Opinion
18 Cr .413 (JSR)
06-16-2021
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. EDDIE COTTO, Defendant.
AUDREY STRAUSS United States Attorney Aline R. Flodr Rebecca T. Dell Emily A. Johnson Assistant United States Attorneys Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma Victoria Medley Counsel for Defendant Eddie Cotto
AUDREY STRAUSS United States Attorney
Aline R. Flodr Rebecca T. Dell Emily A. Johnson Assistant United States Attorneys
Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma Victoria Medley Counsel for Defendant Eddie Cotto
PROTECTIVE ORDER
THE HONORABLE JED S. RAKOFF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
Upon the application of the United States of America, Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, by and through Assistant United States Attorneys Aline R. Flodr, Rebecca T. Dell, and Emily A. Johnson, of counsel, for an order precluding the dissemination of materials produced pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3500 and/or Giglio v. United States, 405 U.S. 150 (1972), and for good cause shown, and except as set forth in Protective Orders regarding Cooperator-1, Cooperator-2, and the CSs, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that counsel for defendant EDDIE COTTO must destroy or return to the Government all § 3500 and Giglio material and any copies thereof for all Government witnesses (the "3500 Material") at the conclusion of the trial of this matter or when any appeal has become final.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT the defense is precluded from disseminating any of the 3500 Material and any copies thereof to anyone beyond the defendant, defense counsel, and any paralegal or staff employed by the defense, except: (1) during Court proceedings at trial, or (2) to show a Government witness a copy of his or her own 3500 Material, should the witness elect to meet with defense counsel before trial.