K. Kirton Niner
Rancho del Oro
Cave Creek, AZ 85331
theBoss@w3connect.com
June 14, 2025

Attorney General of Arizona
Office of the Arizona Attorney General
2005 N Central Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85004

RE: Land Misuse, Harassment, and Prescriptive Easement Abuse in Unincorporated Maricopa County – Request for Oversight and Legal Clarification

Dear Attorney General,

My name is K. Kirton Niner, and I am writing to you as a citizen, a steward of the land, and a witness to a long-standing pattern of harassment, boundary manipulation, and legal abuse in Rancho del Oro 85331, a rural, unincorporated area of Maricopa County. I stand beside Corey J. Niner, the sole legal owner of a federally patented 2.5-acre parcel that has been in his family’s stewardship since 2017 when we started to discover the original lottery allotments of the 1950s. I stand with him through our covenant with God, our Eternal Father, and write to ask for your immediate review and assistance.

We are currently defending against Case No. CV2025-019074, filed by Christian and Katie DeGraaf, neighbors who are seeking to impose a prescriptive easement across Corey’s land — despite having legal access to their own property, and despite lacking any historical, lawful, or statutory basis for such a claim.

This legal action is merely the latest chapter in a years-long campaign of harassment, including:

  • Trespassing, tree removal, and repeated destruction of natural boundaries on Corey’s land.
  • False claims submitted to the county inspector and sheriff, resulting in inappropriate investigations.
  • A new gravel driveway constructed around an APS transformer, which now risks obstructing utility access and was never present before Mr. DeGraaf’s arrival.
  • The visible use of the Wi-Fi name “The Annex” at his residence — a chilling symbolic gesture implying intent to informally occupy land that does not belong to him.
  • Repeated alteration and landscaping of disputed ground, coupled with mischaracterization of a narrow, unused buffer zone as a “road” — when in truth, the area was barely passable by one vehicle as recently as a decade ago.
  • A pattern of cutting native plants, replacing them with non-native species, and undermining the integrity of local zoning and land-use standards.

Now, Mr. DeGraaf has gone further by filing for a restraining order against us, falsely accusing us of trespassing on his land. This maneuver is not about protection — it is a manipulative reversal, meant to silence those who have documented his ongoing misconduct. As a woman who has long asked the authorities for protection from his repeated violations, I find this tactic not only dishonest, but emotionally abusive.

Let me be clear: the harshest thing I’ve done is defend what’s ours. I have never trespassed as he accuses. I have never retaliated as he accuses. I have simply stood firm — and finally said “enough.”

We have repeatedly involved Law Enforcement. We have documented every Boundary Violation. We have legal filings, photo evidence, call logs, and satellite imagery showing that our land is under siege — not through force, but through slow erasure. Mr. DeGraaf is attempting to manufacture legitimacy by altering the land, making claims, and using the court as a bulldozer.

What we are facing is not just a land dispute — it is an existential threat to every rural landowner in Arizona who lives under a federal patent and assumes that such a title means something.

So I ask you, Madam Attorney General:

What is the point of having a federal land patent in an unincorporated area of Arizona if individuals like this are allowed to defy boundaries, fabricate roads, manipulate utilities, and weaponize legal tools against those who hold rightful title?

This is not just about our family. If this behavior is allowed to succeed, it sets a precedent that encourages suburban encroachment, passive annexation, and manufactured access claims — at the cost of those who respect the Law and the Land.

We are requesting the following from your office:

  1. Oversight and state guidance on the abuse of prescriptive easement law in rural areas, especially when the legal owner provides no consent and alternative access exists.
  2. Clarification on the legal authority and protections afforded by federal land patents, especially in relation to unincorporated zoning in Maricopa County.
  3. A review of APS infrastructure obstruction created by Mr. DeGraaf’s altered driveway and whether it violates public utility access agreements.
  4. State-level acknowledgement of emerging patterns of harassment-by-litigation, where restraining orders and court claims are used to intimidate rightful owners.
  5. Support in affirming that titleholders should not have to defend their property from informal annexation disguised as landscaping or neighborhood convenience.

We are prepared to provide documentation including photos of the transformer area, call logs from the sheriff’s department, GIS surveys, legal motions, and communications with county inspectors. We have made every effort to resolve this peacefully. But the Law must also stand with those who obey it.

Our family has documented our land and story here and at Niner.me, and we share our journey publicly. We ask you to help preserve not only our property, but the meaning of Ownership in the State of Arizona.

With respect and urgency,
K. Kirton Niner
On behalf of Corey J. Niner, Legal Titleholder
Rancho del Oro — Maricopa County, AZ 85331
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