<i>"He asked the court to reverse its 1994 death ruling so he can reinstate his canceled Social Security number and driver's license.<p>The court said no."</i><p>I don't think he's legally dead, I just think he's not going to be able to get his old identification back.<p>Sounds like a civil rights problem, as this man is being refused access to his own identity and rights.<p>In particular, I think if he commits a crime, like spitting on the judge right after his announcement, he'd certainly be found "alive" enough to incarcerate, so really the only thing the judge is doing is preventing him from accessing the <i>services</i> of government, although he's imminently liable for abiding by the strictures of government.<p>Heck if I wouldn't be tempted to break a law if I were him. Then appeal it as undue process because the officers of the court refused to identify him.<p>I am definitely not a lawyer, but I feel certain this man is not legally dead in the way most people think of it.