USA v. Garrison et al

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 	CRIMINAL ACTION
VERSUS 	NO. 20-92
DONIESHA GIBSON 	SECTION “R” (1)
ORDER AND REASONS
Before the Court is defendant Doniesha Gibson’s Motion to Modify
Restitution Garnishment. 1 The Court DISMISSES the motion as MOOT.
Gibson entered into a plea agreement on June 16, 2021, under which
she pled guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud in violation
of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1371.2 	She was sentenced to seventeen months in the
Bureau 	of 	Prisons 	and 	placed 	on supervised 	release 	for 	three 	years. 3
Additionally, she was ordered to pay restitution to the victim Lancer
Insurance in the amount of $677,500.00.4 	The judgment provided that the
restitution would begin while the defendant was incarcerated and that any
unpaid balance upon release would be paid at the rate of $100 per month. 5
1 	R. Doc. 405.
2 	R. Doc. 122.
3 	R. Doc. 328. Of this amount, Gibson only received a check for $10,000.
One of her co-conspirators received a check for $650,000. R. Doc. 306.
4 	Id.
5 	Id.
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The payment is subject to increase or decrease with the defendant’s ability to
pay. 6 	Gibson made all payments until September 2024. She did not make
the 	required 	payments 	between 	September 	2024 	to 	March 	2025. 7
Thereafter, the government filed an Application for a Writ of Garnishment.8
Gibson’s 	employer, 	LCMC 	Health, 	filed 	an 	answer 	that 	her 	bi-weekly
earnings are $1079.90.9 	Gibson did not file a written objection or an
exemption to the garnishment, nor did she request a hearing under 28 U.S.C.
3205(c)(5). The Court entered a final disposition for order of Garnishment
on June 25, 2025, for 25% of Gibson’s non-exempt disposable earnings,
which amounted to biweekly payments of $269.98. 10
Gibson then moved the Court to reduce her restitution garnishment. 11
The Court ordered the Financial Litigation Unit of the United States
Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana to investigate Gibson’s
ability to pay and to make a recommendation to this Court. 12 	During that
investigation, LCMC Health informed the Court that Gibson was terminated
6 	Id.
7 	R. Doc. 407, at 2.
8 	R. Doc. 383.
9 	R. Doc. 395.
10 	Id.
11 	R. Doc. 405-1.
12 	R. Doc. 411.
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from her employment. 13 As Gibson is no longer employed at LCMC Health,
the garnishment automatically dissolved. There is not a garnishment for the
Court to modify. Gibson’s motion to modify the garnishment of her wages at
LCMC Health is moot.
The Court DISMISSES the motion AS MOOT.
New Orleans, Louisiana, this 2nd day of February, 2026.
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SARAH S. VANCE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
13 	R. Doc. 425.
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