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Attorneys · Judges · Letters
The defender. Then the bench. Then the ask.
Joan K. Miller: federal public defender, then the judge. Evelyn C. Lewis retained on 20SL-CR00805; Craig Goza moved to withdraw; the possession file remains open. ArchCity already named Cliff House
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Counsel rows
Appointed, retained, disqualified, intake.
2-2.11
Miller recusal rule
No waiver. Thirteen years.
Outreach — not yet sent
The five letters.
Public redacted site in every signature. Technical logs, family names, and working lists stay off these pages. Sending from her own mail is the next step — this page is the copy, not the send.
ArchCity Defenders
Direct municipal representation. Open case. Multi-jurisdiction fragmentation.
Subject: Request for Legal Services – Case No. 20SL-CR00805 and Multi-Municipality Dockets – Rebecca Jean Allen
Verified public inbox is [email protected]. They require the online application for new clients. intake@ is not listed on their contact page.
Dear ArchCity Defenders Intake Team, My name is Rebecca Jean Allen. I am a St. Louis-area resident requesting evaluation for legal services regarding open municipal court matters. The primary case is Case No. 20SL-CR00805 from Maryland Heights, which has remained open / not disposed for an extended period. Related matters have involved multiple municipalities within St. Louis County’s system of approximately 88 separate municipal courts. These cases implicate cash-bond practices and the well-documented problems of multi-jurisdiction transfers and prolonged non-resolution. Your organization has long specialized in exactly these issues — municipal court representation, cash bonds, and the fragmented structure of St. Louis County courts. I am asking you to evaluate whether you can assist with these open dockets. I will complete your online application in addition to this letter. I have prepared a public redacted presentation that includes the relevant case information, timelines, and a municipal map. It is available at: https://silentnomore314.grok.me I am prepared to complete your formal intake process and provide additional public docket information. Thank you for your work on municipal court issues in this region. Sincerely, Rebecca Jean Allen St. Louis, Missouri https://silentnomore314.grok.me
ACLU of Missouri
Due process. Prolonged open cases. Systemic structure.
Subject: Civil Liberties Inquiry – Prolonged Open Municipal Cases and Due Process Concerns – Rebecca Jean Allen
MO 211 lists [email protected]. Written complaints also go through the advocacy-assistance portal.
Dear ACLU of Missouri, My name is Rebecca Jean Allen. I am a St. Louis-area resident raising potential civil liberties concerns related to prolonged municipal court cases. Case No. 20SL-CR00805 (Maryland Heights) and related multi-municipality matters have remained open without final disposition for years. These cases exist within St. Louis County’s system of approximately 88 separate municipal courts and involve cash-bond practices. I am asking the ACLU to review whether the length of time these specific cases have remained unresolved, combined with the structure of the municipal system, raises due process or other civil liberties issues that fall within your criteria. A public redacted compilation of the records and timelines is available at: https://silentnomore314.grok.me I am prepared to provide additional public documentation if needed. Thank you for your work on civil liberties in Missouri. Sincerely, Rebecca Jean Allen St. Louis, Missouri https://silentnomore314.grok.me
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Documented device and digital-privacy concerns.
Subject: Request for Evaluation – Documented Device Interference and Digital Privacy Concerns – Rebecca Jean Allen
EFF directs all legal inquiries to [email protected], not individual attorneys. Privilege attaches to a request for counsel whether they take the case or not.
Dear EFF Legal Intake, My name is Rebecca Jean Allen. I am a resident of the St. Louis, Missouri area requesting evaluation of digital privacy and device-related concerns. I have contemporaneously documented indicators of potential unauthorized eSIM activity, repeated remote-access events, and other signs of possible device interference. These issues have occurred in connection with ongoing local court matters, including the long-open Case No. 20SL-CR00805. Because EFF specializes in digital rights and privacy, I am asking you to evaluate whether these documented concerns fall within your criteria for assistance or referral to cooperating counsel. A public redacted presentation that includes related timelines is available at: https://silentnomore314.grok.me I am prepared to share additional technical documentation under appropriate conditions. Thank you for your work defending digital civil liberties. Sincerely, Rebecca Jean Allen St. Louis, Missouri https://silentnomore314.grok.me
MacArthur Justice Center
Systemic reform in the municipal-court structure.
