Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening to Kill Supreme Court Justice

The man had no history of alcohol or drug abuse and the psychologist determined that despite his apparent mental illness, he is ’very intelligent.’

Chief Justice John Roberts attends the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 7, 2023. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool/Getty Images

A Florida man pleaded guilty on Friday to threatening to kill a U.S. Supreme Court justice in a voicemail message he left with the court this summer.

Neal Brij Sidhwaney, 43, of Ferdinand Beach pleaded guilty on Friday in a Florida federal court to communicating an interstate threat to kill. According to a DOJ press statement released on Monday, Mr. Sidhwaney made a phone call from Florida to the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington on July 31 of this year, in which he left an “expletive-laden” message where he identified himself by name and repeatedly communicated threats to kill “a specific Supreme Court Justice.”