accept the guilty plea remotely — accept the guilty plea remotely — USA v. Campbell (Dkt. 3.1) (Dkt. 3.1)

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An order authorizing a remote felony plea proceeding in United States v. Hashim Campbell, 21-CR-0478 (FB), in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, dated September 17, 2021 and filed as Document 3-1. The order recites that a felony plea pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 11 cannot be conducted in court without seriously jeopardizing public health and safety due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and that the defendant has requested a plea hearing by video conference. It states that the Court finds the interests of justice include consideration of a defendant's decision to plead guilty and that indefinite delay may cause serious harm to those interests. With the defendant's consent after consultation with counsel, it authorizes the assigned magistrate judge to conduct the plea proceeding by video conference, or by telephone if video conferencing is not reasonably available.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  
-against-
ORDER 
21-CR-0478 (FB)
Hashim Campbell, 
Defendant. 
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FREDERIC BLOCK, United States District Judge: 
Whereas a felony plea pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 11 cannot be conducted in court 
without seriously jeopardizing the public health and safety, due to the global COVID-19 
pandemic, that in-person proceedings appear unlikely to resume until the fall, and that defendant 
has requested a plea hearing by video conference, the Court finds that the interests of justice 
include consideration of a defendant's decision to plead guilty and that an indefinite delay of the 
plea may result in serious harm to the interests of justice. Therefore, with the consent of the 
defendant after consultation with counsel, I hereby authorize the assigned magistrate judge to 
conduct a plea proceeding by video conference, or by telephone conference if video conferencing 
is not reasonably available. 
SO ORDERED.  
/s/ Frederic Block 
U.S.D.J. 
Dated: September 17, 2021 
Brooklyn, New York 
Case 1:21-cr-00478-FB     Document 3-1     Filed 09/17/21     Page 1 of 1 PageID #: 8

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