| Man
Arrived
Legless in
SDNY Via
Oklahoma in
Gun Case now
by Video from
Gold Crest
Center
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 9 – Ira
Booker was
charged with
conspiracy to
traffic in
narcotics and
automatic
weapons, with
the Sinaloa
Cartel and
even Al
Shabaab. He
was arrested
in California
on February
24, 2023.
Two
months later,
on April 25,
2023 U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York
Magistrate
Judge Ona T.
Wang arraigned
Booker, who
was in a
wheelchair.
His
lawyer said
that while
being
transferred
from
California to
New York via
the hub in
Oklahoma, he
was left in a
place in
shackles, got
blood clots
and ended up
having a leg
amputated.
Upon arrival
in New York,
rather than
the MDC in
Brooklyn, he
was placed in
a
rehabilitation
center in the
Bronx named
Gold Crest.
After
arraignment he
was to be
taken back
there.
On
April 27
District Judge
Jennifer H.
Rearden to her
credit ordered
records,
albeit under
seal.
On
May 9, Judge
Rearden held a
status
conference,
with Booker
still in Gold
Crest: "Minute
Entry for
proceedings
held before
Judge Jennifer
H. Rearden:
Status
Conference as
to Ira Booker
held on
5/4/2023.
Defendant Ira
Booker present
by telephone
from Gold
Crest Care
center with
Federal
Defender by
video... The
Court
requested a
status letter
by Thursday,
June 1, 2023,
on the status
of discovery.
Next
conference is
scheduled for
Monday, June
5, 2023, at
11:30 AM. Time
is excluded
under the
Speedy Trial
Act from today
until June 5,
2023.
Defendant
remains
remanded."
The
case is
US v. Booker,
23-cr-120
(Rearden /
Wang)
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