| Tartaglione Guilty after
Epstein MCC Bunking Got 4 Life Sentences Now
Unsealing Dispute
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Nov 20 – To withhold documents
about the death of Jeffrey
Epstein in the Metropolitan
Correctional Center in lower
Manhattan, the U.S. Department
of Justice cited the
then-pending trials of
Corrections Officer Tova Noel
and the still-pending death
penalty trial Michael Thomas
and former Briarcliff Manor
Officer Nicholas Tartaglione.
But how much of
it was a cover-up?
Inner City Press, which pushed
for full access to the trial
of Ghislaine Maxwell, live
tweeted it, here
and below.
On April 6, 2023,
Tartaglione was convicted of
the quadruple murder, all
counts, and SDNY said, "Today,
a jury has found Tartaglione
guilty of these heinous acts,
sending a message that no one
is above the law. We
commend the career prosecutors
and investigators for their
relentless pursuit of justice
in this case over the past
seven years, and for ensuring
that Nicholas Tartaglione
faces a lifetime in federal
prison for his unconscionable
murder of four men."
Then docketed:
"LETTER by USA as to Joseph
Biggs addressed to Judge
Kenneth M. Karas from AUSAs
Maurene Comey, Jason Swergold,
and Jacob Fiddelman dated
April 6, 2023 re: Sentencing
and Unsealing Document filed
by USA. (Comey, Maurene)."
On June 23, 2023,
Tartaglione's lawyer wrote to
Judge Karas about a
non-docketed AUSA letter
"regarding a telephone at the
MDC," to say that the phone
was not Tartaglione's and that
he wants out of the MDC
asap. He was "place in
the SHU (evidently the person
who did plug in the telephone
was a reputed gang member)."
The request is for the video
"of the incident which
exonerates Mr. Tartaglione."
Judge Karas has ruled that the
US' response is due by June
27.
On June 27, the
US Attorney's Office replied
in opposition, saying there is
no basis for their or the
Court's involvement in this
"administrative matter." It
then characterizes the video -
which it says the defendant
should contest through the BOP
disciplinary process.
On October 13,
Tartaglione's sentencing was
pushed back: "ENDORSED LETTER
as to Nicholas Tartaglione
addressed to Judge Kenneth M.
Karas from Attorney Inga
Parsons dated October 12, 2023
re: We therefore respectfully
request that Mr. Tartaglione's
post-trial motion date be
extended to October 31, 2023,
with the Government's response
extended to November 30, 2023.
We also request that the Court
adjourn the current sentencing
date of October 31, 2023,
until after the resolution of
the post-trial motions.
ENDORSEMENT: All requests are
granted. Sentence is adjourned
to 2/21/24, at 2:00. So
Ordered. (Signed by Judge
Kenneth M. Karas on
10/12/2023)."
On June 10,
Tartagione got four life
sentences: "NICHOLAS
TARTAGLIONE was sentenced
today to four consecutive life
sentences for his leadership
role in the 2016 murders of
Martin Luna, Urbano Santiago,
Miguel Luna, and Hector
Gutierrez. TARTAGLIONE,
who is a former police
officer, orchestrated the
kidnapping and murders of all
four victims on April 11,
2016."
On November 20,
2024 his appellate counsel
wrote to Judge Karas asking
for an order to see sealed
docket entry and explaining:
"Undersigned counsel has
spoken to Richard Alcantara
from the Second Circuit, who
handles appellate counsels'
requests to review sealed case
filings. For cases from 500
Pea[r]l Street he send a memo
to the Clerk's Office and
documents are provided to
him...There is no notice to
the government (which may
explain why the government is
not aware of the procedure).
Mr. Alcantara's assistance is
not available in cases from
the White Plains courthouse.
Access is requested.
The case is US v.
Tartaglione, 16-cr-832 (Karas)
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