Algorta. 18, 2022). They can be obstinate, argumentative, antagonistic, confrontational, and disruptive. [10] They are "anti-government extremists who believe that even though they physically reside in this country, they are separate or 'sovereign' from the United States." v. Varsity Brands, Inc. An individual who believes he is above the law, and that he only has to. 5. [19] See S. Poverty L. One proposal is to impose harsher sanctions on attorneys who participate in these lawsuits, but this approach would likely be unsuccessful as most sovereign citizens represent themselves in court proceedings. The prosecutors in the case argued that Beane was an Air Force veteran who had found himself drowning in tens of thousands of dollars in debt. [32] Mastrony, supra note 10, at 101516; see also Sovereign Citizens Movement, supra note 13. endobj [46] See supra notes 2325 and accompanying text. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. % stream They also filed baseless property liens and lawsuits against government officials who tried to have the documents removed. "The RIGHT of the citizen to DRIVE on the public street with freedom from police interference, unless he is engaged in suspicious conduct associated in some manner with criminality is a FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT which must be protected by the courts." People v. He has refused to pay a $143,840 fine levied by a judge against him in May 2010, as well as an additional $52,120 in October. [25]Thus, Americas economic loss is the Sovereign leaders financial gain. (exemplifying the circuitous nature of a typical Sovereign Citizen court appearance). Just because you d [56] Until that overhaul occurs, judicial expediency will likely remain at the mercy of Sovereign Citizens and their paper war. Additionally, he had shared one of Tucci-Jarrafs posts on his Facebook page a few days prior to flaunt his newfound wealth. In the video, she detailed her act of filing foreclosure notices, along with her fellow sovereign citizens, against the federal government as a way to reclaim Federal Reserve funds. \,+Y-ODAt~A5y2xHF9=HS^\; q@3|if^e>>y'(~'zmz [55] These websites likely would not convert individuals already entrenched in the Sovereign ideology. Ultimately, Beane used this glitch to open $30 million in CDs and to claim approximately $2 million in cash before the USAA realized what was going on. 306, 31924 (2013) (describing the dangerous tendencies of zealous adherents). Hosted by Dan Abrams, each episode includes interviews with judges, witnesses, and victims who give a first-hand account of what really happened during these intense courtroom moments. Evidence suggests that Sovereigns have successfully capitalized on political and economic trends in order to catalyze their movements growth. [20] See Colin McRoberts, Tinfoil Hats and Powdered Wigs: Thoughts on Pseudolaw, 58 Washburn L.J. candidate at Penn State Law. An example of a sovereign citizen is someone who refuses to pay his income taxes, and then presents evidence as to why he should not have to pay them. In January, a federal grand jury in Detroit indicted David A. Cusumano and Henry Nino on 14 counts of obstructing Internal Revenue Service laws, including the use of worthless "bills of exchange" to pay their taxes. 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[45] Sovereign Citizens Movement, supra note 13 (Galactic Sovereigns . 785, 787, 806 (1999); Mastrony, supra note 10, at 1019; Lorelei Laird, Sovereign Citizens Plaster Courts with Bogus Legal Filingsand Some Turn to Violence, Am. Did this guy learn his lesson? [47] See Michael Crowell, Gatekeeper Orders (Pre-filing Injunctions), UNC Sch. Christopher Cannon of Lake County, Ind., went to jail pending trial after claiming that as a member of the Moorish Nation, he wasn't subject to laws requiring a valid license tag on his car. [7] Thus, even if a court knows in advance that they are contending with a Sovereign, they will likely not know if the individual is a traditional Sovereign, an admiralty-maritime Sovereign[8], a quantum grammar Sovereign[9], or even one of the many derivative Sovereign groups such as Moorish Americans. 