Opinion
22-51300
08-11-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. ROBERT M. SILLS, Defendant, and OSCAR DILLON, III, Proposed Intervenor.
ORDER OF DISMISSAL
DAVID M. LAWSON UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
On August 10, the “proposed intervenor,” Oscar Dillon, III, initiated this miscellaneous matter by filing a “motion to intervene” in a separate criminal matter, United States v. Robert M. Sills, No. 06-20663. The motion does not cite any authority for the proposition that a person can move to “intervene” in a criminal matter in which he has not been charged via an information or indictment, and the Court has found no legal authority for such a procedural maneuver. See United States v. Rakhit, No. 18-33, 2021 WL 1145626, at *5 (N.D. Ohio Mar. 25, 2021) (“[T]he Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure make no reference to a motion to intervene.”). The motion therefore will be denied, and the miscellaneous matter will be dismissed.
Accordingly, it is ORDERED that proposed intervenor Oscar Dillon, III's motion to intervene (ECF No. 1) is DENIED, and this miscellaneous matter is DISMISSED.