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1 STEPHANIE YONEKURA

Acting Uni ted

Sta tes Attorney

2 ROBERT E. DUGDALE

Ass is tan t

United

Sta tes

Attorney

3

Chief , Criminal

Divis ion

LANA

MORTON-OWENS

(Cal.

SBN:

233831)

4 GRANT B GELBERG (Cal. SBN: 229454)

Ass is tan t

United

Sta tes Attorneys

5 Major Frauds Sect ion

1100

United

Sta tes Courthouse

6 312 North Spring St ree t

Los Angeles, Cal i fo rn ia

90012

7 Telephone: (213) 894-3547/2872

Facsimile: (213) 894-6269

8

E-mail :

[email protected]

grant .gelberg@usdoj .gov

9

Attorneys for P l a i n t i f f

10 UNITED STATES

OF AMERICA

11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

12 FOR THE

CENTRAL

DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

13 UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA,

14 Pla in t i f f ,

15

v.

16

MIKE

MIKAELIAN

e t

a l . ,

17

Defendant.

18

No CR 11-922(8)-DDP

GOVERNMENT S

REQUEST

FOR DISMISSAL

AS TO DEFENDANTS THEODORE

YOON AND

PHIC

LIM ONLY

19

Pursuant to

Fed. R

Crim. P. 48(a) ,

and in the

in te res t of

20 j us t i c e , the

government hereby requests

t ha t the

Second Superseding

21 Indictment,

as

well

as

the under lying indictments,

in

the above-

22

en t i t l ed case

be dismissed

with pre judice

as to

defendant

Theodore

23 Yoon

( defendant

Yoon )

and defendant Phic

Lim ( defendant Lim ).

24

The

government

makes th i s

request

in

cons ide ra t ion

of

the

fol lowing:

25

On

the

evening

of October 6, 2014, counsel for defendant

Matthew

26 Cho ( defendant Cho ),

emai led

a l e t t e r to counsel for defendants

27 Yoon and Lim and

to

government

counsel

of record, AUSAs

Lana

Morton-

28 Owens

and Grant Gelberg ( the October

6 l e t t e r ) .

The October

6


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l e t t e r di sc losed

informat ion

p o t en t i a l l y covered by a p re -ex i s t i n g

2 j o i n t

defense agreement

between

defendants

Yoon, Lim,

and Cho and

3 t h e i r

re spec t ive

counsel .

Government counsel

did not s o l i c i t

or

4 reques t the October 6 l e t t e r

from defendant

Cho s

counsel and were

5

unaware before

rev iewing

the October

6

l e t t e r

t h a t

it

would

reference

6

any

j o in t defense

agreement

informat ion.

7 Af te r rece iving the October 6 l e t t e r

government counsel

8

reviewed

p r i o r communications from

defendant

Cho s counsel to

9

i d en t i fy

any

p o t en t i a l

di sc losure of other

j o i n t

defense agreement

10 informat ion.

Communications

from defendant

Cho s

counsel did not

11

co n s i s t en t ly

i d en t i fy the

sources for

the

informat ion

she

provided,

12 and t he re fore

government

counsel

are

not able

to

determine

the ex ten t

13

to

which j o i n t defense

agreement

in format ion

may have

been

a source

14

for

the

informat ion

communicated to government counsel , i a t

a l l .

15 Government counse l have no

meaningful way to

sepa ra te the in format ion

16 poss ib ly

l ea rned

th rough a breach of

the j o i n t

defense

agreement

from

17

othe r

in format ion independent ly

provided

by

defendant

Cho

and

hi s

18 counsel .

19 Although

government counse l p layed

no

ro le in

the

c rea t ion

or

20 d i s t r i b u t i o n of the October 6 l e t t e r nor

did

they a t any t ime

21 s o l i c i t j o i n t defense agreement in format ion

the

government accepts

22

the

represen ta t ion made by counsel

for

defendants Yoon and Lim

tha t

23

the

di sc losures

made

by defendant

Cho s

counse l to government counsel

24

could

adverse ly

impact

the

ab i l i t y

of

defendants

Yoon

and

Lim

to

25 t e s t i f y in t h e i r own

defense

in

t h i s

case .

26 The

government

a l so acknowledges t h a t plea negot i a t ion

27 communications

with

coopera t ing

government witnesses inc lud ing

28

exchanged dra f t plea

agreement m a t e r i a l s were

r equ i r ed to

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1 disclosed to defendants Yoon and

Lim,

pursuant

to

Brady

v.

