LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Robert Telles appeared in court on Wednesday morning to address several motions filed by both legal parties in the previous week.
Attorneys representing Las Vegas Metro Police filed a motion to continue the hearing to coincide with an emergency petition filed by attorneys representing the Review-Journal. The petition details David Chesnoff's motion to quash (or reject) Telles' 22 hand-written subpoenas filed last week.
Telles told Channel 13 in a jailhouse interview that the subpoenas were requests for all available evidence in the upcoming trial.
Telles told Judge Leavitt that there was "no reason to continue the matter," since he will no longer be enforcing the subpoenas after submitting a new motion to compel.
Telles said the motion lists pieces of evidence he needs to prepare his case ahead of the trial, as well as a motion to compel the Clark County Detention Center to move him to "better accommodations."
"At this point, I am seeking to have the Sheriff speak to the administration at the detention center to open a dialogue about moving me to an area that better suits my safety, while also giving me an opportunity to engage in more research and more recreation time," Telles said.
Telles alleged during the hearing that a CCDC guard raided his unit, going through his "personal papers." He also alleged that guards moved him to solitary confinement, which he said was a "temporary situation made permanent."
"I annoyed classification with my request for status," he said.
Martina Bauhaus, the Assistant General Counsel for LVMPD, told the judge in response that the state believes Telles is "appropriately housed," based on what happened in the jail.
"He doesn't have the right to specific housing. He will be looked at to be rehoused as it's appropriate on a regular basis, as every other inmate is," Bauhaus said.
As for the evidence requested by Telles, Bauhaus told the judge, "I'm sorry, he chose to represent himself. As the saying goes, you made your bed, now you have to lay in it."
She continued, "He doesn't get any special treatment for that, because otherwise, we have 3,000 other inmates that need that special treatment as well. It's just not possible."
Judge Michelle Leavitt denied Telles' motion and suggested he speak to the jailhouse about his classification, saying, "The court is not going to tell the Sheriff how to run his jail."
