Exhibit 100 was filed as District ECF 16-0 with overexposed scan settings and missing page 119. The complete version was later filed in the Fourth Circuit as ECF 28-1. Judge Hurson directed the filing of the altered version despite having access to the full original on the signed physical CD.
Summary
Exhibit 100 was added to PACER as District ECF 16-0, with pages scanned using copier settings that visibly degraded the record and excluded page 119 without explanation. In the District version, page headers appear in blue and conflict with the internal exhibit tags at the bottom of each page. Page 118 is visibly overexposed, with the bottom portion rendered unreadable, and page 119 is entirely missing from the sequence. In the Circuit version, pages appear in proper order, exhibit tags and page headers are consistent, and page 119 is fully present. No court order was issued authorizing the omission of any page. Judge Brendan A. Hurson has been established as the last person to have possession of the original, and he directed the Case Manager to file the altered copy without correction from the signed physical CD. The scan was created using a U.S. Courts-licensed copier, and the alteration occurred under Hurson’s custody. The unauthorized removal, concealment, destruction, and substitution of official court records—including exhibits bearing original signatures—constitutes tampering with a public and government records, falsification of federal records, obstruction of justice, and several other violations of federal law and ethics rules.
Related Facts
Exhibit 100 was added to PACER as District ECF 16-0 with pages scanned by a color Copier/Printer using settings no reasonable person would use in good faith to overexpose the document, and without page 119;
Fact: 1 | Citation: 503B-fact-1-p2–5 | Pages: 2–5
On April 29, 2025, Ryan Dillon-Capps filed Exhibit 100 with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and it was docketed as Circuit ECF 28-1 in Case No. 25-1162.
Fact: 2 | Citation: 503B-fact-2-p2–5 | Pages: 2–5
District ECF 16-0 page 117 of 160 is shown in blue at the top of the page. At the bottom of the page the exhibit tag in red says page 117 of 161
Fact: 3 | Citation: 503B-fact-3-p2 | Pages: 2
Circuit ECF 28-1 page 117 of 161 is shown in red at the top of the page. At the bottom of the page the exhibit tag in red says page 117 of 161
Fact: 4 | Citation: 503B-fact-4-p3 | Pages: 3
District ECF 16-0 page 118 of 160 is shown in blue at the top of the page. Court Record Altered by District Judge Brendan A. Hurson to render the bottom half of the page is not readable
Fact: 5 | Citation: 503B-fact-5-p4 | Pages: 4
Circuit ECF 28-1 page 118 of 161 is shown in red at the top of the page. At the bottom of the page the exhibit tag in red says page 118 of 161
Fact: 6 | Citation: 503B-fact-6-p5 | Pages: 5
Tags
Exhibit: 503B
Pages: 5
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