| EDNY Judge Frees Rasedur
Raihan From GEO Queens Jail Due To COVID
Spread There
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Russell Lee, Patreon
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COURTHOUSE, April 21 –
Rasedur Raihan, detained in
the private GEO Prison on
methamphetamine conspiracy
charges, on April 21 applied
for and got bail, amid the
spread of COVID-19 in the GEO
jail, from U.S. District Court
for the Eastern District of
New York Magistrate Judge
Orenstein. Inner City Press
live tweeted it, here.
The EDNY
prosecutors wanted him
detained as a danger to the
community.
His
defense lawyer says he's in
the GEO facility where 20% of
the inmates are infected with
Coronavirus, the Queens
Detention Facility where
cooperators like Tekashi
#6ix9ine are placed -- as
Inner City Press first
reported, 6ix9ine a/k/a Daniel
Hernandez was released because
asthma amid Coronavirus.
GEO
has no walls, is open
dorm-style, and has guards
without masks, the defense
lawyer said.
Judge Orenstein said to the
Assistant US Attorney, I am
not asking you what an
administrator told you in a
conclusory fashion, but what
the records actually say.
The AUSA
replied, I have not read them,
your Honor... But in March he
didn't have T.B..
Judge Orenstein asked him, Any
objection to providing the
records to Mr. Raihan's
counsel?
The AUSA protested, They are
not in my possession.
Judge Orenstein, seemingly
with rising anfer, told the
AUSA, You should not have to
subpoena records of the
government which he represent.
(In this he echoed SDNY Judge
Richard M. Berman in a
proceeding Inner City Press
also covered).
Judge Orenstein
asked, Anything specific that
he wouldn't come to court, as
opposed to not comply with
bail conditions?
The
AUSA conceded, He did come to
court after each of his
violations. Maybe he thought
he would not be incarcerated.
The charge of distributing
methamphetamine shows
danger.
Judge Orenstein
neared and foreshadowed his
decision, asking rhetorically,
Is that worse than Mr. Raihan
getting infected and infecting
others?
The AUSA said
wanly, That's
speculative.
Judge Orenstein
ruled, At GEO, the virus is
spreading. I cannot say the
risk of non-appearance is near
the risk of death. I am
ordering Mr. Raihan released.
He took
down name and address of the
sureties and 3rd party
custodian, which Inner City
Press is voluntarily not
publishing. The Conditions
were and are $100,000 bond,
and home detention with
location monitoring. The case
is US v. Raihan, EDNY 20-cr-68
(Orenstein).
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