SCHEDULING ORDER as to ERIC RIVERA, ADRIENNE PONZO & JAMES WESSELS:… — Bank Insider PPP (Dkt. 29)

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A Scheduling Order filed 04/25/24 as Document 29 in United States v. Eric Rivera, et al., Criminal No. 24-267 (KMW), in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, before Hon. Karen M. Williams. It covers defendants Eric Rivera, Adrienne Ponzo and James Wessels and treats the matter as a case requiring extensive discovery under the court's Standing Order No. 15-2. Each defendant is to provide a hard drive for discovery under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 16 by May 8, 2024, and the Government is to produce within two weeks of receiving it. The Government owes exculpatory evidence and Bruton statements by May 31, 2024, and defendants owe discovery by June 14, 2024. Pretrial motions are due July 13, 2024, responses August 9, 2024 and replies August 23, 2024.

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Case 1:24-cr-00267-KMW Document 29 _ Filed 04/25/24 Page 1 of 3 PagelD: 229

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Criminal No. 24-267 (KMW)
Vv. Hon, Karen M. Williams
ERIC RIVERA, et al. SCHEDULING ORDER

This matter having come before the Court for an entry of a scheduling
order; and the United States being represented by Philip R. Sellinger, United
States Attorney for the District of New Jersey (Daniel A. Friedman and Jason M.
Richardson, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, appearing); and the defendants and their
counsel as follows: Eric Rivera (Thomas Burke, Esq., appearing), Adrienne Ponzo
(Troy Archie, Esq., appearing), and James Wessels (Mark Catanzaro, Esq.,
appearing); and the parties having met and conferred and having determined
that this matter may be treated as a criminal case that requires extensive
discovery within the meaning of Paragraph 4 of this Court’s Standing Order for
Criminal Trial Scheduling and Discovery No. 15-2 (“the Standing Order”); and
for good cause shown,

IT IS on this way in day of April, 2024, ORDERED as follows:

1. Each defendant shall provide the Government with a hard drive
capable of receiving the discovery required by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure

16 on or before May 8, 2024.

Case 1:24-cr-00267-KMW Document 29 _ Filed 04/25/24 Page 2 of 3 PagelD: 230

2. The Government shall complete its production of discovery required
by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 16 within two weeks of a defendant
providing the aforementioned hard drive. To the extent additional discovery
becomes known to the Government after that date, such discovery shall be
disclosed reasonably promptly after becoming known to the Government.

3. The Government shall provide exculpatory evidence within the
meaning of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963) and its progeny on or before
May 31, 2024. Exculpatory evidence that becomes known to the Government
after that date shall be disclosed reasonably promptly after becoming known to
the Government.

4, Since there is more than one defendant named in the indictment,
and if the Government intends to introduce into evidence in its case-in-chief a
confession made to law enforcement authorities by one defendant that names or
makes mention of a co-defendant, a copy of that statement or confession shall
be disclosed by the Government on or before May 31, 2024. The Government
shall provide a proposed redaction to that statement to conform with the
requirements of Bruton v. United States, 391 U.S. 123 (1968) and its
progeny on or before May 31, 2024.

5. Defendants shall provide all discovery required by Federal Rule of
Criminal Procedure 16 on or before June 14, 2024.

6, The Defendant shall provide any and all notices required by Federal

Rules of Criminal Procedure 12.1, 12.2, and 12.3 on or before June 14, 2024.
Case 1:24-cr-00267-KMW Document 29 _ Filed 04/25/24 Page 3 of 3 PagelD: 231

7. The following shall be the schedule for pretrial motions in this

matter:

a) The parties shall file any and all pretrial motions, pursuant to
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 12(b) and 41(h), in the manner set forth in
L. Civ. R. 7.1, on or before July 13, 2024.

b) The parties shall file any response to pretrial motions on or
before August 9, 2024.

c) The parties shall file any reply on or before August 23, 2024.

d) Oral argument on pretrial motions shall be held on

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8. Pursuant to Paragraphs 17 to 21 of the Standing Order, the Court
shall, in consultation with the parties, schedule a final pretrial conference that
will be held no sooner than two (2) weeks following the disposition of pretrial

motions. If appropriate, a trial date will be set at this final pretrial conference.

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THE HONORABLE KAREN M. WILLIAMS
United States District Judge

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