U.S. v. Aiken

Full title: UNITED STATES, Plaintiff, v. MARSHA AIKEN, Defendant

Court: United States District Court, D. New Jersey

Date published: Mar 22, 2010

Criminal No. 06-717 (JAG) (D.N.J. Mar. 22, 2010)

Opinion

Criminal No. 06-717 (JAG).

March 22, 2010

ORDER

JOSEPH GREENAWAY JR., District Judge Sitting by designation on the District Court.

This matter comes before this Court on the motion (Docket Entry No. 10) of defendant, Marsha Aiken ("Defendant"), requesting that this Court order the Bureau of Prisons ("BOP") to reduce the amount of Defendant's monthly restitution payments. For the reasons set forth below, this request will be denied.

On March 29, 2007, this Court sentenced Defendant to 52 months of imprisonment, with 3 years of supervised release, and ordered Defendant to pay restitution in the amount of $1,297,091.00, along with a special assessment of $100.00. This Court's order stated that "restitution is due immediately," and that this Court "recommend[s] that the defendant participate in the Bureau of Prisons Inmate Financial Responsibility Program." (J. in a Crim. Case 5.)

Nothing in Defendant's motion demonstrates "a material change in [D]efendant's economic circumstances that might affect [D]efendant's ability to pay restitution," as required by 18 U.S.C. § 3664(k). Therefore,

IT IS, this 22^nd day of March, 2010,

ORDERED that the motion for reduction of restitution payments (Docket Entry No. 10) is DENIED; and it is

ORDERED that a copy of this Order be served on all parties within seven (7) days of the date of entry of this Order.