U.S. v. JOHNSON

Nos. 08-10147, 08-10258.

610 F.3d 1138 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kurt F. JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dale Scott Heineman, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 6, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maitrey A. Badami, Badami & Leonida, San Francisco, CA; and Kari E. Hong, Law Offices of Kari E. Hong, Oakland, CA, for the defendants-appellants.

Laurie Kloster Gray (argued), Joseph P. Russoniello, Barbara J. Valliere, Brigid S. Martin, and C. David Hall, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California, San Francisco, CA, for the Government-appellee.

Before BARRY G. SILVERMAN, RAYMOND C. FISHER and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.


OPINION

SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge:

Defendants Kurt F. Johnson and Dale Scott Heineman were indicted for conspiracy and multiple counts of mail fraud related to their illegitimate debt-elimination business. They were adamant in their desire to represent themselves and assert an absurd legal theory wrapped up in Uniform Commercial Code gibberish. Both defendants were examined by a psychiatrist and found to have no diagnosable mental disorder. Thereafter, the...

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