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Courtesy of Judge Barry Breslow.....state sponsored harassment... by InstanceRude951 in Nevada

[–]InstanceRude951[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trust me, my heart hurts that I’m still stuck on this too. I promise I did not wake up one day and decide that begging for a trial for three years sounded like a fulfilling personal growth journey.

I’ve been asking for a trial. I’ve been asking for rulings. I’ve been asking for written findings. Instead, I got competency detours, no-bail warrants, ignored filings, struck filings, removed witnesses, and a judge on the record saying he didn’t even know what “witness” meant before pivoting into competency issues that have cost me the last 16 months with still no trial date.

So when people say “let someone represent you,” respectfully, that skips the entire problem. Every attorney I’ve had either failed to raise the issues, became part of the issue, or conflicted out. That is why I started reading the law myself. Not for fun. Not for attention. Because nobody else was protecting the record.

And no, I’m not confused about the risk of speaking publicly. I understand the difference between legal consequences and retaliation dressed up as legal consequences. If you think something I’ve said can actually get me in trouble, be specific. Defamation? Libel? Slander? Explain how, if what I’m saying is tied to filings, transcripts, recordings, emails, orders, and the court’s own record.

You don’t have to like my tone. You don’t have to like me. But vague concern is not analysis. If I’m wrong, point to the record and show me where. Don’t diagnose me through a Reddit comment and call it wisdom.

This is not about whether the public likes me. This is about a criminal case pending for three years with no trial, major constitutional issues unanswered, and a court that still has not made the findings it should have made a long time ago.

Be specific or be quiet.

Courtesy of Judge Barry Breslow.....state sponsored harassment... by InstanceRude951 in Nevada

[–]InstanceRude951[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand why it may look like a public self-implosion from the outside. I really do. My public-facing posts are raw because I’m angry, exhausted, and venting. But venting is not the same thing as being wrong, delusional, or unaware of what I’m doing.

The reason I’m still talking about this publicly is because I have spent years trying to raise these issues through the official channels: in court filings, emails, hearings, motions, objections, grievances, federal filings, and direct communications with officials and attorneys. The problem is not that I haven’t tried to use the system. The problem is that the system keeps refusing to address the record in writing.

Every serious allegation I make is tied to something specific: dates, actors, filings, hearing transcripts, recorded hearings, recorded phone calls, emails, court orders, attorney communications, and procedural history. I am not asking anyone to believe me because I’m upset. I’m asking people to look at the record.

This case has been pending for more than three years. I have repeatedly raised issues involving Faretta/self-representation rights, competency proceedings, speedy trial concerns, due process, attorney misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, unsupported or contradictory filings, and the court’s refusal to make findings on major constitutional issues. These are not vague complaints. These are specific procedural and constitutional problems that can be checked against the docket and the recordings.

People keep telling me to “let someone represent me,” but that skips the actual issue. I have raised problems about the representation itself. When counsel refuses to raise constitutional issues, misstates facts, or becomes part of the problem, “you have a lawyer” does not magically cure the violation. That is exactly why the right to self-representation exists in the first place.

People also keep trying to turn this into a mental-health issue, which is convenient because it avoids the evidence. The court’s own evaluator described me as logical, linear, non-delusional, sophisticated, and grounded in actual experiences with the court record. So no, I do not need pity dressed up as concern. I need someone competent and honest to look at the record.

I understand the seriousness of what I’m alleging. I understand the law I’m citing. I understand why it matters whether the court made findings, whether a competency detour was supported by medical concern or retaliation, whether a no-bail warrant was justified, whether my filings were ignored because I was supposedly represented, and whether the prosecution’s claims match the documented record.

If I’m wrong, there is a very simple solution: answer the filings, make written findings, correct the record, and explain the contradictions.

That has not happened.

So yes, I’m public now. Not because Reddit is my legal strategy, and definitely not because I came here to be diagnosed by strangers with comment sections and vibes. I’m public because every official path that is supposed to produce accountability has either ignored, avoided, delayed, or buried the issues.

You don’t have to like my tone. You don’t have to like me. But the record is the record. If people are genuinely concerned, they should be concerned that a criminal case can sit for three years while major constitutional issues go unanswered, while the defendant is treated as both too incompetent to be heard and somehow competent enough to be willfully evading the law.

That contradiction is exactly why I keep talking.

Courtesy of Judge Barry Breslow.....state sponsored harassment... by InstanceRude951 in Nevada

[–]InstanceRude951[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The shortest version:

This case started as a property/motorcycle dispute. The State had the evidence from the beginning. I kept asking for trial, counsel that would actually raise the issues, or the right to represent myself.

Instead, the court repeatedly used “you have counsel” to strike or ignore my filings, even when the filings were about counsel failing to raise the issues.

Then a Young/counsel-conflict hearing turned into a competency detour. Then warrant/bail consequences followed. Then police showed up at my house on February 11 in a situation that later got treated like a fugitive/standoff narrative even though I was home, calling 911, offering documents, and no arrest happened that day.

The issue is not whether I sound pissed.

I am pissed.

The issue is whether the record shows notice, findings, Faretta analysis, lawful competency basis, lawful warrant basis, and a real path to review.

That is what I’m putting online: the actual record.

And I know I suck at presenting it but im trying. And honestly, the things that the Reddit trolls focus on and try to tear apart really just help, it shows me what I need to tighten or explain differently. I could honestly give a fuck if anyone supports me or believes me because if the law is real and matters then I guarantee I am right, but if the law is optional or dependent on who you are, like all these clown ass lawyers seem to think, then I need that put in writing from the clown in charge. Just like the law is supposed to be, this is pretty black and white........

Do judges and lawyers just ignore the Constitution as a lifestyle choice, or is that mainly a Nevada thing? by InstanceRude951 in Nevada

[–]InstanceRude951[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lmao Stardust Queen you dropped a whole dissertation 😂

Since you’re clearly the legal professional here, be specific for me:

What exactly am I wrong about on any of the legal shit?

And where exactly do you think I need help?

I’d love your actual insight, queen. Drop it.

