48-year-old David Paule of Indian Springs has pleaded guilty to threatening a federal judge. The U.S. attorney’s office for the eastern district of California says Paule faces a maximum penalty of ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The actual sentence will be determined at the discretion of the court. Paule is a Nevada inmate. He first threatened to murder Judge Miranda Du in a letter he sent from the state prison in Lovelock in May 2017 demanding she reconsider her dismissal of a civil lawsuit he filed. Paule vowed upon release from prison he would kill her with his bare hands. Later, he wrote he would have associates make her watch while they killed her family, then her. Paule is serving time for forgery, robbery, and burglary.