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United States v. Nichols
Case No. 1:21-cr-00117 · U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia · 10 federal charges · Judge Hon. Thomas F. Hogan (pretrial & detention, 2021–2023); Hon. Royce C. Lamberth (plea, sentencing & judgment, 2023–2025)
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Coordination with Police page 2 - I Cant Breathe video timestamps
Sparse second-page continuation of "Coordination with Police" section citing video I Cant Breathe at 4:38-44, 1:30-40 and Patriots Storm US Capitol at 1:07:07.
ReadDC DOC Informal Resolution Response — Denies Campbell Sabotage Claim
DC DOC Informal Resolution Response addressed to Ryan Nichols, DCDC# 376795, IGP #20220527-624. Responds to Ryans complaint that IGP Coordinator T. Campbell maliciously sabotaged his Step 4 Deputy Directors Appeal by remarking it Step 1. DOC says no IGP could be found on file with Campbells alleged markings; asks Nichols to provide a copy; concludes no evidence Campbell intentionally sabotaged his IGP.
ReadDC DOC Inmate Handbook page 15 - Inmate Grievance Procedures (IGP)
Page 15 of DC DOC Inmate Handbook detailing Inmate Grievance Procedures (IGP) including the Informal Resolution Complaint Form (INF) 5-day filing rule and the categories of grievable issues.
ReadDC DOC Inmate Handbook page 16 - IGP cont., Non-Grievable, Formal Grievance
Page 16 of DC DOC Inmate Handbook continuing grievable issues (#7 Reprisals, #8 federal/local law violations, #10 PREA), listing Non-Grievable Issues, the Informal Resolution process, and starting the Formal Grievance Process.
ReadDC DOC Inmate Handbook page 17 - Formal Grievance, Appeal Levels
Page 17 of DC DOC Inmate Handbook covering formal grievance filing procedures, Level 1 and Level 2 Inmate Grievance Appeals, and beginning of Emergency Grievance procedures.
ReadDC DOC Inmate Handbook page 18 - Emergency Grievance, PREA Allegations
Page 18 of DC DOC Inmate Handbook covering Emergency Grievance filing procedures, sensitive grievances filed with Deputy Director, and Emergency Grievance for PREA (sexual abuse) allegations.
ReadDC Jail Inmate Handbook page 18 — Veteran Services / Reentry / Release sections
Page 18 of the DC Department of Corrections inmate handbook describing Veteran Services (VA staff member visits CDF weekly), Reentry programs (TAP, Better and Beyond/DOES Work Readiness, Aramark In2Work, Howard Inside Out), CJCC Resource Locator, Public Defender Service, Maryland Resource Locator, Photo ID, and Release. Referenced by Ryan Nichols (j6s11-011) where he asked for a VA Rep per this page and staff told him "We dont have that here."
ReadDefense strategy notes - 302, AUSA, plea options, NYT articles
Handwritten attorney/defendant strategy notes referencing FBI 302 reports, AUSA plea offers (5-20 years), megaphone leadership issue, NY Times article transcripts on firearms adjustments, Hurricane Rescue (Cajun Navy) angle.
ReadEntrapment & Fed Involvement / Police Brutality outline page 3
Section divider/outline page 3 titled "Entrapment & Fed Involvement" with empty "Fed Sightings" video section and "Police Brutality" header pointing to Officers Viewpoint 3HR video at timestamps 1:48:27 and 2:06:15.
ReadHabeas Corpus notes: Farmer v. Brennan deliberate indifference (p.2)
Habeas notes page 2 continuing Farmer v. Brennan analysis: Ryan's own thoughts in margin (what are minimal civilized measures? what does case law say re solitary & mental health?), Wilson v. Seiter on culpable state of mind, Estelle v. Gamble 429 U.S. 97 on deliberate indifference standard requiring more than mere negligence.
ReadHabeas Corpus notes: Farmer v. Brennan recklessness standard (p.3)
Habeas notes page 3 continuing Farmer: Eighth Amendment claimant must show more than indifference, Whitley standard purposeful/knowing conduct not necessary for conditions cases; deliberate indifference = recklessness; prison official liable only if aware of facts from which inference of substantial risk could be drawn and actually draws inference. Ryan's margin note: he has many grievances about conditions, solitary, mental health; facility is aware.
ReadHabeas Corpus notes: Hudson v. Palmer & Farmer v. Brennan (p.1)
Ryan's personal legal-research notes page 1 for Habeas Corpus filing under heading Deliberate Indifference: quotes Hudson v. Palmer, 468 U.S. 517 (1984) at 526 re prison administrators' duty to ensure safety; Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825 (1994) Section II.A on Eighth Amendment liability requiring sufficiently serious deprivation and culpable state of mind.