To: macarthurjustice.org/contact (national)
Subject: Inquiry Regarding Systemic Issues in St. Louis County Municipal Courts – Rebecca Jean Allen
The Missouri office closed May 1, 2026 after ten years in St. Louis. Remaining offices still cover the Midwest and South. Do not treat the former Olive Street suite as an open intake desk.
Dear MacArthur Justice Center, My name is Rebecca Jean Allen. I am a resident of the St. Louis region inquiring about possible review of systemic issues in the St. Louis County municipal court system. I understand the Missouri office closed on May 1, 2026. I am asking remaining MacArthur Justice Center offices to review this matter or refer it, given your continuing Midwest and South docket. I have open and long-unresolved dockets, including Case No. 20SL-CR00805 and related multi-municipality cases. These involve cash-bond practices and the structural problems of a system containing approximately 88 separate municipal courts that has allowed cases to remain open for extended periods. Given your organization’s focus on criminal justice reform and systemic civil rights issues, I am asking whether these circumstances may align with your current priorities for review or referral. A public redacted compilation of the relevant records is available at: https://silentnomore314.grok.me I am prepared to provide further public information. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Rebecca Jean Allen St. Louis, Missouri https://silentnomore314.grok.me
Congressman Wesley Bell
Constituent service. Prior role as St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney.
To: bell.house.gov/contact/email-me
Subject: Constituent Request – Assistance with Long-Open Case No. 20SL-CR00805 and Related Dockets – Rebecca Jean Allen
House members do not publish a public constituent email. Use the official form. District office: 1191 Dr. M.L. King Dr., St. Louis, (314) 955-9980. DC: 1429 Longworth, (202) 225-2406. Press only: [email protected] — not for this letter.
Dear Congressman Bell, My name is Rebecca Jean Allen. I am a constituent in your district requesting your assistance with long-open municipal court matters in St. Louis County. The primary case is Case No. 20SL-CR00805 from Maryland Heights. Related dockets involving multiple municipalities have also remained open for an extended period. These matters involve cash-bond practices within the fragmented municipal court system. As my congressman, and given your prior service as St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney, I am asking your office to review this matter and make an appropriate inquiry to the current Prosecuting Attorney’s Office or other relevant local officials so that the status of these specific dockets can be clarified and addressed. A public redacted presentation of the records is available at: https://silentnomore314.grok.me I am prepared to provide any additional identifying information your office requires. Thank you for your attention to this constituent matter. Sincerely, Rebecca Jean Allen St. Louis, Missouri https://silentnomore314.grok.me
Attorneys
Joan K. Miller
Federal Public Defender → St. Louis City Municipal Judge, Court 1
FPD ~2011–2012 and 2015 revocation · Judge from 2013 · still in 2025 22nd Circuit Directory
E.D. Mo. · City Court 1 · phone later (314) 657-1897
Appointed federal defender on the 2011/12 case. Knew the municipal exposure across 10+ cities. Negotiated holds. Then became the judge. Signed an installment order against the former client on Sept 19 2016. Presided over a traffic case after the second federal release, 2023–24. Mutual recognition. No waiver.
Mo. Rule 2-2.11 mandatory recusal. Canon 3. Holloway v. Arkansas — actual conflict, automatic reversal. 28 U.S.C. § 455.
Evelyn C. Lewis
Retained defense — St. Louis County possession
Paid September 2022
Clayton, MO · (314) 531-1000
Hired on the still-open 2019 Maryland Heights / County possession, 20SL-CR00805. Same firm that once employed Bridgett Fu, who appeared for Tranell Stewart in 2016 and was later disqualified from defending MHPD officers in Stewart v. Waldroup.
Strickland question: delay, failure to raise the Miller conflict, failure to move to suppress the 2019 hotel entry. She says the file was passed around until December 2024 and no one has touched it since.
Craig Goza
Associate, Law Office of Evelyn C. Lewis — 20SL-CR00805
On the file 2022 · moved to withdraw November 2022
Clayton, MO · (314) 531-1000 · Mo. Bar 70084
Criminal-defense associate at the same Clayton firm. First-person this session: he tried to come off the case in November 2022. The possession file then passed among counsel until December 2024.
