Donald J Netolitzky
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Donald John Netolitzky KC is a Canadian researcher in microbiology and law, and retired civil servant, who specialises in pseudolaw. His research is centred around frivolous and abusive litigants, especially so-called "OPCA litigants" and analysing courts and court processes. He is known as one of the leading experts on pseudolaw in Commonwealth jurisdictions[1][2][3].
| Donald J Netolitzky | |
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| Born | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Canadian |
| 🎓 Alma mater | University of Calgary, University of Alberta |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 🏅 Awards | King's Counsel |
| 🌐 Website | https://twitter.com/DNetolitzky |
Microbiological career
Netolitzky initially trained as a microbiologist at the University of Calgary between 1984 and 1988, where he obtained his BSc, working as a summer intern at the Defence Research Establishment Suffield (DRES) in Alberta[4]. Upon graduating, Netolitzky continued to work with DRES[5] on the subject of Newcastle disease whilst working towards his PhD, which he obtained in 1995[6]. Upon graduating, Netolitzky took up various academic positions at the University of Alberta and at Medicine Hat College[7] over a period of several years, whilst continuing to work sporadically for the Canadian Department of National Defence, conducting microbiological research[8], where he published several frequently-cited[9] articles[10][11] in this time.
Legal career
In 2002, Netolitzky returned to the University of Alberta to study law, gaining a law degree in 2005[8][12]. He subsequently joined the Alberta Court of King's Bench as a staff lawyer, working at the court since 2007, serving as Complex Litigant Management Counsel[13][14] between then and 2024. He took silk in 2022[15][3], and claims himself to be "not really interested in law [or] legal theory[8]" but instead "targets quantifying court processes and investigation of pseudolaw phenomena."[16][17] He eventually gained an LLM in 2020[18]. He retired from the Court of King's Bench in September 2024[19].
Pseudolaw
Netolitzky is best known for his research into pseudolaw and in handling other types of "complex litigant", writing in detail on the subject in numerous academic articles[20][21]. Netolitzky's work on pseudolaw has been widely cited by academics[22], as well as by courts across common-law jurisdictions, including outside of Canada, such as in New Zealand[23], Australia[24], and has been submitted to the United States Congress as part of a congressional inquiry into the January 6 Capitol riot[25]. He is regarded as a leading scholar in the field[26]. He has also been interviewed by the press on subjects relating to pseudolaw[27].
He has assisted judges of the Alberta Court of King's Bench in the preparation of judgments into pseudolaw and other unrepresented and complex litigants, including Meads v. Meads, a well-known and frequently-read[28] case which has been cited throughout the English speaking world, such as in the United States[29][30] and England and Wales[31], as well as in guidance issued to judges[32]. Netolitzky later explored the significance of Meads in an academic article[33]. He has also participated in the preparation of other well-known judgments on the subject of complex litigants[34].
Netolitzky has argued for an improved understanding of pseudolaw, which he describes as "a collection of legal-sounding but false rules that purport to be law"[37], not dissimilar to a form of "memetic virus"[38]. He has proposed a six-prong theory of pseudolaw. Netolitzky has also written widely on the history of pseudolaw[39], as well as researching judicial responses to pseudolaw.
Other work
Beyond the field of pseudolaw, Netolitzky has also written widely on a range of other "complex litigants", especially self-representing litigants (SRLs)[40][41][42][43]. He has also spoken and written about litigants with mental health issues[44], advocating for better understanding of such situations.
