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The transcript of the most recent hearing again demonstrates just how much Maurice needs professional representation. Despite Mauraice not making a formal application the Judge has stated he will grant a Representation Order (i.e. Legal Aid) to ensure that Maurice can get the legal advice and representation he needs and request the professional reports to support his defence and his mental health - a report from a Psychiatrist of his choice and and a report from a weapons expert on the machine gun. The judge is bending over backwards to try and help. Come on Maurice, there is much to do here. You should be concentrating on dealing with these serious charges, not peripheral issues such as obtaining medical recors from america. And what do you think a hunger strike will achieve other than dulling your faculties and damaging your health?

We have been helping you since this morning, Mr Kirk.

Dear  Mr Kirk  I have been following your case for the last month with a great deal of interest and concern and i would welcome the opportunity to visit with you in the prison.As a church minister in Barry it is possible for a pastoral visit to be arranged through the prison chaplain,to explore any help or support that i might be able to give I look forward to hearing from you.              Yours sincerely Rev Gurwin Marshallsea. Tel 01446 401650.                                                          

Here is an important letter from America, important to Maurice's case, where a doctor has been imprisoned on trumped up charges of handling firearms, simply because he refused to be involved in what he considered to be an unconstitutional and illegal act.

Diablo Western Press

P.O. Box 5, Alamo, CA 94507

June 19, 2000

David Athell Collins

Smith and Collins, P.A.

7455 Cross County Road, Suite 1

POB 40578

Charleston, SC 29423-00578

Ref: June 8, 2000 letter, just received

To Mr. Collins:

Your letter surprised us. We never accused Steve Gratzer of anything. We looked at the text and it

definitely does not state what you allege: “In that book, on page 439, Mr. Stich makes certain accusations

against my client. Essentially, Mr. Stich has accused my client of killing his ex-wife and that the murder was

covered up.” The plain language on that page never accused Steve Gratzer of anything or even implied it.

Here is what is said on page 439 where Gratzer’s name is briefly mentioned, as Dr. Cserna is referring to

retaliation against him by federal officials:

Imprisoning A Doctor On Perjured Testimony

In 1997 I started receiving information from a physician who had been targeted in a similar guncharge.

Dr. Jed Cserna was an MD with a private practice in Ely, Nevada, and a Lt. Colonel in the

Idaho National Guard, with 16 years of military service behind him. His problems started in Ely,

Nevada, where he was a physician. Cserna told me how it appeared to start. While he was treating a

patient, Doris Gratzer, she told him, “If I’m eve r shot, Steve [her husband] did it.” Dr. Cserna told

this to the hospital staff and they said that she always had problems, and this occasion was no

different than others. A week later, she was found dead, killed by a bullet wound to the head.

Cserna said her husband, Steve Gratzer, was influential in the town, especially with the sheriff, who

was responsible for conducting an investigation into his wife’s killing. Cserna was now a danger to

Gratzer. According to Cserna, false statements were made by a government informant, seeking to

justify his position and pay, that resulted in a raid by ATF agent Doreen on his doctor’s office. His

home was broken into and possessions disappeared. Participating in the ATF raid was the sheriff who

he referred to as Burnie (Ronero), who would soon participate in sham charges filed against the

doctor.

Government agents arrested Cserna a short time later and charged him with possession of a machine

gun and a short-barreled rifle. The guns in question were an AR-15 that was not an automatic, and a

Uzi 9 mm that had been sold to him with a folding stock and various barrels. He had used both guns

two and three times a week at the local police firing range and was never questioned about their

legality.

DOJ Retaliation Because of Refusing Ruby Ridge Participation?

Cserna told me about an event that happened in Idaho while he was the physician assigned to the

Idaho National Guard air wing. During the Ruby Ridge attack that killed Mrs. Weaver and her son,

ATF agents had gone to the Idaho National Guard base and told the Commander of the helicopter

division, “We are ordering you to activate your choppers to go north and strafe Ruby Ridge.” The

colonel refused, stating, “This is against the law, the constitution, and finally, Randy Weaver is an

Idaho Citizen. Either you get out or I’ll have you thrown out.”

Nowhere in that short section where Gratzer’s name is mentioned do we make the statement that “Mr. Stich

has accused [your] client of killing his ex-wife ...” Mr. Stich simply quoted Dr. Cserna, and even he did not

accuse Gratzer of any killing.

It appears that your charge is arriving at a strange time, and it is possible that your motives are quite

different, especially since the charge you make is totally unsupported by the statements in the book.

You have an obligation to make Mr. Gratzer aware of the consequences of any sham lawsuit, and how

the lawyer immunity can be easily pierced and both of you sued.

Our publishing house is a non-profit operation dedicated to making the public aware of government

corruption, and therefore there would be no funds for any damages you might dream up. However, we do

have the capability of suing you and your client if you engage in any conspiracy or fabricated lawsuit to

possibly divert our public-spirited activities.

Sincerely,

Frank Carter