Opinion
Criminal Case No. 11-cr-00177-REB
10-19-2011
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. 1. LEONARDO GUTIERREZ-ARAGON, a/k/a Raul Gutierrez-Aragon, Defendant.
Judge Robert E. Blackburn
MINUTE ORDER
This minute order is issued pursuant to the express authority of the Honorable Robert E. Blackburn, United States District Judge for the District of Colorado.
The matter is before the court on pro se defendant's Motion For Return of Property [#27] filed October 19, 2011. The motion is STRICKEN. When a defendant is represented by counsel, this court will not accept pro se filings from that defendant. Such a pro se filing is improper. See United States v. Nichols, 374 F.3d 959, 964 n.2 (10th Cir. 2004) (citing United States v. Guadalupe, 979 F.2d 790, 795 (10th Cir. 1992)), reviewed on other grounds, 125 S.Ct. 1082 (2005).
"[#27]" is an example of the convention I use to identify the docket number assigned to a specific paper by the court's electronic case filing and management system (CM/ECF). I use this convention throughout this order.
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