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`DOC #: _________________
`DATE FILED: 3/18/2025
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`17 Cr. 611-8 (AT)
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`ORDER
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
`UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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`CHRISTOPHER HOWARD,
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` Defendant.
`ANALISA TORRES, District Judge:
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`The Court has received Defendant’s letter dated March 7, 2025.1 ECF No. 943.
`Defendant is reminded that ex parte communications are “disfavored, particularly in the criminal
`context.” United States v. Rechnitz, 75 F.4th 131, 146 (2d Cir. 2023). Ex parte submissions “are
`the exception rather than the rule, and they require particular justification.” Id. at 147.
`Accordingly, absent a particular and justifiable reason for submitting an ex parte communication,
`all submissions shall be openly filed on the public docket.
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`Defendant’s request for leave to file a motion for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C.
`§ 3582(c) is GRANTED. See ECF No. 943. Accordingly:
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`1. By April 15, 2025, Defendant shall file his motion along with any supporting
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`2. By May 13, 2025, the Government shall respond; and
`3. By May 27, 2025, Defendant shall file his reply, if any.
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`The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to mail a copy of this order to Defendant pro
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`SO ORDERED.
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`Dated: March 18, 2025
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`New York, New York
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`1 Although the letter itself is not dated, it was postmarked on March 7, 2025.
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