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BY ." .,_ .. - .'Case No. 15 MR 2 PIN RE: REQ ST FOR GRAND JURY

Order Denying Various Requestsand

Order Limiting Further Filings

Now on t e 22nd day of June, 2015, the above referenced is considered by the

undersigned Sen or Judge, assigned, The Court Clerk of Crawford County Kansas has received,

purportedly for 'ling, two "pleadings." One is entitled "Objection to Order Denying Grand Jury

and Request for ral Arguments" and the other is titled "Motion for Reconsideration and

Request for Exte sion of Time." On their face it is incontrovertible these documents are

presented for fili g by the individuals who filed the original petition for grand jury with the

district court.

In the Order denying the petition for a grand jury this court, relying on both

controlling aut orities and persuasive authorities, determined under the laws of the State of

Kansas, once a grand jury petition is presented by the public the public's involvement with

the proceeding eases. Specifically this court held: "Once a petition for a grand jury is filed

the involvem t of the persons filing the same, with the entire process ceases." This

Court quoted e Kansas Supreme court as having specifically ruled: "However, upon

the submissio of the petition, the role of the citizenry in the grand jury process

ceases." Tiller v. Corrigan, 286 Kan. 30, 182 P.3d 719 (2008) (emphasis supplied).

The rule in Ti fer was cited by the Court of Appeals in an unpublished opinion as the

controlling p inciple upon which that court found that the person(s) presenting the

petition lack tanding to appeal an order denying a grand jury and in a separate

analysis foun that said persons were not parties to the proceeding. See In re Grand

Jury Filed by eardon, 260 P. 3d 1249 (Kan. Ct. App. 2011).

These mbers of the citizenry are thus not parties or participants at any level or any

capacity in thi proceeding. They thus have no standing or right to present filings in this

action. Further, even if they had the standing to present these "pleadings" there is no statutory

authority to gr nt any of the various requests presented. As was arguably thoroughly and

sufficiently ex lained in the previous order, grand juries are, in Kansas, a creature of statute.

Thus any proc eding conducted in conjunction therewith must be authorized by statute. The

grand jury stat tes do not provide for "extensions" to obtain additional signatures, procedures

for "reconside tion," the entertaining of "oral arguments" on issues of the petition's legal

sufficiency, or ny other request that these documents might imply.

The pIe ings filed after the Order Denying Grand Jury, are thus a nullity. The persons

presenting the etition should be afforded the right to appeal this court's orders to a higher

court of compe ent jurisdiction, but other than the pleadings necessary to perfect that appeal,

this court here y instructs the Clerk to refuse any other filings in this matter. If any pleading

is refused as n t pertinent to any such appeal (if such appeal is available) these persons will

be afforded the right and opportunity to request that the same be reviewed by a district judge.

That request ill be made in writing, signed by the appropriate person and presented in a

fashion that it ay be forwarded to the judge assigned for consideration. That judge may then,

in camera, de rmine said pleading's relevance to any such appeal. Nothing in this Order

Restricting Fi ngs will be construed to in any way alter the general statues and rules

regarding juris ietion of a ease once appropriately docketed and jurisdiction is assumed by

the appellate e urts.

IT IS S ORDERED

Crawford County District Court602 N. LOCUST

PITTSBURG, KANSAS 66762

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