USA v. Hopkins — U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia

Case summary

Harrescia Hopkins was charged in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, No. 1:22-cr-00284, in a charging document filed August 9, 2022 that describes the Paycheck Protection Program created by the CARES Act. She pleaded guilty to Counts 1 and 2, wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343. Judgment was entered June 9, 2023, with the date of imposition June 8, 2023: five months' imprisonment as to Counts 1 and 2, two years of supervised release, a $200 special assessment and restitution of $46,004.04 to the Small Business Administration, with the fine waived. Her motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 was denied and judgment entered against her on May 29, 2025. A motion to restore her civil rights and seal her record was denied on June 18, 2026.

Case at a glance

What does the plea agreement's factual basis say?

That she electronically signed and submitted a Paycheck Protection Program Borrower Application Form for a business named Hopkins Towing and Storage to MBE Capital Partners, LLC, requesting a loan of $19,100; it records that she was employed as a Federal Bureau of Prisons correctional officer at the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta.

How was restitution ordered?

$46,004.04 payable to the Clerk of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, for distribution to the U.S. Small Business Administration, to be paid in full immediately.

What did the 2026 order decide?

That the court lacks jurisdiction to restore her right to carry a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 925(c), finds no federal statute authorizing expungement, and that her interest in employment prospects and rehabilitation is not sufficiently extraordinary to override the presumption of openness; the motion was denied.

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