Opinion
5:20-cr-00487-M-2
08-12-2024
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. MARTIN VILLILABOS MALAGA, Defendant.
ORDER
RICHARD E. MYERS II CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
This matter comes before the court on the Defendant's pro se motions seeking orders directing the United States to produce certain documents [DE 97, 98]. Subsequently to filing these motions, Defendant secured counsel regarding the matter to which the motions refer. The court is under no obligation to consider documents filed pro se by a represented party. See United States v. Hammond, 821 Fed.Appx. 203, 207 (4th Cir. 2020) (citing McKaskle v. Wiggins, 465 U.S. 168, 183 (1984) and United States v. Carranza, 645 Fed.Appx. 297, 300 (4th Cir. 2016)). Moreover, it appears that counsel was able to secure copies of the documents needed to support Defendant's motion for compassionate release. See DE 104. Accordingly, Defendant's motions are DENIED.
Also before this court is the United States' Motion to Seal [DE 120]. Pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 49.1 (d) and Local Criminal Rule 55.2, and based on information set forth in the proposed sealed document, the motion is GRANTED. The Clerk of the Court shall maintain under seal the document at DE 119 until further order of the court.
SO ORDERED