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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

CASE NO. 20-61386-CV-UNGARO

CASE NO. 16-60007-CR-ZLOCH (UNGARO)

CARLINE MAURICE, 

Movant, 

vs.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Respondent.

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ORDER

THIS CAUSE is before the Court on Movant Carline Maurice’s 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion 

to vacate (“§ 2255 Motion”) attacking the constitutionality of her convictions and sentences for 

aggravated identity theft and related offenses entered following a jury verdict in Case No. 16-

60007-CR-Zloch (Ungaro). D.E. 1. In her § 2255 Motion and a recently filed Affidavit (D.E. 12),

Movant claims that, on or about August 29, 2019, defense counsel, Joseph Gibson, Esquire (“Atty 

Gibson”) advised her during a telephone conversation that she should have “taken the deal.” D.E.

12 at 1. Movant maintains she has attempted unsuccessfully to obtain copies of the recorded phone 

conversation from the prison facility. Id. at 1-2. In its response to the § 2255 Motion, the 

Government argues that no plea offer was ever extended. D.E. 11. The Government, however, has 

attached a June 2, 2016 letter to Atty Gibson regarding a proposed debriefing of the Movant, and 

July 7, 2016 e-mail from the Government to Atty Gibson regarding the Movant’s potential 

sentence exposure. D.E. 11-1, 11-2. 

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THE COURT has considered the § 2255 Motion, the pertinent portions of the record, and 

is otherwise fully advised in the premises. Of concern to the Court is Movant’s claim that a “deal” 

was not communicated. Given Movant’s allegations and the Government’s response, it is hereby

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows:

1. On or before DECEMBER 29, 2020, the Government shall file a supplemental 

response discussing the nature surrounding its June 2, 2016 letter to Atty Gibson, and provide 

copies of any communications, letters, and e-mails from Atty Gibson responding to the June 2, 

2016 letter. 

2. The Government shall also attach to its response any and all e-mails from Atty 

Gibson responding to the Government’s email of July 7, 2016, and any Government responses 

thereto.

3. The Government shall provide a copy of any recorded phone conversations which 

Movant claims to have occurred on or about August 29, 2019 between Movant and Atty Gibson 

from the facility where Movant was confined at the time. If no such recording exists, the 

Government shall so indicate in its response, providing objective evidence, in the form of redacted 

prison phone logs establishing whether or not Movant made or received any phone calls from Atty 

Gibson on or about the date alleged. 

DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers, Miami, Florida, this _15th_ day of December, 

2020.

URSULA UNGARO

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

cc: Carline Maurice, Pro Se

Reg. No. 12700-104

Coleman Federal Correctional Complex-Camp

Inmate Mail/Parcels

P.O. Box 1027

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Coleman, FL 33521-1027

Karen Rochlin, AUSA

United States Attorney's Office

99 NE 4 Street

Miami, FL 33132

Email: karen.rochlin@usdoj.gov

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