Consent to Video Conference/Telephonic Conference — USA v. Western Distribution, LLC. et al. (Dkt. 24, C.D. Cal.)

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Consent to Video/Telephonic Conference and/or Waiver of Defendant's Presence and Proposed Findings/Order (form CR-029), Document 24, filed 07/23/21 in Case 5:21-cr-00170-JGB, United States of America v. Carl Bradley Johansson, Central District of California, two pages, with a law firm block at the top whose attorney name is garbled in the scan. In the consent section Johansson states that after consulting counsel he knowingly and voluntarily agrees that listed proceedings, such as detention hearings, the preliminary hearing, initial appearance, arraignment and felony pleas and sentencings, may take place by video or telephone. A separate waiver section is left unfilled, and a third section on proposed findings of harm from further delay cites the CARES Act. The scan does not show which proceedings were checked, and the form is dated July 23, 2021 with signatures that are not legible.

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NAME &ADDRESS
Mazk J. Werksman, State Bar No. 120767
Werksman Jackson 7 Quinn LLP
888 West Sixth Street, Fourth Floor
Los Angeles, California 90017
STATES DISTRICT CO
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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CLERK, U.S. DISTRIC7~ 
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JUL 2 3 221
CENTRAL DtSTRI~t OF CALIFORNIA
CASE NUMBER
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
PLAINTIFF, 
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21-CR-00170-JFW
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CONSENT TOVIDEO/TELEPHONIC CONFERENCE
AND/OR WAVER OF DEFENDANT'S PRESENCE
DEFENDANT(S). 
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qND PROPOSED FINDINGS/ORDER
Check each that applies:
~ CONSENT TO VIDEO CONFERENCE/TELEPHONIC COVFERENCE
1. Consent to Video Conference/Telephonic Conference
WAIVER OF DEFENDANT'S PRESENCE
I, Carl Bradley Johansson 
,understand that the U.S. Constitution, the Federal Rules of Criminal
Procedure, and/or one or more federal statutes may give me the right to have all the below-listed proceedings take place in person in
open court. After consultation with counsel, I knowingly and voluntarily consent to the proceedings below instead taking place by
video conference or, if video conference is not reasonably available, by telephonic conference:
Check each that applies:
Detention/Bail Review/Reconsideration Hearings) (18 U.S.C. Sec. 3142)
Preliminary Hearing (Fed. R. Crim. P. 5.1)
Pretrial Release Revocation Proceedings (18 U.S.C. Sec. 3148)
Misdemeanor Pleas and Sentencings (Fed. R. Crim. P. 43(b)(2))
Probation and Supervised Release Revocation Proceedings (Fed. R Crim. P. 32.1)
Initial Appearance (Fed. R. Crim. P. 5)
Arraignment (Fed. R Crim. P. 10)
Waiver of Indictment (Fed. R. Crim. P. 7(b})
Appearances under Fed. R. Crim. P. 40
Note: to consent to an appearance by video or telephonic conference at one of the two proceedings listed below, you must also complete
the 'Proposed Findings" section on page 2 of this form.
Felony Pleas (Fed. R. Crim. P. 11) 
~] Felony Sentencings (Fed. R Crim. P. 32)
2. Waiver of Defendant's Presence
I, 
, understand that the U.S. Constitution, the Federal Rules of Criminal
Procedure, and/or one or more federal statutes may give me the right to be present at all of the below-listed proceedings - in person,
by video conference, or by telephonic conference. After consultation with counsel, I knowingly and voluntarily waive my right to be
present in person in open court or by video conference or by telephonic conference at the proceedings below:
Check each that applies (and use Form CR-35 to waive the defendant's presence at other types of proceedings):
Detention/Bail Review/Reconsideration Heazing(s) (18 U.S.C. Sec. 3142} 
~ 
Waiver of Indictment (Fed. R. Crim. P. 7(b))
Preliminary Hearing (Fed. R. Crim. P. 5.1) 
~ 
Appearances under Fed. R. Crim. P. 40
Pretrial Release Revocation Proceedings (18 U.S.C. Sec. 3148)
~ Misdemeanor Pleas and Sentencings (Fed. R. Crim. P. 43(b)(2))
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Probation and Supervised Release Revocation Proceedings (Fed. R Crim. P. 32.1) 
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Signed for Defendant by Counsel for Defendant with
~ Defendant's Authorization [Check if applicable]
CR-029 (06/20) 
CONSENT TO VIDEO/TELEPHONIC CONFERENCE AND/OR WAIVER OF DEFENDANT'S PRESENCE 
P. 1 OF 2
Case 5:21-cr-00170-JGB     Document 24     Filed 07/23/21     Page 1 of 2   Page ID #:115

I have translated this consent/waiver to the Defendant in the 
language.
Date 
Interpreter (if required)
Signed for Interpreter by Counsel for Defendant with
Interpreter's Authorization [Check if applicable]
I am counsel for the Defendant herein. Prior to the Defendant signing this document or authorizing me to sign this document on the
Defendant's behalf, I fully advised the Defendant of the Defendant's above-referenced rights and consulted with the Defendant
regarding such rights and the Defendant's consent/waiver(s}. Ibelieve that the Defendant understands such rights and that the
Defendant's consent/waiver(s} are lrnowing and voluntary, and I concur with such consendwaiver(s).
Date
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Counsel for Defendant
3. 
Proposed Findings Regazding Harm of Further Delay of Felony Plea or Sentencing
Pursuant to 4 15002{b)(2) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security ("CARES") Act and 4 2 of Order of the Chief Judge
No. 20.043 (In Re: Coronavirus Public Emergenry Use of Video and Telephonic Conference in Certain Criminal Proceedings), felony
pleas and sentencings cannot be conducted other than in person in open court unless the judge makes specific findings that the plea
or sentencing "cannot be further delayed without serious harm to the interests of jusrice." Accordingly, if the defendant intends to
consent to a felony plea or sentencing taking place by video conference or, if video conference is not reasonably available, by
telephonic conference, instead of in person in open court, the defendant'must set forth below proposed findings sufficient to make
this showing.
4.Order Adopting Findings Regazding Harm of Further Delay of Felony Plea or Sentencing
Pursuant to 4 15002(b) (2) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security ("CARES") Act and 4 2 of Order of the Chief Judge
No. 20-043 (In Re: Coronavirus Public Emergenry Use of Video and Telephonic Conference in Certain Criminal Proceedings), I
hereby find that the:
Felony Plea (Fed. R. Crirn. P. I1) 
[] 
Felony Sentencing (Fed. R. Crim. P. 32)
in this case cannot be further delayed without serious harm to the interests of justice, for the reasons set forth above.
Date 
United States District Judge
CR-029 (06/20) 
CONSENT TO VIDEO/TELEPHONIC CONFERENCE AND/OR WAIVER OF DEFENDANT'S PRESENCE 
p, 2 QF 2
Case 5:21-cr-00170-JGB     Document 24     Filed 07/23/21     Page 2 of 2   Page ID #:116

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