Opinion
1:21-CR-00223-NE-SKO
09-09-2021
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL CARPENTER, and CHLOE MAYFIELD SMITH, Defendants.
PHILLIP A. TALBERT Acting United States Attorney STEPHANIE M. STOKMAN Assistant United States Attorneys Attorneys for Plaintiff United States of America
PHILLIP A. TALBERT Acting United States Attorney STEPHANIE M. STOKMAN Assistant United States Attorneys Attorneys for Plaintiff United States of America
MOTION AND PROPOSED ORDER TO SEAL INDICTMENT
ERICA P. GROSJEAN U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE
The government moves the Court, pursuant to Rule 6(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, to order and direct that the Indictment returned by the Grand Jury on September 9, 2021 charging the above defendant with violations of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C) - Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting in Death; 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(a)(1) - Conspiracy to Distribute and to Possess with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl; 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) -Distribution of Fentanyl; 21 U.S.C. § 853(a) - Criminal Forfeiture, be kept secret until the defendants named in this Indictment are either in custody or have been given bail on these offenses; and further order that until such time as the defendants are in custody or have been given bail, that no person shall disclose the finding of the Indictment or any warrants issued pursuant thereto, except when necessary for the 1 issuance and execution of the warrants.
IT IS SO ORDERED. 2