Opinion ID: 618889
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Telephone Calls

Text: While he awaited his trial, Mr. Fleming was detained in the County Detention Center in Scotts Bluff, Nebraska. Sometime during his detainment, Mr. Fleming learned the names of several witnesses who planned to testify against him at his trial. On August 29, 2010, Mr. Fleming called a woman named Michelle using a jail telephone. He asked Michelle to tell Fish with the Sons that the witnesses who planned to testify against him (Mr. Fleming) were also snitching about drug sales by Fish. Aple. Br., at 22-23. [1] Mr. Fleming repeated the names of the witnesses twice so that Michelle could write them down. He also told Michelle the names of the correctional facilities where he believed the witnesses were incarcerated. On September 1, 2010, Mr. Fleming again called Michelle using a jail telephone and asked her to warn Fish about the witnesses. He stated: I'm up here in Scotts Bluff, you know, I'm just trying to warn him. You know, warn Fish that, you know, these [people] are using his name and trying to, you know rat him out and get less time. Id. at 23. Michelle assured Mr. Fleming that she would contact Fish and get him the information. During the same telephone conversation, Mr. Fleming also told Michelle that a woman named Cathy Scott had been subpoenaed to testify at his trial. He then stated: [T]ell her not to be talking to anybody about this shit.... I'm afraid that they might use her, try to use her against me, or threaten her with a, putting a case on her, to testify against me, `cause these are some dirty people man. DEA is. And DEA has been the ones that been talking to her. Tell her ... they're ... devious as hell. Id. Mr. Fleming also stated that he could not call Ms. Scott because the jail had blocked him from calling her telephone number. Michelle told Mr. Fleming that she would deliver the message to Ms. Scott.