Dwight Ware Watson,dubbed the "Tractor Man" in the media,is a tobacco farmer from Whitakers,North Carolina,who,in March 2003,brought much of Washington,D.C. to a standstill for two days when he drove a tractor into the pond in the Constitution Gardens area of the National Mall and claimed to have explosives. The standoff with federal and local law enforcement ended when Watson surrendered. He was subsequently convicted in federal court of making a false threat to detonate explosives and for destroying federal property,and served 16 months in prison.
Gregory Paul Walden is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 2nd congressional district from 1999 to 2021. He is a Republican. Walden is the son of three-term Oregon State Representative Paul E. Walden. In October 2019,Walden announced that he would not run for reelection in 2020.
Ann Louise Aiken is an American attorney and jurist in the state of Oregon. A native Oregonian,she has served as a state court judge of the Oregon circuit courts and worked in private legal practice. She is currently a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. She served as Chief Judge of the Court from February 1,2009 to January 31,2016.
Stephen Joseph Murphy III is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
The American Land Rights Association (ALRA) is a Wise Use organization based in Battle Ground,Washington. The group describes itself as "dedicated to the wise-use of our resources,access to our Federal lands and the protection of our private property rights."
Jamison Square is a city park in Portland,Oregon's Pearl District. It was the first park added to the neighborhood.
Sally Amanda Marshall is an American lawyer in the U.S. state of Oregon. She was,most immediately,the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Oregon,the top federal prosecutor position in the state. She resigned her position on April 24,2015,amid an internal review,citing unspecified health issues.
The 2014 Bundy standoff was an armed confrontation between supporters of cattle rancher Cliven Bundy and law enforcement following a 21-year legal dispute in which the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) obtained court orders directing Bundy to pay over $1 million in withheld grazing fees for Bundy's use of federally owned land adjacent to Bundy's ranch in southeastern Nevada.
Cliven D. Bundy is an American cattle rancher who was charged and underwent pre-trial detention for his role in the 2014 Bundy standoff. Bundy advocated a philosophy opposed to what he views as federal government overreach. He is the father of Ammon Bundy,who in 2016 also led another armed standoff against the government,the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.
On January 2,2016,an armed group of far-right extremists seized and occupied the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County,Oregon,and continued to occupy it until law enforcement made a final arrest on February 11,2016. Their leader was Ammon Bundy,who participated in the 2014 Bundy standoff at his father's Nevada ranch. Other members of the group were loosely affiliated with non-governmental militias and the sovereign citizen movement.
Jon Eric Ritzheimer is an American political activist. He is affiliated with the 3 Percenters and formerly associated with the Oath Keepers group,and has used social media to declare his opposition to Islam and the Bureau of Land Management.
Citizens for Constitutional Freedom (C4CF),later also known as People for Constitutional Freedom (P4CF),was the name taken on January 4,2016,by an armed private U.S. militia that occupied the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters in the U.S. state of Oregon from January 2 to February 11,2016. The leader of the organization was Ammon Bundy,son of Cliven D. Bundy,who engaged in a standoff with the federal government over grazing rights on federal land.
Ammon Edward Bundy is an American anti-government militant and activist who led the 2016 occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. He is the son of rancher Cliven Bundy,who was the central figure in the 2014 Bundy standoff regarding unpaid grazing fees on federally-owned public land.
David M. "Dave" Ward was the sheriff of Harney County,Oregon,from 2015 until 2020. This included during the time of the Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in 2016.
Robert LaVoy Finicum was one of the American militants who staged an armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in January 2016. After it began,the occupying force organized itself as the Citizens for Constitutional Freedom,of which Finicum was a spokesman. He was the only fatality of the occupation.
This timeline of the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge describes the progression of events leading up to,during,and after the occupation. The 2016 event played out over several weeks of public statements,occupying activity,and rallies.
United States v. Hammond was a court case in Oregon,United States,culminating from 20-year-long legal disputes between Harney County ranchers Dwight Lincoln Hammond Jr.,73,his son Steven Dwight Hammond,46,and federal officials. In 2012,both Hammonds were charged with several counts in relation to two fires in 2001 and 2006,and eventually convicted of two counts of arson on federal land. Knowing they would face the statutory minimum of five years,the men waived their right to appeal these convictions in exchange for dismissal of several unresolved charges. After this mid-trial agreement was entered,the Hammonds were sentenced to a few months in jail,which they served. In 2015,the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated these sentences because they were shorter than the statutory mandatory minimum. The Ninth Circuit remanded to the district court for resentencing. The district court subsequently re-sentenced both Hammonds to the mandatory minimum of five years in prison,with credit for time served.
From January 2 to February 11,2016,the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) in eastern Oregon were seized and occupied by an armed group,later called Citizens for Constitutional Freedom,affiliated with private U.S. militias and the sovereign citizen movement following an earlier peaceful march in protest of the prison sentences for ranchers Dwight Hammond and his son,Steven Hammond,who were convicted of arson on federal land,sentenced to five years' imprisonment,and sought clemency from the U.S. president. The occupation received widespread coverage from media outlets.
Ryan C. Bundy is an American cattle rancher and former Independent candidate in Nevada's 2018 Gubernatorial Election. He is the brother of Ammon Bundy and the son of Cliven Bundy,who was a central figure in the 2014 Bundy standoff in Bunkerville,Nevada over his unpaid grazing fees on federally-owned public land. Ryan Bundy was noted as a participant and leader in both the 2014 Bundy standoff and the 2016 occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.
Marcus Mumford was an American criminal defense lawyer. He was known for representing the defendants in the Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge,and Ponzi schemer Rick Koerber.
