USA v. Clark-Aigner et al

IN THE UN IT ED STAT ES D ISTR ICT C OURT
FOR THE D ISTR ICT OF ALA S KA
UN IT E D ST A T ES OF A ME R IC A,
P l ai nti ff,
v .
T IMOTH Y E. BE C KE TT ,
D efendant.
C ase N o. 3:02 -cr-00007 -SLG
ORD E R REGARD IN G MOT ION FOR R E CON SID E RAT ION
(C OMP A SSIONAT E RE L EA SE )
Before the C ou rt at D o cket 624 is defendant 	Moti on fo r
R e con si de rati on. Mr. Be ckett
i n w h ich the C our t den i ed Mr . Be ck ett 	moti on for c ompa ssi onate re l ea s e
wi thout p re j ud ice be cause
and 	be c au s e 	Mr. 	Be ckett, 	a l though 	obese 	and 	pred i abetic, 	had 	not
p re sented i nfo rmati on that he w a s partic ul arly su scepti b l e to a se ve re cou rse of
C OVID-19. 	T he C ou rt con cl uded that M
that he is othe rwise re l atively heal th y and that the BOP med ica l staff
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Mr. Be ck ett, w ho is hou sed at F ort Dix FC I i n N e w Jerse y , rais es one iss ue
i n h is moti on for re c on si de rati on: T hat new C OVID-19 c as es hav e been reported
at F ort Dix FC I 	fede ra l fa cili ty i n the c ountry .
I. 	App lica b le law
Lo c al Crimi nal Rul e 47.1 pe rmi ts rec onsi de rati on i f the movi ng pa rty s ho ws
Mr. Beckett
moti on fo r c ompa ssi onate
re l ea se.4 T he C ou rt will re con si de r i ts previ ous orde r and determi ne i f mod i fic ati on
is w a rranted.
II. 	Ex trao rd in ary and co mpelling reason s
In 	orde r 	to 	grant 	c ompa ssi onate 	rel ea se, 	a 	cou r t 	must 	fi nd 	that
fa ctors s et forth i n 18 U .S.C . § 3553 (a ) suppo rt a s enten ce reducti on,
issued
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Mr. Be ck ett asse rts that the re are no w twice a s man y F o rt Dix FC I i n mate s
w ho 	ha ve 	te sted 	posi tive 	for 	C OVID-19 	than 	w hen 	he 	firs t 	mo ved 	for
co mpa ssi onate rel ea se. 6 	When Mr . Beck ett fil ed h is moti on for recon si de rati on,
F o rt Dix FC I reported that 238 i nmate s tes ted posi tive.7 A s of the date of th is o rde r,
F o rt Dix FC I repo r ts 724 i n mates and 21 s taff cu rrently te s ti ng posi tive fo r C OVID-
19, ran ki ng i t a s the BOP p rison wi th the hi ghest nu mbe r of cas e s at this time. 8
T he ov e rall numbe r of C OVID-19 cas e s repo rted i n BOP fa cili ti es conti nue s
to g ro w . 	H ow ev e r, a fa cili ty that at one po i nt ha s a h i gh numbe r of cas e s ma y
manage to cont rol i ts i nfe cti on rate, w hil e a facili ty wi th fe w c as es may e xperi en c e
a rap i d outb reak . 9 T his mean s that, exc ept i n a ra re si tuati on, the C ourt doe s not
re ly sol e ly on a s napshot of C OVID-19 nu mbe rs i n any pa rticu l ar prison to
con sti tute 	a s
that nu mbe r will lik ely change i n the nea r futu re. 	T hu s , the ne w i nfo rmati on
p re sented b y Mr. Beckett rega rd i ng the C OVID-19 i nfec ti on rate at F o rt Dix FC I
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doe s not c on sti tute an
III. 	Sec tion 3553 (a) fac tors
E v en i f the number of ca se s at F ort Dix FC I c on sti tuted an ex traordi na ry and
co mpe lli ng rea son, the C ou rt w ou l d s till deny the moti on for rec on si de rati on
be cau s e the § 3553(a) fa cto rs do not suppo rt re l ea se i n this ca se. 	In con si de ri ng
a moti on for c o mpassi onate re l ea se, the § 3553(a ) fa cto rs are a l en s through w hic h
the C ou rt vi ews the c onti nued vali d i ty of the impo s ed sentenc e i n li ght of the
C OVID-19 pandemic .10
T he crimes of con vic ti on i nv o lved Mr. Beckett, al ong wi th an a sso ci ate,
fo rmi ng a no w-
requ ired any one w ho w anted to j o in the gang to ei the r be beaten o r to
co mmi t a robbe ry . 	T he crimes of con vic ti on i n vo lved d irect a cti on s of tw o ne w
me mbe rs of the gang. 	On three da ys i n J anua ry 2001, the tw o new me mbe rs ,
u si ng gun s p rovi ded by Mr. Be ckett, robbed a motel i n Ancho rage. 11 	B y the time
Mr. Be ck ett w as sentenced i n th is c as e, he had three c a s es pend i ng i n A l a ska
re si den ce and dragged the victims from their bed. Immed i ately thereafte r , w h il e
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one GT S me mbe r poi nted a firea rm , another GT S member hi t the victims wi th a
p i pe o r ba seball bat. 	In a pa rticu l arly vici ou s act, anothe r GT S membe r pun ched
R el ea se Inve sti gati on i n this ca se i nte rvi e w ed J onathan and
Ba rba ra H all , a Fl ori da coup l e wi th w ho m Mr. Be ckett p ropo se s livi ng i f he w ere
re l ea sed.13 T he P robati on Office r als o confe rr ed wi th the U .S. P robati on Office fo r
the Mi dd l e Distric t of Fl ori da, w h ic h w ou l d be re spon si bl e fo r s upervisi ng Mr .
pl an be cau se
T hu s, Mr .
Beckett doe s not hav e an app ro ved re l ea s e pl an o r app rov ed resi dence w he re he
cou l d quaranti ne
not addre ss this issue.
se 	T he C ou rt ag ree s and fi nd s that reducti on of
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w ou l d not refl ec t the natu re and
circu mstan ce s of the offen se s, the history and cha ra cte ristics of Mr . Beckett, o r the
se ri ou sne ss of the offense s; w ou l d not p ro mote re spec t fo r the l aw , w ou l d not
afford adequate dete rren ce, w ou l d not prote c t the pub lic, 16 and w ou l d not p ro vi de
j u st pun ish ment. 17
H avi ng rec onsi de r ed i ts p re vi ou s o rder and dete rmi ned that mod i ficati on is
not w a rranted, IT IS ORD E R ED that the mot i on at D o cket 624 is D E N IE D .
D A TED th is 11th da y of J anua ry , 2021, at An chorage, A l aska.
/s / Sha ron L. Gl eas on
UN ITE D STA T ES D IS TR ICT JUD GE
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