Free Motion to Compel - District Court of California - California

Case 3:08-cr-00799-BEN

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1 ROBERT R. HENSSLER JR. 2 FEDERAL DEFENDERS OF SAN DIEGO, INC. 3 San Diego, California 92101-5008 4 email: [email protected] 5 Attorneys for Mr. Placencia-Medina 6 7 8 9 10

California State Bar No. 216165 225 Broadway, Suite 900

Telephone: (619) 234-8467

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA (HONORABLE ROGER T. BENITEZ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CASE NO. 08CR0799-BEN DATE: May 5, 2008 TIME: 2:00 p.m. NOTICE OF MOTIONS AND MOTIONS TO: 1) COMPEL DISCOVERY; 2) PRESERVE EVIDENCE; 3) DISMISS INDICTMENT BECAUSE IT FAILS TO ALLEGE ALL ELEMENTS OF THE CHARGED OFFENSE; 4) DISMISS INDICTMENT BECAUSE IT VIOLATES DEFENDANT'S RIGHT TO PRESENTMENT; 5) DISMISS INDICTMENT DUE TO MISINSTRUCTION OF THE GRAND JURY; AND 6) STRIKE SURPLUSAGE FROM INDICTMENT; 7) PRODUCE GRAND JURY TRANSCRIPTS; 8) SUPPRESS STATEMENTS; AND 9) LEAVE TO FILE FURTHER MOTIONS

11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 12 13

Plaintiff, v.

14 GILBERTO PLACENCIA-MEDINA, 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 TO: 24 25

Defendant.

KAREN P. HEWITT, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, AND AARON CLARK, ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on May 5, 2008, at 2:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as counsel may

26 be heard, Gilberto Placencia-Medina, by and through counsel, Robert R. Henssler Jr., and Federal Defenders 27 of San Diego, Inc., will ask this Court to enter an order granting the following motions. 28 //

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MOTIONS Gilberto Placencia-Medina, by and through counsel, Robert R. Henssler, Jr., and Federal Defenders

3 of San Diego, Inc., pursuant to the United States Constitution, the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, and 4 all other applicable statutes, case law and local rules, hereby moves this Court for an order to: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

1) Compel Discovery; 2) Preserve Evidence; 3) Dismiss Indictment Because it Fails to Allege All Elements of the Charged Offense; 4) Dismiss Indictment Because it Violates Defendant's Right to Presentment; 5) Dismiss Indictment Due to Misinstruction of the Grand Jury; and 6) Strike Surplusage from Indictment; 7) Produce Grand Jury Transcripts; 8) Suppress Statements; and 9) Leave to File Further Motions These motions are based upon the instant motions and notice of motions, the attached statement of

12 facts and memorandum of points and authorities, and all other materials that may come to this Court's 13 attention at the time of the hearing on these motions. 14 15 16 Dated: April 21, 2008 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Respectfully submitted, /s/ Robert R. Henssler, Jr. ROBERT R. HENSSLER, JR. Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc. Attorneys for Mr. Placencia-Medina

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Counsel for Defendant certifies that the foregoing pleading is true and accurate to the best of his information and belief, and that a copy of the foregoing document has been served this day upon: Aaron Clark

4 U S Attorneys Office Southern District of California 5 6 7 Dated: April 21, 2008 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Email: [email protected]

/s/ Robert R. Henssler, Jr. ROBERT R. HENSSLER, JR. Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc. 225 Broadway, Suite 900 San Diego, CA 92101-5030 (619) 234-8467 (tel) (619) 687-2666 (fax) e-mail: [email protected]