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FILED
May 05, 2022
CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT
1 PHILLIP A. TALBERT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
United States Attorney
2 JOSEPH D. BARTON
Assistant United States Attorney
3 2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401
Fresno, CA 93721
4 Telephone: (559) 497-4000
Facsimile: (559) 497-4099
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Attorneys for Plaintiff
United States of America
SEALED
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9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CASE NO. 1:22-cr-00129-DAD-BAM
12 Plaintiff, MOTION AND ORDER TO SEAL
INDICTMENT
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14 MAKIAH MILES (AKA, “SCRAPPY”)
AND APRYL WESTON,
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16 Defendant.
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18 The government moves the Court, pursuant to Rule 6(e) of the Federal Rules of
19 Criminal Procedure, to order and direct that the Indictment returned by the Grand Jury
20 on May 5, 2022, charging the above defendants with a violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1349 –
21 Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud; 18 U.S.C. §§ 1028A(a)(1) and 2 – Aggravated Identity
22 Theft and Aiding and Abetting (Two Counts); 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C), and 28 U.S.C. §
23 2461(C) – Criminal Forfeiture, be kept secret until the defendants named in this
24 Indictment are either in custody or have been given bail on these offenses; and further
25 order that until such time as the defendants are in custody or have been given bail,
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Motion to Seal Indictment 1
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1 that no person shall disclose the finding of the Indictment or any warrant issued pursuant
2 thereto, except when necessary for the issuance and execution of the warrant.
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DATED: May 5, 2022 Respectfully submitted,
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PHILLIP A. TALBERT
6 United States Attorney
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By /s/ Joseph D. Barton
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JOSEPH D. BARTON
9 Assistant U.S. Attorney
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Dated: May 5, 2022 _____________________________
13 SHEILA K. OBERTO
U.S. Magistrate Judge
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