Status Report (JOINT) by USA as to Te Dora Brown, Christopher Scott — USA v. Brown, et al. (Dkt. 38, N.D. Ill.)

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U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · No. 1:23-cr-00097 · Doc. 38 · 2023-09-05 · Docket on CourtListener

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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 MORRIS PASQUAL, Acting 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, all 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). 
The government has produced all discovery to defense counsel and obtained a 
protective order for that discovery (R.27). Defense counsel have been reviewing 
discovery and conferring with their clients. Counsel conferred on September 1, 2023, 
and are set for a meeting on September 20, 2023, after which the parties will have a 
better understanding of how the case will proceed. Accordingly, the parties 
respectfully request that the Court set a deadline for status report in approximately 
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90 days, on or about December 4, 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: September 5, 2023 
 
Respectfully submitted, 
 
MORRIS PASQUAL 
Acting 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 
 
 
 
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