Case 1:21-cr-00729-LAK Document 135 Filed 06/17/24 Page 1 of 2
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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`UNITED ST A TES OF AMERICA,
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`-against-
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`Sl 21-cr-0729 (LAK)
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`TATIANA DANIEL,
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`Defendant.
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`MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
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`LEWIS A. KAPLAN, District Judge.
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`The defendant pled guilty to a series of outrageous frauds that took advantage of the
`COVID-19 pandemic for her own benefit. She was sentenced on April 29, 2024 in principal part
`to a term of imprisonment of 33 months. The Court granted her request for voluntary surrender to
`the Bureau of Prisons ("BOP") on the date and by the time designated by it, which was not to be
`earlier than June 6, 2024, and continued her on bail pending her surrender.
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`Shortly thereafter, the defendant, through counsel, requested a 30-day extension of
`the self-surrender date, ostensibly to permit her to earn or otherwise procure additional funds to add
`to her BOP commissary account for use after she entered BOP custody. The Court agreed to a July
`8 date.
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`The defendant, acting prose though she is represented by counsel, now says that she
`"require[ s] a further extension of her self-surrender date by another sixty ( 60) days." The ostensible
`reason is that the BOP has designated FCI Waseca, Minnesota, as the place for the service of her
`sentence., that Waseca is a long way from New York City, and that the defendant, her ailing mother
`and others in the family would be forced to make a long and costly trip in order to surrender there.
`Defendant hopes in the extended period to persuade the BOP to redesignate her to an institution
`closer to New York.
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`This Court granted defendant's request to be permitted to surrender voluntarily at the
`institution designated by the BOP - rather than ordering her remand to the custody of the US
`Marshal immediately upon imposition of sentence -- for her convenience. And surely the long and
`costly trip for defendant, not to mention her mother and other family members who are not required
`to accompany defendant when she surrenders, may be avoided quite simply. Among other options,
`defendant and the family members simply could say their goodbyes in a more convenient and less
`costly location.
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`The request for a 60-day extension is denied. The prior order directing surrender at
`the institution designated by the BOP for the service of defendant's sentence is vacated. Defendant
`is directed to surrender to the US Marshal for this district on the fourth floor of the courthouse at 500
`Pearl Street, New York, NY on July 8, 2024 before 2 p.m. This will relieve defendant herself of the
`cost of the trip to Waseca, Minnesota, as she would be transported at government expense. It would
`permit her family to accompany her to the place of surrender right here in New York City and spare
`them the cost and inconvenience of a trip to Minnesota.
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`Nothing herein should be construed as indicating a negative view by the Court with
`respect to defendant's attempt to have the BOP redesignate her to a facility closer to New York. The
`Court would have no objection to such action.
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`SO ORDERED.
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`Dated:
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`June 17, 2024
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