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SDNY COURTHOUSE, Feb 27 – Joshua Gumora was up for sentencing on November 25, 2020.

He complained that there are drugs in the prisons he has been. He said he is a musician and does not belong in jail.   

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Vernon S. Broderick held the sentencing, which Inner City Press covered.   

 Judge Broderick made a point of asking Assistant US Attorney Daniel Wolf to be sure to made the authorities aware of issues in the sealed pre-sentencing report, and in the non-sealed sentencing submission. (Inner City Press is not publishing them here, nor the name of a victim which was said in connection with a gun brandishing charge).

 Similar follow up was not requested on Gumora's statements about drugs in the prisons, even during lockdown.

 But Judge Broderick imposed a year and a day, so that Gumora can be eligible for good time credit.

And in 2022 Judge Broderick ordered: "ORDER as to Joshua Gumora. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT, on March 28, 2022, the United States Marshals Service shall produce Joshua Gumora, Register Number 87617-054, to the cell block on the fourth floor of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, to be released to the United States Probation Office. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Vernon S. Broderick on 3/25/2022)."

Jump cut to January 27, 2023, when Gumora was brought back into SDNY Magistrates Court. Inner City Press was there. Gumora spoke for himself, powerfully, how his father died while he was in custody and, troubling, that he was raped in jail.

  Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave ordered: "ORDER as to Joshua Gumora: A renewed bail hearing is scheduled for Monday, January 30, 2023 at 3:30 pm and will take place in person, in Courtroom 18A, 500 Pearl Street, New York, New York. (Bail Hearing set for 1/30/2023 at 03:30 PM in Courtroom 18A, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007 before Magistrate Judge Sarah L Cave.) (Signed by Magistrate Judge Sarah L Cave on 1/27/2023)."  

He was not released on January 30, then on February 6, this was docketed: "Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Vernon S. Broderick: Status Conference as to Joshua Gumora held on 2/3/2023. Defendant Joshua Gumora, in custody, present. Violation of Supervised Release hearing held. Defendant arraigned on the specifications listed on the violations report dated July 14, 2022. Defendant pleads not guilty and waives the public reading. Defendant's bail application is denied based on risk of flight and failure to appear. The next conference is set for Friday, February 17, 2023 at 2:00 PM in courtroom 24B at 500 Pearl Street." But what will be done on Gumora's allegations of rape in jail? He is a whistleblower.

On February 21, Inner City Press went into the courtroom Judge Broderick is using - from which the media is for now excluded during the death penalty trial he is presiding over - for Gumora's next appearance. Judge Broderick said to come back in six days, that he's more likely to order release directly to an in-patient facility, or a family member. See you in a week, Mister Gumora, he said.

  God willing, Gumora replied. He recounted that guards are selling drugs. As we said: a whistleblower.

But Judge Broderick did not see Gumora in a week - on February 27, it was put off until March 6: "Edward V. Sapone, Esq. dated February 27, 2023 re: I write to respectfully seek an adjournment of today's status conference. The government, by AUSA Dan Wolfe, the US Probation Department, by Officer Courtney Cooke, and I need additional time to secure a bed for inpatient treatment for Mr. Gumora. We respectfully ask the Court to adjourn today's conference to March 6th at 12:15 p.m. ENDORSEMENT: APPLICATION GRANTED. SO ORDERED: ( Status Conference set for 3/6/2023 at 12:15 PM before Judge Vernon S. Broderick. )(Signed by Judge Vernon S. Broderick on 2/27/2023)."

Inner City Press will remain on the case(s).

The case is, or was, US v. Gumora, 20-cr-144 (Broderick).

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