Jimmie Ross

[Lambkin]

Why haven't we heard of this fellow?
http://themountainpress.com/bookmark/16 ... is-will-b-

He has filed a raft of motions claiming the court has no jurisdiction over him because, he says, he is not a United States citizen.

[Lambkin]

http://themountainpress.com/bookmark/17 ... hearing-b-

Former Sevierville resident Jimmie Ross will now act as his own attorney as he faces tax evasion charges, meaning prosecutors and a federal judge will be responding to his arguments that the IRS has no standing to seek an indictment against him and that the indictments against him were improperly filed.

Ross, who know lives in Utah, faces five counts of tax evasion. He allegedly failed to pay taxes on $840,000 he received from one employer, and on commissions he received from another employer.

Federal District Judge Bruce Guyton ruled Friday that Ross can represent himself, although the attorney appointed to represent Ross will remain involved as an advisor. Ross complained that his attorney refused to file motions at his request; a previous court-appointed defense attorney withdrew amid similar complaints.

[notorial dissent]

Which translated into non-sovrun means that he couldn’t find a lawyer who would submit his nonsense to the court. Imagine that!! So he is going to be doing it on his own, from which much comedy should ensue.

I would suspect it will meet with very little success even if he is going pro se, since none of his stuff so far has been of any moment.

What I want to know, is that if he failed to pay taxes on $840,000 why is he getting a court appointed attorney? He can’t be that broke with that kind of tax liability, unless they are going after someone with no assets left to attach.

[LPC]

Former Sevierville resident Jimmie Ross will now act as his own attorney as he faces tax evasion charges, meaning prosecutors and a federal judge will be responding to his arguments that the IRS has no standing to seek an indictment against him and that the indictments against him were improperly filed.

The "standing" schtick is a favorite of Marc Stevens. I wonder if there is a connection.

[wserra]

What I want to know, is that if he failed to pay taxes on $840,000 why is he getting a court appointed attorney?

The Court apparently had a similar question. By order filed August 16, 2011, the M-J directed a hearing on September 9 in part to "re-examine the Defendant’s financial status to determine whether he should contribute toward the payment of his appointed counsel". The Court directed that "his third party custodian Rebecca Collins Ross" be present as well. The meaning of "his third party custodian" is not immediately clear, but it may be that Ross had attempted to put property in her name. In any event, the Court granted Ross pro se status before the matter came to a head.

Ross has filed the usual raft of pro se TP blather, including a document (since stricken, but referred to in the order granting Ross pro se) entitled "Final Order: Charges dismissed with
prejudice". Here is an example of the remaining authentic frontier gibberish.

[Demosthenes]

Older press release.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                 TAX
TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2011                                                                                      (202) 514-2007
WWW.JUSTICE.GOV                                                                                    TDD (202) 514-1888
 
MAN INDICTED FOR TAX EVASION IN TENNESSEE
 
            WASHINGTON – Jimmie Duane Ross was indicted by a federal grand jury in Knoxville, Tenn., for five counts of tax evasion, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.  The May 5, 2011, indictment was unsealed today, May 10, 2011, following Ross’s arrest.
 
According to the indictment, in 1999, Ross, who at all times relevant to the indictment resided in Sevierville, Tenn, received a monetary award of $840,000 as a result of an employment dispute with a former employer.  Ross failed to pay taxes on this amount and evaded the payment of such taxes by, among other things, filing a false mortgage upon his residence and a false lien upon his vehicle, dealing extensively in cash, and directing funds to an offshore bank account.  Additionally, during tax years 2004 through 2007, Ross earned commissions for referring clients to Guardian Trust Company Ltd., a purported offshore investment company.  However, he evaded his taxes for those years by funneling his commissions through a nominee offshore entity that he controlled.
 
            An indictment merely alleges that a crime has been committed, and a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.  If convicted, Ross faces a sentence of up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each count of conviction.
 
            The case was investigated by IRS-Criminal Investigation and is being prosecuted by Department of Justice – Tax Division Trial Attorneys Tracy Gostyla and Kevin Lombardi.
 
            More information about the Justice Department’s Tax Division and its enforcement efforts is available at www.usdoj.gov/tax/.

 

[notorial dissent]

The "standing" schtick is a favorite of Marc Stevens. I wonder if there is a connection.

