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Defendant's motion for compassionate release — U.S. v. Staveley/Butziger (D.R.I.)

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Defendant's motion for compassionate release by David Staveley, filed under 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1) in No. 20-CR-074-MSM and dated January 8, 2021. The motion says Staveley is in pretrial detention at Wyatt Detention Center and has severe Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), which it says the current incarceration has made worse. It states that mental health staff and the Warden told Staveley that nothing is available at Wyatt to help, and that Staveley is alone 24 hours per day. It asks that Staveley be moved to a setting where activities can be closely monitored and mental health care is available. The signature line is /s/ Mark L. Josephs.

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Filed January 8, 2021 in U.S. v. Butziger; one of 173 filings from this case.

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Court	U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island
Filed	2021-01-08

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“Defendant's motion for compassionate release — U.S. v. Staveley/Butziger (D.R.I.).” U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, filed 2021-01-08. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/court-filings/us-v-butziger-rid/2021-01-08-motion-compassionate-release/, SHA-256 f7e365a83eeea33f3349b2bddea8c14eb3392736f6d5bc58e0c61dd66f51f362.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

:
No. 20-CR-074-MSM

:
DAVID STAVELEY,

a/k/a Kurt Sanborn,

Defendant.

DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR COMPASSIONATE RELEASE

Defendant David Staveley, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1), respectfully submits this
Motion for Compassionate Release. Mr. Staveley currently is incarcerated at Wyatt Detention
Center in pretrial detention. Wyatt is a private prison facility, so Mr. Staveley understands that
pursuit of an administrative process there is unnecessary. Mr. Staveley seeks this release now,
rather than after sentencing, because of the urgency of the situation, as described below.

In 2011, while incarcerated at the Allenwood Low Federal Correctional Institution in
Pennsylvania, Mr. Staveley was a victim of a sexual assault inflicted by a Federal Correctional
Officer there.1 Since that time, Mr. Staveley has suffered from severe Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder (PTSD) and continues to do so at the present time. Mr. Staveley’s current incarceration
has rendered his PTSD worse, given his current circumstances. As a victim of such an assault,
Mr. Staveley’s incarceration is subject to the Prison Rape Elimination Act, 34 U.S.C. §§ 30301-
30309.

Treatment of Mr. Staveley’s mental health illness is unavailable at Wyatt. Members of
the mental health staff and the Wyatt Warden have informed Mr. Staveley that nothing is

1 Should the Court require an affidavit from Mr. Staveley, counsel can obtain one and refile this
Motion accompanied by the affidavit.

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available at Wyatt to assist him with his severe PTSD. The Warden has directed correctional
officers to stay away from Mr. Staveley, and he is too fearful to have a cellmate in his cell.
Accordingly, Mr. Staveley is entirely alone 24 hours per day at Wyatt. He has lost over 50
pounds while in that facility.

Section 3582(c)(1) directs consideration of the sentencing factors contained in 18 U.S.C.
§ 3553(a) in evaluating requests. Although these factors relate to sentencing, and Mr. Staveley is
in pretrial detention, consideration of those factors is relevant to this Motion. Mr. Staveley was
indicted for a non-violent crime; accordingly, the protection of the public from him relates only
to further crimes, and an alternative setting can be designed to closely monitor his activities.
Application of sub-section (D) supports this Motion, as it addresses the need for medical care,
and the appropriate care is unavailable in Mr. Staveley’s current setting.

Mr. Staveley potentially could be placed in something akin to a halfway house, where he
could be closely monitored and be able to receive the mental health care that he requires. He
could support himself through non-supervisory work in a restaurant or something similar. Other
alternative settings are potentially appropriate.

Whatever the alternatives, Mr. Staveley’s current situation is untenable. He is alone 24
hours per day, fearful of contact with correctional officers and so traumatized that he cannot eat.
Wyatt officials and mental health care personnel have informed Mr. Staveley that they are unable
to provide him with the health treatment he strongly requires. Mr. Staveley respectfully offers
that a change is needed immediately.

For the foregoing reasons, Mr. Staveley respectfully requests that this Motion be granted,
and that he is soon relocated to a setting in which he can be closely monitored and receive the
mental health care he so desperately requires.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: January 8, 2021

/s/ Mark L. Josephs

Mark L. Josephs

MA Bar No. 568454

Law Office of Mark L. Josephs LLC

100 Cambridge Street, 14th Floor

Boston, MA 02114

(202) 904-4736

mark.josephs@markljosephslaw.com

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that this document filed through the ECF system will be sent
electronically to the registered participants as identified on the Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF),
and paper copies will be sent to anyone indicated as a non-registered participant on January 8,
2021.