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Damisha Brown — United States v. Sutton et al, S.D. W. Va., No. 2:24-cr-00192

United States of America v. Sutton et al (WVSD 240502) — 23 court filings in the archive from U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, filed between March 5, 2025 and September 2, 2025. Among them: 9 orders, 2 summonses or warrants and 4 motions.

See also: United States v. Kisha Sutton — S.D. W. Va., No. 2:24-cr-00192 — the same docket (docket No. 2:24-cr-00192) under another case page, 165 public filings. Full docket →

See also: Damisha Brown PPP case — U.S. District Court, S.D. W. Va. — a co-defendant on the same docket (docket No. 2:24-cr-00192), 8 public filings.

Case facts

CourtU.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
Filings23 public filings
Filed2025-03-05 – 2025-09-02
Document typesorders (9), summonses or warrants (2), motions (4), waiver (1), plea agreement (1), exhibit (1)
Original PDFs23 of 23

Case summary

Damisha Brown is defendant 6 in United States v. Sutton et al, No. 2:24-cr-00192 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia at Charleston, before Judge Irene C. Berger. A grand jury returned the original indictment on November 19, 2024 against seven defendants and a superseding indictment on January 22, 2025. Brown was arrested on March 3, 2025 in the District of New Jersey, placed on bond and arraigned on the superseding indictment on March 17, 2025. The court granted the government's motion to schedule a Rule 11 guilty plea hearing, set it for May 29, 2025 and denied two motions to continue it. A plea agreement was filed on June 5, 2025, and a redacted sentencing memorandum was authorized on September 2, 2025.

Case at a glance

Defendant(s)Seven defendants as captioned: Kisha Sutton, Shamiese Wright, Cylena Sutton, Rahmel Meekins, William Powell, Damisha Brown and Jasmine Spencer. This archive route is titled for Brown, defendant 6
Court and docketU.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, Charleston Division, No. 2:24-cr-00192, Brown as -06 (Judge Irene C. Berger; arraignment before Magistrate Judge Omar Aboulhosn)
DistrictSouthern District of West Virginia prosecutions →
ProgramPaycheck Protection Program (PPP); the government's proposed jury instructions describe false and fraudulent pretenses, representations and promises made in PPP loan applications and Schedules C submitted to three financial institutions
ChargesSuperseding indictment returned January 22, 2025. The government's proposed instructions state that count one charges conspiracy to commit bank fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1344 and 1349, against Kisha Sutton and Shamiese Wright, and that counts three through ten charge Kisha Sutton under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1344 and 2. No filing on this page states which counts charge Brown
Disposition or statusArraigned March 17, 2025 and free on bond; plea hearing set for May 29, 2025 and two continuance motions denied; a 12-page plea agreement filed June 5, 2025 which extracts as page stamps only; redacted sentencing memorandum authorized September 2, 2025; two $200 criminal debt payment receipts for Brown, dated December 2, 2025 and January 23, 2026. No document on this page records the plea entered or a judgment

What is the program at issue?

The Paycheck Protection Program. The government's proposed jury instructions state that the scheme obtained money, funds, credits, assets, securities and other property owned by or under the control of Financial Institutions 1, 2 and 3 by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations and promises made in PPP loan applications and Schedules C.

What happened at Brown's plea stage?

The United States moved on May 23, 2025 to schedule a guilty plea hearing; the court granted the motion on May 27 and set the hearing for May 29, 2025, ordering Brown to appear as a condition of her bond. Her motion to appear remotely or to continue was ruled on the following day, a further motion to continue was denied on June 2 given the trial schedule, and another was addressed on June 3. A plea agreement was docketed on June 5, 2025.

What can this page not tell you?

Which counts Brown was charged with, what she pleaded to, and what sentence if any was imposed. The plea agreement is a scan that yields no text, the sentencing memorandum was filed in redacted form on the public docket with an unredacted copy under seal, and no judgment appears among the 20 filings.

Summary written from the documents on this page; every sentence is sourced.

Filings

23 public filings from this case, in filing-date order.

  1. Rule 5(c)(3) DOCUMENTS RECEIVED as to Damisha BrownPDF
  2. Order as to Damisha Brown; Arraignment set — United States v. Sutton et al. (Dkt. 124, S.D. W. Va.)Order · PDF
  3. Arraignment on Superseding Indictment as to Damisha Brown — United States v. Sutton et al. (Dkt. 134, S.D. W. Va.)PDF
  4. Waiver by Damisha Brown of Right to be Present at Hearings — United States v. Sutton et al. (Dkt. 135, S.D. W. Va.)Waiver · PDF
  5. Arraignment Order and Standard Discovery Requests — United States v. Sutton et al. (Dkt. 137, S.D. W. Va.)PDF
  6. Order as to Damisha Brown, directing the Defendant released — United States v. Sutton et al. (Dkt. 138, S.D. W. Va.)Order · PDF
  7. RESPONSE by United States of America TO STANDARD DISCOVERY…Response or reply · Dkt. 160 · PDF
  8. Arrest Warrant for Damisha Brown, Based on Superseding Indictment — United States v. Sutton et al. (Brown) (S.D. W. Va.)Summons or warrant · PDF
  9. Order as to Damisha Brown; directing that the pretrial — United States v. Sutton et al. (Dkt. 169, S.D. W. Va.)Order · PDF
  10. Warrant Returned Executed — United States v. Sutton et al. (Dkt. 170, S.D. W. Va.)Summons or warrant · PDF
  11. Order as to Damisha Brown — United States v. Sutton et al. (Dkt. 181, S.D. W. Va.)Order · PDF
  12. Motion by United States of America — United States v. Sutton et al. (Dkt. 205, S.D. W. Va.)Motion · PDF
  13. Order as to Damisha Brown granting the 205 Motion — United States v. Sutton et al. (Dkt. 208, S.D. W. Va.)Order · PDF
  14. Motion to Appear Remotely at Plea Hearing — United States v. Sutton et al. (Dkt. 213, S.D. W. Va.)Motion · PDF
  15. Order as to Damisha Brown — United States v. Sutton et al. (Dkt. 214, S.D. W. Va.)Order · PDF
  16. MOTION to Continue Plea Hearing as to Damisha BrownMotion · Dkt. 219 · PDF
  17. Order as to Damisha Brown denying the 219 Motion — United States v. Sutton et al. (Dkt. 222, S.D. W. Va.)Order · PDF
  18. MOTION to Continue Plea Hearing as to Damisha BrownMotion · Dkt. 229 · PDF
  19. Order denying 229 Motion to Continue Plea Hearing — United States v. Sutton et al. (Dkt. 236, S.D. W. Va.)Order · PDF
  20. WRITTEN PLEA OF GUILTY by Defendant Damisha BrownPDF
  21. Plea Agreement as to Damisha Brown. (cc: U.S. Probation Office) — United States v. Sutton et al. (Dkt. 240, S.D. W. Va.)Plea agreement · PDF
  22. Exhibit 1Exhibit · Dkt. 380.1 · PDF
  23. Order as to Damisha Brown; granting United States' — United States v. Sutton et al. (Dkt. 386, S.D. W. Va.)Order · PDF

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