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Opinion and Order — United States v. Teraneh Monique Sullivan (Northern District of Oklahoma, Document 27)

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Opinion and Order in United States v. Teraneh Monique Sullivan, Case No. 22-cr-127-JFH, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Document 27, filed June 30, 2022. Before the Court is the defendant's Motion to Transfer Defendant to Another Jail or in the Alternative, to Continue the Competency Hearing. The order recites that a magistrate judge committed the defendant for a psychiatric or psychological examination on June 1, 2022, set a competency hearing for July 12, 2022, and that the examiner was not permitted access on the day the examination was scheduled, June 23, 2022. Citing 18 U.S.C. § 4086, it denies the transfer motion and states that the continuance request will be addressed in a separate order.

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Case 4:22-cr-00127-JFH Document 27 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 06/30/22 Page 1 of 2




                     IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                   FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA

 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                   Plaintiff,

 v.                                                          Case No. 22-cr-127-JFH

 TERANEH MONIQUE SULLIVAN,

                   Defendant.

                                   OPINION AND ORDER

       Before the Court is a Motion to Transfer Defendant to Another Jail or in the Alternative,

to Continue the Competency Hearing (“Motion”) filed by Defendant Teraneh Monique Sullivan

(“Defendant”). Dkt. No. 25; Dkt. No. 26. Defendant is currently detained pending trial. Dkt. No.

10. On June 1, 2022, United States Magistrate Judge Christine D. Little entered an Order

committing Defendant for a psychiatric and/or psychological examination to determine whether

Defendant is competent to stand trial. Dkt. No. 24. Magistrate Judge Little set a competency

hearing for July 12, 2022. Id. A competency examination was scheduled for June 23, 2022. Dkt.

No. 25 at 2. However, upon arrival at the detention facility at which Defendant is housed, the

examiner was not permitted access to Defendant and could not perform the examination. Id. at 2-

3. Defendant now seeks either: (1) a transfer to a facility that will permit the examiner access to

Defendant to perform the competency examination; or (2) a continuance of the competency

hearing to allow for the competency examination to be rescheduled.

       As to Defendant’s request for a transfer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 4086, “United States

marshals shall provide for the safe-keeping of any person arrested or held under the authority of

any enactment of Congress pending commitment to an institution.” Therefore, the United States

Marshal is responsible for Defendant’s safe-keeping. Defendant has cited no authority to support
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her request that the Court assume control of the conditions of her confinement. The Court has

provided the United States Marshal with a copy of Defendant’s Motion.

       As to Defendant’s request that the competency hearing before Magistrate Judge Little be

continued, that matter has been referred for Magistrate Judge Little’s consideration [Dkt. No. 26]

and will be addressed in a separate order. The parties are to coordinate the scheduling of any future

competency examination with the United States Marshal to ensure that the examiner is permitted

access to Defendant.

       IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion to Transfer Defendant to

Another Jail [Dkt. No. 25] is DENIED.

       IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk’s Office is directed to provide a copy of this

Order to the United States Marshal.

       Dated this 30th day of June 2022.


                                              __________________________________________
                                              JOHN F. HEIL, III
                                              UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE




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