United States v. Kieffer

ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

Gregory A. Phillips, Circuit Judge

This case has gone on far too long. Today, we attempt to end it. Howard Kief-fer long pretended to be an attorney, going so far as to represent a client in a murder trial. When the truth caught up with him, the federal government in two jurisdictions prosecuted him for a host of offenses: mail fraud, wire fraud, false statements, and contempt of court. A tangled web of legal procedure since then has led to six amended judgments and a lack of final resolution in Kieffer’s case. In this latest appeal, we attempt to provide resolution by…