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feder law office p.a.

2930 East Camelback Road, Suite 160

Phoenix, Arizona 85016

602-257-0135 phone

602-954-8737 fax

bf@federlawpa.com

Bruce Feder – State Bar No. 004832

Attorneys for Defendant Scott Spear

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

United States of America,

Plaintiff,

vs.

Scott Spear, et al.,

Defendants.

NO. CR-18-00422-PHX-SMB

DEFENDANT SPEAR’S MOTION TO

MODIFY HIS CONDITIONS OF

RELEASE

Defendant Scott Spear, by and through his undersigned attorney, hereby moves

under 18 U.S.C. § 3142(c)(1)(B) & (3) for an order modifying his conditions of pretrial

release as set forth in the Court’s April 9, 2018 Order (Doc. 31). Specifically, Defendant

requests that the Court remove the condition of release requiring Mr. Spear to maintain or

actively seek verifiable employment and provide proof of such to Pretrial Services, for the

following reasons.

As this Court may be aware, Mr. Spear is 69 years old, and has some relatively

serious medical conditions. He is attempting to assist in the preparation of his defense.

The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the economy, as businesses and

companies shut down. However, even if businesses were hiring right now, Mr. Spear

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is at great risk of contracting Covid-19, due to his age and his health, and wouldn’t be

able to work.

None of the other defendants have this listed as one of their conditions.

Counsel has consulted with AUSA Kevin Rapp who has no objection to the removal

of this condition.

Excludable delay under 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(1) may occur as a result of this Motion

or of an order based thereon.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 17th day of July, 2020.

FEDER LAW OFFICE

/s/ Bruce Feder

Bruce Feder

Attorney for Defendant Scott Spear

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Electronic Filing Certification

On July 17, 2020, a PDF version of this document was filed with Clerk of the Court

using the CM/ECF System for filing and for Transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the

Following CM/ECF registrants:

Clerk of the Court

United States District Court

Sandra Day O’Connor U.S. Courthouse

401 W. Washington Street

Phoenix, AZ 85003

Efiling: https://ecf.azd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl

THE HONORABLE SUSAN M. BRNOVICH

United States District Court

Email: brnovich_chambers@azd.uscourts.gov

Erin E. McCampbell, emccampbell@lglaw.com

Ariel A. Neuman, aan@birdmarella.com

Paul J. Cambria, pcambria@lglaw.com

Thomas H. Bienert, Jr. tbienert@bienertkatzman.com

Whitney Z. Bernstein, wbernstein@bienertkatzman.com

Gary S. Lincenberg, glincenberg@birdmarella.com

Gopi K. Panchapakesan, gpanchapakesan@birdmarella.com

Michael D. Kimerer, mdk@kimerer.com

Rhonda Elaine Neff, rneff@kimerer.com

David S. Eisenberg, david@deisenbergplc.com

Joy Malby Bertrand, Joy.Bertrand@gmail.com

Attorneys for Defendants

Kevin Rapp Kevin.Rapp@usdoj.gov

Andrew Stone Andrew.Stone@usdoj.gov

Margaret Perlmeter Margaret.Perlmeter@usdoj.gov

John Kucera John.Kucera@usdoj.gov

Reginald T. Jones reginald.jones4@usdoj.gov

Peter Kozinets Peter.Kozinets@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for United States of America

By: /s/ M. Evans .

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