Opinion
NO. 3:13-00012
01-17-2013
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. [1] CHARLES JEFFREY EDWARDS (Counts 1 - 28) [2] BRENDA ELISE EDWARDS (a/k/a Brenda Medina Segura) (Counts 1 - 27) [3] JERROD NICHOLS SMITH (Counts 1 - 16; Count 28)
18 U.S.C. §2
18 U.S.C. §371
18 U.S.C. § 1343
18 U.S.C. § 1957
18 U.S.C. § 1001
ORDER
This matter comes before the Court on the United States' Motion to Seal Indictment. It is hereby ordered that:
The Motion is granted and the Indictment is ordered sealed, pending further order of the Court, except that a copy of the Indictment: (a) shall be provided by the Clerk's office to the United States Marshals Service (USMS) to permit the USMS to perform its statutorily-authorized duties and to the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"); and (b) may be provided by the United States to the defendants or the defendants' counsel. The Indictment shall be unsealed immediately upon the arrest of Defendant Brenda Elise Edwards.
The Clerk is directed to file this Order and related matters under seal and, except for a copy of the Indictment the Clerk shall provide to the USMS, to serve them only on counsel for the United States.
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Judge Campbell