hello this is appellate commissioner peter sharp calling from the ninth circuit court of appeals in san francisco and this is a hearing concerning the request  and i did want to inform all of the participants that the proceedings are being recorded so in case there's any need to refer to the record that can be made available to the parties  statements you're about to make are going to be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth and you say so under penalty of perjury without the united states or within the united states within this telephone conference call being conducted from san francisco and your participation from i guess big springs texas ok as long as it's qualified  do you swear that the statements you are back to give are the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth in this is standard penalty of perjury absolutely all right if you have any physical or mental impairments that would affect your ability to participate fully and knowingly in the proceedings today no are you under the influence of any drugs or any or alcohol no are you able to hear me and to respond freely yes all right in response to your request to represent yourself in this appeal the court has authorized me to conduct this hearing to make sure that you understand the dangers and disadvantages of s there's something i'd like to be able to say before the question goes further well i'm not giving you questioning i'm going to give you an opportunity i just want to give you some basic information about the scope of this hearing and what we're doing here and then i'll be happy to give you an opportunity to talk of course ok go ahead all right you have the right to counsel on this appeal if you cannot afford to retain counsel you are entitled to have counsel appointed to represent intended to delay the proceedings on the pill in determining whether the court will exercise its discretion to allow you to represent yourself the court will first inform you of the dangers and appeal second inquire whether the issues on appeal are so complex that the assistance of counsel with aid the court in deciding the case and th inquire whether granting self representation could undo lee burden the court or undermine the integrity of the outcome you understand all that do you comprehend you're saying yes all right you also may withdraw your request for supper presentation and in that case you may continue with current counsel i also am authorized to appoint new counsel to represent you if that would be appropriate the court of appeals does not however permit the appointment of advisory or standby counsel so you may not represent yourself and simultaneously have counsel appointed to assist you to understand that comprehend yes if you are right i am going to begin asking you some questions about your background your history and your ability to do the tasks of preparing the briefing that to prosecute your appeal by you all mentioned earlier and i'm prepared to do that now but you mentioned earlier that you had something that you wanted to say so if you want to if you want to say that now fine i will also give you an opportunity later on to say something to ok great at this time what i actually want to do because i haven't had the opportunity up until this moment recognize the semantics being used in this interview that the word representation or representative i believe that only i can present which is in my full right and capacity in body mind and soul and so what i'm one to do as presenting myself before this hearing is at this moment is i actually want to  notify the court notice the court that i really actually don't want and don't need an appeal at this time i want to apologize and place myself in on  court by basically apologizing for wasting anyone's time or energy but i really don't feel and it's necessary for me at this time and i don't think that it would benefit me at this i don't have a choice i must be represented and then i don't have a choice as to whether i want an appeal or not that i'm going to sensually have an appeal compel the finding and coursed upon me against my will and it also is a federal crime under the statutes of war to change my political status to that of a united states citizen i'm not a united states citizen i never have been i'm not now and i'm to do at this point is to essentially just clarify once again and notify the court and everyone present that i do not wish i do not need and i do not want an appeal and i do not want or need my no i have not i haven't considered that necessary since she's not representing i don't recognize a representation so therefore i don't need to request anything of anyone  written notification intent to voluntarily dismissing appeal so are you prepared to stand a notice or a motion for voluntarily voluntary dismissal and referring both to this hearing and to and to his inclusion of written notification claims that could be raised cannot be raised at a later time certainly and that it also in tax issues could be raised on a a b s motion under twenty eight c twenty two fifty five those warnings are contained in the notice that we send out the clients who want to withdraw appeals but that's our concern that that fully being understood by mr certainly certainly officially process this claim we are going to require a motion from your current counsel to voluntarily dismiss the appeal and it will also require your written consent to dismiss t but i would ask that you cooperate with ms over miers simply as if nothing else an intermediary to accomplish so you need to you need to both receive the form he's going to send you you need to complete the form send it back to her with your written consent and then she will file in the court a motion for voluntary dismiss over meyer will be the the person who submitted the motion to the court which includes your your statement below that i would have to disagree with i can allow her to do that as sure i'm going to be also in addition to that i'm also going to be placing my own notice in the record and it will be a crime and illegal for that to be banned from the court record as long as you have as you complete the document that she's going to send you and have her file a motion for voluntary dismissal and include a document showing your consent what that's that's what the court dismiss the appeal right and we don't there's no need to use the word representation or not no right to say that again opened in my presence all right that that is a matter that you need to raise in the first instance in the district court you need to have well first you need to file today that anything over my sense will be will be read before i get it and quite possibly it will be withheld from me for two weeks well as i mentioned that's something that you need to exhaust do administrative remedy in the prison and then go to the district court which is why i believe firmly in presenting myself before things rather than having anyone else do it for me thank you ok all right does the government have anything all right all right well thank you very much for appearing all of you today and i am hopeful that we will be able to accomplish the goal that was identified today at the hearing access to ok that would be fine thank you all right you can look on our docket and there should be something there all right thank you this matter then submitted and held in