Opinion
97cr1113 (DLC)
11-05-2021
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. CARMEN VELASQUEZ, Defendant.
ORDER
DENISE COTE, District Judge
In 1999, Carmen Velasquez pleaded guilty to a crime in this Court. Velasquez has now requested expungement of that conviction. It is hereby
ORDERED that Velasquez's request is denied. Federal law does not grant district courts the authority to expunge records of federal criminal convictions. Doe v. United States, 833 F.3d 192, 199 (2d Cir. 2016).
Velasquez is hereby
ADVISED that executive clemency may offer her the relief she seeks. Information on applying for executive clemency is available at https://www.justice.gov/pardon.