| In SDNY Murky Mag Court Man Is
Detained For June 5 Crack But Case Still
Sealed
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Exclusive
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
August 22 – 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
22
before
Magistrate
Judge Gabriel
W. Gorenstein
a man was
presented and
detained on
consent
with a case
number listed -
but hours
later, the
case on PACER
was still
listed as
"sealed."
This
despite the
fact that
Criminal
Justice Act lawyer
Irving
Cohen
asked Judge Gorenstein
for two
additional minutes to
read the
complaint to his
client. It
was summarized
as involving
the possession
with intent to
distribute of
100 grams of
crack on June
5, 2019. So
why then is it
listed as
sealed, even
after the
presentment?
Inner City
Press, the
only media in
the
Magistrates
Court for
this, an hour
after a
Michael
Avenatti /
Nike
conference,
which Inner
City Press
live tweeted here,
will continue
to pursue this
and other
mysteries of
the SDNY's
murky Mag
Court.
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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