Introduction
My husband, Conrad Rockenhaus, a 100% disabled Navy veteran with TBI and seizures, is dying from deliberate medical neglect at FCI Milan while officials deliberately silence our pleas for help.
Judge Stephen J. Murphy III, dismissed my terror and reports of sexual harassment by a U.S. marshal as “his wife’s behavior” in open court on October 14, 2025, tying Conrad’s liberty to my humanity while also omitting that probation officer Stylianos Agapiou violated my no-contact orders three times. This is all described in my (rejected) emergency motion and supplement to the emergency motion, sent to the 6th circuit court.
Dec 18, 2025: In the past 48 hours: Judge Stephen J. Murphy III struck my dying husband’s request for compassionate release. Magistrate Judge Sally J. Berens just struck my civil motions for relief. BOP Advocacy and Support Services just forwarded my warnings about FCI Milan prison despite my “DO NOT FORWARD” assertion, which predictably resulted in retaliation (I was extorted by the prison extortion network over CashApp). Judge Grey from the Eastern District of Michigan dismissed our habeas today after months of ignoring it. That is timed retaliation.
How to Help Save Conrad’s Life
You can make a difference right now with one or more simple actions:
Call or Email These Key Contacts
Demand immediate medical transfer to VA for Conrad Rockenhaus, Reg. No. 39400-480, FCI Milan.
Eastern District of Michigan Attorney’s Office: Call Jerome F. Gorgon, Jr. Phone: (313) 226-9100. “Order compassionate release immediately for disabled veteran Conrad Rockenhaus, so that he can get the medical treatment he deserves for the head injury caused by U.S. marshals on Sept. 4”.
BOP Health Services: Call 202-307-3198 (Central Office) or email NCR-ExecAssistant-S@bop.gov – “Why is veteran Conrad Rockenhaus denied neurological care for TBI/seizures? Why is he housed at FCI Milan, which has no ability to treat neurological injury instead of the VA?”
FCI Milan Warden Eric Rardin: Call 734-439-1511 – “Transfer Conrad Rockenhaus to VA for emergency medical care immediately.”
Senator Elissa Slotkin (MI): Call 202-224-4822 or email via slotkin.senate.gov/contact – reference my Dec 17 email to Fladiana Lopez.
DOJ OIG Hotline: Call 1-800-869-4499 or email oig.hotline@usdoj.gov – report medical neglect and safety issues at FCI Milan.
Share the Truth
Link to emergency updates – Share up to date emergency information.
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Share the YouTube videos of the violent, illegal raid by U.S. marshals.
Tag #JusticeForConrad #BOPAbuse #VeteransNeglect #ConradRockenhaus
Contact Media:
Be sure to share the Press Kit with any journalists, podcasters, reporters, etc.
ACLU: Contact ACLU
EFF: info@eff.org
Robert Snell (The Detroit News) – In his August 2023 article, Appeals court scolds federal judge for saying defendant ‘looks like a criminal’, Robert Snell documented how the Sixth Circuit vacated a conviction because Judge Stephen J. Murphy III abandoned judicial neutrality, stating a defendant “looks like a criminal to me”. Snell reported that the appellate panel found these remarks “unacceptable” and “wholly incompatible with the fair administration of justice” because they demonstrated a “deep-seated antagonism” that made fair judgment impossible. Yet, in my husband’s case, Judge Murphy committed an even more explicit transgression: instead of judging Conrad Rockenhaus on his own merits, Murphy openly weighed his sentencing decisions against what he termed “his wife’s behavior“, referring to my lawful reporting of sexual harassment and violence by his own court officers. Just as Snell highlighted that a judge cannot permit “personal and condemnatory remarks” to infect a legal proceeding, the October 14, 2025, transcript proves Murphy has once again centered his own personal grievances over the law. This time by framing a spouse’s plea for safety as a liability for the defendant. Contact Robert Snell.
Doha Madani is a senior breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital, covering a range of news-of-the-day topics. Madani wrote an article in 2023 about Judge Stephen J. Murphy III sentencing Liggins, a Black man, because Murphy said, “He looks like a criminal to me”. Madani reported that the Sixth Circuit vacated a conviction because Judge Stephen J. Murphy III’s refusal to recuse himself after making biased remarks violated the defendant’s civil rights. Madani highlighted how Murphy justified his outburst, “This guy looks like a criminal to me”, by claiming he was “tired of this case” and “tired of this defendant” causing delays. In my husband’s case, Judge Murphy expressed a similar personal exhaustion, but the source of his grievance was not procedural delay, but my constitutionally protected decision to report abuse. The transcript reveals Murphy complaining that he felt personally compromised by my civil filings, stating that sentencing my husband would look like he was “penalizing him for his wife’s behavior“. Just as the appellate panel found Murphy’s “looks like a criminal” comment violated due process in Liggins. His open admission in my husband’s hearing, that he was calculating a prison sentence based on a spouse’s “behavior”, demonstrates a continued inability to separate his personal feelings from his judicial duties. Email Doha Madani.
