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                                  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT  
               FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA  
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
 
 V.      Case No.: 21 -cr-78 (EGS)  
 
 
JOHN SULLIVAN  
 
              RESPONSE TO ORDER OF COURT  
       (Availability of the parties for status hearing)  
 
 Undersigned counsel respond to the August 16, 2020 Minute Ord er of  
 
the Court  conce rning the availability of the parties for the next status   
 
hearing.  
 
 The parties are available o n the f ollowing da tes: 9/20/21; 9/22/21;  
 
9/24/ 21. 
 
 Counsel for defendant notes as follows: Counsel is schedul ed to start 
a length y trial  before the H onorable Milton Lee  in the Superior Court of the 
District of Columbia  on September 8, 2021. At the present time, the 
expect ation  is that because of the anticipated  length of the trial proceedings 
the Court wil l try to sit on Fridays. Howeve r, it is not at all yet clear t hat th e 
Court will be able to sit on Fridays. Accordingly, counsel for defendant Case 1:21-cr-00078-EGS   Document 43   Filed 08/19/21   Page 1 of 22 
 believes that the best date  for a status hearing in this case is Friday, 
September 24, 202 1.1 
 
   
 
    
 
       Respectfully submitted,  
        
 
       ______ /s/_____________  
       Candice Wong # 990903  
       Assistant U.S. Attorney  
       555 4th Street, N.W.  
       Washington, D.C. 20530  
       (202) 252-7849  
 
       _______/s/_______________  
       Steven R. Kiersh #323329  
       5335 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W.  
       Suite 440  
       Washington, D.C. 20015  
       (202) 347 -0200  
 
                    
                                                           
1 Counsel for defendant believes that Judge Lee will accommodate  a 
request  with advance notice  that is made for the scheduling of a status 
hearing in this matter.  Case 1:21-cr-00078-EGS   Document 43   Filed 08/19/21   Page 2 of 2