United States v. April Elick

Case summary

In re April Elick, Magistrate No. 1:24-mj-00036, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia at Bluefield, is a sealed pre-charge matter known here through one document: a sealed memorandum opinion and order entered April 16, 2024 as Document 3. The order records that the court filed a target letter under seal and directs the CJA Supervising Attorney to appoint the Federal Public Defender's Office as counsel for the targeted individual, who had not been charged with a crime; the target letter indicated the matter was being presented to the grand jury, and the Clerk was ordered to seal the action provisionally until an interested party showed that sealing was unwarranted or an indictment or information named the individual. The three-page order states no charge and names no relief program. The hosted record ends with that April 16, 2024 order.