A motion to withdraw is not a disposition. 20SL-CR00805 remains the live County row.
Tim Braun
Former St. Charles County Prosecuting Attorney → defense attorney
St. Charles proceedings
Handled a St. Charles case in which Rebecca was wrongly co-charged. She was held several months. A probation-revocation attempt failed.
Same dual-role shape as Miller. Failure to raise the Miller conflict may be per se ineffective assistance.
Jerryl Christmas
the 2019 co-defendant's attorney — 31 years, St. Louis
After the 2019 hotel — payment plan
St. Louis
Was in the courthouse on an unrelated matter, offered to represent the 2019 co-defendant. Already familiar with Cliff House through that case. Potential witness. Retainer amounts stay with counsel.
Not her lawyer of record. A witness and a possible consult.
Kimber Houpt Baro
Chapter 7 attorney
2004-02-03
Florissant, MO
Rebecca Jean Allen Chapter 7, 0441373KA, EDMO. Discharged.
Clean bankruptcy next to three criminal rows that never closed.
Bridgett Fu / Brinker & Doyen, LLP
MHPD defense counsel in Stewart — disqualified
Entered Dec 16 2021 · disqualified Jan 30 2023
While at Evelyn Lewis's firm in 2016, Fu appeared for Tranell Stewart on a possession case and worked a failure-to-appear warrant. Years later she deposed him for the officers, including Cliff House. Judge Bodenhausen disqualified her and the firm.
Mo. Rule 4-1.9. The overlap is the warrant used to justify the stop that is the lawsuit.
ArchCity Defenders
Civil-rights litigation — primary resource
Ongoing · already named Cliff House in 2021
St. Louis · (855) 724-2489
Stewart v. Waldroup. Phillips v. Ferguson. Eldridge v. St. John. Wann v. St. Louis. Carter v. Ferguson. DOJ Ferguson partners.
The form was blocked. Their public channel is [email protected] plus the online application on archcitydefenders.org/contact-us. intake@ is not listed.
ACLU of Missouri
Surveillance / digital privacy / police misconduct
Intake
St. Louis · (314) 652-3114
Entry point: the native iOS Safety Check MDM restriction warning — Apple-generated.
Show the screenshot first.
MacArthur Justice Center
Police accountability, § 1983
Intake · Missouri office closed May 1, 2026
National: macarthurjustice.org
Systemic misconduct. St. Louis office opened after Ferguson, closed May 1, 2026. Remaining offices still take Midwest/South cases. Written case summary + this site.
Do not mail the closed Olive Street office as if it were open. Use the national contact form.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Digital rights · device interference
Intake
[email protected] · eff.org/pages/legal-assistance
Legal inquiries go to [email protected], not individual staff. They evaluate eSIM, remote-access, and MDM-window facts as digital-civil-liberties intake, or refer to cooperating counsel.
Technical logs stay with counsel. This site is the public timeline, not the dump.
Judges
Joan K. Miller
St. Louis City Municipal Judge, Court 1
2013–present (2025 directory)
Traffic, housing, special assistance. Former FPD for this plaintiff. Signed DOC-11 installment order 2016-09-19. Later traffic case 2023–24.
The recusal file.
21st Judicial Circuit — St. Louis County
County circuit on 20SL-CR00805 and the 2019 companion case
2019–
Cliff House failed to appear in the 2019 companion case. After testimony the judge recused / transferred that companion case. Device-surrender narrative stays with counsel.
The docket dates are public. Pull Case.net.
Hon. John M. Bodenhausen
U.S. Magistrate Judge, EDMO
2023-01-30
Disqualified Fu / Brinker & Doyen in Stewart v. Waldroup.
The conflict order is on the public EDMO docket, 4:21-cv-01282.
Hon. Maria A. Lanahan
U.S. District Judge, EDMO — Austell
Reassigned 2025-10-02
Austell v. City of Maryland Heights, 4:25-cv-00644, originally Sippel.
Cliff House is a defendant. Filed May 6 2025.
Hon. Rodney W. Sippel
Original Austell assignment
2025-05-07 → 2025-10-02
Case-opening judge on Austell before the Lanahan transfer.
Administrative reassignment, not a merits ruling.