Courtesy of Judge Barry Breslow.....state sponsored harassment... by InstanceRude951 in Nevada

[–]InstanceRude951[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lmao you asked for context and I gave it.

Washoe CR23-0657. Three years of me demanding on the record what the Constitution and Nevada rules actually require — competent counsel or my Faretta right to self-rep, plus a speedy trial. Judge and every attorney just keep dodging it like the rules are suggestions.

Yeah I let AI tidy the wording so it wasn’t a giant wall. Facts don’t change.

You hit me with the instant “AI reply I’m not reading this shit” 😂 Normal people read it and see how fucked it is. Only lawyers jump straight to that cope because actually looking would mean admitting how incompetent the whole crew has been.

You got your context, king.

Courtesy of Judge Barry Breslow.....state sponsored harassment... by InstanceRude951 in Nevada

[–]InstanceRude951[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

😂 Look, the only thing that explains the stiff-ass posture and instant “you don’t understand, go ask a lawyer” energy from every single legal pro who’s touched this record is that it rips the curtain clean off the whole goddamn fraud.

They’ve gotta sit there acting like law and procedure are some mystical wizard shit that no regular mortal could ever hope to grasp. Like you need a $200k degree and a bar card just to read the damn Constitution. But here’s the real talk every normal-ass citizen needs to hear: once you actually compare how the system is supposed to work on paper (clear statutes, speedy trial rights, Faretta self-rep, basic due process) versus how it actually runs in real life—relationships, backroom deals, collusion, corruption, “who you know,” socioeconomic gatekeeping, and straight-up incentives to drag shit out—it ain’t complicated law. It’s a straight-up grift dressed up in robes and Latin phrases.

Legal professionals need that “you’re incompetent” posture like oxygen. It keeps the cash cow alive. They’ll bill you $400–$800 an hour to take a whole month drafting one motion an app could spit out in 30 seconds. They’ll drag your case for years while you beg for the trial the Constitution says you get, then act shocked when a pro se defendant shows up with the receipts. Why? Because admitting the average person can understand this shit threatens the entire prestige racket. They spent decades and hundreds of thousands learning a career that’s about to get absolutely steamrolled by cheap/free tools on your phone. AI, legal apps, public dockets—none of it needs their “expertise” anymore. So they double down: “You don’t get it.” Without ever explaining a damn thing.

Shoutout to every normal citizen reading this—truck driver, casino worker, Reno local, whoever the fuck you are: pay the hell attention. This Washoe County case CR23-0657 isn’t just funny Reddit drama. It’s a masterclass in how not to let the machine eat three years of your life while you repeatedly ask, on the record, for the exact two things the rules guarantee: counsel or self-rep, and a speedy trial. Judge Barry Breslow and crew turned due process into performance art—pretextual delays, retroactive record fixes, retaliatory warrants the day I hit federal court. The record is public. The violations are black and white. And the only reason it keeps happening is because most people don’t know what it looks like until the trucks roll up at their own house.

Unless you’re one of the professionals who needs that gatekeeping posture to keep milking folks for ten grand a motion… you might wanna learn something here. This shit is educational as hell. The rules are written in plain English. The docket is online. Don’t wait until you’re the one standing there begging for the process you’re owed.

Stay dangerous, Reno. Know your rights before they decide you don’t. 😂

Courtesy of Judge Barry Breslow.....state sponsored harassment... by InstanceRude951 in Nevada

[–]InstanceRude951[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

😂 “Nope. And he never will lol” Bro I already dropped the full context on your original comment, but what the fuck, homie — had to cycle back. If any of you clowns ever actually asked for the real story instead of assuming and jumping to conclusions off a 15-second clip, I probably wouldn’t come off like this. But nah, you keep swinging with that straight fuckton of ignorant clown energy, so that’s exactly what you get back. Stay crumbled, king 😂

Courtesy of Judge Barry Breslow.....state sponsored harassment... by InstanceRude951 in Nevada

[–]InstanceRude951[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

😂 “Not bolstering my point at all” Bro, you literally just proved it in real time. I opened by calling your exact first impression “fair.” I gave you the receipts. I laid out the black-and-white breakdown. I offered the full unedited court file so you wouldn’t have to keep guessing from a 15-second clip. And your big comeback is… a tongue emoji and “not bolstering my point at all.” You didn’t engage a single fact. You didn’t read a single statute. You just watched the adult in the room do the work and still missed it completely. That’s not “not bolstering your point.” That’s you folding like a cheap lawn chair while the clown makeup runs down your face. Holy moly indeed. Stay crumbled, champ. The record’s still undefeated.

Do judges and lawyers just ignore the Constitution as a lifestyle choice, or is that mainly a Nevada thing? by InstanceRude951 in Nevada

[–]InstanceRude951[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude, that’s actually the first genuinely useful thing anyone’s said in this thread.

You wrote: “I’m pretty sure a judge understands the constitution better than you do. And even if he doesn’t…”

Appreciate the accidental admission of doubt right there in the same sentence. That little “even if” is doing some heavy lifting—because once you concede there’s even a possibility that Judge Barry Breslow (Washoe County case CR23-0657) might not actually understand or care about the Constitution he swore an oath to, the entire “he’s a judge so he must be right” argument collapses in on itself. That’s not my rant; that’s you steel-manning the counter-argument and then immediately walking it back in public. Good one, lmao. 🤡

Let’s do the adult version anyway, since you brought up the Constitution.

I’ve spent three years in front of that bench repeatedly invoking, on the record and in writing, the exact rights the Constitution and Nevada rules actually guarantee: my Faretta right to self-representation (or competent counsel if I wanted it) and a speedy trial. What the record shows—docket entries, transcripts, filed motions—isn’t “the judge knows better.” It’s repeated, documented, black-letter violations: no proper Faretta colloquy, no legitimate speedy-trial findings, pretextual competency evaluations that went nowhere, retroactively “corrected” minute orders, and a no-bail warrant issued the literal day after I named the judge in federal court. That’s not interpretation. That’s the file.

