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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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`UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
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`v.
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`JOSEPH MELI et al.,
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`Defendant.
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`USDC-SDNY
`DOCUMENT
`ELECTRONICALLY FILED
`DOC#:
`DATE FILED: 3-26-20
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`No. 19-Cr-480 (RA)
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`ORDER
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`RONNIE ABRAMS, United States District Judge:
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`On March 23, 2020, Defendant Joseph Meli’s parents made a request for bail on
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`their son’s behalf. Citing the ongoing public health crisis and Mr. Meli’s pre-existing
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`health conditions, his parents requested that he be released from the Manhattan Detention
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`Center (the “MDC”) and temporarily placed on home confinement. The Court directed
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`the Government to respond. On March 24, the Government opposed the bail request on
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`the grounds that “even if Meli is bailed by this Court, he must nonetheless remain
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`confined in BOP custody” because he is currently serving a 78 months’ sentence in
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`connection with a separate and prior case. See United States v. Simmons et al., No. 17-cr-
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`127 (KMW) (S.D.N.Y.).
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`Although the Court would have given very serious consideration to Mr. Meli’s
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`bail application, particularly in light of the public health crisis, the Court agrees with the
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`Government that any decision made by this Court would not render him eligible for
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`release. Mr. Meli is currently detained at the MDC on a writ from Otisville, where he is
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`serving his sentence imposed in the Simmons case. Granting him bail in this matter
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`would thus not change the fact that he is still serving that sentence. For this reason, any
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`Case 1:19-cr-00480-RA Document 42 Filed 03/26/20 Page 2 of 2
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`request for Mr. Meli’s release from BOP custody is properly before the sentencing judge
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`in Simmons.
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`Accordingly, the Court denies Mr. Meli’s bail application at this time.
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`SO ORDERED.
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`Dated: March 26, 2020
`New York, New York
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`Ronnie Abrams
`United States District Judge
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