79524, 2019 WL 4511653, at*1 (Nev. Ct. App. Sept. 18, 2019) (denying Blandinos motion to amend his house arrest requirement and drop the prosecution against him because he has a right to investigate judicial corruption). If and when a court manages to negotiate Sovereign litigants plethoric filings to hold an actual hearing, the unfortunate presiding judge can expect a barrage of outlandish pseudo legalese, often from agitated individuals. The once-isolated political sect has ballooned to over 300,000 followers, and the rapid proliferation of their pseudo-legal ideologies is severely compromising court efficiency. [5] Between alleging that she is a victim of both entrapment[6] and libel,[7] Bauer argued that due to illegitimacy of judges, lawyers, and the federal government as a whole, she is not subject to American laws, taxes, and judgements. A Clayton County, Ga., SWAT team in March evicted sovereign citizens Gideon and Deborah Israel from a home they had occupied for more than a year, after the couple flooded the county with fraudulent paperwork seeking to block their eviction. Sovereign citizens are known for their problematic behavior in court. 181 0 obj <>stream [14] See Francis X. Sullivan, Note, The Usurping Octopus of Jurisdictional/Authority: The Legal Theories of the Sovereign Citizen Movement, 1999 Wis. L. Rev. She claimed she had committed her life to stopping these unlawful acts against people all over the world.. [10] They are anti-government extremists who believe that even though they physically reside in this country, they are separate or sovereign from the United States.[11] Over the past sixty years, several distinct groups evolved and merged to form the modern idea of sovereign citizenship; accordingly, these groups do not belong to a centralized organization with joint leaders or official beliefs but instead share similar broad beliefs about the governments jurisdiction and ability to govern its citizens. [47] See Sullivan, supra note 14, at 801. [42] See supra notes 3 and 19 and accompanying text. The contemporary sovereign belief system is based on a decades-old conspiracy theory. They keep digging deeper holes for themselves in quixotic confrontations with authority over everything from taxes to traffic tickets to code enforcement. The Georgia property theft cases are only the most recent manifestation of a movement that has swelled rapidly in the last two years, affecting most major law enforcement agencies. [22] Customers being the operative term, as siphoning the legal knowledge of local gurus usually requires the purchase of packets of template filings,[23] scripts to recite at court appearances,[24] or for the extremely unfortunate, a representation by the Sovereign leader on their behalf. [10] Moorish Sovereign Citizens adhere to the notion that the 1787 Moroccan American Treaty of Friendship placed all of those with Moroccan descent on an equal footing with the U.S. government. Reed was also convicted of threatening a judge. The legal community cannot solve the problem of a conspiracy theory, especially one that is rooted in the belief that the legal community and the government are already lying to them. Understand sovereign citizens' point of view and their potential danger They may seem like harmless cranks and most will not present any danger You will never hear a judge say "You have convinced me with your powerful arguments, oh El Bey Al-Moronic!" What you will see many times is them being sent . Legal challenges to Capitol Riot-related charges signal no hesitation on behalf of sovereign citizens to fight their political battles in court, and, as Pauline Bauers 114-page notice to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia suggests, sovereign citizens are not easily ignored. [19] Just as many get rich quick schemes or multilevel marketing brands form a trap for the unwary, local Sovereign leaders have seduced new members through the peddling of quick-fix solutions to legal problems. However, in my state it has been my experience they recognize the Sheriffs authority but . Ultimately, the most effective solution would be to remedy our countrys systemic flaws that result in gross legal and economic disparities and form the recruitment pool of disenfranchised citizens which Sovereign leaders can exploit. The copyright of these individual works published by the University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing remains with the original creator or editorial team. Several solutions to sovereign citizens abuses of the legal system could help mitigate or prevent their ability to abuse. 1915(g); Cal. 1 0 obj [18] See, e.g., Benjamin H. Barton, American (Dis)Trust of the Judiciary, IAALS (Sept. 2019), https://iaals.du.edu/sites/default/files/documents/publications/barton_american_distrust_of_the_judiciary.pdf [https://perma.cc/RE3L-6N6D] (discussing the bipartisan criticisms that have been levied against the legal system and the Supreme Court in particular). 21-cr-00386 (D. D.C. 2021) [hereinafter Bauer Notice], https://bit.ly/3vcDdph. 21, 2022), http://www.pennstatelawreview.org/the-forum/sovereign-citizens-the-uses-and-abuses-of-the-judicial-sy/. 