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Document 3550

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Summary: The Government responds to the Court's Order regarding the delivery of legal mail to the defendant, explaining that expedited delivery is not practicable and that the MDC's legal department has various responsibilities for 1,700 inmates. The Government details the delivery of a hard drive containing Court-ordered disclosures and explains that an institutional emergency impacted delivery on one day.
Significance: This document is potentially important as it provides insight into the procedures and challenges of delivering legal mail to inmates at the MDC, and may impact the court's decision on the defendant's request for expedited delivery.
Key Topics: delivery of legal mail to defendant MDC's legal department responsibilities expedited delivery request
Key People:
  • defendant - recipient of legal mail
  • defense counsel - requesting expedited delivery
Document Type
Court Filing
Date
October 13, 2021
Pages
1
Folder
IMAGES002

Full Text

standard procedures for legal mail, and these protocols apply to each one of the approximately 1,700 inmates at the MDC. Legal counsel at the MDC has further explained that defense counsel's request that the MDC be ordered to provide the defendant with all legal mail within one day of receipt by the MDC would be extremely burdensome and is not practicable in light of the various responsibilities of the MDC's legal department, which is responsible for issues relating to the approximately 1,700 inmates at the MDC. The Government respectfully submits that there are no circumstances that merit special expedited delivery for this defendant, and that the delivery of the defendant's mail should not receive priority over the services the legal department's staff provides to other inmates. As noted in the defense's letter, the Government sent a hard drive containing Court-ordered disclosures to the defendant via FedEx on October 11, 2021. The hard drive was received by the MDC on October 12, 2021. Legal counsel at the MDC informed the Government that there was an institutional emergency impacting the safety and security of the MDC on October 13, 2021, such that no inmate at the MDC received any legal mail from the warehouse that day. On the morning of October 14, 2021, legal counsel at the MDC personally delivered the hard drive to the defendant. The Government has made best efforts to obtain accurate information and respond to the Court's Order within a short time frame. Should the Court have any questions or require any additional details regarding this topic, the Government will confer with legal counsel at the MDC and provide additional information.