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Document 41141

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Summary: The government is requesting that the court adjust the briefing schedule for the admissibility of defense expert witness testimony due to an already heavy pretrial workload. The government cites multiple upcoming deadlines and the need for thorough briefing. The court is asked to set a later deadline for this briefing.
Significance: This document is potentially important because it reveals the government's concerns about meeting pretrial deadlines and requests relief from the court regarding the briefing schedule for expert witness testimony.
Key Topics: pretrial preparations admissibility of evidence trial scheduling
Key People:
  • the defendant - the accused in the case
  • defense counsel - representing the defendant
Document Type
Court Filing
Date
November 1, 2021
Pages
1
Folder
IMAGES003

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under Rule 404(b) or as direct evidence of the sex trafficking counts; (5) reviewing 400 juror questionnaires, conferring with the defense, and filing lists of for-cause strikes with the Court; (6) responding to the defendant's fourth bail motion (see Dkt. No. 408); and (7) conferring with the MDC regarding the defendant's legal mail and transportation to the courthouse.2 By November 10, the Government will also (8) respond to defense objections to the admissibility of co-conspirator statements, including a discussion of statements that postulate the charged period of the conspiracy; (9) propose procedures for the use of pseudonyms following conferral with defense counsel; and (10) provide a letter regarding the admissibility of Government Exhibit 52. This is in addition to the ordinary press of preparing for trial, which in this case involves, among other things, extensive travel to meet with victim witnesses. The Government is grateful for the care and attention that the Court has devoted to this case and the speed and efficiency with which the Court has resolved pretrial matters. In the Government's view, however, the foregoing confluence of deadlines seriously taxes the Government's ability to provide the Court with the thorough, careful briefing and advocacy that the Court rightly expects. It is not practicable to further require the Government to brief in six days the admissibility of testimony from several defense expert witnesses, particularly when (a) the defense had six months to brief the admissibility of a single expert witness; (b) the defense has clearly known the identity of these eight experts for some time; and (c) there is additional time between now and the start of trial in which to brief and resolve the issues surrounding these experts. Accordingly, the Government respectfully requests that the Court set a deadline for any 2 In addition, on November 3, 2021, the Government provided the Court with the joint request to charge and verdict form, for which the Government received full comments from the defense late last night.