Opinion
20cr388-4 (DLC)
12-29-2021
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. YUDITH REYNOSO-HICIANO, Defendant.
ORDER
DENISE COTE, District Judge:
A critical witness in the upcoming trial of January 4, 2022, having been exposed on December 27, 2021, to a person who has tested positive for COVID-19, and having consulted with counsel in a telephone conference today and thereafter with the District Executive, it is hereby
ORDERED that jury selection will proceed on January 4.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, assuming the witness continues to be asymptomatic and takes a PCR test on January 1, the trial itself will begin on January 10 if that test result is negative, and on January 11 if that PCR test is positive.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, should the witness become symptomatic, the schedule will have to be revisited. 1