United States v. D3, Pearson

Full title: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. D3, SHAWN PEARSON, Defendant.

Court: United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division

Date published: Jan 19, 2022

15-cr-20457-03 (E.D. Mich. Jan. 19, 2022)

Opinion

15-cr-20457-03

01-19-2022

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. D3, SHAWN PEARSON, Defendant.

MATTHEW F. LEITMAN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

ORDER DIRECTING DEFENDANT TO SUPPLEMENT HIS MOTION FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL (ECF No. 204)

MATTHEW F. LEITMAN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Defendant Shawn Pearson is a federal prisoner. He is currently incarcerated at USP Hazelton. On January 7, 2022, Pearson filed a motion for the appointment of counsel. (See Mot., ECF No. 317.) Pearson says that he needs counsel in order to assist him in filing a motion for compassionate release from custody pesuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A). (See Mot., ECF No. 204.) But Pearson has not explained the basis under which believes that he is entitled to compassionate release. The Court therefore does not have enough information to evaluate his request for the appointment of counsel.

Accordingly, the Court DIRECTS Pearson to file a written supplement to his motion. In that supplement, Pearson shall fully explain to the Court why he believes that he is eligible for compassionate release and why he needs counsel to seek that 1 relief. In addition, if Pearson asserts that he is entitled to compassionate release due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he shall answer the following questions:

1. Has a COVID-19 vaccaine been made available to prisoners genally at USP Hazelton?

2. Have you been offered a COVID-19 vaccine? If so, which vaccine, and when was it offered to you?

3. If a vaccine was offered to you, did you agree to be vaccinated, or did you reject the offer to be vaccinated?

4. If you accepted the offer to be vaccinated, has the vaccine been administered to you? If so, how many doses of the vaccine have you received and when were the doses administered?

5. Finally, if you agreed to be vaccinated but have not yet been vaccinated, when will the vaccine be administered to you?

Once the Court receives this supplemental submission from Pearson, it will rule on his motion. Pearson shall provide this submission to the Court by no later than March 18, 2022 .

IT IS SO ORDERED. 2

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon the parties and/or counsel of record on January 19, 2022, by electronic means and/or ordinary mail. 3