Answer of the Court to Jury Question — United States v. Farah (Dkt. 578, D. Minn.)

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Answer of the Court to a jury question, Doc. 578 filed June 12, 2024 in Criminal No. 22-124 (NEB/TNL), in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. It is on the letterhead of the chambers of U.S. District Judge Nancy E. Brasel and is dated June 4, 2024. The document says the jury asked, at 3:37 p.m. that day, whether it can rely on signatures on meal counts being legally binding or must determine their validity. The answer refers the jury to Jury Instruction No. 2 and Jury Instruction No. 3, which it quotes in part.

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CASE 0:22-cr-00124-NEB-TNL Doc. 578 Filed 06/12/24 Page 1 of 1

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

District of Minnesota

CHAMBERS OF.
NANCY E. BRASEL
U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
300 SOUTH FOURTH STREET
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55415
(612) 664-5050

Criminal No. 22-124 (NEB/TNL) (USA v. Abdiaziz Shafii Farah (1), Mohamed Jama
Ismail (2), Abdimajid Mohamed Nur (4), Said Shafii Farah (5), Abdiwahab Maalim
Aftin (6), Mukhtar Mohamed Shariff (7), and Hayat Mohamed Nur (8)

June 4, 2024
Members of the jury:

On June 4, 2024, at 3:37 p.m. you asked the following question:

Can we rely on the signatures on meal counts being legally binding or is it our
responsibility to determine the validity? This is in regard to potential forged .

ANSWER:

I refer you to Jury Instructions that were provided: Jury Instruction No. 2 states,
in part, “It is your duty to find from the evidence what the facts are.” Jury .
Instruction No. 3 states, in part, “You may use reason and common sense to draw
deductions or conclusions from the facts which have been established by the

( NANCY E. BRASEL

United States District Judge
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