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1 STEPHANIE YONEKURA
Acting Uni ted
Sta tes Attorney
2 ROBERT E. DUGDALE
Ass is tan t
United
Sta tes
Attorney
3
Chief , Criminal
Divis ion
LANA
MORTON-OWENS
(Cal.
SBN:
233831)
4 GRANT B GELBERG (Cal. SBN: 229454)
Ass is tan t
United
Sta tes Attorneys
5 Major Frauds Sect ion
1100
United
Sta tes Courthouse
6 312 North Spring St ree t
Los Angeles, Cal i fo rn ia
90012
7 Telephone: (213) 894-3547/2872
Facsimile: (213) 894-6269
8
E-mail :
lana.morton-owens@usdoj.gov
grant .gelberg@usdoj .gov
9
Attorneys for P l a i n t i f f
10 UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
12 FOR THE
CENTRAL
DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
13 UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA,
14 Pla in t i f f ,
15
v.
16
MIKE
MIKAELIAN
e t
a l . ,
17
Defendant.
18
No CR 11-922(8)-DDP
GOVERNMENT S
REQUEST
FOR DISMISSAL
AS TO DEFENDANTS THEODORE
YOON AND
PHIC
LIM ONLY
19
Pursuant to
Fed. R
Crim. P. 48(a) ,
and in the
in te res t of
20 j us t i c e , the
government hereby requests
t ha t the
Second Superseding
21 Indictment,
as
well
as
the under lying indictments,
in
the above-
22
en t i t l ed case
be dismissed
with pre judice
as to
defendant
Theodore
23 Yoon
( defendant
Yoon )
and defendant Phic
Lim ( defendant Lim ).
24
The
government
makes th i s
request
in
cons ide ra t ion
of
the
fol lowing:
25
On
the
evening
of October 6, 2014, counsel for defendant
Matthew
26 Cho ( defendant Cho ),
emai led
a l e t t e r to counsel for defendants
27 Yoon and Lim and
to
government
counsel
of record, AUSAs
Lana
Morton-
28 Owens
and Grant Gelberg ( the October
6 l e t t e r ) .
The October
6
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l e t t e r di sc losed
informat ion
p o t en t i a l l y covered by a p re -ex i s t i n g
2 j o i n t
defense agreement
between
defendants
Yoon, Lim,
and Cho and
3 t h e i r
re spec t ive
counsel .
Government counsel
did not s o l i c i t
or
4 reques t the October 6 l e t t e r
from defendant
Cho s
counsel and were
5
unaware before
rev iewing
the October
6
l e t t e r
t h a t
it
would
reference
6
any
j o in t defense
agreement
informat ion.
7 Af te r rece iving the October 6 l e t t e r
government counsel
8
reviewed
p r i o r communications from
defendant
Cho s counsel to
9
i d en t i fy
any
p o t en t i a l
di sc losure of other
j o i n t
defense agreement
10 informat ion.
Communications
from defendant
Cho s
counsel did not
11
co n s i s t en t ly
i d en t i fy the
sources for
the
informat ion
she
provided,
12 and t he re fore
government
counsel
are
not able
to
determine
the ex ten t
13
to
which j o i n t defense
agreement
in format ion
may have
been
a source
14
for
the
informat ion
communicated to government counsel , i a t
a l l .
15 Government counse l have no
meaningful way to
sepa ra te the in format ion
16 poss ib ly
l ea rned
th rough a breach of
the j o i n t
defense
agreement
from
17
othe r
in format ion independent ly
provided
by
defendant
Cho
and
hi s
18 counsel .
19 Although
government counse l p layed
no
ro le in
the
c rea t ion
or
20 d i s t r i b u t i o n of the October 6 l e t t e r nor
did
they a t any t ime
21 s o l i c i t j o i n t defense agreement in format ion
the
government accepts
22
the
represen ta t ion made by counsel
for
defendants Yoon and Lim
tha t
23
the
di sc losures
made
by defendant
Cho s
counse l to government counsel
24
could
adverse ly
impact
the
ab i l i t y
of
defendants
Yoon
and
Lim
to
25 t e s t i f y in t h e i r own
defense
in
t h i s
case .
26 The
government
a l so acknowledges t h a t plea negot i a t ion
27 communications
with
coopera t ing
government witnesses inc lud ing
28
exchanged dra f t plea
agreement m a t e r i a l s were
r equ i r ed to
be
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1 disclosed to defendants Yoon and
Lim,
pursuant
to
Brady
v.
Maryland,
2 373
U.S.
