| In SDNY Murky Mag Court Ms Rodriguez
Is Given Plane Ticket Back to Missouri No
Case Number Given
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Exclusive
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
August 20 – While
many even most
cases in the
Magistrates
Court of the U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York are
sealed or have
case numbers
given only
later, on August
20
before
Magistrate
Judge Gabriel
W. Gorenstein
a woman was
brought in on
a bench warrant
from the U.S.
District Court
for the
Eastern District
of Missouri -
and was released,
with the
Marshals to
pay for her
ticket back to
Missouri. No
case number
was given; the
defendant's
name was Ms.
Rodriguez. The
government
asked for
detential but
Judge
Gorenstein
said they
hadn't met
their burden.
When
the Federal
Defender said
Ms. Rodriguez
couldn't go
back to
Missouri
straight away
because she
has to do
community
service
tomorrow and
Thursday at 7
am, Judge
Gorenstein
said return to
Missouri was
100 times more
important.
Ms.
Rodriguez was
led around the
Magistrates
Court in
shackled, then
back into the
holding cell.
An airplane
ticket to
Missouri
seemed in the
works. But no
case number.
Later
on August 20 a
man was
presented and
released
with no case
number being
given.
His name
was pronounced
Christopher
Ansa,
charged with
among other
things
exporting
stolen motor
vehicles.
The Assistant US
Attorney said
he had a
passport from
Ghana
and asked for
location
monitoring.
Judge
Gorenstein
said the US
had not met
its burden and
said he gave
then ten to fifteen
minutes to
come to an
agreement.
Inner
City Press
stepped out of
the Magistrates
Courtroom to
try to look
into the case.
Going back in
10 minutes
later it was
all over - Mr
Ansa still in
a flannel
shirt was
being
released. In
the front
Judge
Gorenstein was
wheeling out a
case, to Judge
Engelmayer.
For this one,
the spelling
was given: US
v. Michael
Massaro. Judge
Gorenstein
asked the
after-hours
Court Security
Officer if he
knew how to
turn off the
lights,
because he and
his Deputy
were leaving.
Lights Out.
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