Background
BELOT, MONTI was born on March 4, 1943 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
BELOT, MONTI was born on March 4, 1943 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
University of Kansas (Bachelor of Arts, 1965. Juris Doctor, Phi Delta Phi. Law Clerk for the Honorable Wesley East. Brown, Chief Judge, United States.
District Court, District of Kansas, 1971-1973.
Assistant United States Attorney for Kansas, 1973-1976. Member, Kansas Board for Admission of Attorneys, since 1986.
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Belot received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Kansas in 1965 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1968. He was a United States. Naval Reserve Legal officer, in the Judge Advocate General Corps, from 1968 to 1971. He was a law clerk, Honorary
Wesley East. Brown, United States. District Court, District of Kansas from 1971 to 1973.
He was an assistant United States. Attorney of the Topeka, Kansas from 1973 to 1976. He was a special assistant to the United States Attorney of Topeka, Kansas from 1976 to 1978.
He was in private practice in Kansas City, Kansas from 1976 to 1983. He was in private practice in Coffeyville, Kansas from 1983 to 1991.
On July 26, 1991, Belot was nominated by President George H. West. Bush to a new seat on the United States District Court for the District of Kansas created by 104 Statistics
5089. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 21, 1991, and received his commission on November 25, 1991. He assumed senior status on March 4, 2008.
Schneider trial
Belot presided over the trial of Stephen and Linda Schneider, charged with illegally distributing prescription painkillers.
However, by the time Belot sentenced the Schneiders to 30 years in prison in October 2010, "he was so irritated by Reynolds" advocacy on behalf of the couple that he could not contain himself." In his sentencing opinion, "he digressed to take a swipe at Mississippi Reynolds and her group, though he did not get its name quite right," saying "he hoped the prison sentences would "curtail or stop the activities of the Bozo the Clown outfit known as the Pain Control Network, a ship of fools if there ever was one." He added that the group and its leaders were "stupid" and "deranged."" Journalist Jacob Sullum referred to these statements as "an extraordinary tirade against Reynolds and PRN, neither of which was a party to the case," adding:
Is Belot really saying that one function of the heavy sentences imposed on the Schneiders is to deter Reynolds and like-minded activists from speaking out against such prosecutions in the future? That"s certainly what it sounds like. Reynolds seems to have a real talent for getting under the skin of people in power.
But that is not a crime—or at least it shouldn"t be.
Montgomery County and Kansas Bar Associations. [LT„ Judge Advocate General"s Corps, United States Naval Reserve, 1968-1971].