Despite two hearings related to Lane Myers being listed on the Pima County Superior Court website for today, unofficial spokesperson Josh Grey threw doubt on hearings for Tuesday in a statement released on Monday.
Gray has been one of the more prolific supporters of Myers in recent weeks, featuring live phone calls with Myers on his livestreams, edging out other supporters such as the Reluctant Prophet and Jason Swack, in sheer zeal in his support for his hero.
In Monday’s livestream, Gray announced an unsubstantiated claim that there was some sort of problem with Judge D. Douglas Metcalf and that he would not be handling the scheduled hearing for Tuesday.
Gray stated that the hearing was not the bond reconsideration hearing that he was expecting, so Myers had no chance to go home on Tuesday. This would correspond to the hearing that was scheduled by Judge Metcalf for Tuesday to determine if Myers was eligible for a hearing to determine if he was available for bond.
A motion filed by Myers’ attorney William Parven last week called for the rehearing an was opposed by the prosecutor’s office. Parven is calling for either his client to be released on bond or to be placed in home confinement based on Myers’ inability to access the Pima County Adult Correctional Facility’s law library as a Pro Se defendant for one set of charges.
The Prosecution countered Myers’ claims that he had no access to the law library last week, but releasing a special filing indicating that despite Myers’ claims, the facility’s law library was available to anyone using a tablet distributed by the jail.
Furthermore, they confirmed that Myers had access to said tablets, which were distributed one tablet per every two inmates, rather than Myers’ claims of one tablet per 25 inmates, and Myers had been accessing the library since mid-March.
In Gray’s livestream, he claimed that Myers was again denied access to the library, this time with a story from Myers that his identification photo wasn’t “clear enough” on the tablet to grant him access.
Grey also claimed that Myers was experiencing health issues while in the facility. Myers reportedly refused treatment for a cough he was experiencing, with the facility workers having him sign papers to waive treatment.
According to Gray, the facility has also either denied Myers access to contact lens solution or does not carry it in his commissary and Myers has been stuck with the same set of lenses since being incarcerated.
We do note that a woman identified as Myers’ partner attempted to give Myers glasses before a recent hearing but was denied the ability to hand them to her partner by the prosecutor. All items must go through the correctional facility’s processing program before reaching Myers.
Grey also encouraged his 200+ viewers to lobby the Arizona State Senate to insure passage of HB 2040, which was recently passed by the Arizona House.
According to fastdemocracy.com: The proposed bill, if enacted, would amend Arizona Revised Statutes by adding a new section (12-120.25) that allows parties to seek a rehearing en banc in the Arizona Court of Appeals under specific conditions. Currently, the law does not provide a formal mechanism for such rehearings. The new provisions would require that a petition for rehearing en banc must include a statement indicating that the panel’s decision conflicts with a prior decision, along with citations to the conflicting cases. Additionally, it would stipulate that a majority of active appellate judges can order a rehearing without needing to call for a vote, emphasizing that rehearings en banc are not favored unless the outlined criteria are met.
Furthermore, the bill specifies that any petition for rehearing en banc must be filed within fourteen days after a judgment is entered, or within fourteen days after an amended decision is issued. If granted, the court would have the discretion to either dispose of the case without further proceedings, order additional briefing or argument, or issue any other appropriate order. This update aims to enhance the uniformity of court decisions and streamline the rehearing process in the appellate system.
Myers is currently scheduled for two hearings today, one at Noon ET and one at 5PM ET. We’ll have live coverage on our ReallyCoolNews YouTube channel.