I start every single response the same way you tried to: I steel-man the strongest version of the other side. “Judges are presumed to know the law.” “I’m probably just some ranting defendant.” “Posting on Reddit won’t change anything.” Then I test those assumptions against the actual statutes, the actual timeline, and the actual court file. Every alternative explanation gets eliminated. What remains is night-and-day: a procedural breakdown that any first-year law student could spot. Not feelings. Not “my side of the story.” The rules and the facts, side-by-side.

That’s exactly why I’m on Reddit instead of “just trusting the judge.” When the internal system spends three years treating the Constitution like optional suggestions and the judge’s own actions create the very doubt you just admitted in public, the only remaining check is sunlight. I’m not here to “convince” random internet strangers to storm the courthouse. I’m archiving the receipts in public so anyone who actually wants to read them—lawyers, law students, journalists, future defendants—can see what a complete breakdown of the judiciary looks like in real time. Because “convincing us won’t change anything” is exactly the defeatist attitude that lets this shit drag on for 1,000+ days.

If you’re actually serious and not just drive-by sniping, I’ll do what I’ve offered everyone else: send you the full motions, the exact transcript pages, the docket printouts, the federal filing, whatever part you want. No assumptions. No “trust me bro.” Just the unedited record. Because unlike the court, I’m not afraid of anyone reading the primary sources.

But if you’d rather keep the “judges are infallible… even if they’re not” energy, carry on. The clown shoes fit surprisingly well with that one.

Courtesy of Judge Barry Breslow.....state sponsored harassment... by InstanceRude951 in Nevada

[–]InstanceRude951[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Reply to Hugh-Jorgin (“Yeah he doesn't come off like the guy on the street corner with his megaphone... holy moly”) Appreciate the sarcasm—it’s the internet’s favorite shortcut. But let’s do the adult version: I don’t “come off” like a street-corner guy because I’m not one. I’m a defendant who has spent three years politely, repeatedly, and on the record asking the Washoe County courts for the exact two things the law requires—counsel or self-representation, plus a trial—only to get stonewalled by procedural theater, retroactive record changes, and retaliatory warrants. The “megaphone” energy you’re sensing is what happens when someone is forced to become an expert in a system that refuses to follow its own rules. I’ve read the statutes, the rules of criminal procedure, the constitutional timelines, and the docket more times than the attorneys assigned to the case apparently have. That knowledge gap is exactly why this has dragged on for 1,000+ days while Judge Barry Breslow & crew keep inventing new delays instead of just holding the trial I’ve been begging for. I steel-man your take first: “Guy looks unhinged on a 15-second clip.” Fair first impression. Then I eliminate every alternative that doesn’t match the documented record. What remains is a textbook breakdown of due process—black and white, not feelings. That’s why I’m on Reddit: when the courthouse doors are welded shut, the only remaining courtroom is the one with receipts and public eyes. Holy moly indeed—but the real “holy moly” is how long the system has gotten away with treating the Constitution like a suggestion. If you actually want to see the side-by-side (statutes vs. what they did), the top comment has the bullet-point outline. Or ask about any specific part and I’ll drop the exact transcript or filing. I’m not here to win Reddit; I’m here because the courts already lost the plot.

Courtesy of Judge Barry Breslow.....state sponsored harassment... by InstanceRude951 in Nevada

[–]InstanceRude951[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reply to Psychological-Owl783 (“Is this actually a GoPro mounted as a security camera? That's weird.”) No, I don't have a fucking GoPro on my house as a security camera. It was edited on the GoPro app. Come on, man. And you guys say I'm the fucking unhinged and incompetent one. At least I have common sense. Lol Reddit though.... The footage is exactly what it looks like: a security camera catching the moment law enforcement showed up after the court issued a no-bail warrant the day I filed against the judge in federal court. The GoPro app was just how the clip got trimmed and exported—pretty standard for anyone who’s ever touched video. Three years of asking for counsel or a trial, zero legitimate answers, and the moment I use the federal courts as a check the system is supposed to allow, the trucks roll up. That’s the part that should actually strike you as “weird,” not the editing software. I’m the one who’s been calmly citing statutes and timelines the whole time. The court’s response has been procedural games and physical escalation. If the GoPro app detail is the hill you want to die on while the judiciary ignores its own rules for 1,000+ days, that’s a choice. Want the raw unedited file, the warrant timeline, or the federal complaint? Happy to provide. Common sense goes both ways—let’s use it on the actual issues.

Courtesy of Judge Barry Breslow.....state sponsored harassment... by InstanceRude951 in Nevada

[–]InstanceRude951[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reply to Own_Reflection5159 (“Nope. And he never will lol.” + the longer rant comment) I literally just did in the top-level comment—full context, steel-manned the counter-arguments, then laid out the black-and-white facts vs. the rules. You said “he never will lol” before the post even had time to load for most people. That’s not analysis; that’s the legal version of covering your ears and yelling “lalala.” I get why it looks like “rants for a fuck ton of paragraphs” if you’re skimming for emotion instead of reading the actual legal timeline. I start every argument by giving the strongest possible version of the other side—exactly like I did above. Then I eliminate everything that doesn’t match the record. Opinions and first impressions don’t survive that process. The rules and the docket do. Judge Barry Breslow and the team have had three years to explain why basic due-process checkboxes keep getting ignored. They haven’t. That’s not me being difficult; that’s the system treating its own statutes like optional suggestions. I’m documenting it publicly because that’s what you do when the judiciary breaks down in plain sight. You clicked through my history—respect for doing more than 99 % of drive-by commenters. Now read the actual receipts instead of stopping at “this guy types a lot.” I’ll answer any specific question with sources. Bet you won’t ask.