ReadHabeas Corpus notes: Pugh v. Elrod & Lock v. Jenkins on visits/recreation
Legal research notes page 5 sub-topic 5: Punishment AND Visits AND Pre-Trial Detainee. a) Pugh v. Elrod, 542 F.2d 998 (7th Cir 1976) - family visits. b) Lock v. Jenkins, 641 F.2d 488 (7th Cir 1981) - time as pre-trial detainee = punishment; conditions of confinement same/worse than convicted at DC DOC; video visits, recreation time.
ReadHabeas Corpus notes: Rutherford v. Pitchess on cell searches & visits
Legal research notes page 4 sub-topic 4: Punishment AND Cell Search AND Pre-Trial Detainee, citing Rutherford v. Pitchess, 710 F.2d 572 (9th Cir 1983). Bullet notes: cell searches; contact visits - punishment = no visits without vaccine; contact vs non-contact visit, we get neither.
ReadHandwritten Essay - DC Jail Human Rights Violations (p.2)
Page 2 of handwritten essay by Ryan Nichols cataloging DC Jail conditions: begging for help through cell door windows, no visitors, no religious services, listed at 1901 D St SE Washington DC 20003.
ReadHandwritten Essay - On DC Jail Conditions & First World Country Standards
Handwritten manuscript page (p.1) by Ryan Nichols decrying DC Jail conditions and comparing them to the supposed First World standards of the United States; describes the facility as an evisceration facility.
ReadHandwritten Notes - Lombardini/Dowling Video Timestamps (cont.)
Continuation of timestamp notes covering crowd assaults by police and Lombardini, and quoted statements attributed to M. Dowling describing physical altercations.
ReadHandwritten Notes - Tunnel Bodycam Discovery (Laney serial)
Handwritten notes identifying Officer Joenika Laney body cam footage with timestamps of OC spray events and a man passing out in the tunnel.
ReadHandwritten Notes - Tunnel Bodycam Discovery (Leslie serial)
Handwritten notes referencing Officer Jeffrey Leslie body cam footage capturing officer L359 hitting a woman with audible screams.
ReadHandwritten Notes - Tunnel Video Discovery Request (Magnuson serial)
Handwritten notes identifying Erika Magnuson body cam footage from the tunnel where Victoria appears being taken back.
ReadHandwritten Notes - Tunnel Video Discovery Request (Mastony serial)
Handwritten notes identifying specific video footage Ryan needs for discovery - referencing the tunnel attack on a corner kid, Red Face person, and Sunshine telling police to hold the line.
ReadHandwritten Notes - Tunnel Video Discovery Request (Wilhoit serial)
Handwritten notes identifying another video footage Ryan needs for discovery, focusing on Officer Carlton Wilhoit striking McGrew with a baton and a conveniently failing body cam.
ReadHandwritten Notes - US Marshals Meeting at CDF
Handwritten cell notes documenting a meeting with US Marshals at DC jail, including complaints about staff and mold checks by Marshals.
ReadHandwritten notes: Tunnel bodycam serial X6039BAU3 (Rodgers Shipmin Jr)
Handwritten notes identifying a tunnel bodycam serial number and officer name.
ReadHandwritten work performance write-up — Ryan Nichols outstanding C-2B detail unit
Handwritten Final Copy work performance write-up for Ryan Nichols (#376795) describing him as outstanding member of detail unit Pod C-2B since April 16th, polite and respectful to officers and inmates, problem solver, morale booster.
ReadHate mail to Kelly Meggs — calls him pharisee, fascist pawn, predicts conviction for sedition
Anonymous typed postcard to Kelly Meggs (Oath Keeper co-defendant), same anonymous sender style as scans 012/014 (cites John 8:32). Calls him a pharisee, fascist thug, fascist pawn co-opted by right-wing extremists. Predicts conviction and imprisonment for sedition.
ReadHate mail: postmarked Orlando FL — calls J6ers fascist thugs and "MAGA maggot faces"
Anonymous typed postcard postmarked Orlando FL 328 attacking January 6 defendants. Cites John 8:32 (the truth shall set you free). Calls them fascist thugs, dismisses Fox/OAN/NewsMax as propaganda, claims attempted coup. Insult: "MAGA maggot faces."
ReadInmate Grievance Form 1/2 - Lockdown Rec Math (Oct 7-20)
Handwritten attachment to Inmate Grievance Form by Ryan Nichols (C4/18) calculating recreation time lost during lockdown periods 10/7-10/13 and 10/14-10/20. Documents 1,945 total rec minutes lost in 2 weeks, projecting 69.7 hours/month of lost rec time and 330.84 hours/month confined to cell.
