Opinion
21-CR-00252 (OTW)
08-04-2021
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. MUNIRU IDDRISSU, Defendant.
ORDER
ONA T. WANG, United States Magistrate Judge.
The Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”) and the World Health Organization have advised people to take precautions regarding the Covid-19 pandemic, and the Chief Judge of this Court has entered standing orders regarding the same. See, e.g., 20-mc-155; CDC, About Variants of the Virus that Causes COVID-19, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/variant.html (July 29, 2021) (identifying Delta as a variant that “spread[s] more easily and quickly than other variants”); CDC, SARS-CoV-2 Variant Classifications and Definitions, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/variant-info.html (Aug. 3, 2021) (identifying the Delta variant as one of “concern” that is circulating in the United States).
In light of the rising number of Delta variant COVID-19 cases and Mr. Iddrissu's advanced age (and therefore, increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19), this Court adjourns Mr. Iddrissu's in-person sentencing proceeding on August 24, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. See CDC, COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Case Investigation and Reporting, https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/health-departments/breakthrough-cases.html (last visited Aug. 3, 2021) (showing that people aged 65 and older account for 74% of hospitalized or fatal vaccine breakthrough cases). The August 24, 2021 sentencing proceeding shall be converted to a telephonic status conference. The dial in information is (866) 390-1828, access code 158-2687.
SO ORDERED.