Bruce Doucette is an American

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guru and self-proclaimed "Superior Court Judge of the Continental United States of America". Doucette, the owner of a computer repair shop in

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, Colorado, advised people in encampments in Costilla County on how to oppose land-use regulations. At the commencement of the

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he announced that he would convene a " citizens grand jury" and threatened to hold "a trial with the redress of grievance" against county and other government officials. He was blocked by a judge from participating in the trial. In 2018, he was sentenced to 38 years in

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state prison after a two-week trial on 34 counts of racketeering, tax evasion, retaliation against judges and other charges. This included the filing of fraudulent

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s, a common sovereign citizen harassment tactic.

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