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Prairie Star National says it is not a ‘sovereign citizens’ organization as referred to in court

By Dan Flynn on January 6, 2023

Food Safety News last year referred to Prairie Star National Trust as a “sovereign citizens” organization after a court used the term in the Amos Miller case, which states that Miller has illegally sold meat…

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FSIS food detectives find violations in Amos Miller’s meat and poultry shipments

By Dan Flynn on December 16, 2021

Amos Miller, the Amish agribusinessman from Bird-in-Hand PA, is due back in federal court today.

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) investigators have filed 42 pages of supplemental evidence  that could, after today, leave…
Continue Reading FSIS food detectives find violations in Amos Miller’s meat and poultry shipments

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Amos Miller will not be represented by Prairie Star Nation; new slaughter problems reported

By Dan Flynn on November 18, 2021

Federal Judge Edward G. Smith has directed his clerk to reject any attempted filings by Praire Star Nation, “an unlicensed, third-party entity espousing sovereign citizen political beliefs, “which purport to represent defendant Amos Miller.

Miller,…
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Kerfuffle about who is representing farmer Amos Miller enters second month

By Dan Flynn on November 3, 2021

A sure-fire way to create a kerfuffle in the courtroom is to fire or change out attorneys. Amos Miller knows this because he did it previously when USDA took him to federal court to get …
Continue Reading Kerfuffle about who is representing farmer Amos Miller enters second month

Federal court will decide who represents Amos Miller; $250,000 fine at stake

By Dan Flynn on October 28, 2021

Farmer Amos Miller fired his attorney and now wants Prairie Star National, an advocacy group that may not include licensed counsel, to represent him.

But because it is not clear if the federal judge who’s…
Continue Reading Federal court will decide who represents Amos Miller; $250,000 fine at stake

Amos Miller gets his legal team back together and plans to fight FSIS in federal court

By Dan Flynn on July 17, 2019

Amos Miller and Miller’s Organic Farm had to terminate their defense attorneys two years ago during a federal court case because Miller couldn’t pay all the legal bills.

In a new federal civil case that…
Continue Reading Amos Miller gets his legal team back together and plans to fight FSIS in federal court

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