Krizan, Dale et al v. Farm Credit Service of North-Central Wisconsin

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ORDER dismissing this case with prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Russell Jay Gould and David Wynn Miller are sanctioned as follows; any further similarly-styled complaints filed by or on behalf of Russell Jay Gould or David Wynn Miller will be deemed dismissed after 30 days unless the court orders otherwise. Signed by District Judge Barbara B. Crabb on 12/6/2012. (jef),(ps)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
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DAVID-WYNN MILLER,
ORDER
Plaintiffs,
12-cv-798-bbc
v.
FARM CREDIT SERVICE
OF NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN,
Defendant.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DANIEL KRIZAN, BEVERLY KRIZAN
and DAVID-WYNN MILLER,
ORDER
Plaintiffs,
12-cv-799-bbc
v.
FARM CREDIT SERVICE
OF NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN,
Defendant.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PAUL F. BOHMAN, MICHELLE L. BOHMAN
and DAVID-WYNN MILLER,
ORDER
Plaintiffs,
12-cv-814-bbc
v.
TAYLOR, BEAN & WHITAKER

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MORTGAGE CORPORATION,
Defendant.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PAUL J. FRETSCHEL,
MAZIE T. MILES-FRETSCHEL
and RUSSELL JAY GOULD,
ORDER
Plaintiffs,
12-cv-821-bbc
v.
M&I BANK FSB,
Defendant.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - JAMES L. BIX, VIRGINIA BIX,
and RUSSELL JAY GOULD,
ORDER
Plaintiffs,
12-cv-822-bbc
v.
ENVOY MORTGAGE, LTD.,
Defendant.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In two October 10, 2012 orders, I dismissed case nos. 12-cv-514-bbc, 12-cv-515-bbc,
12-cv-568-bbc and 12-cv-687-bbc because the complaints failed to allege comprehensible
facts or state a cognizable claim. Each of these complaints was brought in part by Russell
Jay Gould, who styled himself as a “federal judge,” and each complaint included language
attempting to claim a copyright in his name and that of David Wynn Miller.

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Now the court has received five new complaints in the above-captioned cases. Gould
has signed two of the complaints and Miller has signed three, in their stated capacity as
“federal judges.” They are all as unintelligible as the cases I have previously dismissed. As
with the earlier cases, the plaintiffs appear to be complaining about mortgage foreclosures,
but the pleadings contain no basis for a cognizable claim.
A district court must dismiss a complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction if the
claims stated are “so insubstantial, implausible, foreclosed by prior decisions of [the United
States Supreme Court], or otherwise completely devoid of merit as not to involve a federal
controversy.”

Steel Company v. Citizens for a Better Environment, 523 U.S. 83, 89

(1998)(citing Oneida Indian Nation of N.Y. v. County of Oneida, 414 U.S. 661, 666
(1974)). Because plaintiffs’ complaints are unintelligible, I conclude that these cases should
be dismissed on the court’s own motion for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
Moreover, this is not the first time that the court has encountered Gould and Miller’s
unconventional syntax and vocabulary. In United States v. Kriemelmeyer, No. 07-cr-52-bbc,
2007 WL 5479293, at *1 (W.D. Wis. July 26, 2007), I stated the following:
Defendant is a follower of David Wynn Miller (a.k.a.: David-Wynn: Miller),
the leader of a subgroup of tax protestors within the Sovereign Citizen
Movement. Fundamentally, Miller and adherents of his philosophy believe
that their income may not be taxed and that federal courts do not have
jurisdiction over them because they are persons without citizenship, sovereign
unto themselves. In most ways, the underlying beliefs of Miller and those who
follow him are not distinguishable from those of other tax protesters, whose
arguments have been well documented elsewhere. See, e.g., Danshera Cords,
Tax Protestors and Penalties: Ensuring Perceived Fairness and Mitigating
Systemic Costs, 2005 BYU L. Rev. 1515, 1537; Francis X. Sullivan, The
Usurping Octopus of Jurisdictional /Authority: The Legal Theories of the
Sovereign Citizen Movement, 1999 Wis. L. Rev. 785.

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There is one characteristic that distinguishes Miller's group from others,
however. The hallmark of David Wynn Miller and his followers is their use of
an English dialect they call “In the Truth.” The dialect, invented by Miller,
purports to be based on mathematics and is characterized by the abundant use
of prepositional phrases, the absence of action verbs (except in gerund form)
and the overuse of hyphens and colons. In addition, speakers of the dialect
reject the use of pronouns, adjectives and adverbs. E.g., David Wynn Miller's
website, available at http://dwmlc.com/dwm/pages/category.php?category=6
(last visited July 27, 2007) (demonstrating formula for creating sentences
using In the Truth); see also notations by David Wynn Miller on the back of
each page of the exhibits attached to dkt. #18 (purporting to offer suggestions
for translating court orders and government filings to In the Truth).
Miller’s above-cited website is still operative (describing Miller as “PlenipotentiaryJudge”), so it appears that he is still in business. However, neither Miller nor Gould is
actually a federal judge and it is likely that they are not licensed lawyers, so they cannot
represent other persons in court. The United States District Court for the Eastern District
of Wisconsin has ordered its clerk of court to return all filings presented by Miller or on his
behalf.

Bartell v. State of Wisconsin Corporation Counsel, No. 05-C-633, 2005 WL

1924206 (E.D. Wis. Aug 9. 2005). I conclude that a similar sanction is appropriate for this
court. Accordingly, any further similarly-styled complaints filed by or on behalf of Russell
Jay Gould or David Wynn Miller will be deemed dismissed after 30 days unless the court
orders otherwise. E.g., Alexander v. United States, 121 F.3d 312, 315 (7th Cir. 1997). If
any of the plaintiffs in the above-captioned cases (or any would-be client of Gould or Miller)
believes that he or she has a claim that can be brought in federal court, the complaint will
have to be written in plain English.

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ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that
1. The above-captioned cases are DISMISSED with prejudice for lack of subject
matter jurisdiction.
2.

Russell Jay Gould and David Wynn Miller are sanctioned as described above.

Entered this 6th day of December, 2012.
BY THE COURT:
/s/
BARBARA B. CRABB
District Judge

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