156 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[]/Index[138 44]/Info 137 0 R/Length 94/Prev 282837/Root 139 0 R/Size 182/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream [17] See id. SPLC is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization (EIN: 63-0598743). 49 89 Frauditor_Huntress 5 days ago Round 2 Adam Sovereign Citizen stopped by police, officer is hilarious. 297, 301, 303 (2021) (noting that the typical sovereign citizen is typically either the financially despondent or those discouraged with the American bureaucracy and suggesting that the financial crisis of 2008 catalyzed Sovereign Citizen growth in America). Therefore, it could both discourage and disable innocent people from properly utilizing the judicial system. Beyond the inconvenience these cases cause, it is the responsibility of the legal community to contest misleading and destructive legal theories with accurate information to create a more just and fair legal system for all citizens of the United States. [23] Sovereign Citizens Movement, supra note 13; see also Caesar Kalinowski IV, A Legal Response to the Sovereign Citizen Movement, 80 Mont. Govt (Nov. 2012), 07_Crowell Gatekeeper orders Jan 262010.pdf (unc.edu) [https://perma.cc/S7JU-GSZW]. [70] These are statutes that identify and punish those who use legal action for the sole purpose of harassment. with sovereign citizens When you become aware that you are dealing with a sovereign citizen communicate with others in the courthouse so that they also know 2. A judge loses his patience in the courtroom when a Sovereign Citizen is brought in on multiple charges, in this scene from Season 3, Episode 45.#CourtCamSubscribe for more from Court Cam and other great A\u0026E shows: http://aetv.us/subscribe-aeFind out more about Court Cam and watch full episodes on our site: https://www.aetv.com/shows/court-camStay up to date on all of A\u0026E's premieres at http://aetv.com/schedule.Check out exclusive A\u0026E content: Website - http://www.aetv.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AETV/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/aetv Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aetv TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aetv From frightening outbursts to furious judges, Court Cam gives viewers an in-depth examination of some of the most stunning and emotional courtroom moments caught on camera. The inability of another person to sue them in court. Find it in the section Postcards from the Basque Country on todocoleccion. [66] A potential deterrent to paper terrorism is a uniform approach to those who use abuse judicial proceedings. [29] See Sovereign Citizens Movement, supra note 13. Ironically, the U.S. SUPREME COURT agrees with those people who claim to be SOVEREIGN citizens of the American Republic! Two Childersburg, Ala., men, Gary Wayne Presley and Michael Donald Wilsey both of whom claim to be citizens of the Central Assemblies Union of the Several States of the Union of the States of the United States of America were arrested for filing false foreclosure documents against another man's property, conspiracy and using "sham legal process" in a case that began with traffic violations. Denver airline pilot Jack Wharton Thomas, who had argued that his income didn't qualify as taxable "wages," was sentenced in January to 10 years' probation for tax evasion and fraud. Mr. Beeks, you should be quiet unless spoken to.[57], The presence of so many putative sovereign citizens at the Capitol Riot suggests that sovereign citizens have found a home with the far right in American politics. The sovereign citizen movement is a loose grouping of litigants, activists, tax protesters, financial scheme promoters and conspiracy theorists, who claim to be answerable only to their. [74] Legal systems must weigh the costs of allowing sovereign citizens to abuse the judicial system against the costs of both denying a political faction their right to the judicial system and potentially antagonizing them further. Court records are used to elucidate and identify, some of the more common courtroom tactics used by sovereign citizens. In one of the first cases of its kind, 12 sovereigns in North Georgia charged with stealing properties worth millions of dollars including mansions and a strip mall in Atlanta's wealthy Buckhead neighborhood are being prosecuted under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. It has been a losing season for self-professed "sovereign citizens" trying to claim that government has no jurisdiction over them. [53] Ensuring that economic safety nets are in place