STATUS REPORT Joint Status Report by USA as to Te Dora Brown, Christopher Scott — USA v. Brown, et al. (Dkt. 61)

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U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · No. 1:23-cr-00097 · Doc. 61 · 2024-11-15 · Docket on CourtListener

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A joint status report filed November 15, 2024 by the United States and defendants Te Dora Brown and Christopher Scott in United States v. Brown, et al., No. 1:23-cr-00097, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, before Judge Elaine E. Bucklo. It is Document 61. The report states that Brown is charged with 13 counts and Scott with 9 counts of wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343, and that the government has produced all discovery. It reports that the government and Brown's counsel met on November 5, 2024 and plan a follow-up meeting, and that the government tendered a draft plea agreement to Scott on February 27, 2024, with negotiations continuing. The parties ask the Court to set the next status report on or about December 30, 2024 and 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 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 submit this joint status report to the Court and represent as follows: 
1. Defendant Brown is charged 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). 
2. The government has produced all discovery to defense counsel. 
3. As to defendant Te Dora Brown, the government and counsel for the 
defendant sat for a pitch meeting on November 5, 2024. Counsel for the 
defendant has requested a follow up meeting at the U.S. Attorney’s Office 
with his client, which the parties hope to hold in early December. After that 
meeting, the parties will likely be in a position to inform the Court how the 
case against defendant Brown will proceed. 
4. As to defendant Scott, the government tendered a draft plea agreement to 
defendant Scott on February 27, 2024. The defendant and the government 
have been and continue to be engaged in engaged in discussions and 
Case: 1:23-cr-00097 Document #: 61 Filed: 11/15/24 Page 1 of 2 PageID #:173

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negotiations and require additional time to do so. 
5. The parties note that at the request of the parties, the Court granted the 
parties an additional day to file this status report today, November 15, 
2024. 
6. Accordingly, the parties respectfully request that the Court set a deadline 
for a status report in approximately 45 days, on or about December 30, 
2024, 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) in the interests of justice and to allow time for continued 
negotiations between the parties. 
 
Date: November 15, 2024 
 
Respectfully submitted, 
 
MORRIS PASQUAL 
Acting United States Attorney 
 
By: 
/s/ Alejandro G. Ortega  
ALEJANDRO G. ORTEGA 
Assistant U.S. Attorney 
 
/s/ Victor P. Henderson      
VICTOR P. HENDERSON 
Counsel for defendant Te Dora 
Brown 
 
/s/ Joshua B. Adams      
JOSHUA B. ADAMS 
Counsel for defendant Christopher 
Scott 
 
 
 
Case: 1:23-cr-00097 Document #: 61 Filed: 11/15/24 Page 2 of 2 PageID #:174

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