Order Referring Motion Seeking Reduction of Sentence to Federal Defender's Office (E.D. Cal., Dkt. 63)

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Order referring a defendant's motion seeking reduction of sentence to the Federal Defender's Office, filed July 28, 2022 as Document 63 in United States v. Christina Smith, No. 1:20-cr-00253-DAD-BAM, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California; the order is dated July 26, 2022. It recites that Smith was sentenced on September 7, 2021 and that on July 19, 2022 she filed a pro se motion for a sentence reduction and/or compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582 (Doc. No. 60). Citing General Order No. 595, it appoints the Federal Defender's Office and gives it 60 days to file a supplement or give notice that it will not. The government then has 30 days to respond, and any reply is due within fifteen days.

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     Case 1:20-cr-00253-DAD-BAM Document 63 Filed 07/28/22 Page 1 of 2


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 8                                   UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

 9                         FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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11   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                        No. 1:20-cr-00253-DAD-BAM
12                      Plaintiff,
13          v.                                        ORDER REFERRING DEFENDANT’S
                                                      MOTION SEEKING REUDCTION OF
14   CHRISTINA SMITH,                                 SENTENCE TO FEDERAL DEFENDER’S
                                                      OFFICE
15                      Defendant.
                                                      (Doc. No. 60)
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18          On September 7, 2021, defendant Christina Smith was sentenced in this action. (Doc. No.

19   38.) On July 19, 2022, defendant Smith filed a pro se motion for a sentence reduction and/or

20   compassionate release pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582, apparently based upon conditions related to

21   the COVID-19 virus (referred to by defendant in her pro se motion simply as “the virus”), as well

22   as other alleged conditions of her confinement and additional circumstances. (Doc. No. 60.)

23          Pursuant to General Order No. 595, the Federal Defender’s Office (“FDO”) is appointed

24   to represent defendant Smith in conjunction with the pending motion for compassionate release.

25   The FDO shall have 60 days from the date of this order to file a supplement to defendant Smith’s

26   pro se motion or to notify the court and the government it does not intend to file a supplement.

27   Thereafter, absent further order of the court amending the deadlines, the government shall have

28   30 days from the date of the FDO’s filing to file a response to defendant Smith’s motion. Any
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 1   reply thereto shall be filed within fifteen days of the filing of any response by the government.

 2          The Clerk of the Court is directed to include Assistant Federal Defenders Ann McClintock

 3   (Ann_McClintock@fd.org) and Carolyn Wiggin (Carolyn_Wiggin@fd.org) are to be included in

 4   the CM/ECF’s Notice of Electronic Filing in this action.

 5   IT IS SO ORDERED.
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        Dated:     July 26, 2022
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