Isn't that pretty much of the same generation of nonsense of that old favorite over at Sui in traffic cases of "challenge jurisdiction"??? with the inevitable result of the judge looking at the matter and saying, "Well, gee, Stat #### says very plainly that I have jurisdiction here, so motion denied!!! Let's move on!" I can't see it being any different here except that it is in Federal Court and the end result will be the same, stunned shock when the legal genius's sure fire motion blows up in his face.

I have to admit that I never come across the term "third party custodian " before either, and I suspect you are right, it definitely sounds like an attempt to hide his assets, which should leave Ms Ross open to conspiracy to commit fraud charges if she had any clue at all about what was going on, I should think.

Ross did get one thing right in his filing, the whole thing, at least from his side is a "ludicrous case" as far as his participation so far has been.

Well, if one is going to go Pro Se, and he obviously doesn't know the meaning of that word either, then one must expect to have to appear in court when they make a silly motion. I can see the unintended comedy of this is going to be piled high and deep by the time it gets around to trial.

[Demosthenes]

He was a securities broker from 1982 until 2005 (series 8, 3, 7, 63). In 2005, FINRA (then NASD) suspended his license for failing to comply with an arbitration award to a client who complained about an unsuitable annuity investment.

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Yeah, but nobody else has ever figured out how to be "zip exempt."

[Lambkin]

Too bad we can't have sanctions, squared
http://themountainpress.com/view/full_s ... s-squared-

Federal prosecutors didn’t take long to respond to former Sevierville resident Jimmie Ross’s challenges to their tax evasion case against him.

“The filings are anything but concise and any arguments contained therein are difficult, if not impossible, to clearly discern,” John Dicicco wrote. “Nevertheless, the government has attempted to glean from the filings the specific arguments that defendant appears to be making and the specific relief he appears to seek, and has responded accordingly.”

Prosecutors note that many of his arguments have been shot down in court before, including a quote from a previous case indicating how many times the courts have rejected the argument that federal courts have on jurisdiction in cases like this one — “These arguments, frivolous when first made, have been rejected in countless cases. They are no longer merely frivolous, they are frivolous squared.”

[Dezcad]

Ross has filed the usual raft of pro se TP blather, including a document (since stricken, but referred to in the order granting Ross pro se) entitled "Final Order: Charges dismissed with prejudice". Here is an example of the remaining authentic frontier gibberish.

I still get a kick out of the continued incorrect usage of the word "principle" vs. "principal". Clearly copied and pasted from a previous moron's affidavit.

From the linked document:

Notice to agent is notice to principle
Notice to principle is Notice to Agent

[wserra]

I still get a kick out of the continued incorrect usage of the word "principle" vs. "principal".

Ya think? I always thought these guys meant "principle", as in "There's a sucker born every minute" or "A fool and his freedom are soon parted".

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Too bad there's no judge by the name of Cornelia Rayburn.

This recalls the severe TP tendency to malapropisms thread of a few years ago. There's just nothing quite as pitiful as TP ignorance.

[LPC]

Too bad we can't have sanctions, squared

Prosecutors note that many of his arguments have been shot down in court before, including a quote from a previous case indicating how many times the courts have rejected the argument that federal courts have on jurisdiction in cases like this one — “These arguments, frivolous when first made, have been rejected in countless cases. They are no longer merely frivolous, they are frivolous squared.”

The quotation is from United States v. Cooper, 170 F.3d 691, 691 (7th Cir. 1999) (Posner, Chief Judge, with Easterbrook and Kanne).

[fortinbras]

Very recently, after trotting out every crazy ploy -- including orders from Our One Supreme Court, refusing to cooperate with his lawyers, denying his citizenship (while simultaneously trying to get a US passport), etc. -- he did a vanishing act that took him to Louisiana and then to Utah. He was caught and brought back to Tennessee. In the midst of one of his court appearances, while his house was being foreclosed on (this for a guy who advertised himself as a financial advisor), his wife died of what appeared to be self-inflicted gunshot .... except his grown daughters say that she was physically incapable of firing the gun that way (if his wife was a part-owner of the house, this may postpone the foreclosure). Trial still scheduled for next month.

http://themountainpress.com/view/full_s ... ennessee-?

Jimmie and his daughters are claiming that his wife was murdered (supposedly by the feds):
http://themountainpress.com/view/full_s ... mplicated?