ReadInmate Grievance Form 2/2 - Cell Confinement Math (Mental Torture)
Continuation page of Ryan Nichols inmate grievance form calculating total cell confinement: 609.72 hours/month in cell, only 4.6 days/month out, 25.4 days/month locked in cell. Concludes with explicit characterization: Mental TORTURE.
ReadJail conditions notes: weight loss, food, Baltimore Bloods, rats
Handwritten conditions-of-confinement notes: weight loss 35 lbs (1:07PM-176 lbs), scant medical records, no food notes, request list of certified GF foods, blood, malnourished. Box - closed door cell. Baltimore Bloods - 30 days no comm, cherries-brand name vs Bev, slowly poisoning. Rats/Kyenga/Roaches/mice. Mentions Thomas Caughlin/M. Caldwell assaulted, ha ha ha.
ReadJeffrey McKellop witness statement re DC DOC solitary (p.1)
Page 1 of Jeff McKellop signed witness statement describing isolation 24/1, 48/1, 72/1, guards banging cell door nightly, racial harassment, and unsanitary cell conditions (feces, urine, mold) on arrival.
ReadJeffrey McKellop witness statement re DC DOC solitary (p.2)
Page 2 continuing McKellop's account of black mold, mice droppings, ignored grievances, and an IQ-test/transfer offer with conditions never met. Notes he is 70% disabled and that 98% of facility population is African-American.
ReadMadisonville Hoax research note - Walter Fitzpatrick, Darren Wesley Huff parallel
Handwritten research note (yellow legal pad) referencing the 2010 Madisonville Hoax case at Monroe County Courthouse involving Walter Francis Fitzpatrick III and Darren Wesley Huff (charged under 18 USC 231(a)(2)). Notes the case parallels Jan 6 as a state-level test run during Biden VP term. Mentions broken-screen tablet serial CCBXA89A5ACC and refers to story stored on black tablet.
ReadMcBride note - witness statement on sexual assault & mental illness
Brief handwritten yellow legal pad note: "McBride told me to come to you about getting statement for being mentally ill / sexual assault." Likely refers to attorney Joseph McBride (Ryan's defense team). Top of page has code CVUb5a04XDM and timestamps 9:30, 3:14, 1:40, 6:00 - possibly a bodycam reference.
ReadNote re Buck, Dr. Wade forensic psych eval, and lie detector
Typed note (likely from Bonnie Nichols) requesting questions for attorney Buck about Dr. Wade, a forensic psychologist Ryan was sent to for 6 months at thousands of dollars, who asked about conspiracy theories like pedo island and Trump treason. Also references a 4-hour lie detector test in Smith County and concerns about questions on the marriage.
ReadNotes - jail tablet, internet, attorney call & lighting restrictions
Continuation of conditions notes - nearly impossible to use library, constant tablet log-ins, locked-down codes, restricted internet, no Google or search engine, J6 hearings watched, 20-24 hour lights on.
ReadNotes from J6 Committee hearings - Giuliani drunk, Eugene Goodman, Sidney Powell
Numbered list of takeaways from Jan 6 Select Committee hearings: (1) Rudy Giuliani drunk informing Trump should claim victory on election night (witnessed by house staffers), (2) Trump conned supporters with claims of fraud, (3) Bill Barr re: 2000 Mules metadata, (4) Eugene Goodman testifying against J6ers, (5) White House attorney Hirshmann orderly transition, (6) Body cam footage MPD officer trying to convince protesters it worked, (7) Goggles man Shamen, (8) Sidney Powell admitted to lying about Dominion.
ReadNotes on jail conditions, mail, books, law library restrictions
Handwritten list documenting Sixth Amendment access-to-counsel and access-to-courts barriers at jail: 15-minute calls, expensive non-privileged calls, golfer pencil only, books inspected and approved, no laptop, no law library, scanned mail.
ReadNPR January 6 Archive Entry for Richard Avirett
NPR’s January 6 case archive identifies D.D.C. case details, the one-count misdemeanor plea, dismissal of the remaining charges, and the January 4, 2024 sentence of 30 days’ incarceration, a $10 assessment, and $500 restitution. This is a secondary synthesis and does not replace the native docket or signed judgment.
ReadRetaliation 10-point list - shakedowns, lights, lawsuit targeting Jess
Handwritten enumeration of 10 retaliatory acts by jail staff: cell searches/shakedowns, contraband seizures (stolen mail), no restrooms during rec, ERT show-of-force, lights and knocking during sleep, higher-ups telling officers to be harsh, entering cells while at rec, targeting Jess Watkins specifically for being named in lawsuit (sleep deprivation), denying law library/laptops/discovery, officers intimidating inmates during calls.