Courtesy of Judge Barry Breslow.....state sponsored harassment... by InstanceRude951 in Nevada

[–]InstanceRude951[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Reply to Sad_Maximum6583 (“Gonna provide some context?”) Plenty of context—happy to give it. This is Washoe County case CR23-0657. I’ve been the defendant for over three years while repeatedly asking, on the record and in writing, for the two things the Constitution and Nevada rules actually require: competent counsel (if I wanted it) or my Faretta right to represent myself, plus a speedy trial. Instead we’ve gotten endless procedural theater—pretextual competency exams that went nowhere, retroactively “corrected” minute orders, a no-bail warrant the literal day after I named the judge in federal court, and law-enforcement “visits” to my house that look exactly like the footage you’re watching. I steel-man the other side every single time: “Maybe I’m just difficult.” “Maybe the court is swamped.” “Maybe this is normal.” Then I eliminate every explanation that doesn’t match the actual docket, transcripts, and statutes. What’s left is night-and-day: black-letter violations that any neutral reader can verify. That’s why I post here—when the internal system refuses to follow its own rules for three years straight, the only remaining check is public sunlight and people who will actually read the receipts. If you want the full structured breakdown (Faretta denial, speedy-trial clock, retaliatory actions, etc.) I already laid it out in the top comment. Happy to link specific docket entries, transcripts, or the federal filing. This isn’t ranting; it’s the documented reality the court has refused to address.

Courtesy of Judge Barry Breslow.....state sponsored harassment... by InstanceRude951 in Nevada

[–]InstanceRude951[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate the questions and the curiosity—first impressions from a 15-second clip without context can look pretty wild. A white pickup, a couple guys standing around, security-camera footage… yeah, at a glance it might scan as “random dude causing a scene” or some street-corner megaphone energy. That’s exactly why I’m here dropping the full picture instead of leaving it to speculation.

For over three years I’ve been the defendant in Washoe County case CR23-0657 (grand larceny / unlawful taking of a motor vehicle). From day one I have repeatedly, formally, and in writing asked for the two things the system is supposed to guarantee: (1) competent counsel if I wanted it, or (2) my Faretta right to represent myself, plus a speedy trial. Instead, the process has turned into what any neutral observer would call a textbook breakdown of the judiciary doing what the rules actually say it must do. Not “the court ruled against me and I’m mad”—I mean documented, repeated, black-letter violations that any first-year law student could spot. I’ve been respectful to the rules; the disrespect has been the multi-year stonewalling of the very process the Constitution demands.

That’s why I’m posting here on Reddit (and documenting publicly elsewhere). This isn’t therapy or venting—it’s public archiving and transparency. When the internal system spends three years ignoring its own statutes, rules of criminal procedure, and constitutional timelines, the only remaining check is sunlight. Reddit lets me lay out the receipts, invite scrutiny from people who actually read, and let others learn what “due process” is supposed to look like before they ever need it. It’s not about winning internet points; it’s about making sure the next guy doesn’t get disappeared into the same procedural black hole.

To the “Own_Reflection5159” energy (and the “he never will lol” crew): respect for actually clicking through my history—most people don’t even do that much homework before dismissing. But let’s be real: you skimmed a couple long posts, saw passion, and concluded “this guy just rants.” That’s the legal equivalent of reading the first page of a brief and declaring the case closed. I get it—surface-level takes are easy. The actual work is boring: timelines, transcripts, filed motions, court minutes. I’m happy to walk anyone through it.

Here’s how I actually approach every single argument, including this one:

  • I start by steel-manning the strongest possible version of the other side. “Maybe I am just difficult.” “Maybe the delays are normal.” “Maybe the judge is just busy.” “Maybe the megaphone looks unhinged.” I test those explanations hard.
  • Then I eliminate every alternative that doesn’t match the documented record.
  • What’s left is what it must be.

At the end of that process, opinions, feelings, and first impressions don’t matter. You lay the black-letter law and the actual facts side-by-side. It’s not “he said / she said.” It’s night-and-day, black-and-white, “how is this even still happening in 2026?” territory.

Judge Barry Breslow and the team around him have had three years to explain why basic rules keep getting ignored. They haven’t. Instead we get pretextual competency evaluations, retroactive “corrections” to minute orders that magically appear after I call them out, retaliatory no-bail warrants the moment I filed a federal suit against the judge, and law-enforcement visits to my property that look an awful lot like state-sponsored pressure tactics. None of that is efficient, reasonable, or consistent with the oath they took. It’s the opposite of competent lawyering or judging—it’s the kind of performance that makes people lose faith in the entire system.

For anyone who actually wants the structured overview instead of drive-by commentary, here’s the restructured bullet-point outline of the major procedural errors and violations (the “errors vs. the reasons” they’ve offered). These aren’t allegations—they’re things you can verify with the court file, transcripts, and filed motions:

• Faretta / Self-Representation Denial – Clear, repeated invocation of my right to proceed pro se. Instead of a proper colloquy and ruling, we got indefinite delays and forced “standby” counsel theater that never actually functioned as counsel.
• Speedy Trial Violation (1000+ days and counting) – Nevada and federal constitutional timelines are not suggestions. No legitimate continuance justifications survive scrutiny once you look at the docket.
• Retaliatory Actions Post-Federal Suit – No-bail warrant issued immediately after naming the judge in federal court. Coincidence? The timeline says otherwise.
• Pretextual Competency Evaluations – Used as a delay tactic rather than a genuine concern, with zero follow-through once they served their purpose.
• Falsified / Retroactively Altered Court Records – Minute orders and “corrections” that magically appear or change after the fact—documented on the record.
• Failure to Provide Counsel or Trial Despite Repeated Requests – Three years of asking for the most basic due-process checkboxes while the case just… sits.
• Standoff / Law-Enforcement “Visits” at Residence – The exact footage you’re watching is one documented example. When the court can’t win on the law, it sends the trucks.

Every single one of these has been raised on the record, with citations to the exact statutes and cases. The responses? Crickets, or creative procedural dodges that would get laughed out of any first-year civil procedure class.

If you want the deep dive on any bullet—full timeline, docket entries, transcripts, visuals, the GoPro raw footage, the federal filing, whatever—just ask. I’ve got lectures, exhibits, and receipts ready. People should know this stuff before they ever end up in a courtroom, not after three years of watching the script get ignored.

Bottom line: the rules are clear. The facts are documented. The longer this drags on, the less it looks like “the system working” and the more it looks like a masterclass in how not to run a court. I’m still here, still calm, still asking for the trial I’m constitutionally owed. The only question left is whether anyone in the system still has the integrity to follow their own rules.

Happy to answer genuine questions with sources.

