judge's actions, but that was relating to motion to recuse, not a simple notice to remove.
I only had a minute to scan the decision and didn't see how the notice to remove figured into the decision. Were they for the same crime? The 2021 decision refers back to 2018 and 2019 events but I didn't see reference to the 3/21/2019 notice. The decision seems to suggest the same judge was in place the entire time, and it was the judge's possibly independent investigation that gave rise to the appeal/remand.
In any case, it doesn't appear that there is any requirement to show anything for a notice to remove to be granted.