during recessions and economic downturns will help to eliminate the desperation that leads the financially troubled to drink the Sovereign Kool-Aid. [52] See Sullivan, supra note 14, at 800. An oldie but a goodie. The magistrate said he could not make a determination on the jurisdiction the case would be heard in but remanded the matter to May 2 for a mention. Other widely publicized examples include the 2010 West Memphis police shootings and 2014 Bundy family standoff. Additionally, any restriction, however justified and specific, will be simply a validation of sovereign citizens belief that the government is out to silence and punish them. [12] The grossly disparate nature of the two groups practices and world views means that they might as well be (and often actually are) speaking different languages. The term sovereign citizen refers to an individual who does not agree with a particular law and will find any means of justifying his noncompliance with that law. Three sovereigns one who had been ticketed for driving without a license and two who had been arrested for trespassing at a foreclosed house bombarded police, government officials and bank executives in Ulster County, N.Y., with bogus liens and fraudulent invoices totaling $1.24 trillion. [46] Some proponents of the movement argue that all laws and amendments to the Constitution after the 1871 passage of the Fourteenth Amendment are invalid due to complex legal arguments involving the citizenship portion of the amendment. Immunity to statutory, vehicle, and civil law. [63] How to mitigate the most dangerous effects of sovereign citizens, the violence and chaos of terrorist acts and riots, are beyond the scope of this article. endstream endobj 139 0 obj <>/Metadata 6 0 R/Pages 136 0 R/StructTreeRoot 11 0 R/Type/Catalog>> endobj 140 0 obj <>/MediaBox[0 0 612 792]/Parent 136 0 R/Resources<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI]>>/Rotate 0/StructParents 0/Tabs/S/Type/Page>> endobj 141 0 obj <>stream She has previously worked at the Department of State, the Utah House of Representatives, and will be externing at the Department of Justice in the National Security Division this summer. Alternatively, increasing punishments for frivolous lawsuits could discourage those from seeking judgment on legitimate issues for fear of penalty, making filing a lawsuit more difficult than it already is. See Sovereign Citizens Movement, S. Poverty L. [61] These documents are dense and convoluted, described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as nonsensical,[62] which ensures that sovereign citizen cases bog down the entire judicial system. They think the replacement government swapped common law for admiralty law, which is the law of . [38] However, it is questionable whether statutes such as Illinois will generate the desired result on Sovereigns under either general or specific deterrence principles. Squatters That's basically what a sovereign citizen is. [63] See Sovereign Citizens Movement, supra note 13. [8] Her arguments, while bizarre, are not new. The FBI picked her up at the White House on a tip from the Secret Service, after she insisted on demanding a meeting with President Donald Trump. The sovereign citizen movement is a loose grouping of litigants, activists, tax protesters, financial scheme promoters and conspiracy theorists, who claim to be answerable only to their. Depending on the particular strain and variant of the sovereign citizen, details of the governments timing, motivation, and purpose vary. for State Ct. 9 (1999), [https://perma.cc/ T5NJ-VXFY] (claiming that the common denominator among Sovereign Citizens is a feeling of despair, rooted in pecuniary loss, and manifested in government distrust). Map. Give Us Some Credit: Creating More Viable Public Financing Programs Through Tax Credits and Democracy Vouchers. [26] See Sovereign Citizens Movement, supra note 13. [17] Some sovereign [citizens] believe this perfidious change occurred during the Civil War, while others blame the events of 1933, when the U.S abandoned the gold standard.[18], Sovereign citizens believe that this change from common law to admiralty law means that judges, lawyers, and some law enforcement officials are actually foreign agents,[19] acting out against sovereign citizens due to the law enforcements treasonous loyalty to hidden and malevolent government forces.[20] Sovereign citizens are split, though, on whether lawyers and judges are aware of the switch to admiralty law and are hiding it or whether they are uninformed, indoctrinated by government propaganda. Anyone got a follow up? Bauer claims to be a sovereign citizen.