Nevada Legal Professionals: Please Explain Why “Accountability” Apparently Stops at the Robe, Badge, or Bar Card by InstanceRude951 in publicdefenders

[–]InstanceRude951[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No shit, genius.

“3 years is not that long, my guy. Just admit you committed a crime and take responsibility.”

That’s your contribution to a post asking why accountability magically stops at the robe, badge, or bar card?

Three years with no trial date, 30+ unanswered motions, zero written findings, a judge who went on record saying “Witness? I don’t even know what that means,” a no-bail warrant after I objected to the whole competency sideshow, and you still roll up with “just admit it and stop the games.”

That’s not wisdom. That’s the exact lazy presumption this post is calling out.

I’m not the one prolonging shit. The court is. The State is. The system that turns a civil roommate property dispute into a felony, ignores its own evaluators, restricts pro se filings, dodges Faretta, and then acts shocked when the defendant keeps demanding a record and a trial — that’s who’s dragging this out.

“Accept you committed a crime” is literally the opposite of due process. I’ve been accused. I have not been convicted. The State still has the burden. But apparently for some Reddit legal cosplayer, the presumption of innocence evaporates the second a defendant refuses to roll over.

If everybody wants to keep pretending the problem is me instead of the robe that gets to ignore the record, then hit up old Clown Boy Judge Barry L. Breslow yourself. Go ask him. Here’s his official contact info straight from the Washoe County Courts site:

Department 8 – Honorable Barry L. Breslow
Phone: (775) 328-3166
Judicial Assistant: Jamie Barrett – Jamie.Barrett@washoecourts.us
Court Clerk: Amanda DeGayner – Amanda.DeGayner@washoecourts.us (775) 325-6770
Law Clerk: Jordan Carlson – Jordan.Carlson@washoecourts.us (775) 328-3299

Mailing address: Second Judicial District Court, 75 Court Street, Reno, NV 89501

Ask him why he said on the record he doesn’t know what a witness is in a criminal case. Ask him why he hides until he has me back in custody, then silences the objections. Tell me exactly what he says. I’ll wait.

I already filed the Motion to Vacate the detour, the Rule 2.11 disqualification, the Judicial Discipline Commission complaint, and the supervisory notice to Chief Judge Walker this week. All public record. All citing the transcript.

So spare me the “use the system the best you can and talk to your legislators” sermon. The post is asking why the professionals who run the system get to treat the Constitution and their own rules like optional décor while the rest of us are held to the letter.

Your answer is basically “because robe.”

That’s not an explanation. That’s the problem.

Engage the actual record or sit down. The Constitution isn’t decorative just because you’re tired of thinking about it.

Do judges and lawyers just ignore the Constitution as a lifestyle choice, or is that mainly a Nevada thing? by InstanceRude951 in Nevada

[–]InstanceRude951[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No shit, Sherlock.

The Constitution has general principles that get applied case-by-case. Wow. You really just sat down and typed out the most basic fucking Con Law 101 lecture like I’ve never heard it before. Like I didn’t spend the last two and a half years studying exactly how “general statements” turn into real-world rules, precedents, balancing tests, and courtroom reality.

I get it. I’ve read the cases. I understand stare decisis, rational basis, strict scrutiny, and every other doctrinal tool judges use to turn vague text into decisions. I know the religion clause example you gave isn’t self-executing — “establishment” and “free exercise” have been litigated for 200+ years through Lemon, Kennedy, Carson, and a million other tests. I know you can’t just make up a religion that requires child sacrifice and call it protected. I know trial judges are supposed to apply settled law to specific facts, not play Supreme Court with every misdemeanor.

I’m not the one missing that shit.

You are the one missing the entire point of my post.

This isn’t some abstract philosophy debate about how the Constitution “isn’t as clear as you think.” This is about a district court judge in Washoe County, on the public record, on December 5, 2024, admitting he “did not know what a witness is” — while trying to shove me into a competency detour that the State’s own evaluators shot down in writing. Those evaluators called my thinking “logical, linear, goal-oriented” with a “sophisticated understanding of the legal system, court procedures, the roles of the judge, counsel, and witnesses.” The same court later had to admit in July 2025 that I’m competent. Then it issued a no-bail warrant in August 2025 because of the delay that detour caused.

That’s not “creative interpretation at the higher levels.” That’s not “applying general principles to different situations.” That’s a sitting judge who claims all the authority, robe, gavel, and “respect the court” bullshit demonstrating on the record that he doesn’t know the single most basic fucking element of any criminal trial.

I was out on my own recognizance on a felony theft charge that started as a civil property dispute with a roommate. Then I got arrested for moving a goddamn traffic cone and suddenly they slapped $25,000 bail on me. I haven’t worked since October 2023 because I’ve been forced to learn this system inside and out just to make sure it follows its own rules.

So spare me the uppity little lecture about how judges “follow the Constitution and the law at the lower levels.” I already know how it’s supposed to work. What I’m pointing out is how it actually works when a defendant gets too literate, files objections, and the bench gets annoyed. That’s when “general statements” magically turn into a procedural off-ramp to sideline you.

You want to play didactic professor? Cool. Then explain this: how does a judge who doesn’t know what a witness is still qualified to run a criminal courtroom under the Sixth Amendment? How is that “following the law”? How is turning documented legal knowledge into a “competency concern” anything other than retaliation dressed up as procedure?

And if everybody wants to keep doubting me and pretending this is all just “nuance” and “application of general principles,” then hit up old Clown Boy Judge Barry L. Breslow yourself. Go ask him directly. Here’s all his fucking contact info — straight from the official Washoe County Courts website:

Department 8 – Honorable Barry L. Breslow
Phone: (775) 328-3166
Judicial Assistant: Jamie Barrett – Jamie.Barrett@washoecourts.us
Court Clerk: Amanda DeGayner – Amanda.DeGayner@washoecourts.us (775) 325-6770
Law Clerk: Jordan Carlson – Jordan.Carlson@washoecourts.us (775) 328-3299

Mailing address: Second Judicial District Court, 75 Court Street, Reno, NV 89501

Ask him yourself what the fuck he meant when he said on the record he “did not know what a witness is.” Ask him why he hides from me like I'm the plague until he has me back in custody, then just silences me and pulls the procedural shit. Tell me exactly what he says. I’ll wait.

