| In SDNY Parnas Case Correia Wants End
of Supervision to Travel After Earlier
Unsealing
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Order
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 25 – Whether any US
government agency engaged in
wiretapping not authorized by
a court in connection with the
prosecution of David Correia,
Lev Parnas, Igor Fruman and
Andrey Kukushkin came up near
the end of a conference in the
case on December 2,
live-tweeted by Inner City
Press here.
More on Patreon, here.
Inner City Press has opposed
sealed filings - now possibly
including Correia's pleas
agreements whether docketed or
marked.
Noting
Inner City Press' advocacy to
unseal, Judge J. Paul Oetken
has ordered the full unsealing
of Correia's declarations, in
five business days. Full order
now on DocumentCloud here,
including: "After considering
counsel’s justifications for
sealing or redacting the
declarations (see Dkt. No.
128),1 [FN1: The Court also
takes notice of the letter
filed by Matthew Russell Lee
advocating for public access
to these declarations. (See
Dkt. No. 126)], the Court
orders counsel to promptly
file the unredacted
declarations on the public
docket."
And now, as
advocated for by Inner City
Press, here it is, on
DocumentCloud here:
"I am moving to withdraw
because Mr. Correia has not
paid me for any of the legal
work I have performed for him.
Mr. Correia retained me around
the time of his arrest. Since
that time, Mr. Correia and I
have discussed fees on many
occasions and he has expressed
confidence that he would soon
be in a position to pay for
his legal representation. As
recently as September 19,
2020, Mr. Correia said that he
hoped he could soon pay his
fees. But he has not been able
to do so. Based on my
conversations with Mr.
Correia, and his continued
inability to raise funds, I
believe that his finances will
qualify him for appointed
counsel.. I informed the
Government that I intended to
file this withdrawal motion
and that nonpayment is the
basis of the motion. I have
not otherwise provided them
with the details in this
declaration and I respectfully
request that the Court accept
it ex parte and under
seal."
Correia pleaded guilty to two
counts.
Jump cut to
January 2024, when Correia
wrote to Judge Oetken
requesting an end of
supervised release, saying the
company he works for has
asked him to open a new
division "with a priority on
the Caribbean."
The
case is US
v. Parnas, et
al.,
19-cr-00725
(Oetken).
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