| With NYS Case Delayed Hector
Rivera Is Denied Release From MCC By SDNY
Judge Torres
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 1 – Hector Rivera is in
the Metropolitan Correctional
Center awaiting a federal
Violation of Supervised
Release hearing that had been
scheduled for April 20. But
with the spread of Coronavirus
COVID-19, his related New York
State criminal case has been
postponed until at least June
22.
So Hector
Rivera's Federal Defender on
April 1 asked U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge
Analisa Torres to release
Rivera from the MCC where, she
said there are "twenty six men
in a single room, sharing a
single urinal. There are not
enough masks to go
around."
The
assigned Assistant US Attorney
acknowledged that Coronavirus
in the MCC is "difficult," but
said that Hector Rivera is
charged with abusing his
ex-girlfriend. She said that
says that given the COVID-19
pandemic, there are less
police resources to keep an
eye on Rivera if he were
released, that there are fewer
location monitoring bracelets.
She said the "MCC is taking
measures... As of last night,
there is a new announcement by
BOP that there is going to be
a 14 day quarantine."
After hearing both sides,
Judge Torres ruled: I have
reviewed the defendant's
request to be released to
Brownsville, Brooklyn on
$50,000 bond, and his argument
that his Sixth Amendment
rights have been violated. I
that find he has not met his
burden of persuasion, given
his history of violence.
Accordingly, defendant's
application is
denied.
And with that,
Rivera will remain in the MCC.
The case is US v. Rivera,
16-cr-66 (Torres).
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