USA v. Arandas et al

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NORTH DAKOTA
SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION
United States of America,
Plaintiff,
vs.
Erik Lee Madrid, a/k/a Julio,
Defendant.
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ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S
PRETRIAL MOTIONS
Criminal No. 3:06-cr-14-12
Before the Court are a number of pretrial motions by Defendant (Docs. #416-422). These
motions were previously raised by Defendant and were re-raised at the request of Defendant (Doc.
#415) without additional briefing. The United States filed a response (Doc. #309) when the motions
were initially filed. Argument was heard on several of these motions during an October 30, 2006
status conference.
Defendant’s motions with respect to Fed. R. Evid. 404(b) evidence (Doc. #418) and Bruton
issues (Doc. #417) were rendered moot by the government’s original response and are therefore
DENIED.
Defendant’s motions for Bill of Particulars (Doc. #416), Dismissal or Severance (Doc. #419),
and Disclosure of Grand Jury Transcripts (Doc. #421) were denied on the merits by the Court’s
November 8, 2006 Order (Doc. #351) and the Court’s Continuance Order (Doc. #338). 	No
additional briefing has been submitted to the Court. The Court is convinced its original rulings were
not in error. Therefore, for the reasons set forth in the Court’s previous Orders, those motions are
DENIED.
Defendant did not persist in his motion for pretrial release (Doc. #276) or his motion to
suppress (Doc. #278) during the October 30, 2006 status conference. 	Oral argument has not
previously been heard on these issues. Therefore, these motions will be addressed on Thursday,
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December 21, at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom 1 in Fargo.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated this 19th day of December, 2006.
/s/ 	Ralph R. Erickson
Ralph R. Erickson, District Judge
United States District Court
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