Judge Derek P. Pullan
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Derek P. Pullan is a Utah judge in the Fourth Judicial District Court. His name appears in the case caption for the criminal prosecution arising from the September 10, 2025 shooting at Utah Valley University.
Connection to the Charlie Kirk Case
According to court records reproduced in this site's discovery materials, Judge Derek P. Pullan is the judge listed for State of Utah v. Tyler Alexander Robinson, Case No. 251403576, Fourth Judicial District Court, Utah County. His role is that of the presiding judicial officer in the state criminal matter.
His inclusion here is purely procedural and public-record based. Nothing on this page suggests any impropriety by Judge Pullan.
Background
Public information identifies him as a sitting Utah state district court judge. Additional biographical detail is omitted where it cannot be reliably confirmed.
Open Questions
- What pretrial rulings and scheduling decisions will shape the public's access to evidence in the Robinson case?
- Which motions (for example, camera-access and evidence-exclusion motions) come before the court?
Status
Status: Alive
Citizen Investigator Claims and Public Commentary
(The following are attributed claims and file notes — not findings of criminal guilt.)
Judicial / Court-Process Name
Public notes associate Judge Derek P. Pullan with Utah court process in related proceedings. Document judicial role from dockets; do not allege case-fixing without court-record support.
Interesting In This Area
- Christopher Ballard was held in civil contempt inside this same prosecution.
- Kathryn Nester and Michael Burt appear for the defence.
- Chad Grunander and Jeffrey S. Gray appear for the State.
- Tyler Robinson is charged and has not been convicted.
Interesting In Other Areas
- Judge Tony Graf issued the contempt finding in the same matter.
- Gag orders reportedly reached witnesses nobody had asked to silence.
- Hearings closed without transcripts is the practical effect on readers.
- Discovery rights reform is the proposed answer to sealed process.
Other Pages In This Section

Cited in commentary over a reported Epstein-files phone call and over the early single-shooter framing. Documented with attribution; no assertion of knowledge or involvement is made here.
Read thisA front-row attendee identified by citizen researchers, grouped with the general witnesses rather than with staff. The seat is the point — front-row allocation is a question of its own.
Read thisThe broadcaster whose name turns up inside the search-spike lists compiled by anonymous researchers. Being searched for is not doing anything, and this page exists to keep that straight.
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The Bilt executive whose surname supplies the "Romney" in an entire coincidence thread. A shared last name is not evidence, and the thread's own authors call it speculation.
Read thisElsewhere In The Investigation
The judge presiding over State v. Robinson, sworn in weeks before the shooting, in what commentary calls his first case on the bench. Appointment timing is an open question in posts, not a court finding.
Read thisA gag order issued on the court's own motion, requested by neither side, restricting what parties and counsel may say. Lawful censorship, and a shaping force on everything published since.
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Hearings Closed, No Transcripts Released (Claims)
Media barred, no transcripts issued, later sessions ordered closed as well. The page rates the claim EMERGING and says outright that closing a session is lawful and is not sealing a record forever.
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Federal agencies sit outside the state prosecutor's Brady duty, so evidence they hold can stay unreachable. The fix names them custodial parties and puts clocks on it: 30 days to respond, 60 to review classification, 90 for judicial review.
Read thisSources
- State of Utah v. Tyler Alexander Robinson, Case No. 251403576, Fourth Judicial District Court, Utah County (case caption).
- Discovery materials index:
/laws/Discovery/.
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Interesting
- Commentary reportedly puts Adam Neff at Fort Huachuca one day before.
- Court paperwork on Russell Kennington's arrest and release contradicts a GRAMA answer saying nobody was arrested.
- The man who asked the last question said "MIC," then denied knowing it.