| COVID Restrictions Delay Safety Valve
Proffer So In Cuong Bang Case Date For
Motions Set
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 14 – Cuong Bang was
charged in a drug conspiracy
with his brother. He is
eligible for the Safety Valve
but understandably did not
want his proffer used against
his brother, who the US argues
is not safety value eligible.
On July 9,
2020 U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge Lewis J. Liman held
a proceeding. Inner City Press
covered it.
Assistant
US Attorney Elizabeth Hanft
argued that Judge Liman should
set a trial date, that Cuong
Bang could not pick his own
timing for a proffer.
Judge Liman,
noting the delay of trials by
the COVID-19 pandemic, instead
set another conference for
September 11 (which he called
an inauspicious day, but one
by more may be known about the
timing of trials).
Cuong Bang's
lawyer Sabrina Shroff noted
that the US Attorney's Office
in some cases emphasizes that
trial must be delayed and in
other case like this one seeks
to push forward. She cited
upcoming trial for other other
detained clients.
Now on May
14, 2021, Judge Liman held
another conference, by Zoom
and phone, and Inner City
Press again covered it. The US
Attorney's Office maintains
that a written proffer is not
enough, that it wants to ask
follow up questions.
. But
Cuong Bang's lawyer Sabrina
Shroff understandably wants to
be present. Judge Liman set a
July 12 deadline for motions,
and said COVID seems to be
lifting. Here's hoping.
This case
is US v. Bang et al.,
19-cr-213 (Liman)
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