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Text of Proposed Order Proposed Order — USA v. MERRITTS (Dkt. 37.1)

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Document 37-1, filed 12/02/25, in Case No. 25-cr-00076-JMC in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, is a two-page proposed order, with a blank date and a signature line for Judge Jia M. Cobb, in United States v. Cortney Merritts. It would grant the government's Motion to Disclose Tax Return Information Nunc Pro Tunc to November 26, 2025, tied to its opposition to a defense motion in limine about attributing the act of production of corporate records to Merritts. The order would let the government disclose Exhibits D1 and D2 and unseal its motion to seal those exhibits, placing the filings on the public docket. It would also permit disclosure at trial of the tax return in Exhibit D2 and of the lack-of-records information, whether by IRS Form 3050s or testimony.

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Filed December 2, 2025 in USA v. MERRITTS; one of 91 filings from this case.

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Court	U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Filed	2025-12-02

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“Text of Proposed Order Proposed Order — USA v. MERRITTS (Dkt. 37.1).” U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, No. 1:25-cr-00076-JMC, Doc. 37-1, filed 2025-12-02. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/court-filings/full-docket-cortney-merritts-dcd-278640/2025-12-02-gov-uscourts-dcd-278640-37-1-doc-37-1/, SHA-256 d54690bce9ecd02f9f08e541e57698619d9feec3052d804a0a0783a0bdf5f96d.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
 
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
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v. 
 
 
 
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Case No. 25-cr-00076-JMC 
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CORTNEY MERRITTS, 
 
 
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Defendant. 
 
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ORDER GRANTING 
UNITED STATES’ MOTION TO DISCLOSE TAX RETURN INFORMATION  
NUNC PRO TUNC TO NOVEMBER 26, 2025 
 
Upon consideration of the United States’ Motion to Disclose Tax Return Information Nunc 
Pro Tunc to November 26, 2025, and any opposition thereto, and the record in this matter, it is this 
____ day of _____________________, hereby 
ORDERED that the motion is GRANTED; and it is further 
ORDERED that the United States may disclose Exhibits D1 and D2 United States’ 
Opposition to Defendant’s Motion in Limine to Prohibit the Government from Attributing the Act 
of Production of Corporate Records to Merritts (ECF No. 35); and it is further  
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall unseal the United States’ Motion to Seal Two 
Exhibits to its Opposition to Defendant’s Motion in Limine to Prohibit the Government from 
Attributing the Act of Production of Corporate Records to Merritts (ECF No. 36), and enter the 
motion, exhibits, and all related pleadings on the public docket; and it is further 
ORDERED that the United States may disclose the tax return contained in Exhibit D2 at 
trial; and it is further 
Case 1:25-cr-00076-JMC     Document 37-1     Filed 12/02/25     Page 1 of 2

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ORDERED that the United States may disclose the lack-of-records information contained 
in Exhibits D1 and D2 at trial (whether in the same form or in the form of IRS Form 3050s or 
testimony).  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JIA M. COBB 
 
 
 
 
 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 
 
Case 1:25-cr-00076-JMC     Document 37-1     Filed 12/02/25     Page 2 of 2

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