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RENO
MUNICIPAL COUnT
P.O_BllX 1900
Ucno, N V 89505
(i02) 3J42290
Case No. 11 TR 26800 2I
Dept. No.3
IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF RENO
COUNTY OF WASHOE STATE OF NEVADA
CITY OF RENO,

vs.
ZACHARY BARKER COUGHLIN,
Defendant.
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FACTS
ORDER STRIKING
DOCUMENT FILED IN
ERROR ON OCTOBER 2, 2012
AND RETURNING
DOCUMENT
The history of this case shall not be recited herein because it is adequately set forth in
the court's previous Orders entered and filed in this court on February 28,2012 (order
holding Defendant ZACHARY BARKER COUGHLIN in direct criminal contempt of court);
March 12,2012 (order continuing and staying the traffic citation trial wherein the contempt
occurred, arid referring the matter to the State Bar of Nevada); and March 13,2012. (Order
Striking Fugitive Document Filed on March 7, 2012 and Sua Sponte Order Denying Relief
Sought in Improper Document).
In one of the March 13
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Orders, the court struck from the record defendant's 218-page
fugitive document entitled "Request for Audio Recording of February 2i\ 2012 Trial and for
Appt [sic] and to Waive Filing Fee and Transcript Fee for Appeal Counsel." It was found to
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RENO
MUNICIPAL COURT
P.O. Box 1900
Reno, NV 89505
(702) 3342290
be a rambling, incoherent, nonsensical document which was not appropriate for filing in this
court.
Also on March 13,2012, this court denied Zachary Coughlin all reliefhe had sought in
his second fax-filed, 224-page rambling, incoherent and improper document, and further
provided that if he prepared and presented a correct and proper court motion, the court would
then consider his request for relief. In that Order, the court directed that Zachary Coughlin
was not to be permitted to file any documents without review and pre-approval of the court to
ensure that they were not frivolous, incoherent or otherwise improper documents.
FINDINGS
The defendant did not prepare and present a proper motion seeking leave to file. Instead,
apparently on September 10,2012 he came to the Court Clerk and attempted to pay to file an
appeal. The Court Clerk retained the funds as Mr. Coughlin refused to accept them back.
Then on October 2,2012, the defendant came to the Reno Municipal Court Clerk and
presented a I-page, hand-written, barely-legible document. (A copy of Mr. Coughlin's
document is attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein as Exhibit A). His
document is entitled "Motion for Leave or Permission to file this and Notice ofRMC's
Refusal to accept Notice of Appeal on criminal contempt conviction." Mr. Coughlin also
attached to his document as "Exhibit 1" a sealed envelope on which the Court Clerk had
noted that it was returning "$12.00 received on 9/10112 to file an appeal on a case in which
there has been no conviction." Mr. Coughlin has apparently hand-written on the envelope
"10/2/12 I reported a criminal summary contempt conviction in 11 TR 26800 to the US PTO
(patents)" and another sentence stating "There is a right to appeal a summary criminal
contempt conviction (signed Zach Coughlin)."!
1. The envelope is sealed and has not been opened by the clerk or this court; it is returned to the defendant with this Order.
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RENO
MUNICIPAL COURT
P.O. lox 1900
Reno, NV &9S0.s
(702) 3)42290
This document was not presented to this court for review before it was filed by a deputy
clerk. Therefore, this court finds that said document is an improper and inappropriate
document that lacks compliance with procedural and court rules and the March 13, 2012
Order of this court. It was filed in error by the Deputy Court Clerk and shall be returned to
Mr. Coughlin, together with a copy of this Order.
IT IS ORDERED that the document discussed herein that was erroneously filed is
struck from the record and shall be returned by the court clerk to the defendant, together with
the unopened and still-sealed envelope (Exhibt 1).
IT IS ALSO ORDERED that if the defendant wishes to proceed with this matter, he
shall prepare and present, for the court's pre-filing review, a separate and proper Motion for
Leave to File Documents; said motion shall be legible, and contain proper formatting,
spacing, margins, and the proper request for permission, facts, argument, and conclusion., and
it shall not be filed by the Clerk of the Court, but only stamped "Received," unless and until
this court gives permission to file it.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if this court grants the defendant permission to file
a proper Notice of Appeal, using the correct paper, formatting and procedure which is known
to Mr. Coughlin as he has been trained as a lawyer, then he shall prepare it, also properly
formatted as described above, and present it to the clerk for the court's pre-filing review.
Dated this 4th day of October, 2012.
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E HON. OROTHY NASH HOLMES
Reno Mun'cipal Judge
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1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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4 Pursuant to NRCP 5(b), I certify that I am an employee of the Reno Municipal
5 Court, Reno, Nevada, that I am over the age of 18 years and not a party to the above
6 action, and that on this date, served a true and correct copy of the attached
7 document to the following as set forth below:
8 1- Placing said document in a sealed envelope and placed for collecting and
9 mailing by Unites States mall in Reno, Nevada, postage prepaid.
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11 Facsimile (FAX)
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13 Electronic Mail (E-mail)
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15 Inner-office mail following ordinary business practices
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17 Personal Delivery.
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19 Zach Coughlin
20 PO Box 3961
21 Reno NV 89505
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23 Daniel Wong
24 Chief Criminal Deputy City Attorney
25 PO Box 1900
26 Reno NV 89505
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28 1- Placing said document in a sealed envelope and placed for collecting and
29 mailing by Unites States mail in Reno, Nevada, postage prepaid, Certified
30 mail-return receipt requested, following ordinary business practices
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32 Zach Coughlin
33 PO Box 3961
34 Reno NV 89505
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36 DATED: October 4, 2012.
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Reno Municipal Court
Dorothy Nash Holmes,
Judge
P.O. Box 1900
Reno, NV 89505
(775) 3343822