December 11, 2013 Honorable William Pauley III US District Judge - SD ! "00 Pearl Street e# !or$, !

1000% Sub&ect' (otion to Declare (istrial )e*erence' United States +, )ic-ard .-ic-a$li, 0/-.ri,-1002 0WHP1 !our Honor De*endant )ic-ard .-ic-a$li mo+es t-is court to declare mistrial in t-e abo+e re*erenced case on t-e ground t-at t-e ability o* t-e &ury to render a *air, im2artial, and &ust +erdict is im2aired in a manner t-at #ill 2re+ent t-e de*endant *rom recei+ing a *air trial and *air +erdict, 3-e court recei+ed t#o emails *rom t#o di**erent &urors com2laining about t-e lengt- o* time t-e trial is ta$ing, and clearly stating in un4uestionable manners t-at t-e &ury -a+e discussed among t-emsel+es t-e issue o* time and concluded t-at t-e de*endant is to blame *or t-e longer t-an e52ected 2roceeding, 3-e message recei+ed *rom t-e &uror re2resenting t-e consensus stated t-at 63-ere is discontent in t-e &ury room6 and it also states t-at t-e &ury are blaming t-e de*endant *or t-e delay stating t-at t-ey belie+e t-at 63-e de*endant is dragging t-e case as long as -e could,6 3-e statement is an indication o* un4uestionable bias and demonstrated 2re&udice t-at im2act t-e im2artiality o* t-e &ury and t-eir ability to render a *air decision in t-e case, It is *urt-er noted, t-at t-e &ury are blaming t-e de*endant 7 8! and not assigning any blame *or t-e longer t-an e52ected trial des2ite o* t-e go+ernment lengt-y re2eated slide-s-o# 2resentations and #-ic- included more t-an 900 slides cou2led #it- 4uestions and comments, :..7)DI ;8!< 3-e de*endant -ereby re4uesting t-at t-e court declare mistrial in t-e abo+e re*erenced case, )es2ect*ully Submitted )ic-ard .-ic-a$li 0Pro-Se1 De*endant