Ryan Nichols

Person of record

Hon. Thomas F. Hogan

Senior United States District Judge · U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Senior U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia. Subject of a defense recusal motion; his 1982 Oath of Office attached as an annotated exhibit ("Recusal for Cause NO!!"). Conditioned access to Ryan's December 2021 second bond hearing on Ryan taking the COVID-19 vaccine over Ryan's on-the-record objection. Bond denied at that hearing despite Judge Hogan's own on-record admission that prolonged solitary confinement violated Ryan's due process rights.

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Evidence on file

13 documents on file

Ryan4 documents

Ryan Nichols' own paperwork — grievances, motions, letters, cell notes.

Attorney4 documents in 1 item

Defense counsel correspondence (Joseph McBride, Jonathan Gross).

Court5 documents

Court orders, rulings, transcripts, and docket entries.

motion · Sep 26, 2023

Annotated exhibit: Judge Hogan Oath of Office with Recusal for Cause notation

Same Oath of Office for Judge Thomas F. Hogan as in slug 012 but annotated with handwritten text "Recusal for Cause NO!!" Filed in Case 1:23-cr-00016-JEB Document 59 page 77 of 81.

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grievance_form · Oct 26, 2022

RRJ Grievance: Judge Hogan ordered evidence.com access (10/26/22)

Rappahannock Regional Jail Inmate Grievance Form OPER-0019, Control No. 032590, filed by Ryan Nichols (ID #20221663, SSN xxx-xx-4381) housing C-4/18 on 10/26/22 at 17:20 to Officer Vick. Grievance: Judge Thomas Hogan in Federal Court ordered that Ryan could view evidence.com/relativity.com and have access to his discovery in jail to prepare for trial. Cites violation of 6th Amendment right. References Inmate Request Form #1209691 returned 10/25/22 3:25 PM. Returned by Ombudsman 10/27/22 (the form returned in j6s8-044).

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grievance_form · Mar 18, 2022

Step 4 Deputy Director Appeal 3/18/22 — haircut/vaccine broken promise (Judge Hogan bond hearing)

DC DOC Appeal-Deputy Director Form (Step 4, PP 4030.1 Attachment G) filed by Nichols 3/18/22 appealing Warden response to IGP # 20220316-236. Documents that on 11/1/21 and 11/2/21 DC DOC told Nichols he would be eligible for a haircut BEFORE his bond hearing if he took the vaccine. He was fully vaccinated 12/4/21 but never received haircut or shave; his bond hearing was 12/20/21 in front of Judge Thomas Hogan and he looked terrible/embarrassed/ashamed.

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transcript · Dec 20, 2021

Judge Hogan on the record: Ryan Nichols' due process rights were violated

Transcript page from Ryan Nichols' December 20, 2021 second bond hearing before Hon. Thomas F. Hogan. The Judge acknowledges 22-23 hour/day cell retention as "terrible, confining, and difficult" and accepts defense counsel's argument that Ryan's due-process rights were violated — "that should be another basis for his release." On the same page, attorney Joseph McBride lays out retaliation: the DC Jail confiscated Ryan's discovery and revoked his laptop access immediately after he raised conditions of confinement in his November 1 papers. Despite this on-record admission, bond was again denied.

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transcript · Dec 1, 2021

Bond Hearing Transcript Excerpt — Judge Hogan acknowledges due process violation (Dec 2021)

Transcript page from the December 2021 bond hearing in U.S. v. Nichols. U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan, on the record, agreed that 22-23 hours of cell confinement is "terrible" and stated: "I accept your argument that his due process rights were violated and that should be another basis for his release." Defense counsel Joseph McBride then raises Sixth Amendment violations and jail retaliation.

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