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Case 1:19-cr-00373-PGG Document 176 Filed 01/20/20 Page 1 of 3
LAW OFFICES
SCOTT A. SREBNICK, P.A.
SCOTT A. SREBNICK.
• ALSO ADMITTED IN NEW YORK
January 20, 2020
Via ECF
Honorable Paul G. Gardephe
United States District Judge
Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse
40 Foley Square
New York, NY 10007
Re:
United States v. Avenatti, No. Si 19 Cr. 373 (PGGI
Letter Concerning Mr. Avenatti's Prison Conditions
Dear Judge Gardephe:
201 S. Bisaynt Boulevard
Suite 1210
Miami. Florida 33131
Tab 305-2819019
Fax: 305-377-9937
E-mail: scouesrebnicklaw.com
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We write to inform the Court of Mr. Avenatti's conditions as a pretrial detainee and to
request that the Court inquire into his custody status and direct the Bureau of Prisons to
consider his immediate removal to general population.
Under Mr. Avenatti's current
conditions of confinement, we cannot effectively prepare for trial and Mr. Avenatti cannot
meaningfully assist in his defense.
As the Court is aware, Mr. Avenatti was remanded into custody last week, at the request
of the United States Attorney for the Central District of California, on the theory that Mr.
Avenatti violated his bail conditions in the CDCA because of financial transactions that
prompted the prosecutors there to claim that he was an "economic danger." There was no
allegation that Mr. Avenatti was a risk of flight or that he posed a physical danger to anyone
or to himself.
On Friday, January 17, 2020, after spending three nights in the Santa Ana jail, under
solitary confinement conditions, Mr. Avenatti was flown from California to New York. Since
then, he has been housed in the Special Housing Unit on the notorious 10-South of the MCC-
New York. It is the most secure floor in the entire facility. He is in a cell reportedly once
occupied by El Chapo, on a floor that houses individuals charged with terrorism offenses. He
is apparently under special administrative measures (SAMs), which almost completely
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