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USA v. Clark — U.S. District Court, E.D. Tenn., at Chattanooga

USA v. Clark — 28 court filings in the archive from U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, filed between August 6, 2021 and November 7, 2024. Among them: 5 orders, 5 motions and 2 declarations.

See also: Donna J. Clark wire fraud case — U.S. District Court, E.D. Tenn. — the same docket (docket No. 1:21-cr-00069) under another case page, 10 public filings.

Case facts

CourtU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Filings28 public filings
Filed2021-08-06 – 2024-11-07
Document typesorders (5), motions (5), declarations (2), exhibits (2), notice (2), summons or warrant (1)
Original PDFs28 of 28

Case summary

Donna J. Clark was prosecuted on an indictment in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Chattanooga, No. 1:21-cr-00069-CEA-CHS, before Judge Charles E. Atchley, Jr. and Magistrate Judge Christopher H. Steger. At her arraignment on August 9, 2021 she waived a formal reading of the indictment and entered not guilty pleas to each count; an appearance bond of $30,000.00 was entered the same day. A plea hearing was continued on January 4, 2022 and she was rearraigned on January 19, 2022. An agreed preliminary order of forfeiture followed on January 24, 2022, and by March 2022 the court had condemned and forfeited specific property, including a $20,000.00 official check and $460.00 in currency seized in July 2021 and funds from two bank accounts. Judgment was entered on June 2, 2022.

Case at a glance

Defendant(s)Donna J. Clark
Court and docketU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, at Chattanooga, No. 1:21-cr-00069-CEA-CHS, Judge Charles E. Atchley, Jr., Magistrate Judge Christopher H. Steger
ProgramNot named in the filings on this page
ChargesNot readable on this page. The indictment is not among the filings; the August 9, 2021 arraignment order records not guilty pleas to each count of the indictment, and the June 2, 2022 judgment extracts as scrambled characters that name no statute or count
Disposition or statusRearraigned January 19, 2022; agreed preliminary order of forfeiture entered January 24, 2022; sentencing hearing reset to June 2, 2022 and judgment entered that day. A motion for early termination of probation as to Count 1 was filed November 7, 2024, so the sentence included probation; the judgment's terms are not readable on this page
Status checked2026-09-23 · against DOJ press releases through 2026-09-22; court docket not yet read

What does the judgment say?

Its text does not extract. The June 2, 2022 judgment page renders as scrambled characters, so the counts of conviction, the custodial or probationary term and any restitution cannot be read from it. The only later indication of the sentence on this page is a motion for early termination of probation as to Count 1, filed November 7, 2024, whose own text is a scan.

What property was forfeited?

An exhibit filed March 21, 2022 records an order condemning and forfeiting to the United States a BB&T official check payable to Donna Clark in the amount of $20,000.00 and $460.00 in U.S. currency, both seized in July 2021, together with funds from a BB&T/Truist account and a First Volunteer Bank account in her name.

What happened at the arraignment?

On August 9, 2021 the defendant acknowledged having been provided with a copy of the indictment and having had the opportunity to review it with counsel, waived a formal reading of the indictment in open court, and entered not guilty pleas to each count. An appearance bond of $30,000.00 was entered the same day.

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

Filings

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

  1. Criminal Cover SheetDkt. 1.1 · PDF
  2. CertificationDeclaration · Dkt. 1.2 · PDF
  3. Notice of Defendant's Request for Preservation and Discovery Materials by Donna J. Clark — USA v. Clark (Dkt. 10, E.D. Tenn.)Notice · PDF
  4. Appearance Bond Entered as to Donna J. Clark in amount of $ $30,000.00 — USA v. Clark (Dkt. 11, E.D. Tenn.)PDF
  5. Memorandum and Order: Arraignment on Indictment as to Donna J. Clark — USA v. Clark (Dkt. 5, E.D. Tenn.)Order · PDF
  6. Discovery and Scheduling Order as to Donna J. Clark Plea Agreement due — USA v. Clark (Dkt. 6, E.D. Tenn.)PDF
  7. DUE PROCESS PROTECTIONS ACT ORDER as to Donna J. ClarkPDF
  8. ORDER Setting Conditions of Release as to Donna J. ClarkOrder · PDF
  9. Initial AppearancePDF
  10. Warrant Returned Executed in case as to Donna J. ClarkSummons or warrant · PDF
  11. Unopposed Motion to Continue Deadlines and Trial Date by Donna J. Clark — USA v. Clark (Dkt. 13, E.D. Tenn.)Motion · PDF
  12. Ends of Justice Scheduling Order granting 13 Unopposed Motion to Continue Deadlines — USA v. Clark (Dkt. 14, E.D. Tenn.)PDF
  13. ORDER as to Donna J. Clark, ( Change of Plea Hearing set for…Order · PDF
  14. Unopposed Motion to Continue Plea Hearing by Donna J. Clark — USA v. Clark (Dkt. 19, E.D. Tenn.)Motion · PDF
  15. Order as to Donna J. Clark: Granting 19 Unopposed Motion — USA v. Clark (Dkt. 20, E.D. Tenn.)Order · PDF
  16. Rearraignment Minutes — Guilty Plea to Count One of the Indictment — USA v. Clark (E.D. Tenn.)PDF
  17. Joint Motion for Entry of Agreed Preliminary Order of Forfeiture by USA as to Donna J. Clark — USA v. Clark (Dkt. 23, E.D. Tenn.)Motion · PDF
  18. Other / Agreed Preliminary Order of ForfeiturePDF
  19. Service by Publication filed by USA. Last publication date March 13, 2022 — USA v. Clark (Dkt. 26, E.D. Tenn.)Declaration · PDF
  20. Exhibit A / Advertisement CertificationExhibit · PDF
  21. Exhibit B / Advertisement CopyExhibit · Dkt. 26.2 · PDF
  22. ORDER as to Donna J. Clark, ( Sentencing reset for 6/2/2022…Order · PDF
  23. NOTICE OF NO OBJECTIONS to Presentence Investigation Report by USA as to Donna J. ClarkNotice · Dkt. 30 · PDF
  24. Motion for Entry of Order of Forfeiture by USA as to Donna J. Clark — USA v. Clark (Dkt. 33, E.D. Tenn.)Motion · PDF
  25. Letters of Support submitted for consideration during sentencing — USA v. Clark (Dkt. 38, E.D. Tenn.)PDF
  26. Judgment, Case No. 1:21-CR-69, USA v. Donna J. Clark — USA v. Clark (E.D. Tenn.)Judgment · PDF
  27. RETURN OF SERVICE on 7/13/2023. as to Donna J. ClarkPDF
  28. Motion for Early Termination of Probation for Donna J. Clark (1) Count 1 by Donna J. Clark — USA v. Clark (Dkt. 43, E.D. Tenn.)Motion · PDF

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