| Coronavirus Does Not Justify 90%
Reduction in Sentence, McDuffie Seeks Delay
for Vaccine
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 2 – Albert McDuffie was
jailed after being arrested
and found with 13 firearms in
his house, including an AK-47
in his walls. Now after
pleading guilty and facing a
mandatory five year minimum he
has applied to be released
from prison due to the
Coronavirus pandemic.
On
April 2 U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of
New York Judge Valerie E.
Caproni head arguments on
Albert McDuffie's request, and
heard directly from his
brother Zeshawn McDuffie a
retired Corrections officer
who has offered a room in his
Long Island house to
quarantine in. Inner City
Press live tweeted the back
and forth @SDNYLIVE.
This
case is US v. Watson,
19-cr-212 (Caproni).
In February 2021,
though, this: "MEMO
ENDORSEMENT as to Albert
McDuffie (5) granting [285]
SECOND LETTER MOTION addressed
to Judge Valerie E. Caproni
from Thomas Francis Dunn dated
February 1, 2021 re: extension
of time to surrender due to
Covid-19. ENDORSEMENT:
Application GRANTED. Mr.
McDuffie's surrender date is
hereby adjourned to Monday,
May 3, 2021. (Signed by Judge
Valerie E. Caproni on
2/1/2021)."
Now on May 2,
2021, this: "Re: United States
v. Albert McDuffie, 19 Cr. 212
(VEC) Dear Judge Caproni: I
write to request an extension
of the time for Albert
McDuffie to surrender to his
assigned facility at Ft. Dix.
His surrender date is
tomorrow, May 3rd . Your Honor
granted the release of Mr.
McDuffie, since he suffered
from a pre-existing medical
condition. Mr. McDuffie is
scheduled to receive his first
vaccination shot on Tuesday,
May 4th and his second on June
1 st . He initially feared
taking the shots, but his
family convinced him to do so.
The lateness for this
submission is due to my
failure. Ms. Christina Ramos
of U.S. Probation advised that
I need to contact the BOP/Fort
Dix and the U.S. Marshal
Service and advise of this
pending application. I sent an
email to Adam Johnson, Counsel
for the Northeast Region. Ms.
Ramos advised she will also
contact the BOP/Ft. Dix and
copy this letter to the
Marshal Service via email. If
your Honor grants this request
I ask the Mr. McDuffie
surrender one week after his
2d shot, which would be June 8
th . U.S. Pretial has given
Mr. McDuffie permission to go
to a CVS in Hickville for the
first shot, since he is on
house arrest. Assistant U.S.
Attorney Adam Hobson advised
that he takes no position
concerning this application,
however, if granted he objects
to a surrender date of more
than one week thereafter."
From back
in April: Zeshawn McDuffie's
wife is a registered nurse
working per diem at Mount
Sinai Hospital. Judge Caproni
called the nurse's work
essential to the community,
and wondered of the wisdom of
bailing Albert McDuffie out
there.
Judge
Caproni did not decide right
away, saying that she will in
due course. The case is US v.
McDuffie, 19-cr-212 (Caproni).
***
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