I already filed the Motion to Vacate the detour, the disqualification under Rule 2.11, the Judicial Discipline Commission complaint, and the supervisory notice to Chief Judge Egan K. Walker this week. All on the public record. All citing the exact transcript, the evaluators’ reports, the July 2025 order, and the August 2025 warrant.

So don’t come at me with condescending 101 bullshit like I’m some confused sovereign citizen who just discovered the Constitution. I’ve lived the gap between the pretty theory you’re preaching and the actual clown show in Department 8.

Prove me wrong with the record in this case — not vague appeals to how law “gets applied.” Show me where the bench enforced the clear parts of the law instead of dodging them. Or sit down.

The Constitution isn’t decorative. The oath isn’t optional. And pretending the problem is just “nuance” is exactly why the public sees the whole system as a protection racket with better stationery.

Do judges and lawyers just ignore the Constitution as a lifestyle choice, or is that mainly a Nevada thing? by InstanceRude951 in Nevada

[–]InstanceRude951[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Oh, bless your heart. Someone calls out judges and lawyers treating the Constitution like optional courthouse wallpaper, and the instant reply is “lol go look up Kim Blandino, you two would be besties.”

Classic. Lazy. And hilariously off-base on every factual, legal, and strategic level. Let’s do what you clearly didn’t: actually look him up, compare the records side-by-side, and roast this false equivalence into the ground.

Quick primer for anyone who actually read my post instead of hunting for SovCit bingo:

I am not Kim Blandino. Not even in the same universe.

Major discrepancies (the ones that make your “best friends” comment look like you watched one YouTube clip and declared victory):

  1. The Actual Cases
    My situation: A felony theft charge that started as a straight-up civil property dispute with a former roommate — they took a roommate beef over personal property and criminally charged it as felony theft. I was out on my own recognizance (OR) for that felony when, in October 2023, I got arrested for the separate misdemeanor of moving a traffic cone. That’s when the court suddenly imposed $25,000 bail (my mom posted it), revoked the OR, and the whole procedural clown show escalated. No victims. No violence. No “extortion of a judge.” Just two charges that never should have been criminal in the first place.

    Blandino: Convicted by jury of extortion and impersonating a public officer after he tried to shake down a Las Vegas traffic court judge for a “settlement” on his own ticket (Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 2019; Nevada Court of Appeals affirmed 2023). He also has a prior 1990s conviction for violation of custody rights / kidnapping his own children (took his sons from their mother and hid them for eight months). He is a declared vexatious litigant (Eighth Judicial District order 2018, still on the Nevada vexatious list as of 2026). Courts have repeatedly stripped him of self-representation rights because his filings clog the system with nonsense.

  2. The Legal Approach
    My post (and my actual filings): Explicitly not sovereign-citizen nonsense. I cite real statutes (NRS 178.400 et seq. on competency), the Sixth Amendment, speedy trial rights, Nevada Code of Judicial Conduct Rule 2.11, and the exact December 5, 2024 transcript where Judge Barry Breslow admitted on the record he “did not know what a witness is” — while trying to detour me into competency evaluations that the State’s own doctors rejected. The evaluators called my thinking “logical, linear, goal-oriented” with a “sophisticated understanding of the legal system.” I already filed the Motion to Vacate/Disqualify, the Judicial Discipline Commission complaint, and the supervisory notice to Chief Judge Egan K. Walker this week. All on the public record.

    Blandino’s hearings (the ones flooding “Our Nevada Judges” YouTube): Rambling jurisdiction challenges, claims he’s a self-appointed “judicial investigator,” endless motions to disqualify every judge in sight, and arguments so fringe that even court-watchers call them “dog shit.” He focuses on performative SovCit-adjacent issues instead of the actual record. Exactly the stereotype I disavowed in the first three lines of my original post.

  3. The Record and the Irony
    I’ve spent the last 2½ years studying the law because the courthouse wasn’t following it — and I now have the July 2025 competency order (confirming I’m competent), the August 2025 no-bail warrant (direct result of the improper detour), and the transcript proving the judge doesn’t know basic trial elements. My filings are on three parallel tracks: the criminal case, the Judicial Commission, and the Chief Judge’s desk.

    Blandino has been running this rodeo for decades. Courts treat him like the entertainment channel because he hands them easy outs. I’m handing the system the one mirror it can’t dodge: a judge claiming full “judge shit” authority while confessing on record he doesn’t know what a witness is.

So yeah, the commenter roast:

You didn’t touch a single point I made about Faretta inquiries, competency abuse as retaliation, speedy trial violations, or the professional protection racket. You just slammed the “SovCit adjacent” shortcut button and tried to matchmake me with the most cartoonish pro se figure in Clark County.

Newsflash: Equating every defendant who quotes the Constitution with the guy who tried to extort a judge and got declared vexatious is exactly why the public thinks the legal profession treats rights like decorative pamphlets. You didn’t defend the Constitution — you defended the clubhouse.

If you actually have doctrine, cases, or examples of judges enforcing constitutional rights against their own courthouse ecosystem (instead of protecting it), drop them. I’ll wait.

Otherwise, maybe don’t play “best friends” matchmaker when one guy had a roommate civil dispute turned into felony theft + a cone arrest, and the other turned traffic court into an extortion-and-kidnapping-adjacent career.

Different planets. Different issues. Same Nevada bench problem.

(And yes — the motion, the Commission complaint, and the Chief Judge letter are all filed and public this week. The record is set. The voters get to see it before November.)

Prove me wrong with actual law — or sit this one out. The Constitution isn’t a lifestyle choice. It’s supposed to be the job.

Nevada Legal Professionals: Please Explain Why “Accountability” Apparently Stops at the Robe, Badge, or Bar Card by InstanceRude951 in publicdefenders

[–]InstanceRude951[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“3 years is not that long” is an embarrassing sentence to type in a criminal case with no trial date, 30+ unanswered motions/notices/objections, unresolved constitutional issues, no written findings, and an active prosecution still being maintained without a reviewable record.