[9], The term sovereign citizen is a catch-all phrase referring to several loosely connected groups centered around a similar theme. { bvHX&ZA7l\0#38$xLP`_T&uA4F y EJC&y007=0>M-8k"jLS(XucVn@05=-~*O-j7~z)|'|OBY.gI3DiM[5eo.H|= [50] See Sovereign Citizens Movement, supra note 13. Perhaps the most infamous violent incident involving sovereign citizens is the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995. Sovereigns believe that the American government set up by the founding fathers, under a common-law legal system, was secretly replaced. [11] Domestic Terrorism, The Sovereign Citizen Movement, Federal Bureau of Investigation (Apr. [13] As is the case if the court is addressing a David Wynn Miller Quantum Grammar disciple. Gc&-r F/)wzG/04%.x50E'6L `FG#?W 2O#Xo>$bkSU!3HO)P.3eSlf4(T9M?~"|4X8Vp%vY.EG?%0|kSzcso a=ewX3f)BX{~SwPhS"y)X#XDSwX . [10] See Michael Mastrony, Note, Common-Sense Responses to Radical Practices: Stifling Sovereign Citizens in Connecticut, 48 Conn. L. Rev. Andrew Isaac Chance of Clinton, Md., was charged with filing a bogus multibillion-dollar lien against a government employee and filing fraudulent tax returns seeking $900,000 in refunds. [62] Sovereign Citizens Movement, supra note 13. While at BYU she was awarded a Global Politics Research Fellowship and the 2021 Tanner Diplomacy Scholarship. He claimed he never even ran a Google search to check it out. 1106, 1107 (2015). [54] See Loeser, supra note 40, at 1137 (advocating for soft solutions to the Sovereign Citizen problem, such as procedural and economic reform). [6] See Bauer Notice, supra note 1, at 7. [25] See, e.g., Mark Baggett, DMV Hearing Featuring Sovereign Citizen Marc Stevens, YouTube (Sep. 16, 2021), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-lMmPd5-g8 (showing an administrative hearing for a license revocation in which Sovereign Citizen guru Marc Stevens was hired for representation). kd~UK!\SDgP*i(OQYHl+:[f =>>' Mr Glew, who represented himself in court, told Magistrate Matthew Walton he had been "inundated with calls from several barristers"claiming the police search warrant of his Glenfield property in early February was "a fraud". . [73] See March-Safborn, supra note 64, at 42. . For example, the wake of the COVID epidemic gave rise to contentious disagreements regarding the necessity and extent of various venue restrictions, as well as mask and vaccine mandates. [11] Although deliberating over the 31 flavors of ice cream offered by Baskin Robbins presents a much simpler and more enjoyable task than classifying a subspecies of Sovereign Citizen. <> Mark-Allan 4 yr. ago. For example, increased filling costs will disproportionally affect those with the least resources. [65] The result is a patchwork of remedies that include administrative, judicial, civil, and criminal penalties. [44] See, e.g., The Anti-Government Movement Guidebook, supra note 19; Ligon, supra note 21 (addressing how bleak financial situations motivate jumping on the Sovereign citizen bandwagon). An Easton, Conn., woman who says she is a member of the Moorish Science Temple, Fabiola Is Ra El Bey, in January declared her home an independent country and thus not subject to taxation or foreclosure. [33] This is usually harmlessleading to hundreds of viral videos on the internet showing various law enforcement officials and judges castigating sovereign citizens for their nonsensical legal arguments and briefs. He is charged with inciting another person to commit an indictable offence, which is deprivation of liberty. [36] Additionally, some attorneys have used Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or its state analog as a basis for sanctioning Sovereign Citizens who file meritless paperwork. [20] Sovereign Citizens Movement, supra note 13. [7] See Id. [35] See, e.g., id. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. [23] See, e.g., :Judge: David-Wynn: Miller, supra note 9 (selling Quantum Grammar books containing sample filings, as well as seminars advocating Millers legal theories). According to the FBI, the sovereign citizens movement consists of individuals who are "anti-government extremists who believe that even though they physically reside in this country, they are. In February, a Sarasota, Fla., homicide detective, Tom Laughlin, was fired after renouncing his U.S. citizenship and claiming he was no longer subject to federal law and not required to pay taxes. g62ft]iXUWw'5#`[wCDwl|!o7o CdA>ovf) 4&[]bU9`Y`~W3!VY?CPW?T5R;Z%:QxPwQO [37] These liens, which are easy and cheap to file online but time-consuming and expensive to fight,[38] have devastating effects on the ordinary government officials, explaining why they have become sovereign citizens weapon of choice. Enjoy the Top 5 Sovereign Citizen Moments from Court Cam!Tune in to Court Cam, Wednesdays at 9/8c on A\u0026E, and stay up to date on all of A\u0026E's premieres at http://aetv.com/schedule.