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Parties Involved:
Ruth Fae Thorp
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff

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HEATHER E. WILLIAMS, Bar #122664

Federal Defender

CHARLES J. LEE, Bar #221057

Assistant Federal Defender

Designated Counsel for Service

2300 Tulare Street, Suite 330

Fresno, CA 93721-2226

Telephone: 559-487-5561/Fax: 559-487-5950

Attorneys for Defendant

RUTH FAE THORP

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff,

vs.

RUTH FAE THORP,

 Defendant.

Case No. 1:18-cr-00042-NONE

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO ADVANCE

SENTENCING HEARING

Date: March 26, 2020

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Judge: Hon. Dale A. Drozd

 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties hereto, through their 

respective counsel, that the sentencing hearing for the supervised release violation in the abovecaptioned matter now set for April 10, 2020 may be advanced to March 26, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. 

Both counsel for the government, AUSA Katherine Schuh, and defense counsel, AFD Charles 

Lee, as well as United States Probation Officer Laura Del Villar, plan to make telephonic 

appearances. After consultation with Ms. Thorp, defense counsel has confirmed she would 

waive her appearance and agree that her interests would be represented by her counsel. 

Ms. Thorp has admitted the two Counts in her violation petition. Both are 

Grade C violations related to her longtime struggles with substance abuse. The guidelines range 

for her conduct on this petition is 4 to 10 months.

In light of the totality of the circumstances and Ms. Thorp’s prior performance on 

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Thorp: Stipulation and [Proposed] 

Order to Advance Sentencing Hearing

supervision and in drug treatment, Ms. Thorp entered her admission based on probation’s 

recommendation at the time of sentencing for a term of 7 months with no supervision to follow. 

Ms. Thorp has been in continuous custody since November 1, 2019, and is nearing 5 months of 

time credits. Given that Ms. Thorp is 71-years old and is in a high-risk category for COVID-19, 

especially in a custodial setting, defense counsel asks that this case be calendared as soon as 

practicable. 

Both the government and probation are in agreement with the calendaring request. 

Respectfully submitted,

McGREGOR SCOTT

United States Attorney

DATED: March 20, 2020 /s/ Katherine Schuh

KATHERINE SCHUH

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorney for Plaintiff

HEATHER E. WILLIAMS

Federal Defender

DATED: March 20, 2020 /s/ Charles J. Lee

CHARLES J. LEE

Assistant Federal Defender

Attorneys for Defendant

RUTH FAE THORP

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Thorp: Stipulation and [Proposed] 

Order to Advance Sentencing Hearing

O R D E R

IT IS SO ORDERED that a telephonic sentencing hearing on the supervised release 

violation in the above-entitled case shall be advanced to March 26, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. and that 

defendant RUTH FAE THORP’s presence at that hearing shall be WAIVED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 20, 2020 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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