| Inmate in
FCI Gilmer in West Virginia Was Denied
Lawyer Calls So 1 Ordered in 3 Days
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 6 – Angel Otero has a
January 29 deadline for
submissions for compassionate
release from Federal prison.
But he's been unable to speak
with his lawyer due to
COVID-19 lockdown.
On January
5 U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Katherine Polk Failla,
overseeing Otero's case, was
asked to sign an order on it,
see below.
And on January 6,
to her credit, she did: "IT IS
HEREBY ORDERED, that the
Bureau of Prisons and/or FCI
Gilmer provide for a secure
phone conference to take place
between Angel Otero, Register
Number 72776-054, and his
counsel so that they may have
an attorney-client protected
phone conversation... IT IS
FURTHER ORDERED, that the
phone call must take place
within three days of this
order. (Signed by Judge
Katherine Polk Failla on
1/6/21)."
Before here are a
series of emails with FCI
Gilmer in Glenville, West
Virginia, including on from
earlier on January 5 that "We
are currently locked down due
to Covid restrictions.
At this time we
are not allowed to pull
inmates out of their
cells."
There is a
also a draft proposed order
that "the phone call must take
place within three days of
this order."
The case is
US v. Otero, 15-cr-608
(Failla)
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