ReadRocky Hardie note - Three Percenter, FBI informant, Guy Reffitt, Ray Epps parallel
Handwritten note (yellow legal pad) identifying Rocky Hardie of Texas as Three Percenter, former Navy communications (DD-214 confirmed), provocateur, not charged but served with search warrant, traveled with and testifying against Guy Reffitt. Top margin notes parallel to Ray Epps and Proud Boys Confidential Human Source. Lists Agent Roo (likely Agent Rood or similar).
ReadRyan notes: FOIA, Grievance Process Broken, Howard Univ Hospital
Handwritten notes from Ryan listing requests: FOIA Request Info (US Marshalls, Internal Affairs DC Jail), names Marlene T. Bickham (US Marshalls consultant/former DOC) and Mr. Anderson, calls grievance process broken, asks for electronic grievance, and references Howard University Hospital records re: ear scarring/infection, Don Caldwell legal.
ReadSean McHugh — earlier draft IAC brief (Lexi Negin BLM, DUI/alcoholism, 2nd detention hearing)
Earlier draft (page 1) of Sean McHugh’s ineffective-assistance brief. Top margin: "from the start Lexi told me to admit to alcoholism since I have a DUI." Body alleges federal defender Lexi Negin said she was a BLM supporter, said if he were black it would be considered assault, and warned him not to fire Maria Jacob "in DC else I would look really bad implying I would look racist." Negin told him to exhaust his next detention hearing with Jacob because Sacramento judges are "podunk hillbillies" and DC courts "actually do findings." During 2nd detention hearing, Jacob said things to implicate his guilt without consulting him, told him beforehand to "sit down, shut up and just smile." He felt humiliated.
ReadSean McHugh — pro se IAC brief (cont.) re: DA from Utah / Lexi Negin trip / waived speedy trial
Continuation of pro se IAC brief with margin annotation noting Maria Jacob waived his time on the 30th day of incarceration absent indictment. Alleges Jacob ran the DA’s PowerPoint at the detention hearing when prosecution’s wouldn’t open — "clearly indicating a conflict of interest and thus virtue signaling she’s playing ball on his team." Notes the DA is from Utah and that prior counsel Lexi Negin traveled to Utah for a week during transition of representation. References July 24 hearing where Maria said she had to waive time because she was not ready and government needed more time, and July 11 conversation about motions she promised to handle.
ReadSean McHugh — pro se IAC brief (cont.) re: Judge Howell, equal-protection, waived speedy trial
Continuation of pro se IAC brief. Describes Maria Jacob helping prosecution at detention hearing whose PowerPoint failed to load, coaching McHugh to "sit down, shut up and smile" and nod yes. Alleges Jacob released info to media pre-indictment claiming it proved his innocence while planning to implicate him; says releasing "Findings" from "Bias Judge Howell’s" detention hearing pre-indictment violated his equal-protection rights. Repeats complaints that Jacob waived speedy trial citing complexity/government not ready, refused to file motions, refused to provide detention-hearing transcripts (claiming they cost money and require justification), then claimed to have mailed them after he complained.
ReadSean McHugh — pro se IAC motion (p.3) re: motions, grand jury transcripts, discovery, jail treatment
Page 3 of pro se ineffective-assistance motion. Items 7-10: McHugh told Maria Jacob in July what motions to file (none filed to date); she refused to provide grand jury transcripts, then detention-hearing transcripts (citing cost); she dismissed his discovery requests on identity/warrants as "boring"; and she ignored his complaints about jail treatment.
ReadSean McHugh — pro se ineffective assistance brief (caption + Lexi Negin / Maria Jacob narrative)
Caption page of Sean Michael McHugh’s pro se Ineffectiveness of Counsel brief, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Magistrate No. 1:21-MJ-436, labeled "Brief Outline to go into more detail later." Narrative begins by describing first federal defender Lexi Negin (Sacramento) telling him she is a BLM supporter, that if he were black this would be considered assault, and warning him not to fire Maria Jacob "once out in DC." Both Negin and Jacob waived his 30-day indictment rights; Lexi insisted Sacramento judges are "podunk hillbillies" and only DC "do findings." At his 2nd detention hearing, Maria "went out of her way to implicate my guilt without conferring with me."
ReadSteven Patrick Cook — Arrest Warrant Source Lead
Archived DOJ case-list link for Cook’s arrest warrant. The native PDF was not successfully captured, so no page count, MIME type, file size, filing date, or binary hash is claimed.
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