Opinion
7:23-cr-065-WLS-TQL-14
09-10-2024
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. AMJED HASAN HAJJAJ, Defendant.
ORDER
W. LOUIS SANDS, SR. JUDGE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT.
Before the Court are Defendant Amjed Hasan Hajjaj's Motion for Leave of Court to Request a Bill of Particulars (Doc. 452) (“Request for Leave”) filed September 6, 2024, and Defendant Amjed Hajjaj's Motion to Compel Disclosure of Cooperating Defendants and Informants (Doc. 456) (“Motion to Compel”) filed September 9, 2024.
Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 7(f) provides that a defendant may move for a bill of particulars within 14 days after arraignment “or at a later time if the court permits.” Defendant Hajjaj was arraigned on September 14, 2023. Thus, permission of the Court is required for him to file a motion for a bill of particulars. The Request for Leave combines the request for permission to file a “late” motion for bill of particulars and the actual motion. In his Motion to Compel, Defendant Hajjaj requests the Court compel the Government to disclose the “identities of any cooperating defendants, informants, or witnesses and any related information regarding the inducements, agreements, and other benefits provided to them in exchange for their cooperation.” (Doc. 456 at 3).
To resolve these pretrial motions, and to continue to move Defendant Hajjaj's and his co-defendants' cases to trial as expeditiously as is appropriate, the Government is hereby ORDERED to file its responses to the Request for Leave (Doc. 452) and the Motion to Compel (Doc. 456) on or before Tuesday, September 17, 2024. Except upon the filing of a written motion and entry of an order finding good cause, no further briefs shall be filed with respect to the Request for Leave or the Motion to Compel.
SO ORDERED.