United States v. Smith

Full title: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. ERIC DEMETRIUS SMITH, Defendant…

Court: United States District Court, Ninth Circuit, California, N.D. California

Date published: May 23, 2013

CR 13-00185 CW, CR 13-00315 YGR (N.D. Cal. May. 23, 2013)

Opinion

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. ERIC DEMETRIUS SMITH, Defendant. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. ERIC DEMETRIUS SMITH AND SAMANTHA E. LEWIS, Defendants. Nos. CR 13-00185 CW, CR 13-00315 YGR United States District Court, N.D. California. May 23, 2013

          ORDER ON NOTICE OF RELATED CASES

          CLAUDIA WILKEN, District Judge.

         The United States has filed a notice of related cases in these cases. The Court finds that, in their present posture, these cases are not related within the meaning of the rule. However, if Defendant Smith reached a negotiated global disposition of both matters, his case could be severed from Defendant Lewis', and this Court would relate the two cases against Defendant Smith for plea and sentence. Alternatively, if both Defendants were prepared to agree to negotiated dispositions, this Court would relate the cases.