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Insurrection Case Mellis Alleges Abuse by
Guards in DC Jail, To Get Plea Offer by
Aug 4
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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FEDERAL COURT,
June 16 --
On June 16,
months
after the DC
Circuit's
decision in US
v. Munchel, DDC Judge
Emmet
G. Sullivan
held a hearing
on Jonathan
Gennaro
Mellis, who is
detained and alleging
abuse by
guards. Inner
City Press
live tweeted
it here (and podcast
here)
In
case of US v. JONATHAN GENNARO MELLIS,
who is telling DDC Judge Sullivan that he and
co-defendants after being threatened with
violence by guards in DC Jail.
Mellis: Your Honor, it is crazy in here. Judge
Sullivan: Thank you. Counsel? Mellis' lawyer:
We are waiting on a plea offer. Let's continue
this for 45 days.
Judge Sullivan: What about the time between
now and then? Mellis' lawyer: This will be the
last extension.
Judge Sullivan: If I were to continue
for 45 days, would the US be prepared to have
extended an offer?
AUSA: The answer is Yes. We have given
discovery, body-worn camera footage. There
will be a plea offer in his hands in 60 days
due to summer and supervisors' OK
Mellis' lawyer: I've dealt with this
AUSA for over 20 years, he's fine. It goes
above him. The officer at issue was not
hospitalized.
Judge Sullivan: 45 days, then. The AUSA's
reference to holiday season probably goes over
like a lead balloon to Mr. Mellis...
Judge Sullivan: Aug 4 at 2:30 pm. Mr Mellis,
you'll have a plea offer by then or before.
Mellis: I'm going to have to trust my
attorney. I'm sorry to complain each time.
Judge Sullivan: I gave you the time. I
complain every time I go to court, it's called
life.
So,
there'll be a plea offer on or before Aug 4.
No action taken on Mellis' complaints.
Adjourned.
We will
have more on
this.
Inner
City Press
live tweeted
Riley June
Williams on
January 25, here.
From January
22, song here:
Thread here.
Inner City
Press' John Earle Sullivan
song on SoundCloud here.
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