Memorandum and Order — No. 4:19-cr-00752 (Dkt. 236, E.D. Mo.)

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A Memorandum and Order, Doc. #: 236, filed March 8, 2024 in United States v. Taylor D. James, No. 4:19-CR-752 RLW (Case: 4:19-cr-00752-RLW), in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division, signed by United States District Judge Ronnie L. White. The court construes the defendant's unsigned letter (ECF No. 234) as a pro se motion to modify the conditions of his supervised release to open a new line of credit. It cites a Probation Office letter (ECF No. 235) stating restitution of $152,613 in this case and $160,818 in a Southern District of Illinois case, with one $50 payment made. The court denies the motion.

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 Case: 4:19-cr-00752-RLW Doc. #: 236 Filed: 03/08/24 Page: 1 of 2 PageID #: 931




                            UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                            EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
                                  EASTERN DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                         )
                                                  )
        Plaintiff,                                )
                                                  )
v.                                                )          No. 4:19-CR-752 RLW
                                                  )
TAYLOR D. JAMES,                                  )
                                                  )
        Defendant.                                )

                               MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

        This closed criminal matter is before the Court on self-represented Defendant Taylor D.

James’s unsigned letter (ECF No. 234) received on February 20, 2024. In the letter, Defendant

asks “for permission to purchase a house while on supervised release.” (Id. at 1.) The Court

construes Defendant’s letter as a pro se motion to modify the conditions of his supervised release

to permit him to open a new line of credit.

        Defendant’s case was reassigned to this Court on March 24, 2023, following the

retirement of the judge who presided in this case, the Honorable E. Richard Webber. The Court

directed the United States Probation Office to investigate Defendant’s request to modify his

supervision conditions. The Probation Office prepared a special investigation letter (ECF No.

235) that states Defendant was ordered to pay restitution in this case of $152,613, and restitution

of $160,818 in Docket No. 3:19CR30017-SMY in the U.S. District Court for the Southern

District of Illinois. The Probation Office reports that Defendant has made only one $50 payment

toward his restitution obligations. The special investigation letter, which was sent to Defendant,

further states:

        Upon review of your financial disclosure documents, [you] have self-reported gross
        monthly wages of $8,000 and have approximately $16,000 in a retirement annuity.
        Based on this information, it appears you have sufficient income to make payments
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       toward criminal monetary penalties and have not complied. It was also discovered that
       you opened/used an additional line of credit without the permission of the probation
       office and are operating a luxury vehicle. For these reasons, the U. S. Probation Office
       in the Eastern District of Missouri does not support this request to obtain a new line of
       credit.

(ECF No. 235 at 1.)

       The Court will deny Defendant’s motion to modify his supervised release conditions

based on the information contained in the U.S. Probation Office’s letter. This information shows

Defendant has not established that the modification of supervised release conditions he requests

is warranted.

       Accordingly,

       IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant Taylor D. James’s letter (ECF No. 234),

construed as a pro se motion to modify the conditions of his supervised release, is DENIED.




                                                   RONNIE L. WHITE
                                                   UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE


Dated this 8th day of March, 2024.




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