by Adrienne Rockenhaus
The U.S. Marshals bypassed the Federal Judiciary to raid a veteran’s home using a “Secret” warrant signed by a County Judge. Is this the “Original Meaning” of the Fourth Amendment?
TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE JOHN K. BUSH:
Your Honor is a staunch defender of the Original Meaning of the Constitution. In your confirmation hearings, you testified that interpreting the Constitution according to its original public meaning is the “only principled way” to ensure judges do not invent law. You have consistently argued that the Judiciary must enforce the text as it was understood in 1791, specifically the Founders’ deep hatred of “General Warrants” that allow executive agents to search whatever they want, whenever they want.
So why did the U.S. Marshals Service, who executed a violent and illegal raid on my sanctuary home on September 4, treat the Federal Courts as an obstacle to be bypassed?
In United States v. Rockenhaus (Case No. 25-1974), the U.S. Marshals wanted to raid a disabled veteran with a service connected TBI for a non-violent (fabricated) technical violation. But instead of going to a Federal Magistrate, who would have required probable cause and scrutiny, they went “shopping.”
The “Secret” Warrant On September 4, 2025, U.S. Marshals drove to Lenawee County, Michigan, outside the standard federal chain of command, and obtained a “secret” state warrant from Judge Anna Marie Anzalone of the 39th Circuit Court.
- The Federal Warrant: Signed by Judge Stephen J. Murphy III on August 20, 2025. This warrant authorized arrest only. It did not authorize a search of the home or seizure of property.
- The State Warrant: Signed by Judge Anzalone on September 4, 2025. This warrant, sworn to by Deputy U.S. Marshal Brett Fimbinger, authorized the seizure of “Any and ALL items related to Conrad Rockenhaus… mail, letters, journals… phones… vehicles… weapons”. Keep in mind, the home they raided was not Conrad Rockenhaus’s home.
The Constitutional Insult
Your Honor, this is a “General Warrant” in disguise, the exact tyranny the Fourth Amendment was written to destroy.
By obtaining a state warrant to execute a federal raid, the Executive Branch engaged in a jurisdictional shell game:
- They Opted Out of Article III: They knew a Federal Magistrate would likely deny a “Tactical Breach” for a non-violent probation violation. So, they found a friendly County Judge (Judge Anzalone) to sign it instead.
- The “Bait and Switch”: They used the Federal arrest warrant as the public alibi, while using the State search warrant as the actual legal authority to terrorize a family and seize property.
The Question for Judge Bush
Does the “Original Public Meaning” of the Fourth Amendment allow the Executive Branch to shop for a state judge to bypass federal constitutional protections?
If Marshal Fimbinger can use a Lenawee County signature to override federal oversight, then the Sixth Circuit has lost control of its own docket. We ask you to look at the “Shadow Docket” and decide: Who is running this Circuit, the Judges, or the Marshals?
THE EVIDENCE:
Please note that this violent, illegal raid, caused a severe head injury for my husband, Conrad Rockenhaus, who had a seizure in duty court because of the violence, hours later.
Conrad has received no treatment, and is seizing to death inside the SHU at FCI Milan. Warden Eric Rardin is allowing my husband to die slowly and painfully, because to admit that my husband needs medical care, would be to admit what the U.S. Marshals did to him. My husband is innocent, and this is all proven in the Emergency Motion and the Supplement to the Emergency Motion that your clerk, Alicia Harden, rejected.
Thank you for reading my letter. I know you will do the right thing, and save my husband’s life.
Adrienne Rockenhaus