Free Order - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT mug NW __-\ A 8, 23
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA U.S. U[3_i__mC.]. COURT
vs. Crim. No.
JACKIE GANT i
ORDER TO CONTINUE ON SUPERVISION AND MODIFIY CONDITIONS OF
SUPERVISED RELEASE
On December23, 2002, Jackie Gant appeared before the Honorable Frederic Block
sitting in the Eastern District of New York, having pled guilty to Importation of Cocaine into
the U.S., in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a) and 960(a)(1). Jackie Gant was sentenced I
to time served and five years supervised release. In addition to the standard conditions,
the special conditions were ordered as follow: 1) The defendant shall serve twelve (12)
months in community confinement (halfway house); 2) The defendant shall participate in
a drug treatment program as directed by the Probation Department; 3) The defendant shall
not possess any kind of firearms; and 4) The defendant shall, through his attorney, provide I
quarterly progress reports to the Court during his period of community confinement.
On December 23, 2002, l\/lr. Gant’s supervision commenced and he was expected
to complete supervision on December 22, 2007.
On February 15, 2003, Jackie Gant's jurisdiction was transferred from the Eastern
District of New York to the District of Connecticut. The case was assigned to the
Honorable Janet Bond Arterton sitting in New Haven, Connecticut. On July 31, 2003,
Judge Arterton modified Mr. Gant’s special conditions effectively removing the condition
that the defendant had to serve twelve months in community confinement and added the
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following condition: The defendant shall participate in a mental health treatment program, I
as approved by the Probation Office. The defendant shall pay all, or a portion of, the costs I
associated with treatment, based on his ability to pay, in an amount determined by the I
Probation Office as appropriate. I
On March 28, 2005, the Honorable Christopher F. Droney, signed a Petition on
Probation and Supervised Release which outlined a number of violations. A warrant was
issued as Mr. Gant had been in absconder status. `
On October 20, 2005, l\/lr. Gant was presented for his initial appearance before the I
Honorable Magistrate Judge Thomas P. Smith who ordered Mr. Gant to be held without
prejudice, pending a violation hearing on October 26, 2005. ,
On October 26, 2005, ll/lr. Gant was presented before the Court and was
represented by appointed counsel, Sarah F. Fiussell. He admitted that he violated and the I
Court determined that Mr. Gant violated the conditions of supervision and reinstated his
term of supervised release until June 14, 2007 to begin upon his release from State I
custody. The conditions of supervised release are modified to include placement of up to
two months at Cheney House, in Hartford, Connecticut or until he can be placed in along-
term inpatient substance abuse treatment program where he can receive both substance l
abuse and psychological/psychiatric treatment as directed by the Probation Department.
ll/lr. Gant will not be allowed to leave the Community Corrections Program unless he is
escorted by Cheney staff, defense counsel or a probation officer in order to facilitate
admission to treatment. He is to complete the inpatient treatment program and comply
with the discharge treatment plan recommended by the treatment provider. E
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ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED, that the detalner remain in effect until Mr. Grant
is released from the State of Connecticut custody and subsequently placed in Community I
Corrections, for up to two months until admission is secured at an appropriate inpatient I
treatment program. Nlr. Gant is to complete the inpatient substance abuse treatment I
program and discharge treatment plan requirements. I
All other court ordered conditions will remain In effect.
Dated at New Haven, Connecticut, this clay of October, 2005. f
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Ehexlonorable Janet Bond Arterton
ited States District Judge _
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