Court filing
Exhibit B — USA v. Kao (Dkt. 144.2)
Filed June 12, 2026 in USA v. Kao; one of 50 filings from this case.
Record facts
| Court | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii |
|---|---|
| Filed | 2026-06-12 |
U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii · No. 1:21-cr-00061-LEK · Doc. 144-2 · 2026-06-12 · Docket on CourtListener
Full text
EXHIBIT "B" Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 1 of 41 PageID.1166 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 2 of 41 PageID.1167 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 3 of 41 PageID.1168 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 4 of 41 PageID.1169 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 5 of 41 PageID.1170 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 6 of 41 PageID.1171 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 7 of 41 PageID.1172 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 8 of 41 PageID.1173 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 9 of 41 PageID.1174 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 10 of 41 PageID.1175 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 11 of 41 PageID.1176 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 12 of 41 PageID.1177 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 13 of 41 PageID.1178 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 14 of 41 PageID.1179 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 15 of 41 PageID.1180 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 16 of 41 PageID.1181 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 17 of 41 PageID.1182 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 18 of 41 PageID.1183 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 19 of 41 PageID.1184 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 20 of 41 PageID.1185 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 21 of 41 PageID.1186 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 22 of 41 PageID.1187 Honorable Leslie E. Kobayashi February 2, 2025 United States District Judge Prince Kuhio Federal Building District of Hawaii 300 Ala Moana Blvd Honolulu, HI, 96850 Dear Judge Kobayashi: My name is Bill Stackman. I am the former Dean of Students at Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts & Science. However, I am not writing to you as a Dean at Harvard, rather in my personal capacity as a friend of Martin Kao. I met Martin in a course we had together last semester. The title of the course is “Mindfulness, Meaning, and Resilience.” It focused on mindfulness as a method of attending to the experience of the present moment with full awareness and how finding meaning in our suffering and trials can build character, hope, and resilience. It was in a serendipitous encounter that I ran into Martin one afternoon at the Harvard Law School student center. We shared our personal experiences, trials, and suffering. Including how what we studied in the Mindfulness course has helped us cope. Martin was very open and honest about his mistakes, current legal trials and challenges. The final project of the course required that each graduate credit student select a specific population group and present a thesis to the class on how mindfulness would benefit that group. Focusing on what “finding meaning" might look like for this group through the lens of mindfulness cultivation, and how mindfulness can foster a sense of personal and collective growth, healing or sense of purpose for this population group. Martin chose to focus his presentation on how mindfulness can help to rehabilitate, bring meaning, and reform to those who are or have been incarcerated. He humbly shared his very personal mistakes, experiences and pending fate before you. And how it has led him to have this emphatic compassion for others who he feels have no resources, voice, or agency. I hope that when you do finally meet Martin on February 13, 2025, you will see beyond his past and look to the future and see the “Martin” that I and his peers at Harvard see. Sincerely, William Stackman Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 23 of 41 PageID.1188 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 24 of 41 PageID.1189 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 25 of 41 PageID.1190 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 26 of 41 PageID.1191 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 27 of 41 PageID.1192 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 28 of 41 PageID.1193 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 29 of 41 PageID.1194 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 30 of 41 PageID.1195 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 31 of 41 PageID.1196 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 32 of 41 PageID.1197 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 33 of 41 PageID.1198 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 34 of 41 PageID.1199 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 35 of 41 PageID.1200 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 36 of 41 PageID.1201 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 37 of 41 PageID.1202 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 38 of 41 PageID.1203 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 39 of 41 PageID.1204 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 40 of 41 PageID.1205 Case 1:21-cr-00061-LEK Document 144-2 Filed 02/07/25 Page 41 of 41 PageID.1206
File and source
- File
- gov.uscourts.hid.154418.144.2.pdf
- Size
- 10,041,783 bytes
- SHA-256
- beafe680e71233704e1f49ff4185255fab52daabc4af44a51ad132228c994bcd
- Original
- storage.courtlistener.com