#CourtCamSubscribe for more from Court Cam and other great A\u0026E shows: http://aetv.us/subscribe-aeFind out more about Court Cam and watch full episodes on our site: https://www.aetv.com/shows/court-camCheck out exclusive A\u0026E content:Website - http://www.aetv.com/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/AETVTwitter - https://twitter.com/AETVFrom frightening outbursts to furious judges, Court Cam gives viewers an in-depth examination of some of the most stunning and emotional courtroom moments caught on camera. They frequently use lines from religious texts as evidence of the validity of their reinterpretations of legal documents or assert that their divine rights or gifts overpower the fraudulent government. [42] One infamous example of sovereign citizen violence includes the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing. Chance had already served a 27-month sentence after a 2007 conviction for filing improper tax returns. [35], The million-dollar question concerns how courts should deal with the disruptive ploys of Sovereign Citizens. [2] Id. States such as Illinois have relied on this solution, enacting legislation heightening penalties for frivolous filings. ?cK mS [12] See William P. Stork & Jordan Beumer, Sovereign Citizens in South Carolina: Who Are They and How Do We Deal With Them?, 30 S.C. Law. See supra note 9 and accompanying text. [16] The resulting fusion between the Sovereign Citizen and anti-vax movements bolstered Sovereign numbers throughout the country. Now she believes she's being penalised, Australia looks to press home its advantage with the bat on day two against India, ADF aircraft, personnel to assist evacuation of hundreds from flooded NT remote communities, Rajwinder Singh expected to be charged with murder of Cairns woman Toyah Cordingley tonight, police say, 'Weight of the dead on my shoulders': Academic breaks down at gay hate deaths inquiry, Outside her tent, next to a popular city walking track, homeless Tasha is past caring what people think. Algorta is a locality within the municipality of Getxo, in the province of Biscay, Basque Country, Spain. [65] See March-Safborn, supra note 64, at 46. [52] These theories have been rejected soundly, usually being called baseless[53] and frivolous.[54] Theories of sovereign citizens have recently been tried in a new forum: criminal trials of those who participated in the disastrous January 6th insurrection at the United States Capitol. [30], Sovereign citizen arguments often, but not always, include religious elements. [24] See, e.g., Marc Stevens, Adventures in Legal Land: Where Black is White and White is Black and Other Shocking Discoveries From Americas Courtrooms (Moses Antonio ed., 2016) (providing scripts and strategies from Sovereign Citizen guru Marc Stevens on how to beat court charges). See, e.g., Stephen A. Kent & Robin D. Willey, Sects, Cults, and the Attack on Jurisprudence, 14 Rutgers J. L. & Relig. [74] See Sovereign Citizens Movement, supra note 13. You can ask both sides of the issue if sovereign citizen tactics ever worked. [22] See Sovereign Citizens Movement, supra note 13. IV. Holly Christensen is a first-year J.D. [31] See Pometto, supra note 3, at 6786 (discussing the Sovereign citizen toolkit, including buzz words and phrases commonly used at court proceedings). A federal judge permanently barred Curtis L. Morris of Elizabeth, Colo., from preparing tax returns for others after finding that he filed 149 fraudulent federal returns on behalf of clients claiming $56 million in refunds. An ability to discharge debt by issuing bonds. Authorities say the suspects fabricated quitclaim deeds transferring ownership of the properties to themselves, then filed the phony paperwork with the courts. And they're incredibly easy to squash. [1] Never on its own merits, that is. [34] See, e.g., Michael Harriot, Video Goes Viral of Crazy Confrontation After Couple Refuses to Hand Over License, The Root, (Sept. 13, 2017), https://bit.ly/3uxxVWq (reporting on a video of a Colorado Springs, Colorado, sovereign citizen couple who refused to hand over identification at a routine traffic stop, leading to police smashing their window). [40] See Mastrony, supra note 10, at 102425; Sullivan, supra note 14, at 786. Some sovereign citizens in court have used unusual tactics such as filing nonsensical legal documents. 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