Some of his other research has involved different facets of court administration and business such as analysis of court deadlines[45], or the evolution over time of litigation activity[46]
References
- ↑ "Les « citoyens souverains » au Canada : une nébuleuse décortiquée par les experts | CEFIR" (in français). Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ↑ "Hobbs, Harry; Young, Stephen; McIntyre, Joe --- "The Internationalisation of Pseudolaw: The Growth of Sovereign Citizen Arguments in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand" [2024] UNSWLawJl 11; (2024) 47(1) UNSW Law Journal 309". classic.austlii.edu.au. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sudy, Robert (2023-01-02). "Dr. Donald J. Netolitzki KC". Freeman Delusion. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ↑ Defense Technical Information Center (1988-12-01). DTIC ADA203420: Effects of Temperature and Relative Humidity on the Survival of Newcastle Disease Virus Aerosols in the Rotating Drum. Search this book on
- ↑ "Photoinactivation of Newcastle disease virus in aerosol and in solution". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ↑ Netolitzky, Donald John (1995). Identification and characterization of extrachromosomal elements from streptomyces spp. ERA (Thesis). doi:10.7939/R38S4JX9V (inactive 12 July 2025). Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ↑ "Former microbiologist completes LLM thesis at UAlberta Law". www.ualberta.ca. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Donald Netolitzky". ResearchGate. Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Dimensions Badges". badge.dimensions.ai. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
- ↑ Netolitzky, Donald J.; Jensen, Susan E.; Roy, Kenneth L. (July 1997). "Two small linear plasmids of Streptomyces jumonjinensis". Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 43 (7): 633–638. doi:10.1139/m97-090. ISSN 0008-4166.
- ↑ Netolitzky, Donald J.; Schmaltz, Fay L.; Parker, Michael D.; Rayner, George A.; Fisher, Glen R.; Trent, Dennis W.; Bader, Douglas E.; Nagata, Les P. (2000). "Complete genomic RNA sequence of western equine encephalitis virus and expression of the structural genes". Journal of General Virology. 81 (1): 151–159. doi:10.1099/0022-1317-81-1-151 (inactive 1 July 2025). ISSN 1465-2099. PMID 10640553.
- ↑ Netolitzky, Donald J. (2016-04-06). "The History of the Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Argument Phenomenon in Canada". Alberta Law Review: 609. doi:10.29173/alr422. ISSN 1925-8356.
- ↑ "The Canadian Bar Association : A Troubling Menagerie: Abusive Litigants and How To Manage Them (Recording)". www.cbapd.org. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ↑ "Conspiracy Thinking (2024) | Calgary Institute for the Humanities | University of Calgary | CALGARY INSTITUTE FOR THE HUMANITIES | Faculty of Arts | University of Calgary". arts.ucalgary.ca. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
- ↑ "O.C. 93/2022". kings-printer.alberta.ca. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
- ↑ Netolitzky, Donald. "@DNetolitzky". Twitter. Archived from the original on April 7, 2024. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ↑ Netolitzky, Donald (18 September 2024). "I'm an independent hobbyist investigator and commentator with an "unlaw" focus. I'm not really interested in law, legal theory, etc. Methodologically, I'm a microbiologist who studies law-related things. I measure court processes and activities, and track pseudolaw phenomena". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ↑ "Former microbiologist completes LLM thesis at UAlberta Law". www.ualberta.ca. Archived from the original on 2024-04-07. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ↑ Netolitzky, Donald (13 September 2024). "Well, it's done. I'm finished.
Yesterday was my last day of over 17 years as a staff lawyer at the Alberta Court of King's Bench". Twitter. Retrieved 28 September 2024. - ↑ "Donald J Netolitzky KC". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
- ↑ Netolitzky, Donald J. (2021-04-03). "A Revolting Itch: Pseudolaw as a Social Adjuvant". Politics, Religion & Ideology. 22 (2): 164–188. doi:10.1080/21567689.2021.1924691. ISSN 2156-7689.
- ↑ Uibu, Marko (2022-06-01). "Konspirituaalsus koroonakriisis". Usuteaduslik Ajakiri. 82 (2): 34–56. ISSN 1406-6564.
- ↑ "Te Pairi v R [2023] NZHC 992 (28 April 2023)". www.nzlii.org. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ↑ R v Sweet (216), 2021-09-06, retrieved 2024-02-19
- ↑ Varda, Scott. "Statement for the Record submitted to the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack" (PDF).
