Opinion
2:20-cr-00171-JCC2:20-cr-00173-JCC2:22-cr-00048-JCC
12-05-2023
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. XINMING WU, CHEE CHOONG NG, LINGFENG LEI, and ZHIQIANG LIU, Defendants. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. WEI QUAN WU and DA BIAO WU, Defendants. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. QIXIAN WU, YONG FENG WU, and YONG CONG WU, Defendants.
EX PARTE STATUS REPORT OF RUSSELL M. AOKI, THE COORDINATING DISCOVERY ATTORNEY, FOR NOVEMBER 2023
John C. Coughenour, United States District Court Judge
On December 7, 2020, December 29, 2020, and May 31, 2022, the Court appointed Russell M. Aoki of Aoki Law PLLC, as Coordinating Discovery Attorney (CDA) in the above-captioned matters. As part of those orders, the Court directed the CDA to provide monthly status reports:
The Coordinating Discovery Attorney shall also provide this Court with monthly ex parte status reports depicting the status of work and whether that work remains within the budget of any funds authorized by the Court, with the copy provided to defense counsel.U.S. v. Lei et al., CR20-0171-JCC, Document 92, December 7, 2020, p. 3; U.S. v. Wu et al., CR22-0048-JCC, Document 36, May 31, 2022, p. 3; and U.S. v. Wu et al., CR20-0173-JCC, Document 38, December 29, 2020, p. 3.
The last remaining defendants are scheduled for sentencing. The Government has stopped producing discovery. There are no expenses for the CDA to monitor. Accordingly, the Court modifies its previous orders:
• The CDA is relieved of the duty of filing further monthly ex parte status reports.
• However, the CDA shall file a status report if the Government produces additional discovery.
SO ORDERED.