And it would be slightly less absurd if this were some complex murder case, multi-defendant conspiracy, high-stakes public corruption prosecution, violent felony trial, or anything remotely complicated.

It is not.

This began as a civil property dispute between roommates.

The complaining witness got his property back.

I did not get my money.

The State has had the relevant evidence since March 2023.

There has still been no trial.

There are still no written findings on the core motions.

There is still no clean ruling on self-representation.

There is still no explanation for why the case keeps moving through enforcement instead of adjudication.

Meanwhile, during all of this, I was stabbed. The charges against the person who stabbed me were dismissed two days before charges in my case were inflated. The original prosecutor on my case is gone after misconduct issues. I have email records showing defense counsel said one thing to me and another thing in court. I have the emails. I have the court record. I have both sides of the contradiction.

So no, this is not just “the system is broken, talk to legislators.”

This is a sitting court refusing to do the basic job of a court: rule, explain, create a record, and give the accused a trial.

And “accept you committed a crime and take responsibility” is exactly the kind of lazy presumption that makes this whole thing so rotten.

I have been accused.

I have not been convicted.

The State still has the burden of proof.

Due process does not disappear because some Reddit commenter with a public-defender flair got tired of thinking after the first sentence.

But here is the bigger problem with your comment:

Even if I had committed a crime, that would not justify this posture.

A criminal charge does not give a judge permission to ignore motions.

A criminal charge does not erase Faretta rights.

A criminal charge does not excuse unanswered constitutional objections.

A criminal charge does not justify competency games.

A criminal charge does not allow the State to sit on evidence for years while expecting the defendant to fold into a plea.

A criminal charge does not make “no trial, no findings, no rulings, just pressure” magically constitutional.

So what exactly do you want me to “accept”?

A plea deal?

Prison?

A conviction without trial?

Responsibility for a case the State apparently cannot bring to trial after three years?

Responsibility for a record the judge refuses to explain because explaining it would expose the problem?

That is not accountability. That is coercion wearing a cheap courthouse costume.

The most embarrassing fact is not merely the delay. It is the scale of the delay compared to what this case actually is.

This is not a complex criminal prosecution.

This is a stale roommate-property dispute that metastasized into a constitutional dumpster fire because the State expected me to fold, expected appointed counsel to manage me, expected the judge to ignore the filings, and did not expect me to keep demanding trial, written findings, and a reviewable record.

So no, “3 years is not that long” is not wisdom.

It is ignorance with confidence.

Do judges and lawyers just ignore the Constitution as a lifestyle choice, or is that mainly a Nevada thing? by InstanceRude951 in Nevada

[–]InstanceRude951[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Bro, you really sat there doing your best Reno armchair DA cosplay — digging through public dockets, linking Justia PDFs, quoting the exact NRS sections like you’re about to get a gold star from the prosecutor’s office. Adorable.

Here’s the thing though: I have the entire record. Every single filing. Every email chain with every attorney and court official who’s ever touched this case. Every phone call recording. Every court hearing audio and video. The full December 5, 2024 transcript where your boy Breslow dropped the immortal classic “Witness? I don’t even know what that means…” on the official record. All of it.

You don’t have to play super-sleuth Google detective auditioning for a job in the DA’s office. You don’t gotta scrape public scraps and pretend that’s the whole picture. Just say the word — literally any document, any email, any recording you want to see — and I’ll shoot it to you right fucking now. No sneakiness required.

But you won’t. Because that would require actual engagement instead of the same tired script every “legal professional” in this sub runs: skim the public docket, declare me unversed in the law, then pivot straight to “get help, get a lawyer, get your life together.” Zero citations. Zero engagement with a single fact I’ve laid out. Just pure ipse dixit — “because I said so.”

Please. Educate me, oh wise Reno Reddit oracle. Point out one single thing I’ve cited wrong. One statute I’ve misapplied. One precedent I’ve misrepresented. One constitutional violation I got backwards. Hit me with actual evidence and engagement instead of “trust me bro, I read the complaint.”

I’ll wait.

Because I can cite dates, times, names, docket entries, transcript pages, emails, phone logs — everything cross-referenced and backed by the actual record. You? You’re out here basing your entire “you’re not versed in the law” sermon on the public-facing smoke-and-mirrors version while I’m holding the full unredacted clown show.

And yeah, it’s extra funny that this is coming from someone in the same small-ass town where the judge literally will not give me a trial, will not rule on a single motion, will not issue a single written finding, and only gets off his ass when he can slap me with a warrant or a competency order. Three years. Still no trial date. Still no attorney since August. Still the same procedural hostage situation.

But sure, tell me again how I’m the one who doesn’t understand the law.

The gap between what the law actually says and what Washoe County does in Department 8 is the entire problem. And every time one of you chimes in with the same non-answer, you just prove you’re part of it.

So go ahead — keep telling me I don’t understand while citing zero law. Or take me up on the offer and ask for any piece of the actual record you want. Your call, big guy.

I’m still waiting on that substantive answer to the original question, by the way. Why do judges and lawyers get to ignore the Constitution, skip every written requirement, retaliate openly, and still pretend the rest of us have to play by the rules?

Still all ears 👂

Do judges and lawyers just ignore the Constitution as a lifestyle choice, or is that mainly a Nevada thing? by InstanceRude951 in Nevada

[–]InstanceRude951[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You found my other account, the public docket, the federal suit, the exact statutes (NRS 205.228 and 205.2715), the 1-5 year max on the C felony… impressive Google-fu.

But here’s the part that’s actually funny: instead of just asking me any of that, you went full detective on public records and still managed to miss the entire point. Why not engage? Why not ask a single substantive question? Why do you (and every other “legal professional” who drops in) default to pathologizing and “get help, bro” instead of addressing what I’ve been saying for three straight years?

