Master Filing Replaced by Altered Docket Entries Under Hurson’s Direction

Summary

On December 27, 2024, Ryan Dillon-Capps filed 863 PDF documents and a signed physical CD with the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland at the Baltimore Division. The Clerk accepted all 97 printed documents for docketing and accepted the signed physical CD as a physical exhibit. The CD was created from a unified digital archive prepared on December 26, 2024, and submitted for two purposes: to preserve embedded metadata and evidentiary integrity, and to serve as the definitive digital source for accurate docketing. The original materials were subsequently transferred to District Judge Brendan A. Hurson, who was the last known person to have custody of the filing. By January 3, 2025, the original documents were no longer present in the court record and had been replaced in PACER by altered docket entries labeled as ECF Nos. 16-0 through 16-15. These entries misstated the date of receipt and omitted portions of the filing. The Case Manager preserved the correct date of receipt—December 27, 2024—in the docket text, despite being directed under duress by Judge Hurson to enter the altered materials as a supplemental filing dated January 3, 2025. On May 27, 2025, Chief Judge Albert Diaz of the Fourth Circuit issued a Memorandum and Order that formally attributed the falsified docket entries and underlying directives to Judge Hurson. Neither the United States Government nor Judge Hurson has contested the factual basis of that adjudication. The unauthorized removal, concealment, destruction, and substitution of official court records—including filings bearing original signatures—constitutes tampering with public and government records, falsification of federal records, obstruction of justice, and multiple violations of federal law and judicial ethics rules.

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