An emergency motion to dismiss charges in the ongoing case in Oregon regarding the Bundy's and several other defendants was filed on September 12, 2016.
A 14-page motion was submitted to Judge Anna J. Brown following all charges against reporter Pete Santilli being dropped.
According to the filing:
The Court is familiar with the issues raised concerning federal subject matter jurisdiction and adverse possession. [#649, #1228] At last Friday's hearing, the Court said to undersigned counsel, somewhat exasperatedly: "You don't give up, do you?" It was a moment of levity at the end of a trying week, and counsel did not conclude anything further from it. But counsel did not realize that, just a few hours earlier, the government filed documents purportedly supporting a request for judicial notice regarding ownership of the Malhuer National Wildlife Refuge ("Refuge"). [#1229, #1230] Those documents, filed at almost the last moment before Defendant Ammon Bundy is to stand trial, raise several urgent legal issues, contradicting and disproving the government's prior statements regarding subject matter jurisdiction, and necessitating the relief sought herein.