Opinion
21-cr-20283
04-25-2023
United States of America, Plaintiff, v. Ken Kenyatta Wilson, Defendant.
DAVID R. GRAND, MAG. JUDGE.
ORDER STRIKING DEFENDANT'S PRO SE FILINGS [39, 40, 41]
JUDITH E. LEVY, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
This case is before the Court on three pro se filings submitted by Defendant Ken Kenyatta Wilson. (ECF Nos. 39, 40, 41.) The indictment charges Wilson with (1) bank robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) (Count 1); (2) possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) (Count 2); and (3) felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (Count 3). (ECF No. 1.) Wilson has been represented by attorney Linda D. Ashford since August 1, 2022.
On February 18, 2022, the Court issued an order finding that “Wilson is incompetent to stand trial with respect to the charges he is facing in this criminal action.” (ECF No. 22, PageID.206.) The Court therefore ordered that Wilson be committed to the custody of the Attorney General under 18 U.S.C. § 4241(d). (See Id. at PageID.206-207.) Wilson is currently in the Attorney General's custody. (See ECF No. 38.)
Wilson was initially represented by attorney Matt Savich. On July 27, 2022, the Court granted Attorney Savich's motion to withdraw as counsel. (See ECF No. 33.)
Wilson's submissions, which were filed on the docket by the Clerk's Office on April 12, 2023, are difficult to comprehend. The first filing appears to be a motion to dismiss Counts 2 and 3 of the indictment. (See ECF No. 39.) The second filing appears to be a motion for a free copy of the transcript from “the Competency Hearing (12/22/2021) and Detention Hearing (5/12/2021).” (ECF No. 40, PageID.298.) In his third filing, Wilson indicates that he “reserves ALL LAWFUL RIGHTS to appeal ALL U.S. DC JUDGE ARTHUR J. TARNOW'S Orders or Rulings in this case.”(ECF No. 41, PageID.310.)
A text-only order entered on February 16, 2022 reassigned this case “from District Judge Arthur J. Tarnow in Detroit to District Judge Judith E. Levy in Ann Arbor pursuant to Administrative Order 22-AO-007.”
Wilson submitted his pro se filings while represented by Attorney Ashford. On June 15, 2022, the Court previously struck from the docket two pro se filings submitted by Wilson when he was represented by prior counsel because “the Court [did] not allow Wilson to both represent himself and be represented by counsel.” (ECF No. 27, PageID.226.) For the reasons set forth in the Court's June 15, 2022 Order, which the Court incorporates here by reference, the Court again does not allow Wilson to proceed in a hybrid manner. Accordingly, Wilson's pro se filings (ECF Nos. 39, 40, 41) are stricken.
IT IS SO ORDERED.