83 1963), Gigl io v.
United
States , 405
U.S.
150
1972), and
3 United Sta tes
v.
Sudikof f , 36 F.Supp. 2d
1196
C.D.C.A. 1999),
and
4
were not
t imely
provided. Government counse l s fa i lu re to make
5 t imely disc losure was a
ser ious oversight ,
and
the
government
6 recognizes and
agrees
t ha t
the
informat ion and mater ia l s
should
have
7 been disclosed well in
advance
of t r i a l to these defendants .
8 The government a lso acknowledges
t ha t
t f a i l ed to t imely
9 cor rec t and not i fy
defendants
Yoon and
Lim of mater ia l omissions in
10
the
Form DEA-6
dated Apri l
14,
2014, prepared with
respect to
11
government witness Ju l i e Shishalovsky.
12
Accordingly, in
view
of the cumulat ive
ser iousness
of the
13
matters
descr ibed above, the government moves
to dismiss
t h i s
case
14 agains t defendants Yoon and Lim
in
the
i n t e r e s t
of j us t i c e . Because
15
t r i a l
is ongoing, defendants Yoon and Lim must
consent to
the
16 dismissal .
Fed.
R.
Crim.
P.
48 a) .
17
Defendant
Lim wil l
continue
to
face
charges
in
United
Sta tes
v.
18 Lim, Case No.
CR
11-1075-SJO. To avoid t a in t ing the prosecution of
19
defendant
Lim
in
CR
11-1075-SJO ar i s ing as a re su l t of any
di sc losure
20
of
j o in t
defense
agreement informat ion in t h i s case, US s
Lana
21
Morton-Owens
and Grant
Gelberg,
together with
US
Mark
Childs who
22
in
his
capaci ty
as
the
t a i n t US in th i s case
read
the
October 6
23
l e t t e r ) ,
have been d i rec t ed not to share with any
other
US s the
24
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ll
26 ll
27
28
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subs tance of any corrununication between them and
defendant Cho s
2 counsel
r e l a t i n g
to t h i s
case .
3 Dated: October 13, 2014
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Respec t fu l ly submit ted
STEPHANIE
YONEKURA
Act ing
Uni ted
S ta t e s Attorney
ROBERT E.
DUGDALE
Ass i s t a n t
Uni ted
S ta t e s Attorney
Chief Criminal Div is ion
/ s /
LANA
MORTON OWENS
GRANT B. GELBERG
Ass i s t a n t Uni ted Sta tes Attorneys
Attorneys
fo r
P l a i n t i f f
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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1 STEPHANIE
YONEKURA
Acting United
Sta tes
Attorney
2 ROBERT E.
DUGDALE
Ass is tan t United Sta tes Attorney
3 Chief , Criminal Divis ion
LANA
MORTON-OWENS (Cal.
SBN:
233831)
4 GRANT B.
GELBERG (Cal.
SBN:
229454)
Ass is tan t United Sta tes Attorneys
5
Major
Frauds Sect ion
1100 United Sta tes
Courthouse
6 312 North
Spring
St ree t
Los
Angeles, Cal i fo rn ia
90012
7 Telephone:
(213) 894-3547/2872
Facsimile: (213)
894-6269
8
E-mail :
lana.morton-owens@usdoj.gov
grant .gelberg@usdoj .gov
At torneys for
P l a i n t i f f
10 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
11 UNITED
STATES
DISTRICT COURT
12
FOR
THE
CENTRAL
DISTRICT
OF
CALIFORNIA
JS-3
13 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
No. CR 11-00922(B)DDP 9, 16)
14 Pla in t i f f
15
v.
16
MIKE
MIKAELIAN e t a l .
17
Defendant.
18
ORDER
ON
GOVERNMENT S
REQUEST
FOR
DISMISSAL AS
TO
DEFENDANTS
THEO ORE YOON
AND
PHIC
LIM
19 Based upon the
government s
request for d ismissa l of defendant
20 Theodore Yoon
defendant
9) and Phic Lim (defendant
16),
21 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED
t ha t
the Second Superseding Indictment
and
22 a l l
re la ted under lying indic tments
be dismissed
with pre judice as to
23
defendant
Yoon and
Lim only; and
t ha t a l l
appl icable bonds as
to each
24
of
sa id
defendants
be
exonerated.
25
IT
IS SO
ORDERED.
26
October 14, 2014
27 DATE
28
HONORABLE DEAN
D. PREGERSON
UNITED STATES DISTRICT
JUDGE
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