USA v. Hollis

Filing 249

Order, Set/Reset Motion and R&R Deadlines/Hearings

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Plaintiff,
vs.

3:04-cr-00140-HRH-JDR
ORDER
SCHEDULING
EVIDENTIARY HEARING

ARTHUR HOLLIS,
Defendant.

In his latest pleading, Final Argument at Docket 246, defendant Arthur
Hollis requests the court to set an evidentiary hearing to allow certain material to be
discovered relating to his pending motion to vacate. Id. at p.20. Considering the
state of the evidence presently adduced the court grants an evidentiary hearing to
be limited as follows:
(1) Any benefit or quid-pro-quo promised the
confidential informant Ward, including his potential

treatment for prosecution or sentence as a result of his
cooperating and/or testifying in the Hollis trial.
(2) Any debriefing reports of Ward’s illegal activities
contained in law enforcement records limited to Ward’s
criminal activity occurring between April 2004 up to the
time Ward testified at the Hollis trial.

This relates to

reports existing before the conclusion of the Hollis trial.
(3) Any investigative reports of Ward regarding his
drug dealing during his cooperation with the government
during the investigation of other persons in the period
between May and September 2004.
The limited Evidentiary Hearing is hereby scheduled for Friday,
September 22, 2011 at 9:30 A.M. Defendant’s counsel to prepare and submit the
necessary motion for issuance of writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum forthwith
to allow for timely transportation of defendant.
DATED this 5th day of August, 2011, at Anchorage, Alaska.

/s/ John D. Roberts
JOHN D. ROBERTS
United States Magistrate Judge

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