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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff, Case No. 15-cr-20351

Hon. Sean F. Cox 

vs. U.S. District Court Judge 

 

D-03 – HATEM ATAYA, 

Defendant. 

STIPULATION AND ORDER ALLOWING ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

TO BE BROUGHT TO MILAN DETENTION CENTER OR

EQUIPMENT BELONGING TO THE BOP AT MILAN TO BE USED BY DEFENDANT

NOW COME Counsel for the Government and for Defendant Ataya, who hereby stipulate 

and agree as follows: 

1. The Government has provided all defendants an external hard drive upon which it 

has copied dozens of hours of undercover video/audio recordings made during the course of the 

investigation leading to the indictment of the co-defendants in the captioned matter. 

2. Defendant Ataya has been detained pre-trial so, in order for Defendant Ataya to 

view the recordings, it will be necessary for his Counsel to bring a lap top computer and the 

external hard drive to Milan Detention Center in order for Defendant to view the recordings, 

and/or 

3. Milan Detention Center has computer equipment which can also be used by 

Defendant to review the hard drive, but a Court Order is needed to insure that the officials at Milan 

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will provide such equipment in a reasonably secure and private location for him to use, and to 

insure that the Milan officials will allow Defendant to maintain in his continued possession one of 

those hard drives provided by the government. 

WHEREFORE, THE Parties hereto agree that the Court may enter an Order requiring the 

officials at the Milan Detention Center to: 

1. Allow one or both Counsel for the Defendant to bring into the facility a laptop from 

time to time upon which to play some of the external hard drive contents with the 

Defendant; and 

2. Allow the Defendant to keep a copy of the external hard drive with him in his lockup, 

and to requite the Milan officials to make available to Defendant sufficient time over 

the next 45 days within which he can reasonably view the dozens of hours of the hard 

drive’s content, and in a location at the detention center which provides some security 

and privacy from other detainees. 

Respectfully submitted by: 

Matthew Thuessen Burdick Law, P.C. 

 /s/ Matthew Thuesen /s/ James W. Burdick 

Matthew Thuesen James W. Burdick (P-11397) 

Trial Attorney, USDOJ Co-Counsel for Defendant 

1400 New York Ave. NW 1760 South Telegraph Road, Suite 300 

Bond Building, 4TH Floor Ph: (248) 335-5000

Washington, DC 20005 jwb@jwburdicklaw.com

(202) 679-4817 

matthew.thuesen@usdoj.gov 

Dated: August 04, 2015

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff, Case No. 15-cr-20351

Hon. Sean F. Cox 

vs. U.S. District Court Judge 

 

D-03 – HATEM ATAYA, 

Defendant. 

ORDER ALLOWING ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

TO BE BROUGHT TO MILAN DETENTION CENTER OR

EQUIPMENT BELONGING TO THE BOP AT MILAN TO BE USED BY DEFENDANT

Upon a reading and review of the above Stipulation, and if allowed by the Bureau of 

Prisons, it is hereby ORDERED that; 

1. One or both Counsel for the Defendant may bring into the facility a laptop from time to 

time upon which to play some of the external hard drive contents with the Defendant 

and; 

2. allow the Defendant to keep a copy of the external hard drive with him in his lockup, 

and to require the Milan officials to make available to Defendant sufficient time over 

the next 45 days within which he can reasonably view the dozens of hours of the hard 

drive’s content, and in a location at the detention center which provides some security 

and privacy from other detainees. 

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It is Further Ordered that a copy of this Order shall forthwith be electronically 

transmitted by Counsel for Defendant to the appropriate Milan Detention facility officials, and that 

Counsel shall also bring with him, or them, a copy of this Order whenever he or they meet with 

Defendant to review the government’s electronic discovery. 

Dated: August 5, 2015 s/ Sean F. Cox 

 Sean F. Cox 

 U. S. District Judge 

 

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