United States v. Fatiu Ismaila Lawal

Case summary

United States v. Fatiu Ismaila Lawal, No. 3:23-cr-05034 (W.D. Wash. at Tacoma), is known here through three filings from 2024 that do not state the charges or the program at issue. On July 15, 2024 Chief Magistrate Judge Theresa L. Fricke entered an order of detention pending trial (Document 52) on the defendant's stipulation, without prejudice to a later detention hearing, committing him to the custody of the Attorney General. On September 12, 2024 Judge Robert J. Bryan accepted Lawal's plea of guilty to Counts 3 and 16 of the Indictment, adjudged him guilty of those offenses and directed the parties to appear for sentencing (Document 62-1). On December 9, 2024 Judge Bryan recused, citing a potential conflict, and directed the Clerk to reassign the case (Document 66), after which the case number carried the suffix TMC. The hosted record ends with that recusal order; no sentencing filing is on the page.