Opinion
20-cr-110 (LJL)
03-24-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. LAWRENCE RAY, Defendant.
SEALED ORDER
LEWIS J. LIMAN. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
By order of March 23, 2022, and in the exercise of its inherent authority to manage the proceedings before it as well as to determine whether the defendant's medical complaints were genuine, the Court appointed Dr. Alexander Merkler as an independent expert reporting to the Com! regarding defendant's apparent medical incidents during trial. The Court order made clear that neither party was to communicate with Dr. Merkler without leave of the Court. The Government seeks permission to share the following materials with Dr. Merkler via USAFx:
• Records from the defendant [XXXXX] marked with control numbers US_015366 through US015666
• Records from the defendant [XXXXX] marked with control numbers US_098990 through U.S. 099198
• Records from the defendant' [XXXXX] with control numbers US_098941 through U.S. 098961
Records from the Bureau of Prisons produced in response to the Court subpoena have already been added to USAFx.
Permission is granted to share the identified materials with Dr. Merkler. This Order will remain under seal pending further Order of the Court.
SO ORDERED. 1