- ↑ "CONTENTdm". contentdm.washburnlaw.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ↑ "People who represent themselves are failing at the Supreme Court in overwhelming numbers". The Globe and Mail. 2024-01-03. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
- ↑ "Top Ten Accessed Cases on CanLII from 2019 🌎". The CanLII Blog. 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ↑ United States v. Falice (Criminal Action No. 3:98-CR-00244-GCM-DSC), November 30, 2021, retrieved 2024-02-19
- ↑ Us Bank Na v. Janelle (2:20-cv-00337-JAW), October 15, 2021, retrieved 2024-02-19
- ↑ "Popovic, R (On the Application Of) v Ealing Magistrates Court & Ors (Rev1) [2023] EWHC 1875 (Admin) (28 July 2023)". www.bailii.org. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ↑ "Section 10 - Self-represented parties". www.judcom.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ↑ Neotlitzky, Donald (2019). "After the Hammer: Six Years of Meads v. Meads". Alberta Law Review. 56 (4): 1167. doi:10.29173/alr2548. Retrieved 21 April 2024 – via CanLII.
- ↑ "Unrau v National Dental Examining Board". CANLII. 25 April 2019.
- ↑ Sarteschi, Christine M. (September 2021). "Sovereign citizens: A narrative review with implications of violence towards law enforcement". Aggression and Violent Behavior. 60. doi:10.1016/j.avb.2020.101509. PMC 7513757 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 32994748 Check|pmid=value (help). Unknown parameter|article-number=ignored (help) - ↑ Dishart, Emily; Meyers, Jeffrey B.; Morgan, Rose (2022-02-18). "Canada's legal disinformation pandemic is exposed by the 'freedom convoy'". The Conversation. Retrieved 2025-02-03.
- ↑ Netolitzky, Donald (2018). "A Rebellion of Furious Paper: Pseudolaw As a Revolutionary Legal System". SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3177484. ISSN 1556-5068. SSRN 3177484.
- ↑ Netolitzky, Donald (24 May 2018). "A Pathogen Astride the Minds of Men: The Epidemiological History of Pseudolaw". scholar.google.com. Montreal: Centre d’expertise et de formation sur les intégrismes religieux et la radicalisation (CEFIR) symposium: “Sovereign Citizens in Canada”. SSRN 3177472. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
- ↑ Netolitzky, Donald J. (2018-07-16). "Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Arguments as Magic and Ceremony". Alberta Law Review: 1045. doi:10.29173/alr2485. ISSN 1925-8356.
- ↑ "People who represent themselves are failing at the Supreme Court in overwhelming numbers". The Globe and Mail. 2024-01-03. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ↑ Netolitzky, Donald (February 4, 2022). "Worn Out Faces: Repeat Self-Represented Litigants at the Supreme Court of Canada". UBC Law Review. 55 (1): 81. SSRN 3931943 Check
|ssrn=value (help) – via SSRN. - ↑ Netolitzky, Donald J. (2021-07-07). "The Walking Wounded: Failure of Self-Represented Litigants in 2017 Supreme Court of Canada Leave to Appeal Applications". Alberta Law Review: 837. doi:10.29173/alr2654. ISSN 1925-8356.
- ↑ "Flatlined: Self-Represented Litigant Activity at the Supreme Court of Canada 1997-2021". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
- ↑ Netolitzky, Donald. "The Responsibility of the Tribunal to Accommodate Users With Mental Health Issues" (PDF).
- ↑ Netolitzky, Donald (March 2021). "Enforcement of Leave to Appeal Limitations Periods at the Supreme Court of Canada". The Supreme Court Law Review. 101: 165 – via ResearchGate.
- ↑ Netolitzky, Donald (7 October 2024). "Over a Shadowed Threshold: British Columbia Supreme Court Litigation Activity 1992-2022". Alberta Law Review. doi:10.29173/alr2800. SSRN 4694323 Check
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