Chang Che (The New York Times) – In his August 2023 article, Conviction Reversed Over Judge’s Remark That Black Man ‘Looks Like a Criminal’, Chang Che reported that the Sixth Circuit found Judge Stephen J. Murphy III’s comments “wholly incompatible with the fair administration of justice.” They suggested a prejudgment of guilt based on personal frustration. Che noted that Murphy’s “unacceptable” remarks, asserting a defendant “looks like a criminal”, violated due process rights by replacing judicial neutrality with “hostile” bias. In my husband’s case, the record shows Judge Murphy engaging in an even more direct form of bias: openly stating that sentencing decisions were complicated by “his wife’s behavior,” explicitly referencing my legal complaints about sexual harassment and violence by his officers. While Murphy claimed his anger at Liggins didn’t mean he was biased, the transcript in our case shows him actively calculating punishment based on my protected speech. Just as Che highlighted that a “reasonable observer” could interpret Murphy’s words as prejudice in Liggins, a reasonable observer of the October 14, 2025 hearing would see a judge punishing a disabled veteran not for his own actions. This is to settle a personal score with a whistleblower. Contact Chang Che here.
Ed White (Associated Press) – In his August 2023 report for the Associated Press, the Court throws out conviction after judge says Black man ‘looks like a criminal to me’. Ed White highlighted the Sixth Circuit’s ruling that allowing Judge Stephen J. Murphy III’s conviction to stand “would substantially undermine the public’s confidence in the judicial process”. White reported that Murphy claimed he simply “lost his head” and “lost his composure” due to procedural delays when he declared the defendant “looks like a criminal to me”. Yet, in my husband’s case, Judge Murphy’s conduct was not just a little “oopsie”, but a sustained refusal to separate his judicial duties from his personal resentment toward me. The appeals court in Liggins stated that a “reasonable observer” could interpret Murphy’s remarks as bias. If the public’s confidence was undermined by a comment about a defendant’s appearance, it is entirely shattered by the record in United States v. Rockenhaus. Murphy explicitly weighed “his wife’s behavior”, my whistleblowing on sexual harassment and violence, as a factor in determining my husband’s freedom. Email Ed White.
Nate Raymond (Reuters) In his August 2023 article, US court tosses conviction after judge says Black man ‘looks like a criminal’, Nate Raymond reported that the Sixth Circuit overturned Judge Stephen J. Murphy III’s ruling because allowing it to stand “would substantially undermine the public’s confidence in the judicial process”. Raymond noted that the appellate court found Murphy’s “unacceptable remarks”, specifically that a defendant “looks like a criminal”, raised “the specter of… bias” even if Murphy claimed he simply “lost his head” due to anger. In my husband’s case, however, the bias was not a mere “specter” or a simple loss of composure; it was an articulated calculation placed on the record. During the October 14, 2025 hearing, Judge Murphy explicitly weighed “his wife’s behavior”, my filing of a civil rights lawsuit against his officers, against my husband’s liberty. By framing a victim’s legal right to report abuse as a sentencing factor, Murphy did exactly what the Sixth Circuit warned against in Liggins: he proved that his personal grievances had made fair judgment impossible, shattering public confidence far beyond what a single remark ever could.
Mike Balsamo: U.S. Law Enforcement News Editor for The Associated Press (AP). Email Mike Balsamo.
Dell Cameron is an investigative reporter specializing in privacy and national security. He holds multiple awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and is a co-recipient of the Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting. Contact Dell Cameron.
Detroit News WDIV News Team: news@wdiv.com
Kevin Poulsen: award-winning investigative journalist and author, widely recognized for his cybersecurity reporting, which draws on his background as a former high-profile hacker. Email Kevin Poulsen.
Pro Publica: eric.umansky@propublica.org
Detroit Justice: media@detroitjustice.org
Contact Oversight:
Office of Professional Responsibility for complaints about SAUSA Lambert’s and John Neal’s misconduct and Brady violations. OPR.Complaints@usdoj.gov
Whistleblower House Judiciary Committee (for court whistleblowing about judges, clerks, etc): Judiciary_Whistleblower@mail.house.gov
6th Circuit Court of Appeals (for complaints regarding district judges) Kelly_Stephens@ca6.uscourts.gov, Marc_Theriault@ca6.uscourts.gov, Alicia_Harden@ca6.uscourts.gov
Every call/email/share chips away at their silence. Thank you for standing with us.
-Adrienne Rockenhaus
adrienne@rockenhaus.com