Case information

Civil procedure — Appeals — Contempt of court — Abuse of process — Orders issued against applicant to regulate litigation conduct, prohibit verbal and email communications with court staff and prohibit use of abusive or offensive language in written communications — Order declaring applicant to be in contempt of court for failing to abide by terms of conduct order — Court of Appeal dismissing motion for extension of time to appeal conduct order, and dismissing appeal from contempt order — What is the purpose and scope of Royal Proclamation of 1763 when Court has admitted to being on un-ceded land? — What is correct interpretation of United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples? — Whether there are conflicting decisions in case law on need to address Indigenous land claims — Whether Court of Appeal erred by not recognizing non-status Aboriginal individuals or communities — Whether Ontario courts and federal courts have failed to observe Royal Proclamation and requirement of Crown consultation.

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In the course of litigation against the respondents, the applicant, Jeremy King, was the subject of an order issued on December 18, 2020, regulating and limiting his conduct in Federal Court (the “conduct order”), by prohibiting him from further communicating verbally with the court and with Registry staff and prohibiting the use of abusive or offensive language in his written communications. On November 26, 2021, Mr. King was the subject of an order finding him to be in contempt of court for failing to comply with the conduct order (the “contempt order”). While attempting to appeal the December 18, 2020 conduct order, Mr. King was then the subject of another order from the Federal Court of Appeal, issued on December 21, 2021, establishing a court access protocol (the “protocol order”) for his proposed appeal of the conduct order.

On January 27, 2022, the Federal Court of Appeal then issued three other orders: 1) an order varying the December 21, 2021 protocol order to also prohibit e-mail communications and court e-mail filings, in addition to verbal communications, and specifying that any communications with court staff can only be made in paper form; 2) an order dismissing Mr. King’s motion for an extension of time to appeal the December 18, 2020 conduct order; and 3) an order dismissing and quashing Mr. King’s proposed appeal from the November 26, 2021 contempt order.

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