Opinion
4:21-mj-70900 MAG
05-26-2021
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. JAVIER CASTRO BANEGAS-MEDINA, et. al, Defendants.
STEPHANIE M. HINDS Acting United States Attorney HALLIE HOFFMAN, NOAH STERN Assistant United States Attorney
STEPHANIE M. HINDS Acting United States Attorney
HALLIE HOFFMAN, NOAH STERN Assistant United States Attorney
MOTION TO UNSEAL IN PART AND ORDER
HON. Kandis Westmore Judge United States District Court
The United States hereby moves the Court for an order unsealing the above-captioned case in part, with respect to defendant Jihad Jad Tawasha. On May 26, 2021, some of the defendants charged in the case-Javier Castro Banegas-Medina, Elmer Rosales-Montes, Jose Ivan Cruz-Caceres, and William Joseph Laughren, Jr.-had an initial appearance on the complaint before the Honorable Kandis A. Westmore. Judge Westmore ordered the case unsealed with respect to those defendants. The government understands that Mr. Tawasha is in state custody in the Eastern District of California and that the arrest warrant in this case has been lodged with the jail. For that reason, the government believes it is unnecessary for the case to remain under seal with respect to Mr. Tawasha.
The United States has filed under seal via the Court's electronic filing system a redacted version of the Complaint in which the portions relating to Mr. Tawasha and the other defendants for whom the case has already been unsealed are not redacted, while the portions of the Complaint relating to the other defendants are redacted.. The United States requests that fully unredacted complaint remain under seal.
ORDER
Based upon the motion of the government and for good cause shown, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the government's Motion to Unseal In Part is GRANTED. The Clerk of Court is ordered to unseal the case with respect to Jihad Jad Tawasha. The unredacted Complaint that is filed in the case shall remain under seal and only a redacted version of the Complaint filed by the government shall be unsealed at this time by the Clerk.