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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS 

EASTERN DIVISION 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

MARDI LANE, 

Defendant. 

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No. 17 CR 00040-3 

Judge John J. Tharp, Jr. 

ORDER 

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Jury trial held and concluded. Jury returns verdict of guilty. Jury also finds Additional Allegations 

1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 “Proven” and Additional Allegations 3 and 4 “Not Proven.” The Court 

enters judgment of guilty on Count One of the Superseding Indictment. It appearing that the 

fourteen-day period for filing post-trial motions under Fed. R. Crim. P. 29 and 33 may be extended 

pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 45(b)(1)(A), the Court reconsiders and grants Defendant’s oral motion 

for extension of time to file post-trial motions pursuant to Rules 29 and 33. The time for filing 

such motions is extended by 28 days and they may be filed on or before June 9, 2023; responses 

due July 14, 2023; replies due August 8, 2023. Order cause referred to the Probation Department 

for preparation of a presentence investigation report (“PSR”). Local Criminal Rule 32.1 applies, 

unless inconsistent with the dates and procedures set forth in this Order and Statement. The 

government's Version of the Offense shall be submitted to the Probation Office by May 12, 2023. 

Defendant’s Version of the Offense, if any, shall be submitted by May 19, 2023. If the government 

takes the position that restitution is owed, it shall, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3664(d)(1), provide the 

Probation Department with a list of all identified victims no later than July 12, 2023. The Probation 

Office is directed to provide its sentencing recommendations, including its recommended 

conditions of supervised release and supporting rationale, to the parties’ counsel at the same time 

they are provided to the Court. The parties are required to submit Sentencing Memoranda to the 

Court at least 14 days before the sentencing hearing. Required content for the Sentencing 

Memoranda is set forth in the Statement portion of this Order, below. Any motion for entry of a 

forfeiture order shall be filed contemporaneously with the Government’s Sentencing 

Memorandum. Responses and objections to each party’s Sentencing Memorandum (or to any 

forfeiture motion) are due 7 days before sentencing. Failure to note objections to the content of the 

PSR or to the opposing party’s Sentencing Memorandum may result in waiver of such objections. 

An in-person sentencing hearing is set on October 6, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. 

STATEMENT 

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3664(d)(1), the government must provide a list of victims and the 

restitution owed to them 60 days prior to sentencing. This list must be provided by means of the 

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electronic standardized spreadsheet available on the Court’s website, and must include full current 

contact information and the amounts of restitution owed by each defendant to each victim. If the 

Government is not able to provide the full victim list 60 days prior to sentencing, it shall file a 

motion to request an extension of time to compile the information, to the extent permitted by 18 

U.S.C. § 3664(d)(5). 

Each party is required to submit a Sentencing Memorandum in accordance with the 

schedule set forth above. Each party’s Sentencing Memorandum shall include (without limitation 

of other content a party may wish to include) the following information: 

 Any objections to the facts (whether concerning the offense or otherwise) set forth in the 

PSR; 

 Any objections to the calculation of the applicable sentencing guidelines range set forth in 

the PSR and the party’s own calculation of the applicable guideline range; 

 Any objections to any conditions of probation or supervised release recommended by the 

Probation Department; 

 Any evidentiary materials that the party seeks to have the Court consider in connection 

with sentencing (any such materials will become matters of public record, absent specific 

request for redaction, in camera consideration, or other means of confidential presentation); 

and 

 A statement of the sentence recommended by the party, with supporting discussion of the 

relevant statutory factors that support imposition of that recommended sentence. This 

statement must include (again, without limitation of other content): 

o Discussion of why the applicable guideline range is, or is not, sufficient but not 

greater than necessary to promote the sentencing objectives set forth in 18 U.S.C. 

§ 3553(b); and 

o An enumeration of any conditions of probation and supervised release, beyond 

those recommended by the Probation Department, that the party seeks to have 

imposed at sentencing, including supporting rationale. 

 /s/ John J. Tharp, Jr. 

Dated: April 28, 2023 John J. Tharp, Jr. 

 United States District Judge 

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