Maryland,

2 373

U.S.

83 1963), Gigl io v.

United

States , 405

U.S.

150

1972), and

3 United Sta tes

v.

Sudikof f , 36 F.Supp. 2d

1196

C.D.C.A. 1999),

and

4

were not

t imely

provided. Government counse l s fa i lu re to make

5 t imely disc losure was a

ser ious oversight ,

and

the

government

6 recognizes and

agrees

t ha t

the

informat ion and mater ia l s

should

have

7 been disclosed well in

advance

of t r i a l to these defendants .

8 The government a lso acknowledges

t ha t

t f a i l ed to t imely

9 cor rec t and not i fy

defendants

Yoon and

Lim of mater ia l omissions in

10

the

Form DEA-6

dated Apri l

14,

2014, prepared with

respect to

11

government witness Ju l i e Shishalovsky.

12

Accordingly, in

view

of the cumulat ive

ser iousness

of the

13

matters

descr ibed above, the government moves

to dismiss

t h i s

case

14 agains t defendants Yoon and Lim

in

the

i n t e r e s t

of j us t i c e . Because

15

t r i a l

is ongoing, defendants Yoon and Lim must

consent to

the

16 dismissal .

Fed.

R.

Crim.

P.

48 a) .

17

Defendant

Lim wil l

continue

to

face

charges

in

United

Sta tes

v.

18 Lim, Case No.

CR

11-1075-SJO. To avoid t a in t ing the prosecution of

19

defendant

Lim

in

CR

11-1075-SJO ar i s ing as a re su l t of any

di sc losure

20

of

j o in t

defense

agreement informat ion in t h i s case, US s

Lana

21

Morton-Owens

and Grant

Gelberg,

together with

US

Mark

Childs who

22

in

his

capaci ty

as

the

t a i n t US in th i s case

read

the

October 6

23

l e t t e r ) ,

have been d i rec t ed not to share with any

other

US s the

24

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ll

26 ll

27

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subs tance of any corrununication between them and

defendant Cho s

2 counsel

r e l a t i n g

to t h i s

case .

3 Dated: October 13, 2014

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Respec t fu l ly submit ted

STEPHANIE

YONEKURA

Act ing

Uni ted

S ta t e s Attorney

ROBERT E.

DUGDALE

Ass i s t a n t

Uni ted

S ta t e s Attorney

Chief Criminal Div is ion

/ s /

LANA

MORTON OWENS

GRANT B. GELBERG

Ass i s t a n t Uni ted Sta tes Attorneys

Attorneys

fo r

P l a i n t i f f

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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1 STEPHANIE

YONEKURA

Acting United

Sta tes

Attorney

2 ROBERT E.

DUGDALE

Ass is tan t United Sta tes Attorney

3 Chief , Criminal Divis ion

LANA

MORTON-OWENS (Cal.

SBN:

233831)

4 GRANT B.

GELBERG (Cal.

SBN:

229454)

Ass is tan t United Sta tes Attorneys

5

Major

Frauds Sect ion

1100 United Sta tes

Courthouse

6 312 North

Spring

St ree t

Los

Angeles, Cal i fo rn ia

90012

7 Telephone:

(213) 894-3547/2872

Facsimile: (213)

894-6269

8

E-mail :

[email protected]

grant .gelberg@usdoj .gov

At torneys for

P l a i n t i f f

10 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

11 UNITED

STATES

DISTRICT COURT

12

FOR

THE

CENTRAL

DISTRICT

OF

CALIFORNIA

JS-3

13 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

No. CR 11-00922(B)DDP 9, 16)

14 Pla in t i f f

15

v.

16

MIKE

MIKAELIAN e t a l .

17

Defendant.

18

ORDER

ON

GOVERNMENT S

REQUEST

FOR

DISMISSAL AS

TO

DEFENDANTS

THEO ORE YOON

AND

PHIC

LIM

19 Based upon the

government s

request for d ismissa l of defendant

20 Theodore Yoon

defendant

9) and Phic Lim (defendant

16),

21 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED

t ha t

the Second Superseding Indictment

and

22 a l l

re la ted under lying indic tments

be dismissed

with pre judice as to

23

defendant

Yoon and

Lim only; and

t ha t a l l

appl icable bonds as

to each

24

of

sa id

defendants

be

exonerated.

25

IT

IS SO

ORDERED.

26

October 14, 2014

27 DATE

28

HONORABLE DEAN

D. PREGERSON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT

JUDGE

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