On Monday, May 22, 2017, James Faire had a status hearing in Okanogan County Superior Court. Faire along with his attorney, Attorney Stephen Pidgeon “appeared” telephonically for this hearing. Prosector Karl Sloan was in the courtroom; Okanogan County Superior Court Judge Henry Rawson presided over the hearing.
Attorney Pidgeon updated the court that a “petition for a writ of certiorari” had been submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States. The petition asks the Court to review the judgment of the Supreme Court of the State of Washington and the underlying judgment of the Court of Appeals, Division Three, State of Washington, in this case. You can read more about the petition filing as reported by the US~Observer:
Faire v. Washington to the US Supreme
WA State Courts Ignore 6th Amendment
Attorney Pidgeon motioned the court to allow James to travel to a jobsite in Bellevue. The prosecutor was opposed to this motion. Judge Rawson asked for documentation, which will be provided to the court in the next few days.
The next scheduled hearing is Monday, July 17th, 2017.
NOTE: James Faire continues to be a political prisoner in the State of Washington’s broken judicial system. Faire’s plight began on June 18th, 2015 when Richard Alan Finegold filed a false police report in Okanogan County. Since that time, Faire has been falsely accused of serious crimes, including Murder in the First Degree and has endured a factually malicious prosecution conducted by Okanogan County Prosecutor Karl Sloan.