| Bahraini
Man Extradited
from Greece to
US For Drug
Deals in
Durban Set to
Plead Guilty
July 2
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY EXCLUSIVE,
June 28 – A
man named
Mullah
Mohammad
Saleh, a
citizen of
Bahrain, was
extradited to
the United
States from
Greece and
appeared in
Magistrates
Court of the
U.S. District
Court for the
Southern
District of
New York on
April 21 at 5
pm.
Inner
City Press was
there, the
only media
(the only
civilian) in
the Mag
Court.
Saleh's case
is sealed, but
assigned to
District Judge
Valerie E.
Caproni.
He
was assigned a
US taxpayer
funded lawyer,
saying that
his income
"varies...
based on
currency
exchange
rates."
His
Federal
Defender said
she spoke with
him in
English, but
that he speaks
two languages
including
Urdu.
He
consented to
detention and
was led away
by the US
Marshals.
On
February 28,
2024 there was
movement: "a
status
conference in
this matter
will be held
on Friday, May
31, 2024. The
Court intends
to set a
motion
schedule and a
trial schedule
at that
conference."
And
Judge Caproni
did, on May
31: "ORDER as
to Mullah
Bakhsh Ghulam
Mohammad
Saleh: IT IS
HEREBY ORDERED
that jury
selection and
trial in this
matter will
commence on
Monday, August
12, 2024, at
9:00 A.M. The
final pretrial
conference
will be held
on Thursday,
August 8, 2024
Any pretrial
motions are
due June 28,
2024.
Responses are
due July 19,
2024, and
replies are
due July 26,
2024. Motions
in limine are
due July 26,
2024, and
responses are
due August 2,
2024. Requests
to charge and
proposed voir
dire questions
are due August
2, 2024. IT IS
FURTHER
ORDERED that
time is hereby
excluded until
August 12,
2024 to permit
the Defendant,
who requires
the assistance
of an
interpreter,
to engage in a
meaningful
conversation
with defense
counsel. Time
excluded from
5/31/2024
until
8/12/2024."
On
June 28 it
emerged that
Saleh
scheduled to
plead guilty
on July 2:
"ORDER as to
Mullah Bakhsh
Ghulam
Mohammad
Saleh: IT IS
HEREBY ORDERED
that a change
of plea
hearing in
this matter
will be held
on Tuesday,
July 2, 2024,
at 10:00 A.M.
in Courtroom
443 of the
Thurgood
Marshall
Courthouse, 40
Foley Square,
New York, New
York, 10007.
(Change of
Plea Hearing
set for
7/2/2024 at
10:00 AM in
Courtroom 443,
40 Centre
Street, New
York, NY 10007
before Judge
Valerie E.
Caproni)
(Signed by
Judge Valerie
E. Caproni on
6/28/2024)"
It
is US v.
Mohammed
Saleh,
22-cr-161
(Caproni)
More
on Substack
here.
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