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STATUS REPORT (Joint) by USA as to Te Dora Brown, Christopher Scott — USA v. Brown, et al. (Dkt. 24)

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CourtU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Filed2023-03-09

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · No. 1:23-cr-00097 · Doc. 24 · 2023-03-09 · Docket on CourtListener

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A joint status report in United States v. Te Dora Brown and Christopher Scott, Case No. 1:23-cr-00097, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois before Judge Elaine E. Bucklo, filed March 9, 2023 as Document 24. The government and counsel for both defendants report that on February 15, 2023 the grand jury returned an indictment charging Brown with 13 counts and Scott with 9 counts of wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343, and that the defendants self-surrendered and were arraigned on March 1, 2023 and are on bond. The report states that the government anticipates producing all discovery by the third or fourth week of March 2023 and will file an unopposed motion for a protective order. The parties ask for a status report deadline on or about June 8, 2023 and move to exclude time under 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h).

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
 
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS 
 
EASTERN DIVISION 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
 
 
v. 
 
TE DORA BROWN, and 
CHRISTOPHER SCOTT 
 
Case No. 23 CR 97 
 
Judge Elaine E. Bucklo 
 
JOINT STATUS REPORT 
 
The UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, by its attorney, JOHN R. LAUSCH, JR., 
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, Victor P. Henderson, 
counsel for defendant Te Dora Brown, and Joshua B. Adams, counsel for defendant 
Christopher Scott, hereby provide this joint status report to the Court: 
On February 15, 2023, the grand jury returned an indictment charging 
defendant Brown with 13 counts of wire fraud, and defendant Scott with 9 counts of 
wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343. (R. 1.) Defendants self-surrendered on 
March 1, 2023 and the Court held initial appearances and arraignments for the 
defendants on that day. (R. 8, 9.) Defendants are currently on bond. (R. 13, 14, 21.) 
This case involves allegations of financial wire fraud occurring over a period of 
more than one year. See (R. 1.) As such, there is a significant amount of paper and 
other electronic discovery that must be tendered to defense counsel. The government 
is working to produce discovery to defense counsel as soon as practicable and 
anticipates producing all discovery by the third or fourth week of March 2023. 
Counsel for the government will also be filing an unopposed motion for protective 
Case: 1:23-cr-00097 Document #: 24 Filed: 03/09/23 Page 1 of 2 PageID #:105

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order contemporaneously with this joint status report. Defense counsel will require 
time to review discovery and engage in discussions with the government about next 
steps in the case. Accordingly, the parties feel that a longer status date would be 
appropriate, and hereby respectfully request that the Court set a deadline for status 
report in approximately 90 days, on or about June 8, 2023, or on a date at the Court’s 
discretion, and move the Court to exclude time through the date of the next status report 
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h). 
Dated: March 9, 2023 
 
 
Respectfully submitted, 
 
JOHN R. LAUSCH, JR. 
United States Attorney 
 
By: 
/s/ Alejandro G. Ortega  
ALEJANDRO G. ORTEGA 
Assistant U.S. Attorney 
219 South Dearborn Street 
5th Floor 
Chicago, IL 60604 
(312) 353-4129 
 
/s/ Victor P. Henderson      
VICTOR P. HENDERSON 
Henderson Parks, LLC 
140 South Dearborn Street 
Suite 1020 
Chicago, IL 60603 
(312) 262-2900 
 
/s/ Joshua B. Adams      
JOSHUA B. ADAMS 
Law Offices of Joshua B. Adams, 
PC 
900 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 7 
East 
Suite 1020 
Chicago, IL 60607 
(312) 566-9173 
Case: 1:23-cr-00097 Document #: 24 Filed: 03/09/23 Page 2 of 2 PageID #:106

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