Free Motion for Miscellaneous Relief - District Court of Colorado - Colorado

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Criminal Case No. 04-cr-00403-LTB UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. 5. JOSE ALFREDO ZAPATA, et al, Defendants. ________________________________________________________________________ MOTION TO ALLLOW TESTIMONY BY PHONE ________________________________________________________________________ Comes now Defendant Jose Alfredo Zapata, through counsel, Richard J. Banta, and, pursuant to Rule 47, Fed. R. Cr. P, respectfully moves the Court for an Order granting this Motion. In support of such Motion, Defendant states the following: 1. This matter has been set for a hearing on March 17th 2006 at 10:00 am on Defendant's Renewed Motion for Bond. 2. Defendant intends to call as a witness at such hearing Ms. Sandra Salteres, an immigration attorney who prepared the affidavit in support of Defendant's renewed motion. 3. Ms. Salteres resides in Boulder, Colorado, and is scheduled to undergo out patient treatment for a minor medical matter on Thursday, March 16, 2006. 4. She is uncertain as to whether she will be fully recuperated by Friday, and in any event will be unable to drive on the 17th.

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5. Ms. Salteres's testimony at the hearing will track the information she has already provided to the Court and the government in her affidavit. 6. Ms. Salteres believes she will be able to appear by phone at the hearing, although there is a small chance that there may be some lingering after effects from the Thursday medical procedure. 7. Ms. Salteres is scheduled to leave for a two week vacation on Saturday the 18th , so the window of opportunity to have her available to testify at a bond hearing in the near future is very small. 8. Counsel for Mr. Zapata has not as of 4:00 pm on Monday, March 13th 2006 had an opportunity to discuss this motion with either Assistant US Attorney Stephanie Podalak or Guy Till, although he has left a voice message relaying the substance of this motion. 9. Defendant requests that Ms. Salatres be permitted to appear by phone at the hearing on March 17th, 2006. Wherefore, Defendant Zapata respectfully prays that the Court enter an Order granting this Motion, and granting such further relief as the court deems just and proper.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/Richard J. Banta Richard J. Banta 1361 Elizabeth St. Denver, CO 80206 303-860-8048

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on March 13th, 2006 I electronically filed the foregoing motion with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the following e-mail addresses:
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Mitchell Baker [email protected] [email protected] Thomas K. Carberry [email protected] James A. Castle [email protected] [email protected] Lisabeth Perez Castle [email protected] [email protected] Robert Justin Driscoll [email protected] [email protected] Charles W. Elliott [email protected] [email protected] Martha Horwitz Eskesen [email protected] Jennifer L. Gedde [email protected] Daniel P. Gerash [email protected] [email protected] Walter L. Gerash [email protected] [email protected] Mark Cameron Johnson [email protected] Forrest W. Lewis [email protected] Donald L. Lozow [email protected] Neil E. MacFarlane [email protected] Jeffrey S. Pagliuca [email protected] [email protected] Lynn Anne Pierce [email protected] Stephanie Podolak [email protected] [email protected];[email protected] Scott T. Poland [email protected] Michael Gary Root [email protected]

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James F. Scherer [email protected] Harvey Abe Steinberg [email protected] [email protected] John F. Sullivan, III [email protected] Richard L. Tegtmeier [email protected] [email protected] E. Richard Toray [email protected] [email protected] Jonathan S. Willett [email protected] [email protected] Earl Sherwood Wylder [email protected] [email protected]

and I hereby certify that I have mailed or served the document or paper to the following non CM/ECF participant in the manner (mail, hand-delivery) indicated by the nonparticipant's name:
Angelica B. Carreon Angelica B. Carreon, P.C. 210 North Campbell El Paso, TX 79901 Lucia Consuelo Gallery Isaacson Rosenbaum, P.C. 633 - 17th Street #2200 Denver, CO 80202 Charles Louis Roberts Charles Louis Roberts, Attorney at Law 101 South Kansas El Paso, TX 79901 Anita Marcia Springsteen Anita Marcia Springsteen, Attorney at Law 5000 West 13th Avenue Denver, CO 80204

/s/Richard J. Banta____ Richard J. Banta

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