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GARY M. RESTAINO 

United States Attorney 

District of Arizona 

KEVIN M. RAPP (Ariz. Bar No. 014249, kevin.rapp@usdoj.gov) MARGARET PERLMETER (Ariz. Bar No. 024805, margaret.perlmeter@usdoj.gov) PETER S. KOZINETS (Ariz. Bar No. 019856, peter.kozinets@usdoj.gov) ANDREW C. STONE (Ariz. Bar No. 026543, andrew.stone@usdoj.gov) Assistant U.S. Attorneys 

40 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1800 

Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4408 

Telephone (602) 514-7500 

DAN G. BOYLE (N.Y. Bar No. 5216825, daniel.boyle2@usdoj.gov) Special Assistant U.S. Attorney 

312 N. Spring Street, Suite 1400 

Los Angeles, CA 90012 

Telephone (213) 894-2426 

KENNETH POLITE 

Assistant Attorney General 

Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice 

REGINALD E. JONES (D.C. Bar No. 1620183, reginald.jones4@usdoj.gov) Senior Trial Attorney 

Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice 

1400 New York Ave N.W., Suite 1200 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

Telephone (202) 616-2807 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

United States of America, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

Michael Lacey, et al., 

 Defendants. 

No. CR-18-422-PHX-DJH 

UNITED STATES’ MOTION FOR 

LEAVE FOR COUNSEL TO APPEAR 

BY PHONE OR 

VIDEOCONFERENCE AT 

DECEMBER 3, 2021 HEARING

The United Stated respectfully requests leave of the Court for Special Assistant 

United States Attorney Dan Boyle to appear by telephone or videoconference at the Court’s 

presently scheduled December 3, 2021 hearing on the Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss 

(Doc. 1355). 

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The United States makes this request for the following reasons: 

 SAUSA Boyle is an Assistant United States Attorney in the Central District 

of California, and represents the United States in a parallel civil forfeiture 

case to this action, United States of America v. $1,546,076.35 In Bank Funds 

Seized from Republic Bank of Arizona Account 1889, et al., C.D.Cal Case 

No. 2:18-cv-08420-RGK-PJW. Due to the substantial factual overlap 

between these parallel matters, SAUSA Boyle also represents the 

government in this action. 

 SAUSA Boyle resides in Los Angeles, California, and one of SAUSA 

Boyle’s family members is currently quarantining pursuant to COVID-19 

prevention protocols, making travel to this District for the December 3, 2021 

hearing impractical. 

 No defendant has opposed this request. 

CONCLUSION 

The United States respectfully requests that the Court permit SAUSA Boyle to 

appear by telephone or videoconference at the currently scheduled December 3, 2021 

hearing on defendants’ Motion to Dismiss. 

Respectfully submitted this 30th day of November, 2021. 

 

 GARY M. RESTAINO 

 United States Attorney 

 District of Arizona 

 s/Dan G. Boyle 

DAN G. BOYLE 

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney 

 KEVIN M. RAPP 

 MARGARET PERLMETER 

 PETER S. KOZINETS 

 ANDREW C. STONE 

 Assistant U.S. Attorneys 

KENNETH POLITE 

Assistant Attorney General 

U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice 

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 REGINALD E. JONES 

 Senior Trial Attorney 

 U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

 I hereby certify that on November 30, 2021, I electronically transmitted the attached 

document to the Clerk’s Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a 

Notice of Electronic Filing to the CM/ECF registrants who have entered their appearance 

as counsel of record. 

s/Marjorie Dieckman 

U.S. Attorney’s Office 

 

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