Florida man pleads guilty to threatening to kill a U.S. Supreme Court Justice

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On December 18, U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced that 43-year-old Neal Brij Sidhwaney of Fernandina Beach, Florida, pleaded guilty to transmitting an interstate threat to kill. Sidhwaney is now looking at a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison. His sentencing date has not yet been set.

Background: On July 31, Sidhwaney placed a phone call from Florida to the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C., and left an expletive-laden, threatening voicemail message. On the voicemail message, the not too bright Sidhwaney identified himself by name – and repeatedly threatened to kill a specific Supreme Court Justice.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office is not sharing which Chief Justice was threatened with murder. When Sidhwaney appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Monte Richardson on Friday, the Chief Justice that he threatened was only referred to as “Victim 1,” according to Axios.

The general public is left to theorize on the identity of “Victim 1.” The only Supreme Court Justice to be making the headlines on a regular basis lately is Clarence Thomas due to his recent ethics scandals. The country also recently bid farewell to Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice, who passed away on December 1 at the age of 93.