LOUISVILLE, Ky. — An Indiana judge is no longer tolerating dozens of “irrelevant” motions from the woman accused of killing her 5-year-old son and leaving his body inside a suitcase in rural southern Indiana.
Dejaune Anderson, Cairo Jordan’s mother, is charged with murder, neglect of a dependent and obstruction of justice in the young boy’s death.
Anderson was expected to be in court for a pretrial hearing on Thursday, however Indiana Judge Larry Medlock has pushed it back again to August 22. The judge has also rescheduled her trial, which was set to begin in August, to October 1.
Medlock has been waiting for two Indiana doctors to complete psychiatric evaluations of Anderson, who is fighting to represent herself in court.
After multiple unsuccessful attempts, only one exam has been completed as of Tuesday.
Dr. George Parker filed a competence report on July 8, however the details of that report remain “confidential and sealed.” A court official told WHAS11 that Medlock pushed back the upcoming court dates because he is still waiting for the second doctor’s assessment.
“Until that occurs, there is essentially nothing to be done to move this case forward at this time,” they said. “We are expecting the second report within the next two weeks.”
‘Attempt to distract’
Judge Medlock has also ordered Anderson to stop filing irrelevant, conspiracy-filled motions and has stricken all her previous motions.
Anderson has claimed her public defender is a relative of President Joe Biden, that she’s been placed under MK Ultra mind control within the jail, and accused a court clerk and Medlock of committing fraud in more than 30 handwritten motions since her arraignment back in April.
Medlock argues Anderson’s motions are “a possible attempt to distract from [her] own criminal charges,” adding that he will not tolerate it any longer.
“The Court finds [Anderson’s] miscellaneous filings are what the court perceives as being founded upon conspiracy theories, and no relevant legal facts,” the judge wrote.
Medlock threatened to hold Anderson in contempt of court, and deny her request to represent herself, if she files any new motions that are not relevant to her case and include baseless attacks against the judge or other court employees.
He has also ordered Anderson to follow proper Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure and use her real name, birth date and legal citizenship moving forward.
The judge is also requiring her to file a new motion to self-represent that is “compliant with the above stated regulations," but will still wait for both psychiatric exams to be completed before making a final decision.
“While this Court will make reasonable accommodations for self-represented litigants, it will not accept filings that are unrelated and irrelevant to the actions pending before it,” he said.
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