So, I filed my Cross-Motion for Summary Judgement as it’s called. I mailed it yesterday and USPS says that it was delivered today @ 11:17AM. So now the government has until April 17, 2026 to respond to my cross-motion.
In other news, Howard (my Nebraska CJA) still hasn’t provided a single page from my case file and the Nebraska Council for Discipline hasn’t indicated what they’re doing. The complaint that I sent to Iowa’s Attorney Disciplinary Board was “declined”. They told me to complain to the Nebraska Board (I told them that I had complained to them and they didn’t do anything, so I sent a complaint to them… <huge sigh>)
Anyway, as I mentioned before I’m trying to get in touch with my §2255 attorney (Megan Lutz-Priefert). Her former employer Bressman, Hoffman, Jacobs & Quandt refused to help me in any way. I sent them a letter (via certified mail after they basically ignored my other correspondence) and I got this bizarre reply:
Dear Mr. Cottom, Thank you for reaching out to our office. Currently, we are unable to offer representation. Regarding Ms. Lutz-Priefert’s email correspondence, those were maintained directly between Ms. Lutz-priefert and you, and therefore we are unable to release them. Additionally, locating and recovering the specific email at this point would not be feasible.
I thought their response was peculiar since I didn’t ask them to represent me or for emails between myself and Megan. I asked for specific emails between Howard and myself on July 30, 2015. Specifically, I wanted to know if Howard had included, the morning emails where I told him to prepare for trail with the file he gave Megan in 2018.
Bottom line, there is definitely a conspiracy going on… ChatGPT finds everyone’s behavior to be in violation of ABA rules and general legal ethics. This shit is CRAZY!