Proposed Order — USA v. Western Distribution, LLC. et al (Dkt. 141.1)

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U.S. District Court for the Central District of California · No. 5:21-cr-00170-JGB · Doc. 141-1 · 2025-06-05 · Docket on CourtListener

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A proposed order lodged by the government on June 5, 2025 in United States v. Carl Bradley Johansson, No. 5:21-cr-00170-JGB, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, as Doc. 141-1; the caption also lists Nos. 5:18-CR-00114-JGB, 5:24-CV-02550-JGB and 5:24-CV-02552-JGB. It would grant the government's ex parte application for more time to respond to the defendant's motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 and reset the briefing schedule. Under it, the defendant would raise interrogatory objections or elect to withdraw by July 25, 2025, defense counsel would respond to the USAO by August 8, 2025, and the USAO would file a motion or opposition by August 29, 2025. The two-page order is for signature by U.S. District Judge Jesus G. Bernal and is presented by Assistant United States Attorney Matthew O'Brien.

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BILAL A. ESSAYLI 
United States Attorney 
CHRISTINA T. SHAY 
Assistant United States Attorney 
Chief, Criminal Division 
MATTHEW O'BRIEN (Cal. Bar No. 261568) 
Assistant United States Attorney 
Environmental Crimes and Consumer Protection Section  
1400 United States Courthouse 
312 North Spring Street 
Los Angeles, California 90012 
Telephone: (213) 894-8644 
Facsimile: (213) 894-0141 
E-mail: 
Matthew.O'Brien@usdoj.gov 
 
Attorneys for Plaintiff/Respondent 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff/Respondent, 
v. 
CARL BRADLEY JOHANSSON, 
  aka “Brad Johnson,”  
  aka “Carl Johnson,” 
  aka “C. Brad Johanson,” 
  aka “Jay Johnson,”  
  aka “Keith Golatta, 
 
Defendant/Petitioner. 
No. 5:18-CR-00114-JGB 
   5:21-CR-00170-JGB 
   5:24-CV-02550-JGB 
   5:24-CV-02552-JGB 
[PROPOSED] ORDER 
The Court has read and considered the government’s Ex Parte 
Application for Extension of Time to Respond to Motion to Vacate, Set 
Aside, or Correct a Federal Sentence Under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, filed by 
the government on June 5, 2025.  For good cause appearing therefore, 
the Court GRANTS the application and alters the briefing schedule for 
defendant/petitioner CARL BRADLEY JOHANSSON’s habeas petition (the 
“Motion”) as follows: 
a. 
By no later than July 25, 2025, defendant shall 
provide to defense counsel any objections to interrogatories believed 
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to be beyond the scope of the waiver (pursuant to the Court’s order 
in this matter dated March 24, 2025), providing reasons for any such 
objections, or advise defense counsel that he wishes to withdraw the 
Motion. 
b. 
By no later than August 8, 2025, defense counsel shall 
provide the USAO with either (a) notice that defendant has elected to 
withdraw the Motion, or (b) written responses, with supporting 
exhibits, if any, answering the interrogatories propounded by the 
USAO under penalty of perjury, or noting objections to those 
interrogatories as being beyond the scope of defendant’s waiver, 
together with the reasons for any such objections.  To the extent 
that defense counsel provides notice to the USAO that defendant has 
elected to withdraw the Motion, defense counsel shall provide such 
notice to the Court. 
c. 
By no later than August 29, 2025, the USAO shall file 
either (1) a motion to resolve defendant’s objections (if any) or 
other unresolved issues; or (2) if defendant has no objections, the 
opposition brief to defendant’s Motion.  
 
IT IS SO ORDERED. 
DATE 
HON. JESUS G. BERNAL 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 
Presented by: 
 /s/     
MATTHEW O'BRIEN 
Assistant United States Attorney 
 
 
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