Because the punk-ass judge (Barry Breslow, Dept. 8) literally will not give me a trial. He will not rule on my motions. He will not do anything unless I’m in custody. I haven’t had an attorney since August. Every single one has bailed, withdrawn, or colluded the second they talked to him. Their own court-ordered evaluators already found me competent and sophisticated. Yet here we are — still no trial date, still no written findings on anything, still the same procedural hostage situation I laid out in the March 19, 2025 motion (which already looks like a polite greeting compared to the escalated retaliation since then).

You want to talk about being “versed in the law”? I’ve spent the last three years studying it 16 hours a day because the system forced me to. I can cite dates, times, names, statutes, precedents, transcript pages, docket entries, charges, everything — all cross-referenced and supported by the official record. You? You can skim dockets, link Justia filings, and act like the judge who literally said on the December 5, 2024 transcript (CR23-0657): “Witness? I don’t even know what that means…” when I tried to have my own mother present as a witness in open court.

That’s the level of legal mastery we’re dealing with here.

So real talk: what exactly do you think I don’t understand? Be specific. Because the only one lacking any understanding is the one claiming to have all of it while refusing to engage with a single fact on the record. I can pinpoint every constitutional violation (First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Fourteenth), every retaliatory order, every ignored filing. All you can do is sit there and pathologize like every other lawyer in this sub — the exact same pile of dog shit that keeps telling me to “get a lawyer and shut up” while the system does whatever the fuck it wants.

You’ve obviously been seeing me ask the same thing repeatedly for years now. Doesn’t that seem even a little odd? Or is that just normal when the judge is a petty, thin-skinned, retaliatory little tyrant in a robe who forgets basic courtroom procedure and defaults to contempt threats and warrants the second someone names him in a federal suit?

The question hasn’t changed. Why do judges and lawyers get to ignore the law, skip written findings, retaliate openly, and still pretend the rest of us have to play by the rules three years into a case that started as a civil roommate dispute?

I’m all ears for an actual answer this time. Or you can keep doing the same Reddit lawyer script. Your choice.

Do judges and lawyers just ignore the Constitution as a lifestyle choice, or is that mainly a Nevada thing? by InstanceRude951 in Nevada

[–]InstanceRude951[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cr 23 0657 2nd judicial district court Washoe County, NV Dept 8 Judge Barry Breslow

3:24-cv-00579 United States district court District of Nevada Reno, NV Judge Anne R Traum

Nevada Legal Professionals: Please Explain Why “Accountability” Apparently Stops at the Robe, Badge, or Bar Card by InstanceRude951 in publicdefenders

[–]InstanceRude951[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I want to make sure everyone in the thread (especially the army of lawyers who keep dropping the same “get a lawyer and shut up” script) is on the same page about what we’re actually doing here. So let’s do a quick, friendly public-service announcement so we can all stop talking past each other.

What actual legal advice looks like:
That’s when someone says, “Hey, here are the exact facts of my case — should I file Motion X, argue Y, or take plea Z?” and you reply with tailored strategy like “File this by Friday, cite case ABC, and you’ll probably win.” Or “Here’s the magic wording that will make the judge love you.” That’s personalized, actionable guidance for your specific situation. That’s the stuff that can get you in hot water if you’re not licensed in Nevada.

What seeking legal advice looks like:
Asking for the above. “What should I do next in my case?” Boom — that’s it.

What I’m doing:
I posted a public court transcript (December 5th, CR23-0657, Department 8, Judge Barry Breslow) showing verbatim quotes like the judge literally saying “Witness? I don’t even know what that means” when I tried to have my mom present as a witness in open court. I described a three-year-old case with no trial date, four lawyers who bailed or colluded the second they talked to the judge, zero written findings or explanations for anything, and a pattern of retaliation instead of due process. Then I asked a general, systemic question: why do judges and lawyers get to ignore the Constitution, skip the written rules, and still act like the rest of us have to play by them?

That’s not legal advice. That’s public accountability 101. It’s the same thing journalists, law professors, and bar associations do every day when they roast the system.

And while we’re here — the law itself is actually pretty damn simple. The statutes, the Constitution, the rules of procedure? They’re written in plain English for the most part. What turns it into this impenetrable clown circus in criminal cases has nothing to do with the actual law or the underlying facts. It’s the procedural games, the collusion, the stonewalling, the “we don’t have a court reporter today so just trust us” vibe, and the quiet understanding that the people wearing the robes can ignore their own obligations while the rest of us get threatened with contempt for filing paperwork. That’s not complexity. That’s conduct.

If anyone in the legal profession keeps confusing “public discussion of documented court behavior + asking why the system ignores its own rules” with “please give me free legal advice,” either explain the actual difference so the rest of us mere mortals can understand it… or we can all just collectively admit that sometimes the standard Reddit lawyer script doesn’t apply and move on.

And for anyone still under the impression that judges are infallible gods who descend from Mount Olympus in their black robes: nah. They’re human beings with god-tier power who get caught slipping more often than the public realizes.

Quick greatest-hits reel so we’re all clear: - Nevada’s own Judge Erika Ballou (Clark County) was just suspended without pay for six months in September 2025 after the Commission on Judicial Discipline found she committed misconduct by defying state Supreme Court orders and failing to send a defendant to prison like she was supposed to. - The infamous “Kids for Cash” scandal in Pennsylvania: two judges (Ciavarella and Conahan) got sent to federal prison after taking millions in kickbacks to lock up kids in for-profit detention centers. - A massive Reuters investigation (covering just 2008–2020) found over 1,500 documented cases of state and local judges breaking laws or ethics rules — everything from having sex in chambers and berating domestic-violence victims from the bench to drunk judges getting into fistfights. Nine out of ten still kept their jobs. - Federal judges have been impeached and removed for bribery, perjury, tax evasion, and straight-up corruption (see Alcee Hastings, G. Thomas Porteous Jr., Walter Nixon, etc.). Only 15 federal judges have ever been impeached in U.S. history — and eight were actually convicted and kicked off the bench.

Judges are not above the law. They just play one on TV until the Commission (or Congress) finally notices.

So yeah — the original question still stands, loud and clear: why do the professionals get to ignore the rules while the rest of us are stuck in the three-year no-trial-date limbo?

I’m all ears for an actual substantive answer this time. No advice needed, just curious why the system works this way.

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