Free Motion to Preserve Evidence - District Court of California - California

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1 TODD W. BURNS California State Bar No. 194937 2 FEDERAL DEFENDERS OF SAN DIEGO, INC. 225 Broadway, Suite 900 3 San Diego, California 92101-5008 Telephone No. (619) 234-8467 4 Email: [email protected] 5 Attorneys for Mr. Castro 6 7 8 9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA (HONORABLE NITA L. STORMES) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) DANIEL CRUZ-ESCOBAR, ) ) Defendant. ) ___________________________________ ) Criminal No. 08MJ1348

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MOTION TO PRESERVE EVIDENCE

KAREN P. HEWITT, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY and CHARLOTT KAISER, ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Defendant, Daniel Cruz-Escobar, by and through counsel, Todd

20 W. Burns and Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., asks this Court to order the government preserve any 21 evidence related to his seizure, including any video or audio recordings. 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 //

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According to the complaint, Defendant Daniel Cruz-Escobar was arrested on April 29, 2008, in the

2 area at the San Ysidro Port of Entry where pedestrians exit the United States to Mexico. Undersigned counsel 3 is aware there are surveillance cameras in that area, and anticipates filing a motion to suppress based on an 4 unlawful seizure. Accordingly, he requests the court order the government preserve any evidence related to 5 his seizure, including any video or audio recordings. 6 7 Date: May 5, 2008 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Respectfully submitted, /s/ TODD W. BURNS TODD W. BURNS Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc. Attorneys for Mr. Castro

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Counsel for Defendant certifies that the foregoing pleading is true and accurate to the best information

3 and belief, and that a copy of the foregoing document has been served this day upon: 4 5 6 Courtesy Copy Chambers Courtesy Copy Assistant U.S. Attorney Courtesy Copy Defendant /s/ TODD W. BURNS Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc. 225 Broadway, Suite 900 San Diego, CA 92101-5030 (619) 234-8467 (tel) (619) 687-2666 (fax) [email protected] (email)

7 Dated: May 5, 2008 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28